The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 20 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 156 147 177
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +30
Permanent jobs citing VPN 85 100 59
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.196% 1.411% 0.871%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.234% 9.653% 5.865%
Number of salaries quoted 73 95 56
Average salary £30,000 £33,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.44% +11.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,300 £23,850 £16,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £51,000 £40,750
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +10.76%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1175 1036 1006
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 16.54% 14.61% 14.86%
Number of salaries quoted 947 907 851
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
VPN
England

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 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
Manchester -37 50 £37,500 +25.00%
Cheshire +14 21 £22,500 -40.00%
Merseyside +19 5 £30,000 -14.28%
Lancashire +6 4 £26,000 -25.71%
Cumbria - 3 £30,000 -
VPN
England

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 110 (60.77%) Windows
2 93 (51.38%) Firewall
3 84 (46.41%) Active Directory
4 81 (44.75%) Microsoft
5 77 (42.54%) Cisco
6 71 (39.23%) MS Exchange
7 68 (37.57%) Windows Server 2008
8 61 (33.70%) MS Excel
9 57 (31.49%) Windows XP
10 56 (30.94%) Cisco Certification
10 56 (30.94%) Network Security
11 55 (30.39%) WAN
12 53 (29.28%) TCP/IP
13 50 (27.62%) Microsoft Certification
14 49 (27.07%) LAN
14 49 (27.07%) MS Office
15 48 (26.52%) Windows Server 2003
16 46 (25.41%) VoIP
17 44 (24.31%) DNS
17 44 (24.31%) VMware
18 42 (23.20%) Internet
19 41 (22.65%) Windows 7
20 38 (20.99%) DHCP
21 36 (19.89%) Juniper
22 33 (18.23%) Citrix
23 31 (17.13%) CCNP
23 31 (17.13%) CCNA
23 31 (17.13%) VMware Infrastructure
24 30 (16.57%) HP
24 30 (16.57%) Broadband

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 8 (4.420%) Web Services
2 7 (3.867%) HTML
2 7 (3.867%) COM
3 4 (2.210%) CSS
4 2 (1.105%) ASP
4 2 (1.105%) XML
4 2 (1.105%) Flash
4 2 (1.105%) XHTML
4 2 (1.105%) MAPI
4 2 (1.105%) JSON
5 1 (0.552%) Application Packaging
5 1 (0.552%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.552%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 71 (39.23%) MS Exchange
2 27 (14.92%) Exchange Server 2010
3 24 (13.26%) Exchange Server 2007
4 22 (12.15%) SharePoint
5 19 (10.50%) Exchange Server 2003
6 16 (8.840%) IIS
7 9 (4.972%) Lync
8 5 (2.762%) Exchange Server 2000
9 3 (1.657%) Office Communications Server
10 2 (1.105%) Amazon AWS
10 2 (1.105%) Apache
10 2 (1.105%) SAS
10 2 (1.105%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (1.105%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.552%) CMS
11 1 (0.552%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 61 (33.70%) MS Excel
2 49 (27.07%) MS Office
3 28 (15.47%) Office 365
4 2 (1.105%) Google Apps
5 1 (0.552%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.552%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.552%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 93 (51.38%) Firewall
2 56 (30.94%) Network Security
3 55 (30.39%) WAN
4 53 (29.28%) TCP/IP
5 49 (27.07%) LAN
6 46 (25.41%) VoIP
7 44 (24.31%) DNS
8 42 (23.20%) Internet
9 38 (20.99%) DHCP
10 30 (16.57%) Broadband
11 27 (14.92%) SSL
12 26 (14.36%) Wireless
13 25 (13.81%) Cisco ASA
14 24 (13.26%) VLAN
15 21 (11.60%) MPLS
16 20 (11.05%) Cisco PIX
17 16 (8.840%) IPsec
18 15 (8.287%) DSL
19 14 (7.735%) WLAN
20 12 (6.630%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (14.92%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.867%) Crystal Reports
2 7 (3.867%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (2.210%) MySQL
4 3 (1.657%) MS Access
5 2 (1.105%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (1.105%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.105%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.552%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (0.552%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.552%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.552%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.552%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.552%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.552%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 8 (4.420%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (1.657%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 22 (12.15%) Finance
2 20 (11.05%) Telecoms
3 5 (2.762%) Marketing
4 4 (2.210%) Manufacturing
5 3 (1.657%) Retail
6 1 (0.552%) Spanish Language
6 1 (0.552%) Banking
6 1 (0.552%) Legal
Job Titles
1 31 (17.13%) Support Engineer
2 29 (16.02%) IT Support
3 20 (11.05%) Consultant
4 18 (9.945%) Administrator
5 16 (8.840%) Support Technician
6 15 (8.287%) 2nd Line Support
6 15 (8.287%) Network Engineer
7 13 (7.182%) IT Support Engineer
8 12 (6.630%) Systems Administrator
8 12 (6.630%) 1st Line Support
9 11 (6.077%) 3rd Line Support
9 11 (6.077%) IT Support Technician
9 11 (6.077%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (5.525%) Analyst
10 10 (5.525%) Windows Administrator
10 10 (5.525%) Windows Systems Administrator
11 9 (4.972%) Architect
12 8 (4.420%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 7 (3.867%) Support Consultant
13 7 (3.867%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.05%) Blackberry
2 13 (7.182%) iPhone
3 10 (5.525%) Cloud Computing
4 8 (4.420%) iPad
5 7 (3.867%) Clustering
6 5 (2.762%) SWIFT
6 5 (2.762%) Replication
7 3 (1.657%) Handset
8 2 (1.105%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.105%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.105%) Open Source
8 2 (1.105%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.105%) Firmware
9 1 (0.552%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.552%) EqualLogic
9 1 (0.552%) SecurID
9 1 (0.552%) PDA
9 1 (0.552%) Statistics
9 1 (0.552%) Mathematics
9 1 (0.552%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 110 (60.77%) Windows
2 68 (37.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 57 (31.49%) Windows XP
4 48 (26.52%) Windows Server 2003
5 41 (22.65%) Windows 7
6 22 (12.15%) Linux
7 11 (6.077%) Windows 8
8 7 (3.867%) UNIX
8 7 (3.867%) Android
9 6 (3.315%) Windows 2000 Server
10 5 (2.762%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (2.762%) Windows Vista
10 5 (2.762%) Windows 2000
10 5 (2.762%) AIX
10 5 (2.762%) Solaris
11 4 (2.210%) Windows Mobile
12 2 (1.105%) Windows Phone
12 2 (1.105%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.552%) CentOS
13 1 (0.552%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (16.57%) ITIL
2 21 (11.60%) Network Design
3 15 (8.287%) Change Management
4 14 (7.735%) E-Commerce
4 14 (7.735%) Load Balancing
5 13 (7.182%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (3.867%) Information Security
6 7 (3.867%) Service Management
6 7 (3.867%) Service Delivery
6 7 (3.867%) Service Desk Management
7 6 (3.315%) CRM
8 5 (2.762%) Business Development
8 5 (2.762%) Time Management
8 5 (2.762%) Network Management
9 4 (2.210%) High Availability
9 4 (2.210%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (2.210%) Requirements Analysis
9 4 (2.210%) Root Cause Analysis
9 4 (2.210%) Operations Management
9 4 (2.210%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 23 (12.71%) SQL
2 6 (3.315%) PHP
3 5 (2.762%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.210%) C
4 4 (2.210%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.105%) Bash shell
5 2 (1.105%) Java
5 2 (1.105%) Python
5 2 (1.105%) Ruby
5 2 (1.105%) Perl
6 1 (0.552%) C#
6 1 (0.552%) C++
6 1 (0.552%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.552%) VBScript
6 1 (0.552%) VB
Qualifications
1 56 (30.94%) Cisco Certification
2 50 (27.62%) Microsoft Certification
3 31 (17.13%) CCNP
3 31 (17.13%) CCNA
4 21 (11.60%) MCSE
5 16 (8.840%) CCIE
6 15 (8.287%) MCP
7 9 (4.972%) CCDP
8 8 (4.420%) MCITP
9 7 (3.867%) MCTS
9 7 (3.867%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 7 (3.867%) MCSA
10 6 (3.315%) CCSP
11 4 (2.210%) CCIP
11 4 (2.210%) JNCIA
11 4 (2.210%) Degree
11 4 (2.210%) CCDE
12 3 (1.657%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (1.105%) Citrix Certification
14 1 (0.552%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.735%) SLA
2 5 (2.762%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.210%) ISO 9001
3 4 (2.210%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.552%) BS7799
4 1 (0.552%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 84 (46.41%) Active Directory
2 31 (17.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (7.182%) vSphere
4 8 (4.420%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (2.762%) XenApp
6 4 (2.210%) VMware Workstation
7 3 (1.657%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.657%) Terminal Services
8 2 (1.105%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 2 (1.105%) XenServer
9 1 (0.552%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 7 (3.867%) Backup Exec
1 7 (3.867%) WSUS
2 6 (3.315%) SCCM
2 6 (3.315%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 6 (3.315%) NetBackup
3 5 (2.762%) Tivoli
4 3 (1.657%) SCOM
5 2 (1.105%) WhatsUp Gold
5 2 (1.105%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (1.105%) HP SIM
5 2 (1.105%) MOM
5 2 (1.105%) Norton AntiVirus
5 2 (1.105%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.552%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.552%) CiscoWorks
6 1 (0.552%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 81 (44.75%) Microsoft
2 77 (42.54%) Cisco
3 44 (24.31%) VMware
4 36 (19.89%) Juniper
5 33 (18.23%) Citrix
6 30 (16.57%) HP
7 23 (12.71%) CheckPoint
8 17 (9.392%) Oracle
8 17 (9.392%) NetApp
9 15 (8.287%) F5
10 10 (5.525%) Fortinet
11 9 (4.972%) Symantec
12 6 (3.315%) Avaya
12 6 (3.315%) IBM
12 6 (3.315%) Blue Coat
12 6 (3.315%) Brocade
12 6 (3.315%) SolarWinds
13 5 (2.762%) WatchGuard
13 5 (2.762%) Veeam
14 4 (2.210%) Apple
Wilmslow, North West
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Salary: £45000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Merseyside
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
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Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 23 April 2013
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Salary: £19000 - £23000 per annum + profit bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Salary: £22,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
North West
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Salary: GBP16000 to GBP18000 per annum
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Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £45000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 14 May 2013
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FT Select
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 14 May 2013
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Salary: £23000 - £32000 per annum + bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
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Salary: £23000 - £32000 per annum + bens
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Salary: £65000 - £70000 per annum + Car Allowance
Posted: 14 May 2013
Stockport, North West
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Salary: £16000.00 - £20000.00 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013
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Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + Includes Car/Allowance+bens
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Salary: £17000 - £18000 per annum + Benefits package
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Salary: From £20,000 to £23,000 per annum depending on experience + benefits
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