The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leicester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Leicester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 43 49 42
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -7
Permanent jobs citing VPN 15 8 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 3.769% 2.192% 0.685%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.39% 16.33% 6.897%
Number of salaries quoted 15 4 2
Average salary £27,000 £35,000 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.85% +34.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,250 £23,600
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £49,000 £28,400
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +10.76%
All Communications & Networking
Leicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
112 49 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 28.14% 13.42% 9.932%
Number of salaries quoted 106 42 29
Average salary £28,000 £32,500 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.84% +12.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £24,100 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £41,119 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
VPN
Leicestershire

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester VPN Jobs Demand Trend

VPN
Salary Trend

This 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

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the Leicester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Leicester VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 12 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 12 (66.67%) MPLS
2 11 (61.11%) CCNP
2 11 (61.11%) CCNA
3 10 (55.56%) Citrix
4 9 (50.00%) LAN
4 9 (50.00%) WAN
4 9 (50.00%) Firewall
5 7 (38.89%) xDSL
5 7 (38.89%) Network Security
5 7 (38.89%) TCP/IP
5 7 (38.89%) UMTS
5 7 (38.89%) GPRS
5 7 (38.89%) ISDN
5 7 (38.89%) CCIE
5 7 (38.89%) Internet
6 6 (33.33%) Cisco
6 6 (33.33%) Windows
7 5 (27.78%) Finance
8 4 (22.22%) Objective-C
8 4 (22.22%) XAML
8 4 (22.22%) Cryptography
8 4 (22.22%) Web Development
8 4 (22.22%) Degree
8 4 (22.22%) Mathematics
8 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
8 4 (22.22%) NFC
8 4 (22.22%) Mobile Payment
8 4 (22.22%) Cyber Security
8 4 (22.22%) Web Services

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 4 (22.22%) .NET
1 4 (22.22%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 12 (66.67%) MPLS
2 9 (50.00%) WAN
2 9 (50.00%) LAN
2 9 (50.00%) Firewall
3 7 (38.89%) xDSL
3 7 (38.89%) UMTS
3 7 (38.89%) GPRS
3 7 (38.89%) ISDN
3 7 (38.89%) TCP/IP
3 7 (38.89%) Internet
3 7 (38.89%) Network Security
4 4 (22.22%) NFC
5 2 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (5.556%) Cisco PIX
6 1 (5.556%) FWSM
6 1 (5.556%) DMVPN
6 1 (5.556%) NetScaler
6 1 (5.556%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (5.556%) HSRP
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 5 (27.78%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Systems Administrator
1 7 (38.89%) Administrator
1 7 (38.89%) Network Administrator
1 7 (38.89%) IT Administrator
2 4 (22.22%) Network Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Graduate
2 4 (22.22%) Software Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Biometrics
1 4 (22.22%) Smartcard
1 4 (22.22%) Cryptography
1 4 (22.22%) Mathematics
1 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
1 4 (22.22%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (5.556%) AIX
3 1 (5.556%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Web Development
1 4 (22.22%) Cyber Security
2 2 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (5.556%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) C#
1 4 (22.22%) C++
1 4 (22.22%) Java
1 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
1 4 (22.22%) XAML
1 4 (22.22%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 12 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (61.11%) CCNP
2 11 (61.11%) CCNA
3 7 (38.89%) CCIE
4 4 (22.22%) PhD
4 4 (22.22%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (11.11%) Hyper-V
1 2 (11.11%) XenDesktop
1 2 (11.11%) vSphere
1 2 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Citrix
2 6 (33.33%) Cisco
3 2 (11.11%) CheckPoint
3 2 (11.11%) VMware
4 1 (5.556%) F5
4 1 (5.556%) Microsoft
Leicester, East Midlands, United Kingdom
IIS, SQL, SharePoint) including a comprehensive foundation knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server and Active Directory - Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience of creating standard documentation including...
Outsourcery
Salary: £24,000 - £35,000 per year
Posted: 18 May 2013