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This section looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Northamptonshire 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
Rank8160
Rank change on same period last yearDown-21
Matching permanent IT job ads813
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.006 %
As % of the category below5.263 %7.182 %
Salaries quoted83
Average minimum salary£25,667£29,333
Average salary£26,111£32,500
% change on same period last year-19.65 %
Average maximum salary£26,556£35,667
UK excluding London average salary£35,673£36,997
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
Communications & Networking NorthamptonshireCommunications & Networking
Northamptonshire
Matching permanent IT job ads152181
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.075 %0.080 %
Salaries quoted138138
Average minimum salary£31,819£30,443
Average salary£33,383£32,425
% change on same period last year+2.95 %
Average maximum salary£34,947£34,406
UK excluding London average salary£37,693£39,086
% change on same period last year-3.56 %
VPN East MidlandsVPN
East Midlands

VPN
Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

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

Northamptonshire VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Northamptonshire region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1NorthamptonDown-94£28,250+8.65 %
1KetteringNew entry-4£23,000-
2WellingboroughDown-51£30,000-
VPN East MidlandsVPN
East Midlands

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

19 (90.00 %)Windows
19 (90.00 %)Active Directory
28 (80.00 %)Windows 2000
28 (80.00 %)MS Exchange
28 (80.00 %)Microsoft
37 (70.00 %)Windows XP
37 (70.00 %)Firewall
45 (50.00 %)C
45 (50.00 %)MS Project
45 (50.00 %)VoIP
54 (40.00 %)RIP
54 (40.00 %)Cisco
54 (40.00 %)MS Office
54 (40.00 %)Automotive
54 (40.00 %)Avaya
54 (40.00 %)McAfee Security
54 (40.00 %)BGP
54 (40.00 %)Blackberry
54 (40.00 %)EIGRP
54 (40.00 %)CMS
54 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
54 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
63 (30.00 %)DNS
72 (20.00 %)LAN
72 (20.00 %)WAN
72 (20.00 %)DHCP
81 (10.00 %)Citrix
81 (10.00 %)Law
81 (10.00 %)Manufacturing
81 (10.00 %)Back Office

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 Platforms
18 (80.00 %)MS Exchange
24 (40.00 %)CMS
24 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
24 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
Applications
15 (50.00 %)MS Project
24 (40.00 %)MS Office
Communications & Networking
17 (70.00 %)Firewall
25 (50.00 %)VoIP
34 (40.00 %)RIP
34 (40.00 %)BGP
34 (40.00 %)EIGRP
43 (30.00 %)DNS
52 (20.00 %)WAN
52 (20.00 %)DHCP
52 (20.00 %)LAN
61 (10.00 %)ADSL
61 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
General
14 (40.00 %)Automotive
21 (10.00 %)Law
21 (10.00 %)Manufacturing
21 (10.00 %)Retail
21 (10.00 %)Insurance
21 (10.00 %)Pensions
21 (10.00 %)Back Office
Job Titles
14 (40.00 %)IT Support Technician
14 (40.00 %)Desktop Support Technician
14 (40.00 %)Support Technician
14 (40.00 %)Support Engineer
14 (40.00 %)Desktop Support
23 (30.00 %)IT Support Engineer
23 (30.00 %)Installations Engineer
32 (20.00 %)IT Manager
41 (10.00 %)Network Engineer
41 (10.00 %)Operations Manager
41 (10.00 %)Network Support Engineer
41 (10.00 %)Network Support
41 (10.00 %)Support Manager
41 (10.00 %)IT Support Manager
41 (10.00 %)IT Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
14 (40.00 %)Blackberry
21 (10.00 %)PDA
Operating Systems
19 (90.00 %)Windows
28 (80.00 %)Windows 2000
37 (70.00 %)Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
11 (10.00 %)ITIL
Programming Languages
15 (50.00 %)C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (10.00 %)SLA
System Software
19 (90.00 %)Active Directory
21 (10.00 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Vendors
18 (80.00 %)Microsoft
24 (40.00 %)Avaya
24 (40.00 %)McAfee Security
24 (40.00 %)Cisco
31 (10.00 %)Citrix
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