The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 81 60 77
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +17
Permanent jobs citing VPN 21 31 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.629% 2.925% 0.952%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.55% 15.50% 7.965%
Number of salaries quoted 10 25 3
Average salary £42,250 £40,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.62% +37.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,200 £17,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,250 £43,500 £37,800
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +10.76%
All Communications & Networking
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
199 200 113
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 15.44% 18.87% 11.96%
Number of salaries quoted 155 163 90
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,350 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
VPN
Buckinghamshire

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

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

Milton Keynes VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 30 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
1 30 (62.50%) Firewall
1 30 (62.50%) Network Security
2 28 (58.33%) Cisco
3 25 (52.08%) Wireless
4 23 (47.92%) CCNP
5 20 (41.67%) WAN
6 19 (39.58%) CCIE
6 19 (39.58%) MPLS
6 19 (39.58%) OSPF
6 19 (39.58%) Network Design
7 16 (33.33%) BGP
7 16 (33.33%) EIGRP
7 16 (33.33%) Active Directory
7 16 (33.33%) Windows
8 15 (31.25%) DNS
9 14 (29.17%) CCSP
9 14 (29.17%) TCP/IP
9 14 (29.17%) CCDP
9 14 (29.17%) Cisco PIX
9 14 (29.17%) Cisco ASA
9 14 (29.17%) FWSM
9 14 (29.17%) Cisco Nexus
10 13 (27.08%) Linux
11 12 (25.00%) VMware
12 11 (22.92%) SSL
12 11 (22.92%) HTTP
13 10 (20.83%) NFS
13 10 (20.83%) Juniper
14 9 (18.75%) CheckPoint

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 6 (12.50%) SOAP
2 5 (10.42%) REST
3 4 (8.333%) CSS
4 2 (4.167%) .NET
4 2 (4.167%) XML
5 1 (2.083%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 9 (18.75%) MS Exchange
2 8 (16.67%) IIS
2 8 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (2.083%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (2.083%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 8 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 6 (12.50%) MS Office
3 1 (2.083%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 30 (62.50%) Firewall
1 30 (62.50%) Network Security
2 25 (52.08%) Wireless
3 20 (41.67%) WAN
4 19 (39.58%) MPLS
4 19 (39.58%) OSPF
5 16 (33.33%) BGP
5 16 (33.33%) EIGRP
6 15 (31.25%) DNS
7 14 (29.17%) TCP/IP
7 14 (29.17%) Cisco ASA
7 14 (29.17%) FWSM
7 14 (29.17%) Cisco Nexus
7 14 (29.17%) Cisco PIX
8 11 (22.92%) HTTP
8 11 (22.92%) SSL
9 9 (18.75%) LAN
10 7 (14.58%) SNMP
11 6 (12.50%) HTTPS
11 6 (12.50%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 8 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (4.167%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.083%) GNU Toolchain
General
1 9 (18.75%) Finance
1 9 (18.75%) Banking
2 6 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 2 (4.167%) French Language
3 2 (4.167%) German Language
3 2 (4.167%) Italian Language
3 2 (4.167%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 13 (27.08%) Consultant
2 9 (18.75%) Network Consultant
3 8 (16.67%) Architect
3 8 (16.67%) Network Architect
4 7 (14.58%) Cisco Consultant
4 7 (14.58%) Analyst
5 6 (12.50%) Infrastructure Manager
6 5 (10.42%) Software Engineer
6 5 (10.42%) Network Engineer
6 5 (10.42%) Web Manager
6 5 (10.42%) Storage Systems Administrator
7 4 (8.333%) Technical Design Architect
7 4 (8.333%) Network Technical Architect
7 4 (8.333%) Network Design Architect
7 4 (8.333%) Senior Architect
7 4 (8.333%) Technical Architect
7 4 (8.333%) Senior Network Architect
7 4 (8.333%) Senior Technical Architect
8 3 (6.250%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 3 (6.250%) Cisco Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) Cryptography
2 5 (10.42%) Device Driver
2 5 (10.42%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (8.333%) Computer Science
4 2 (4.167%) iPhone
4 2 (4.167%) SaaS
4 2 (4.167%) Blackberry
5 1 (2.083%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.083%) Firmware
5 1 (2.083%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 16 (33.33%) Windows
2 13 (27.08%) Linux
3 7 (14.58%) UNIX
4 6 (12.50%) Windows 7
5 5 (10.42%) VxWorks
5 5 (10.42%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (4.167%) Android
7 2 (4.167%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (2.083%) Windows XP
8 1 (2.083%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (2.083%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (39.58%) Network Design
2 7 (14.58%) ITIL
2 7 (14.58%) Data Security
3 6 (12.50%) Process Management
3 6 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 6 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 6 (12.50%) Capacity Management
4 5 (10.42%) Incident Management
4 5 (10.42%) Load Balancing
5 4 (8.333%) Knowledge Management
5 4 (8.333%) Service Delivery
5 4 (8.333%) Change Control
6 3 (6.250%) Project Planning
7 2 (4.167%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (4.167%) Ethical Hacking
7 2 (4.167%) Penetration Testing
8 1 (2.083%) Risk Management
8 1 (2.083%) Information Security
8 1 (2.083%) SIEM
8 1 (2.083%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.50%) C
1 6 (12.50%) C++
1 6 (12.50%) Perl
1 6 (12.50%) SQL
1 6 (12.50%) VB
1 6 (12.50%) Bash shell
2 1 (2.083%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 30 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (47.92%) CCNP
3 19 (39.58%) CCIE
4 14 (29.17%) CCSP
4 14 (29.17%) CCDP
5 9 (18.75%) CCNA
5 9 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (14.58%) MCSE
7 6 (12.50%) MCITP
8 5 (10.42%) Degree
9 4 (8.333%) CCIP
10 3 (6.250%) CCVP
11 2 (4.167%) MCTS
11 2 (4.167%) MCP
12 1 (2.083%) MCSA
12 1 (2.083%) SC Cleared
12 1 (2.083%) DV Cleared
12 1 (2.083%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.67%) SLA
2 6 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (12.50%) PCI DSS
3 4 (8.333%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.083%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 16 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 10 (20.83%) NFS
3 7 (14.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (12.50%) Postfix
5 2 (4.167%) XenApp
5 2 (4.167%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (12.50%) Nagios
2 4 (8.333%) OpenView
2 4 (8.333%) CiscoWorks
2 4 (8.333%) Netcool
3 1 (2.083%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 28 (58.33%) Cisco
2 12 (25.00%) VMware
3 10 (20.83%) Juniper
4 9 (18.75%) Microsoft
4 9 (18.75%) CheckPoint
4 9 (18.75%) Reuters
4 9 (18.75%) Bloomberg
5 6 (12.50%) CommVault
5 6 (12.50%) NetApp
5 6 (12.50%) Blue Coat
6 5 (10.42%) Citrix
7 4 (8.333%) Oracle
7 4 (8.333%) SAP
7 4 (8.333%) Infovista
8 3 (6.250%) Twitter
8 3 (6.250%) HP
9 2 (4.167%) Symbian
9 2 (4.167%) Apple
9 2 (4.167%) F5
10 1 (2.083%) ArcSight
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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