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This section looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Midlands 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
Rank7676
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads137
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.003 %
As % of the category below6.132 %2.991 %
Salaries quoted95
Average minimum salary£35,111£27,600
Average salary£40,389£30,300
% change on same period last year+33.29 %
Average maximum salary£45,667£33,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,673£36,997
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
Communications & Networking MidlandsCommunications & Networking
Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads212234
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.104 %0.104 %
Salaries quoted144153
Average minimum salary£34,346£43,443
Average salary£37,955£47,174
% change on same period last year-19.54 %
Average maximum salary£41,564£50,905
UK excluding London average salary£37,693£39,086
% change on same period last year-3.56 %
VPN EnglandVPN
England

VPN
Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

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

Midlands VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Midlands 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.

114 (70.00 %)Cisco
210 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
210 (50.00 %)Firewall
39 (45.00 %)Windows
46 (30.00 %)TCP/IP
46 (30.00 %)SAN
55 (25.00 %)CheckPoint
55 (25.00 %)MPLS
55 (25.00 %)CCNP
55 (25.00 %)CCNA
64 (20.00 %)CCIE
64 (20.00 %)Linux
64 (20.00 %)MCSE
64 (20.00 %)BGP
64 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
64 (20.00 %)Active Directory
64 (20.00 %)VMware
64 (20.00 %)SecurID
64 (20.00 %)Problem Management
64 (20.00 %)Cisco PIX
64 (20.00 %)Network Security
73 (15.00 %)Network Design
73 (15.00 %)VLAN
73 (15.00 %)Juniper
73 (15.00 %)OSPF
73 (15.00 %)WAN
73 (15.00 %)LAN
73 (15.00 %)Microsoft
82 (10.00 %)CCSP
82 (10.00 %)MCP

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Midlands 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
11 (5.000 %)J2EE
11 (5.000 %)XML
11 (5.000 %)WebSphere
Application Platforms
11 (5.000 %)IIS
11 (5.000 %)JBoss
11 (5.000 %)Tomcat
11 (5.000 %)MS Exchange
11 (5.000 %)Exchange Server 2000
11 (5.000 %)Exchange Server 2003
Communications & Networking
110 (50.00 %)Firewall
26 (30.00 %)TCP/IP
26 (30.00 %)SAN
35 (25.00 %)MPLS
44 (20.00 %)BGP
44 (20.00 %)Cisco PIX
44 (20.00 %)Network Security
53 (15.00 %)VLAN
53 (15.00 %)OSPF
53 (15.00 %)LAN
53 (15.00 %)WAN
62 (10.00 %)SSL
62 (10.00 %)NetScreen
71 (5.000 %)Megaco
71 (5.000 %)H.323
71 (5.000 %)Wireless
71 (5.000 %)IPsec
71 (5.000 %)SIGTRAN
71 (5.000 %)ISDN
71 (5.000 %)IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
11 (5.000 %)DB2
Job Titles
14 (20.00 %)Technical Specialist
22 (10.00 %)Network Support
22 (10.00 %)Security Engineer
22 (10.00 %)Cisco Specialist
22 (10.00 %)Network Specialist
22 (10.00 %)Analyst
22 (10.00 %)Support Engineer
22 (10.00 %)3rd Line Support
31 (5.000 %)Administrator
31 (5.000 %)Senior Analyst
31 (5.000 %)Network Analyst
31 (5.000 %)Network Support Engineer
31 (5.000 %)Technical Architect
31 (5.000 %)Network Engineer
31 (5.000 %)Systems Engineer
31 (5.000 %)Support Analyst
31 (5.000 %)Cisco Support
31 (5.000 %)Computer Engineer
31 (5.000 %)Support Supervisor
31 (5.000 %)Voice Engineer
Miscellaneous
14 (20.00 %)SecurID
21 (5.000 %)Dutch Language
21 (5.000 %)French Language
Operating Systems
19 (45.00 %)Windows
24 (20.00 %)Linux
31 (5.000 %)Windows XP
31 (5.000 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (5.000 %)Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
14 (20.00 %)Problem Management
23 (15.00 %)Network Design
31 (5.000 %)Load Balancing
31 (5.000 %)Configuration Management
31 (5.000 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (5.000 %)Information Security
31 (5.000 %)Computer Security
Programming Languages
12 (10.00 %)SQL
21 (5.000 %)Tcl
Qualifications
110 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
25 (25.00 %)CCNP
25 (25.00 %)CCNA
34 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
34 (20.00 %)MCSE
34 (20.00 %)CCIE
42 (10.00 %)CCSP
42 (10.00 %)MCP
42 (10.00 %)CCDA
42 (10.00 %)CCDP
51 (5.000 %)CCSE
51 (5.000 %)Degree
System Software
14 (20.00 %)Active Directory
Vendors
114 (70.00 %)Cisco
25 (25.00 %)CheckPoint
34 (20.00 %)VMware
43 (15.00 %)Microsoft
43 (15.00 %)Juniper
52 (10.00 %)Citrix
61 (5.000 %)Oracle
61 (5.000 %)Sun
61 (5.000 %)Mitel
61 (5.000 %)SonicWALL
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