The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 17 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 126 115 117
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +2
Permanent jobs citing VPN 31 39 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.990% 1.134% 1.134%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.506% 7.800% 8.628%
Number of salaries quoted 25 35 32
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +10.76%
All Communications & Networking
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
413 500 452
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 13.19% 14.54% 13.15%
Number of salaries quoted 223 326 315
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,150 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,500 £77,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
VPN
UK

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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
Aberdeen +11 15 £37,500 -6.25%
Glasgow -16 5 £23,250 -36.73%
Edinburgh -14 2 £27,750 -14.61%
Dundee -18 2 £42,500 -22.72%
VPN
UK

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 39 (73.58%) Cisco
2 38 (71.70%) Firewall
3 34 (64.15%) Windows
4 33 (62.26%) Wireless
5 32 (60.38%) WAN
6 30 (56.60%) Cisco Certification
6 30 (56.60%) LAN
7 24 (45.28%) CCNA
8 23 (43.40%) TCP/IP
9 21 (39.62%) Microsoft
10 19 (35.85%) Active Directory
10 19 (35.85%) Cisco ASA
11 15 (28.30%) CCNP
12 14 (26.42%) DNS
12 14 (26.42%) Windows Server 2008
13 13 (24.53%) MS Exchange
13 13 (24.53%) Linux
14 12 (22.64%) MS Office
14 12 (22.64%) Ethernet
14 12 (22.64%) Juniper
15 11 (20.75%) SNMP
15 11 (20.75%) Windows Server 2003
15 11 (20.75%) OSPF
15 11 (20.75%) BGP
15 11 (20.75%) Exchange Server 2003
16 10 (18.87%) Network Security
16 10 (18.87%) IPsec
16 10 (18.87%) DHCP
16 10 (18.87%) ITIL
16 10 (18.87%) VoIP

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 1 (1.887%) HTML
1 1 (1.887%) .NET
1 1 (1.887%) ASP
1 1 (1.887%) ASP.NET
1 1 (1.887%) Web Services
1 1 (1.887%) XML
1 1 (1.887%) CGI
1 1 (1.887%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 13 (24.53%) MS Exchange
2 11 (20.75%) Exchange Server 2003
3 8 (15.09%) Exchange Server 2007
3 8 (15.09%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (11.32%) Apache
5 2 (3.774%) IIS
6 1 (1.887%) Lotus Notes
6 1 (1.887%) LiveLink
Applications
1 12 (22.64%) MS Office
2 6 (11.32%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.887%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 38 (71.70%) Firewall
2 33 (62.26%) Wireless
3 32 (60.38%) WAN
4 30 (56.60%) LAN
5 23 (43.40%) TCP/IP
6 19 (35.85%) Cisco ASA
7 14 (26.42%) DNS
8 12 (22.64%) Ethernet
9 11 (20.75%) OSPF
9 11 (20.75%) BGP
9 11 (20.75%) SNMP
10 10 (18.87%) DHCP
10 10 (18.87%) IPsec
10 10 (18.87%) Network Security
10 10 (18.87%) VoIP
11 9 (16.98%) WLAN
12 8 (15.09%) Cisco PIX
13 7 (13.21%) FWSM
13 7 (13.21%) EIGRP
13 7 (13.21%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.21%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.774%) MySQL
General
1 8 (15.09%) Finance
2 5 (9.434%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.887%) Banking
3 1 (1.887%) Retail
3 1 (1.887%) French Language
Job Titles
1 17 (32.08%) Network Engineer
1 17 (32.08%) Support Engineer
2 7 (13.21%) Network Support Engineer
2 7 (13.21%) Network Support
3 6 (11.32%) Integration Engineer
4 5 (9.434%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 5 (9.434%) Cisco Engineer
4 5 (9.434%) Analyst
5 4 (7.547%) Consultant
5 4 (7.547%) Systems Administrator
5 4 (7.547%) Support Analyst
5 4 (7.547%) Administrator
5 4 (7.547%) Senior Network Engineer
5 4 (7.547%) Security Engineer
6 3 (5.660%) IT Administrator
6 3 (5.660%) Network Consultant
6 3 (5.660%) Cisco Consultant
6 3 (5.660%) IT Support
6 3 (5.660%) Cisco Network Consultant
7 2 (3.774%) ICT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.09%) Client/Server
2 2 (3.774%) Blackberry
2 2 (3.774%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.774%) Replication
3 1 (1.887%) Clustering
3 1 (1.887%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 34 (64.15%) Windows
2 14 (26.42%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (24.53%) Linux
4 11 (20.75%) Windows Server 2003
5 8 (15.09%) Windows 7
6 7 (13.21%) Windows XP
7 5 (9.434%) UNIX
8 2 (3.774%) AIX
8 2 (3.774%) Windows Vista
9 1 (1.887%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (18.87%) ITIL
2 8 (15.09%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (15.09%) Business Continuity
3 6 (11.32%) Network Design
4 4 (7.547%) Service Delivery
5 3 (5.660%) Data Management
6 2 (3.774%) Asset Management
6 2 (3.774%) Project Management
6 2 (3.774%) CRM
6 2 (3.774%) Load Balancing
7 1 (1.887%) Fault Management
7 1 (1.887%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (1.887%) Performance Management
7 1 (1.887%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (1.887%) High Availability
7 1 (1.887%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (1.887%) Business Transformation
7 1 (1.887%) Software Deployment
7 1 (1.887%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (1.887%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.547%) SQL
2 1 (1.887%) T-SQL
2 1 (1.887%) VB
2 1 (1.887%) VB.NET
2 1 (1.887%) Bash shell
2 1 (1.887%) C#
2 1 (1.887%) Delphi
2 1 (1.887%) Java
2 1 (1.887%) Perl
2 1 (1.887%) PHP
Qualifications
1 30 (56.60%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (45.28%) CCNA
3 15 (28.30%) CCNP
4 8 (15.09%) CCDA
5 6 (11.32%) CCDP
5 6 (11.32%) CCIP
5 6 (11.32%) CCIE
5 6 (11.32%) CCSP
5 6 (11.32%) CCVP
6 5 (9.434%) Degree
7 3 (5.660%) CISSP
8 2 (3.774%) CCSA
8 2 (3.774%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.887%) CCSE
9 1 (1.887%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.887%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (35.85%) Active Directory
2 7 (13.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (7.547%) vSphere
4 3 (5.660%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (5.660%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.887%) ISA Server
5 1 (1.887%) Samba
5 1 (1.887%) VMware ESX
5 1 (1.887%) Xen
5 1 (1.887%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.887%) NFS
Systems Management
1 4 (7.547%) Backup Exec
2 3 (5.660%) WSUS
Vendors
1 39 (73.58%) Cisco
2 21 (39.62%) Microsoft
3 12 (22.64%) Juniper
4 9 (16.98%) Riverbed
5 8 (15.09%) HP
5 8 (15.09%) Dell
6 7 (13.21%) VMware
7 5 (9.434%) Symantec
8 4 (7.547%) CheckPoint
8 4 (7.547%) F5
9 3 (5.660%) Twitter
9 3 (5.660%) Blue Coat
10 2 (3.774%) Intel
11 1 (1.887%) Citrix
11 1 (1.887%) Avaya
11 1 (1.887%) IBM
11 1 (1.887%) EMC
11 1 (1.887%) Oracle
11 1 (1.887%) Websense
11 1 (1.887%) SurfControl
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Responsibilities * configure, maintain, install, upgrade and rollout network devices, such as Cisco firewalls, Cisco and Enterasys switches, Cisco routers, VPN concentrators and other equipment responsible for providing IT...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Overtime + Oncall + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013