The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Leicestershire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 58 73 57
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -16
Permanent jobs citing VPN 21 6 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 3.088% 0.785% 0.560%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.03% 6.316% 4.839%
Number of salaries quoted 20 4 3
Average salary £35,750 £33,750 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.92% +43.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,500 £23,100
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £35,000 £27,900
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £35,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
+4.28% +9.37%
All Communications & Networking
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
131 95 62
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 19.26% 12.43% 11.57%
Number of salaries quoted 124 83 61
Average salary £35,425 £30,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.08% +3.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,000 £46,100
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VPN
East Midlands

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Leicestershire VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Leicester +3 11 £27,000 -20.00%
VPN
East Midlands

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 18 (54.55%) Windows
1 18 (54.55%) Firewall
2 15 (45.45%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (42.42%) CCNP
3 14 (42.42%) Finance
4 13 (39.39%) Citrix
4 13 (39.39%) Biometrics
4 13 (39.39%) Smartcard
4 13 (39.39%) MPLS
4 13 (39.39%) TCP/IP
4 13 (39.39%) Degree
4 13 (39.39%) Computer Science
4 13 (39.39%) Cyber Security
5 12 (36.36%) CCNA
6 10 (30.30%) Cisco
6 10 (30.30%) WAN
7 9 (27.27%) LAN
7 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
7 9 (27.27%) Internet
7 9 (27.27%) Network Security
8 7 (21.21%) NFC
8 7 (21.21%) Web Development
8 7 (21.21%) Mathematics
8 7 (21.21%) Objective-C
8 7 (21.21%) Cryptography
8 7 (21.21%) Mobile Payment
8 7 (21.21%) xDSL
8 7 (21.21%) XAML
8 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (21.21%) CCIE

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 7 (21.21%) .NET
1 7 (21.21%) Web Services
2 1 (3.030%) HTML
2 1 (3.030%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 7 (21.21%) MS Exchange
2 1 (3.030%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (21.21%) MS Office
2 6 (18.18%) Office 365
3 1 (3.030%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 18 (54.55%) Firewall
2 13 (39.39%) TCP/IP
2 13 (39.39%) MPLS
3 10 (30.30%) WAN
4 9 (27.27%) Network Security
4 9 (27.27%) Internet
4 9 (27.27%) LAN
5 7 (21.21%) UMTS
5 7 (21.21%) GPRS
5 7 (21.21%) ISDN
5 7 (21.21%) NFC
5 7 (21.21%) xDSL
6 3 (9.091%) BGP
7 2 (6.061%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (6.061%) VLAN
7 2 (6.061%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (3.030%) Cisco PIX
8 1 (3.030%) VoIP
8 1 (3.030%) OSPF
8 1 (3.030%) FWSM
Development Applications
1 1 (3.030%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 14 (42.42%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (21.21%) Graduate
1 7 (21.21%) Software Engineer
1 7 (21.21%) Analyst
1 7 (21.21%) Administrator
1 7 (21.21%) Network Analyst
1 7 (21.21%) Systems Administrator
1 7 (21.21%) Network Administrator
1 7 (21.21%) IT Administrator
2 6 (18.18%) Support Manager
3 3 (9.091%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (9.091%) Network Engineer
4 2 (6.061%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (6.061%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (6.061%) Senior Cisco Engineer
4 2 (6.061%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (6.061%) Network Security Analyst
4 2 (6.061%) Security Analyst
4 2 (6.061%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (6.061%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 13 (39.39%) Biometrics
1 13 (39.39%) Smartcard
1 13 (39.39%) Computer Science
2 7 (21.21%) Mobile Payment
2 7 (21.21%) Cryptography
2 7 (21.21%) Mathematics
3 6 (18.18%) Blackberry
4 1 (3.030%) Client/Server
4 1 (3.030%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 18 (54.55%) Windows
2 6 (18.18%) Android
3 2 (6.061%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (6.061%) Linux
3 2 (6.061%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (3.030%) AIX
4 1 (3.030%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (39.39%) Cyber Security
2 7 (21.21%) Web Development
3 6 (18.18%) Identity Management
4 2 (6.061%) Risk Management
4 2 (6.061%) Migration
4 2 (6.061%) Information Security
4 2 (6.061%) Network Design
4 2 (6.061%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (6.061%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (6.061%) Security Testing
5 1 (3.030%) DNA
5 1 (3.030%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.21%) C#
1 7 (21.21%) C++
1 7 (21.21%) Java
1 7 (21.21%) JavaScript
1 7 (21.21%) XAML
1 7 (21.21%) Objective-C
2 2 (6.061%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.061%) SQL
3 1 (3.030%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (45.45%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (42.42%) CCNP
3 13 (39.39%) Degree
4 12 (36.36%) CCNA
5 7 (21.21%) MCSE
5 7 (21.21%) PhD
5 7 (21.21%) CCIE
5 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (18.18%) MCTS
6 6 (18.18%) MCITP
6 6 (18.18%) MCP
6 6 (18.18%) MCSA
7 2 (6.061%) CISSP
7 2 (6.061%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.091%) SLA
2 2 (6.061%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.061%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (9.091%) Hyper-V
3 2 (6.061%) XenDesktop
3 2 (6.061%) vSphere
3 2 (6.061%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (3.030%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 13 (39.39%) Citrix
2 10 (30.30%) Cisco
3 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 6 (18.18%) Apple
5 5 (15.15%) VMware
6 2 (6.061%) CheckPoint
7 1 (3.030%) Symantec
7 1 (3.030%) Sophos
7 1 (3.030%) BT
7 1 (3.030%) HP
7 1 (3.030%) CA
7 1 (3.030%) F5
7 1 (3.030%) Sage