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This section looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Oxford 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 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7271
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads3437
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.015 %
As % of the category below13.99 %10.72 %
Salaries quoted3133
Average minimum salary£28,694£34,879
Average salary£32,444£36,485
% change on same period last year-11.07 %
Average maximum salary£36,194£38,091
UK excluding London average salary£35,036£37,168
% change on same period last year-5.73 %
Oxford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Oxford
Matching permanent IT job ads243345
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.128 %0.141 %
Salaries quoted215282
Average minimum salary£31,539£38,499
Average salary£35,065£40,139
% change on same period last year-12.64 %
Average maximum salary£38,592£41,779
UK excluding London average salary£37,397£39,734
% change on same period last year-5.88 %
VPN OxfordshireVPN
Oxfordshire

VPN
Demand Trend

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

Oxford VPN Demand Trend

VPN
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VPN across the Oxford region.

Oxford VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Oxford VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

133 (52.38 %)TCP/IP
230 (47.62 %)DNS
230 (47.62 %)Cisco
230 (47.62 %)Windows
326 (41.27 %)Microsoft
425 (39.68 %)Active Directory
524 (38.10 %)Firewall
524 (38.10 %)Windows NT
623 (36.51 %)WAN
623 (36.51 %)Microsoft Certification
722 (34.92 %)DHCP
722 (34.92 %)MS Excel
722 (34.92 %)MS Exchange
722 (34.92 %)MCP
821 (33.33 %)ADSL
920 (31.75 %)LAN
920 (31.75 %)ITIL
1019 (30.16 %)MCSE
1019 (30.16 %)MPLS
1118 (28.57 %)Citrix
1118 (28.57 %)Blackberry
1217 (26.98 %)CheckPoint
1316 (25.40 %)Terminal Services
1316 (25.40 %)MCSA
1316 (25.40 %)Backup Exec
1316 (25.40 %)Exchange Server 2003
1414 (22.22 %)Load Balancing
1414 (22.22 %)Cisco Certification
1511 (17.46 %)CCNA
1610 (15.87 %)PRINCE2

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

Oxford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (3.175 %)HTML
12 (3.175 %)XML
21 (1.587 %)CSS
Oxford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
122 (34.92 %)MS Exchange
216 (25.40 %)Exchange Server 2003
37 (11.11 %)IIS
43 (4.762 %)SharePoint
52 (3.175 %)GroupWise
Oxford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
122 (34.92 %)MS Excel
22 (3.175 %)MS PowerPoint
22 (3.175 %)MS Office
Oxford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
133 (52.38 %)TCP/IP
230 (47.62 %)DNS
324 (38.10 %)Firewall
423 (36.51 %)WAN
522 (34.92 %)DHCP
621 (33.33 %)ADSL
720 (31.75 %)LAN
819 (30.16 %)MPLS
95 (7.937 %)OSPF
95 (7.937 %)BGP
95 (7.937 %)IPsec
104 (6.349 %)VPLS
113 (4.762 %)SSL
113 (4.762 %)Intranet
113 (4.762 %)VoIP
122 (3.175 %)DSL
122 (3.175 %)Network Security
122 (3.175 %)SMTP
122 (3.175 %)Extranet
122 (3.175 %)VLAN
Oxford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (3.175 %)SQL Server
Oxford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (7.937 %)Finance
24 (6.349 %)Education
32 (3.175 %)Pensions
Oxford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
125 (39.68 %)Analyst
214 (22.22 %)Network Analyst
214 (22.22 %)Cisco Network Analyst
214 (22.22 %)Cisco Analyst
311 (17.46 %)Support Analyst
410 (15.87 %)1st Line Support
410 (15.87 %)2nd Line Support
58 (12.70 %)Technical Support
66 (9.524 %)Desktop Support
66 (9.524 %)Team Leader
66 (9.524 %)Service Desk Team Leader
74 (6.349 %)Support Engineer
74 (6.349 %)Administrator
83 (4.762 %)Junior
83 (4.762 %)Network Administrator
92 (3.175 %)Desktop Engineer
92 (3.175 %)IT Support Engineer
92 (3.175 %)Network Support
92 (3.175 %)Network Engineer
92 (3.175 %)Systems Support
Oxford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
118 (28.57 %)Blackberry
28 (12.70 %)Computer Science
34 (6.349 %)Clustering
41 (1.587 %)Management Information System
Oxford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
130 (47.62 %)Windows
224 (38.10 %)Windows NT
35 (7.937 %)Windows XP
44 (6.349 %)Linux
53 (4.762 %)Windows 2000
62 (3.175 %)Solaris
62 (3.175 %)NetWare
62 (3.175 %)UNIX
Oxford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
120 (31.75 %)ITIL
214 (22.22 %)Load Balancing
310 (15.87 %)PRINCE2
44 (6.349 %)Network Load Balancing
52 (3.175 %)Web Development
52 (3.175 %)PRINCE
52 (3.175 %)Disaster Recovery
52 (3.175 %)E-business
61 (1.587 %)ITSM
61 (1.587 %)Network Design
61 (1.587 %)BCP
61 (1.587 %)Service Management
Oxford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (7.937 %)SQL
22 (3.175 %)C
22 (3.175 %)JavaScript
22 (3.175 %)PHP
Oxford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
123 (36.51 %)Microsoft Certification
222 (34.92 %)MCP
319 (30.16 %)MCSE
416 (25.40 %)MCSA
514 (22.22 %)Cisco Certification
611 (17.46 %)CCNA
78 (12.70 %)Degree
78 (12.70 %)A+ Certification
86 (9.524 %)CCNP
95 (7.937 %)CCSP
104 (6.349 %)MBA
104 (6.349 %)CCDP
104 (6.349 %)CCIE
112 (3.175 %)CCIP
112 (3.175 %)CCVP
121 (1.587 %)CCSA
Oxford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (9.524 %)SLA
Oxford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
125 (39.68 %)Active Directory
216 (25.40 %)Terminal Services
216 (25.40 %)Backup Exec
32 (3.175 %)ISA Server
Oxford IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (3.175 %)Norton AntiVirus
12 (3.175 %)WSUS
Oxford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
130 (47.62 %)Cisco
226 (41.27 %)Microsoft
318 (28.57 %)Citrix
417 (26.98 %)CheckPoint
54 (6.349 %)Novell
62 (3.175 %)Symantec
62 (3.175 %)VMware
71 (1.587 %)Juniper
71 (1.587 %)Nokia
71 (1.587 %)HP
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