The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 21 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 Northamptonshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 69 69 69
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Permanent jobs citing VPN 1 3 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 0.152% 0.390% 1.000%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.781% 3.093% 6.015%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 8
Average salary £70,000 £36,000 £31,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+94.44% +15.20%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +10.76%
All Communications & Networking
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
128 97 133
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 19.39% 12.61% 16.63%
Number of salaries quoted 108 86 123
Average salary £39,000 £28,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+36.84% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £22,500 £23,600
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VPN
East Midlands

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire VPN Salary Trend

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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Northampton -2 1 £70,000 +212.50%
VPN
East Midlands

VPN
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) CCIE
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) XenApp
2 1 (33.33%) XenDesktop
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (33.33%) MPLS
2 1 (33.33%) OSPF
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) MPLS
2 1 (33.33%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Security Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Security Technical Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Network Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Administrator
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) CCIE
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) XenApp
1 1 (33.33%) XenDesktop
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) VMware
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix
1 1 (33.33%) Juniper
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
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