VPN Jobs in the North West
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

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%
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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 -
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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
Implementation Consultant - Wilmslow
Wilmslow, North West
The following are essential for this role: Microsoft Windows Server Active Directory Microsoft Terminal Services Remote Desktop Services Microsoft Exchange 2007/2010 Some highly desirable skills include: VMware...
greywood
Salary: £45000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Infrastructure Engineer
Merseyside
You will have strong background in :- VMWare vSphere v4, v5 ESXi VMWare vCentre Standard / Foundation Cisco IOS internetworking, WAN, LAN, VLAN Cisco - ASA, VPN, AnyConnect, WCS/WLC, Call...
Vertical IT
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
IT Support Engineer - Bolton
Bolton, Lancashire
Desktop support of Microsoft Windows XP/Windows 7 desktop operating systems and associated applications (MS Office 2007/2010) Experience supporting Windows 2003 or 2008 Active Directory and the...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
IT Support Engineer - Bolton
Bolton, North West
Day-to-day support, includes: 1st - 3rd line trouble-shooting and configuration Desktop support of Microsoft Windows XP/Windows 7 desktop operating systems and associated applications (MS Office...
greywood
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 23 April 2013
IT support engineer (Windows, Server, AD, SQL, etc) - Burnley
Burnley, North West
You will be an excellent communicator, building relationships with users at all levels of the company and will be able to demonstrate practical knowledge of providing desktop support,...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £19000 - £23000 per annum + profit bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
IT support engineer (Windows, Server, AD, SQL, etc) - Burnley
Burnley, Lancashire
IT support engineer (with good experience of Desktop, Windows, Server / Active Directory, SQL server, etc) sought by this leading eCommerce based organisation... You will be an excellent communicator,...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £19000 - £23000 per annum + profit bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
IT Support - Windows Server 2003/2008, Exchange, Active Directory, IIS
Chester, Cheshire
IT Support - £22k basic + benefits package, Chester, Windows Server 2003/2008, Active Directory, Backup Exec 2010, Office 2010. IIS, Routers... System administration Servers (administration and maintenance, backup/restore)...
PNG Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £22,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
1st Line IT Support Engineer
North West
The 1st Line IT Support Engineer will be the first point of contact for all IT related queries- This will include setting up new desktops (PC`s and...
Michael Page
Salary: GBP16000 to GBP18000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Infrastructure & 3rd Line Support Consultant - Wilmslow
Wilmslow, Cheshire
The following are essential for this role: Microsoft Windows Server. Active Directory. Microsoft Terminal Services... Microsoft Exchange 2007/2010. Some highly desirable skills include: VMware. HyperV... An understanding...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £45000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cisco LAN/WAN/Switching Network/System Administrator- Wirral
Birkenhead, Merseyside
Also backup management and disaster recovery... - Experience of Cisco networking switching, LAN/WAN construction, implementation andmanagement. - Experience with communication systems, including fibre optics and microwave links - Intranet and...
FT Select
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 14 May 2013
Windows Systems Administrator / Network (2nd Line)
Altrincham, North West
Windows Systems Administrator (2nd line) - ideally with MCSE/CCNA - Altrincham Main skills:Windows Administration (AD configuration, Group Policy, etc). MS Exchange administration Network administration (network design, Cisco, HP,...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £23000 - £32000 per annum + bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
Windows Systems Administrator / Network (2nd Line)
Altrincham, Cheshire
Windows Systems Administrator (2nd line) - ideally with MCSE/CCNA - Altrincham... MS Exchange administration Network administration (network design, Cisco, HP, VPN) (interest in) Cloud Computing Windows Systems Administrator (2nd...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £23000 - £32000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
CCIE Network Security Principal Consultant Cisco Gold Partner
Manchester, Lancashire
CCIE Network Security Architect required for Data Centre specialist Cisco Gold Partner... You: *Must have good experience and current accreditation in Cisco and Juniper security solutions. *ASA, Pix,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £65000 - £70000 per annum + Car Allowance
Posted: 14 May 2013
IT Support
Stockport, North West
Requirements for this position on a technical front are skills with the installation and operating of Microsoft Windows XP and 7, Windows Server, Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, an...
Salary: £16000.00 - £20000.00 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013
1st/2nd Line Support Technician: Windows, Exchange. Chester
Chester, North West
Chester £15-18K Basic + £4K Car or Car allowance + Benefits Leading manufacturer requires experienced Windows Desk Top/Server Technicians (1st line moving to 2nd) to join established team...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + Includes Car/Allowance+bens
Posted: 24 April 2013
1st Line IT Support
Stockport, North West
Requirements for this position on a technical front are skills with the installation and operating of Microsoft Windows XP and 7, Windows Server, Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, an...
Salary: £17000 - £18000 per annum + Benefits package
Posted: 1 May 2013
Networking Presales Consultant CCNP CCIE Nexus
Manchester, Lancashire
My client. Operate in 51 countries in five regions - Middle East & Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific, Australia and the Americas. Their growth has been driven by their clients' need...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + £5,000 Car + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Junior / Graduate Systems Developer
Rochdale, Lancashire
Zen Internet provides a range of high quality award-winning Internet services to the business and home user, from the latest in high speed DSL Broadband Internet access...
Zen Internet Ltd
Salary: From £20,000 to £23,000 per annum depending on experience + benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
Technical Support Team Leader
Rochdale, Lancashire
Zen Internet provides a range of high quality award-winning Internet services to the business and home user, from the latest in high speed DSL Broadband Internet access...
Zen Internet Ltd
Salary: From £22,000 to £27,000 per annum depending on experience + benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
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