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This section looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Middlesex 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank7051
Rank change on same period last yearDown-19
Matching permanent IT job ads2865
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.029 %
As % of the category below8.140 %13.63 %
Salaries quoted2554
Average minimum salary£35,640£43,574
Average salary£36,740£45,815
% change on same period last year-19.80 %
Average maximum salary£37,840£48,056
UK excluding London average salary£35,673£36,997
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
Communications & Networking MiddlesexCommunications & Networking
Middlesex
Matching permanent IT job ads344477
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.169 %0.211 %
Salaries quoted288395
Average minimum salary£35,089£39,657
Average salary£37,690£41,937
% change on same period last year-10.12 %
Average maximum salary£40,291£44,216
UK excluding London average salary£37,693£39,086
% change on same period last year-3.56 %
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VPN
Demand Trend

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

Middlesex VPN Demand Trend

VPN
Salary Trend

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

Middlesex VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the Middlesex region over the past 3 months.

Middlesex VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Middlesex region citing VPN also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing VPN.

139 (78.00 %)Firewall
232 (64.00 %)Cisco
325 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
421 (42.00 %)CCNA
421 (42.00 %)CCNP
519 (38.00 %)MPLS
519 (38.00 %)BGP
618 (36.00 %)EIGRP
717 (34.00 %)WAN
816 (32.00 %)LAN
816 (32.00 %)Solaris
816 (32.00 %)Load Balancing
915 (30.00 %)Sun
915 (30.00 %)Active Directory
915 (30.00 %)Frame Relay
1014 (28.00 %)TCP/IP
1014 (28.00 %)Windows
1113 (26.00 %)IPsec
1211 (22.00 %)MS Exchange
1211 (22.00 %)Microsoft
1310 (20.00 %)SSL
1310 (20.00 %)Cisco PIX
149 (18.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
149 (18.00 %)DNS
149 (18.00 %)Nortel
158 (16.00 %)Degree
158 (16.00 %)Network Security
167 (14.00 %)CheckPoint
167 (14.00 %)ADSL
167 (14.00 %)MS Office

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Middlesex region citing VPN also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing VPN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
13 (6.000 %)SOAP
13 (6.000 %)WebServices
13 (6.000 %)XML
21 (2.000 %)CSS
Application Platforms
111 (22.00 %)MS Exchange
29 (18.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
36 (12.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
45 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
54 (8.000 %)SharePoint
54 (8.000 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
17 (14.00 %)MS Office
26 (12.00 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
139 (78.00 %)Firewall
219 (38.00 %)BGP
219 (38.00 %)MPLS
318 (36.00 %)EIGRP
417 (34.00 %)WAN
516 (32.00 %)LAN
615 (30.00 %)Frame Relay
714 (28.00 %)TCP/IP
813 (26.00 %)IPsec
910 (20.00 %)SSL
910 (20.00 %)Cisco PIX
109 (18.00 %)DNS
118 (16.00 %)Network Security
127 (14.00 %)ADSL
136 (12.00 %)LDAP
136 (12.00 %)NetScreen
145 (10.00 %)IP Telephony
145 (10.00 %)VoIP
145 (10.00 %)DHCP
145 (10.00 %)DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
14 (8.000 %)Crystal Reports
22 (4.000 %)MS Access
22 (4.000 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (4.000 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (4.000 %)SQL Server
General
14 (8.000 %)Construction
23 (6.000 %)Finance
23 (6.000 %)Retail
32 (4.000 %)Pensions
32 (4.000 %)Telecoms
32 (4.000 %)Health
41 (2.000 %)Marketing
Job Titles
125 (50.00 %)Network Engineer
210 (20.00 %)Analyst
37 (14.00 %)Administrator
37 (14.00 %)Security Engineer
46 (12.00 %)Security Analyst
46 (12.00 %)Network Administrator
55 (10.00 %)Cisco Engineer
55 (10.00 %)Cisco Network Engineer
63 (6.000 %)Infrastructure Designer
63 (6.000 %)Security Designer
63 (6.000 %)Network Support
63 (6.000 %)Security Consultant
63 (6.000 %)Support Analyst
63 (6.000 %)Support Engineer
63 (6.000 %)Consultant
72 (4.000 %)Network Analyst
72 (4.000 %)Architect
72 (4.000 %)3rd Line Support
72 (4.000 %)IT Support Analyst
72 (4.000 %)Network Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
14 (8.000 %)Blackberry
22 (4.000 %)Mainframe
22 (4.000 %)Smartphone
31 (2.000 %)Video Conferencing
31 (2.000 %)PKI
Operating Systems
116 (32.00 %)Solaris
214 (28.00 %)Windows
36 (12.00 %)Windows 2000
36 (12.00 %)Unix
43 (6.000 %)Windows NT
43 (6.000 %)Windows XP
52 (4.000 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (4.000 %)Windows Mobile
61 (2.000 %)AIX
61 (2.000 %)Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
116 (32.00 %)Load Balancing
27 (14.00 %)Network Design
34 (8.000 %)ERP
41 (2.000 %)Service Delivery
41 (2.000 %)Identity Management
41 (2.000 %)Data Security
41 (2.000 %)Product Marketing
Programming Languages
14 (8.000 %)VB
21 (2.000 %)SQL
Qualifications
125 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
221 (42.00 %)CCNP
221 (42.00 %)CCNA
38 (16.00 %)Degree
42 (4.000 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (4.000 %)MCP
42 (4.000 %)MCSE
51 (2.000 %)MCDBA
51 (2.000 %)CCIE
51 (2.000 %)MCAD
51 (2.000 %)CISSP
51 (2.000 %)CCIP
51 (2.000 %)Check Point Certification
51 (2.000 %)CCSA
51 (2.000 %)CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
16 (12.00 %)BS7799
System Software
115 (30.00 %)Active Directory
24 (8.000 %)Terminal Services
33 (6.000 %)Backup Exec
41 (2.000 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (2.000 %)Terminal Server
Systems Management
11 (2.000 %)CiscoWorks
11 (2.000 %)WSUS
Vendors
132 (64.00 %)Cisco
215 (30.00 %)Sun
311 (22.00 %)Microsoft
49 (18.00 %)Nortel
57 (14.00 %)CheckPoint
66 (12.00 %)Juniper
66 (12.00 %)Blue Coat
74 (8.000 %)WatchGuard
74 (8.000 %)Citrix
74 (8.000 %)HP
83 (6.000 %)Dell
83 (6.000 %)Symantec
91 (2.000 %)VMware
91 (2.000 %)Nokia
91 (2.000 %)SonicWALL
91 (2.000 %)Intel
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