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This section looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Leicester region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6256
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching permanent IT job ads55
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below6.024 %4.854 %
Salaries quoted55
Average minimum salary£21,800£24,600
Average salary£24,000£29,100
% change on same period last year-17.52 %
Average maximum salary£26,200£33,600
UK excluding London average salary£34,940£37,129
% change on same period last year-5.89 %
Leicester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Leicester
Matching permanent IT job ads83103
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.045 %0.043 %
Salaries quoted7975
Average minimum salary£26,359£25,348
Average salary£28,115£27,685
% change on same period last year+1.55 %
Average maximum salary£29,871£30,022
UK excluding London average salary£37,579£39,546
% change on same period last year-4.97 %
VPN LeicestershireVPN
Leicestershire

VPN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing VPN across the Leicester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Leicester VPN Demand Trend

VPN
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VPN across the Leicester region.

Leicester VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the Leicester region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Leicester VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Leicester region citing VPN also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited VPN.

111 (73.33 %)Windows
111 (73.33 %)LAN
111 (73.33 %)WAN
210 (66.67 %)Microsoft
210 (66.67 %)Microsoft Certification
37 (46.67 %)Active Directory
46 (40.00 %)Lotus Notes
46 (40.00 %)MCSE
46 (40.00 %)Lotus
46 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
55 (33.33 %)Blackberry
55 (33.33 %)Ethernet
64 (26.67 %)Cisco
64 (26.67 %)Cisco Certification
64 (26.67 %)DSL
64 (26.67 %)Telecoms
73 (20.00 %)Firewall
73 (20.00 %)Data Management
73 (20.00 %)CCNA
73 (20.00 %)MS Excel
73 (20.00 %)Communications Security
82 (13.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
82 (13.33 %)MS Exchange
91 (6.667 %)Internet
91 (6.667 %)MPLS
91 (6.667 %)Network Design
91 (6.667 %)VLAN
91 (6.667 %)Citrix
91 (6.667 %)CCNP
91 (6.667 %)MS Office

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Leicester region citing VPN also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited VPN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Leicester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (40.00 %)Lotus Notes
22 (13.33 %)MS Exchange
22 (13.33 %)Exchange Server 2003
Leicester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (20.00 %)MS Excel
21 (6.667 %)MS Office
Leicester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (73.33 %)LAN
111 (73.33 %)WAN
25 (33.33 %)Ethernet
34 (26.67 %)DSL
43 (20.00 %)Firewall
51 (6.667 %)VLAN
51 (6.667 %)Internet
51 (6.667 %)MPLS
Leicester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (26.67 %)Telecoms
Leicester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (26.67 %)Network Engineer
14 (26.67 %)Systems Engineer
23 (20.00 %)Support Technician
23 (20.00 %)Cisco Engineer
23 (20.00 %)Cisco Network Engineer
32 (13.33 %)Customer Engineer
41 (6.667 %)IT Support Technician
41 (6.667 %)Network Support
Leicester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (33.33 %)Blackberry
Leicester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (73.33 %)Windows
26 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (6.667 %)Windows 2000 Server
Leicester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (20.00 %)Data Management
13 (20.00 %)Communications Security
21 (6.667 %)Network Design
Leicester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (66.67 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (40.00 %)MCSE
34 (26.67 %)Cisco Certification
43 (20.00 %)CCNA
51 (6.667 %)MCP
51 (6.667 %)CCNP
Leicester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (46.67 %)Active Directory
Leicester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (66.67 %)Microsoft
26 (40.00 %)Lotus
34 (26.67 %)Cisco
41 (6.667 %)Citrix