The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 23 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 Solihull region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 49 35 29
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -6
Permanent jobs citing VPN 3 2 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 1.205% 1.250% 2.513%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.108% 8.000% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 4
Average salary £22,000 £35,500 £29,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-38.02% +19.32%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,694 £35,500 £25,950
10% offered a salary of more than £28,400 £35,500 £33,900
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £35,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.81% +9.23%
All Communications & Networking
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
37 25 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 14.86% 15.63% 15.08%
Number of salaries quoted 33 7 15
Average salary £40,000 £35,500 £17,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.67% +102.85%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VPN
West Midlands

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the Solihull region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Solihull VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Internet
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Terminal Services
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) SLA
3 2 (50.00%) MCITP
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) PABX
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) UNIX
4 1 (25.00%) Linux
4 1 (25.00%) MCSE
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (25.00%) CCNA

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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.

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) Internet
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
4 1 (25.00%) PABX
General
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Desktop Support
2 2 (50.00%) Desktop Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (25.00%) Graduate Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) UNIX
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (50.00%) MCITP
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) MCSE
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Terminal Services
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft