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This section looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Scotland 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
Rank118136
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching permanent IT job ads4660
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.027 %
As % of the category below6.553 %6.667 %
Salaries quoted3244
Average minimum salary£32,313£30,987
Average salary£35,016£32,859
% change on same period last year+6.56 %
Average maximum salary£37,719£34,731
UK excluding London average salary£35,673£36,997
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
Communications & Networking ScotlandCommunications & Networking
Scotland
Matching permanent IT job ads702900
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.344 %0.398 %
Salaries quoted427652
Average minimum salary£35,732£32,352
Average salary£39,359£34,385
% change on same period last year+14.46 %
Average maximum salary£42,986£36,417
UK excluding London average salary£37,693£39,086
% change on same period last year-3.56 %
VPN UKVPN
UK

VPN
Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

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

Scotland 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 Scotland 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
1EdinburghUp+3115£36,042+64.76 %
2GlasgowUp+611£35,333+10.14 %
3AberdeenUp+87£32,667-26.22 %
4AberdeenshireDown-14--
5West LothianNew entry-3£19,167-
6West DunbartonshireNew entry-1£37,000-
VPN UKVPN
UK

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

159 (57.28 %)Windows
258 (56.31 %)Firewall
349 (47.57 %)Cisco
441 (39.81 %)WAN
539 (37.86 %)Cisco Certification
636 (34.95 %)Active Directory
734 (33.01 %)LAN
826 (25.24 %)Microsoft
924 (23.30 %)Microsoft Certification
924 (23.30 %)TCP/IP
924 (23.30 %)Linux
1023 (22.33 %)MCSE
1023 (22.33 %)CCNP
1122 (21.36 %)CheckPoint
1218 (17.48 %)BGP
1218 (17.48 %)OSPF
1317 (16.50 %)Network Security
1416 (15.53 %)DNS
1515 (14.56 %)CCNA
1515 (14.56 %)Juniper
1515 (14.56 %)MS Exchange
1614 (13.59 %)Windows XP
1713 (12.62 %)Finance
1812 (11.65 %)Windows 2000
1812 (11.65 %)SSL
1911 (10.68 %)CCIE
1911 (10.68 %)Citrix
1911 (10.68 %)IPsec
2010 (9.709 %)MCP
219 (8.738 %)VoIP

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Scotland 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 Development
11 (0.971 %)X-Windows
11 (0.971 %)Application Packaging
Application Platforms
115 (14.56 %)MS Exchange
26 (5.825 %)Lotus Notes
26 (5.825 %)Apache
26 (5.825 %)Exchange Server 2003
35 (4.854 %)Exchange Server 2007
44 (3.883 %)Exchange Server 5.5
44 (3.883 %)Exchange Server 2000
53 (2.913 %)SharePoint
61 (0.971 %)CMS
Applications
18 (7.767 %)MS Office
18 (7.767 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
158 (56.31 %)Firewall
241 (39.81 %)WAN
334 (33.01 %)LAN
424 (23.30 %)TCP/IP
518 (17.48 %)OSPF
518 (17.48 %)BGP
617 (16.50 %)Network Security
716 (15.53 %)DNS
812 (11.65 %)SSL
911 (10.68 %)IPsec
109 (8.738 %)IP Telephony
109 (8.738 %)VoIP
117 (6.796 %)Internet
117 (6.796 %)Wireless
117 (6.796 %)FTP
126 (5.825 %)DHCP
135 (4.854 %)MPLS
135 (4.854 %)TACACS
144 (3.883 %)ISDN
153 (2.913 %)EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
13 (2.913 %)MySQL
22 (1.942 %)SQL Server
Development Applications
16 (5.825 %)Subversion
General
113 (12.62 %)Finance
27 (6.796 %)Health
35 (4.854 %)Government
35 (4.854 %)Pensions
43 (2.913 %)Police
52 (1.942 %)Telecoms
61 (0.971 %)Auditing
Job Titles
124 (23.30 %)Consultant
221 (20.39 %)Analyst
314 (13.59 %)IT Manager
411 (10.68 %)Network Analyst
510 (9.709 %)Network Consultant
69 (8.738 %)Administrator
78 (7.767 %)Security Consultant
78 (7.767 %)Network Security Consultant
87 (6.796 %)Technical Consultant
87 (6.796 %)Architect
87 (6.796 %)Technical Architect
87 (6.796 %)Support Analyst
96 (5.825 %)Data Analyst
105 (4.854 %)Support Consultant
105 (4.854 %)Technical Support
105 (4.854 %)Systems Administrator
114 (3.883 %)Senior Consultant
114 (3.883 %)Support Engineer
114 (3.883 %)Senior Technical Support
114 (3.883 %)Technical Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
14 (3.883 %)Blackberry
14 (3.883 %)PDA
23 (2.913 %)Replication
23 (2.913 %)Clustering
31 (0.971 %)SecurID
31 (0.971 %)PKI
Operating Systems
159 (57.28 %)Windows
224 (23.30 %)Linux
314 (13.59 %)Windows XP
412 (11.65 %)Windows 2000
58 (7.767 %)SUSE
67 (6.796 %)Unix
73 (2.913 %)Windows NT
82 (1.942 %)Windows Server 2003
91 (0.971 %)Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
17 (6.796 %)ITIL
17 (6.796 %)Project Management
23 (2.913 %)Load Testing
32 (1.942 %)ERP
32 (1.942 %)Change Management
41 (0.971 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (0.971 %)Migration
41 (0.971 %)Technical Architecture
41 (0.971 %)Load Balancing
41 (0.971 %)Service Delivery
Programming Languages
15 (4.854 %)Java
15 (4.854 %)SQL
23 (2.913 %)PHP
Qualifications
139 (37.86 %)Cisco Certification
224 (23.30 %)Microsoft Certification
323 (22.33 %)MCSE
323 (22.33 %)CCNP
415 (14.56 %)CCNA
511 (10.68 %)CCIE
610 (9.709 %)MCP
79 (8.738 %)CCSP
79 (8.738 %)CISSP
84 (3.883 %)CCA
84 (3.883 %)Citrix Certification
93 (2.913 %)Degree
93 (2.913 %)CCDP
102 (1.942 %)CCDA
102 (1.942 %)CCIP
102 (1.942 %)CCDE
102 (1.942 %)CCVP
111 (0.971 %)CCSE
111 (0.971 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
111 (0.971 %)ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.971 %)SLA
11 (0.971 %)BS15000
System Software
136 (34.95 %)Active Directory
29 (8.738 %)Samba
29 (8.738 %)Backup Exec
37 (6.796 %)NFS
46 (5.825 %)ISA Server
54 (3.883 %)VMware ESX
63 (2.913 %)Citrix Presentation Server
71 (0.971 %)Terminal Server
71 (0.971 %)Terminal Services
Systems Management
11 (0.971 %)CiscoWorks
11 (0.971 %)Tivoli
11 (0.971 %)Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
149 (47.57 %)Cisco
226 (25.24 %)Microsoft
322 (21.36 %)CheckPoint
415 (14.56 %)Juniper
511 (10.68 %)Citrix
69 (8.738 %)Blue Coat
78 (7.767 %)Red Hat
87 (6.796 %)VMware
96 (5.825 %)Nokia
96 (5.825 %)Lotus
103 (2.913 %)Novell
103 (2.913 %)Sun
103 (2.913 %)SAP
112 (1.942 %)Sourcefire
121 (0.971 %)Oracle
121 (0.971 %)Avaya
121 (0.971 %)BMC
121 (0.971 %)VERITAS
121 (0.971 %)Sage
121 (0.971 %)Mitel
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