The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 18 June 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 39 83 79
Rank change year-on-year
+44 -4
Permanent jobs citing VPN 54 9 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 4.945% 0.922% 0.876%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.22% 4.072% 8.257%
Number of salaries quoted 52 9 9
Average salary £50,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+53.84% -
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £31,100 £22,800
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £35,000 £38,900
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £35,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
+4.28% +9.37%
All Communications & Networking
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
243 221 109
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 22.25% 22.64% 10.61%
Number of salaries quoted 223 184 106
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,050 £27,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VPN
Wales

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Caerphilly +15 28 £50,000 +49.25% 1
Cardiff +1 14 £51,250 +60.15% 2
Bridgend - 7 £21,500 -
Monmouthshire - 1 £35,000 -
VPN
Wales

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 61 (82.43%) Firewall
2 42 (56.76%) Cisco
3 34 (45.95%) Cisco Certification
4 33 (44.59%) ITIL
5 29 (39.19%) CCNP
5 29 (39.19%) VMware
5 29 (39.19%) Network Design
6 28 (37.84%) Network Security
7 24 (32.43%) Cisco ASA
8 23 (31.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 22 (29.73%) TCP/IP
10 20 (27.03%) WAN
11 19 (25.68%) LAN
11 19 (25.68%) Data Security
11 19 (25.68%) Nessus
11 19 (25.68%) Qualys
11 19 (25.68%) SIEM
11 19 (25.68%) Vulnerability Management
12 18 (24.32%) Cisco PIX
13 17 (22.97%) Microsoft
13 17 (22.97%) CCIE
13 17 (22.97%) Windows
13 17 (22.97%) Active Directory
13 17 (22.97%) BGP
13 17 (22.97%) PCI QSA
14 16 (21.62%) ArcSight
14 16 (21.62%) S-PLUS
15 15 (20.27%) MS Excel
15 15 (20.27%) Windows Server 2008
16 14 (18.92%) Windows 8

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 3 (4.054%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 14 (18.92%) MS Exchange
2 12 (16.22%) IIS
2 12 (16.22%) Apache
2 12 (16.22%) Exchange Server 2007
3 11 (14.86%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (4.054%) CMS
5 1 (1.351%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.351%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.351%) Site Server
Applications
1 16 (21.62%) S-PLUS
2 15 (20.27%) MS Excel
3 11 (14.86%) Office 365
4 3 (4.054%) MS Project
4 3 (4.054%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 61 (82.43%) Firewall
2 28 (37.84%) Network Security
3 24 (32.43%) Cisco ASA
4 22 (29.73%) TCP/IP
5 20 (27.03%) WAN
6 19 (25.68%) LAN
7 18 (24.32%) Cisco PIX
8 17 (22.97%) BGP
9 13 (17.57%) EIGRP
10 11 (14.86%) MPLS
10 11 (14.86%) OSPF
10 11 (14.86%) VoIP
10 11 (14.86%) DNS
10 11 (14.86%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (13.51%) IPsec
12 9 (12.16%) Cisco IOS
13 8 (10.81%) Wireless
14 6 (8.108%) FWSM
14 6 (8.108%) HSRP
15 4 (5.405%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (16.22%) MySQL
2 3 (4.054%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.054%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (4.054%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 12 (16.22%) Advertising
2 5 (6.757%) Finance
3 1 (1.351%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.351%) Retail
3 1 (1.351%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 29 (39.19%) Network Engineer
2 23 (31.08%) Analyst
3 21 (28.38%) Network Analyst
4 18 (24.32%) Security Analyst
4 18 (24.32%) Network Support
5 17 (22.97%) Support Engineer
6 16 (21.62%) Network Security Analyst
7 14 (18.92%) Network Support Engineer
8 9 (12.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (10.81%) Senior Network Engineer
9 8 (10.81%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 7 (9.459%) Senior Network Support
11 6 (8.108%) Security Engineer
12 5 (6.757%) Network Design Engineer
12 5 (6.757%) Senior Support Engineer
12 5 (6.757%) Design Engineer
12 5 (6.757%) Network Security Engineer
12 5 (6.757%) Senior Network Support Engineer
13 4 (5.405%) Support Analyst
13 4 (5.405%) Network Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.57%) SaaS
2 10 (13.51%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (2.703%) Firmware
4 1 (1.351%) Replication
4 1 (1.351%) NHS
4 1 (1.351%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 17 (22.97%) Windows
2 15 (20.27%) Windows Server 2008
3 14 (18.92%) Windows 7
3 14 (18.92%) Windows 8
4 12 (16.22%) UNIX
5 11 (14.86%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (6.757%) Linux
7 4 (5.405%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (4.054%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (1.351%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.351%) Windows XP
9 1 (1.351%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (44.59%) ITIL
2 29 (39.19%) Network Design
3 19 (25.68%) Data Security
3 19 (25.68%) SIEM
3 19 (25.68%) Vulnerability Management
4 10 (13.51%) Load Balancing
5 5 (6.757%) Capacity Planning
5 5 (6.757%) Project Planning
5 5 (6.757%) PRINCE2
6 4 (5.405%) Capacity Management
7 3 (4.054%) Network Management
7 3 (4.054%) Network Architecture
8 2 (2.703%) Asset Management
8 2 (2.703%) Communications Security
9 1 (1.351%) Data Protection
9 1 (1.351%) Security Architecture
9 1 (1.351%) Performance Management
9 1 (1.351%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (1.351%) B2B
9 1 (1.351%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (17.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (45.95%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (39.19%) CCNP
3 17 (22.97%) CCIE
3 17 (22.97%) PCI QSA
4 7 (9.459%) CCDP
4 7 (9.459%) CCNA
5 6 (8.108%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (6.757%) CCIP
7 3 (4.054%) CCDA
7 3 (4.054%) CCSA
7 3 (4.054%) CCSE
8 2 (2.703%) JNCIA
8 2 (2.703%) JNCIS
8 2 (2.703%) Degree
8 2 (2.703%) CCVP
8 2 (2.703%) SAP Certification
8 2 (2.703%) CCSP
9 1 (1.351%) CCA
9 1 (1.351%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (1.351%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (31.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (17.57%) PCI DSS
3 9 (12.16%) SLA
4 2 (2.703%) ISO 9001
4 2 (2.703%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.351%) QA
System Software
1 17 (22.97%) Active Directory
2 11 (14.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.703%) Terminal Services
4 1 (1.351%) VMware ESX
4 1 (1.351%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (1.351%) XenApp
4 1 (1.351%) XenDesktop
4 1 (1.351%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (25.68%) Nessus
2 11 (14.86%) Windows Intune
3 3 (4.054%) CiscoWorks
4 1 (1.351%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (1.351%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.351%) WSUS
4 1 (1.351%) SCCM
4 1 (1.351%) SCOM
Vendors
1 42 (56.76%) Cisco
2 29 (39.19%) VMware
3 19 (25.68%) Qualys
4 17 (22.97%) Microsoft
5 16 (21.62%) ArcSight
6 8 (10.81%) CheckPoint
7 7 (9.459%) F5
8 6 (8.108%) Juniper
9 5 (6.757%) Red Hat
10 3 (4.054%) Progress
10 3 (4.054%) SolarWinds
10 3 (4.054%) Avaya
11 2 (2.703%) Veeam
11 2 (2.703%) SAP
11 2 (2.703%) NetApp
11 2 (2.703%) Nokia
11 2 (2.703%) HP
11 2 (2.703%) Citrix
11 2 (2.703%) TippingPoint
12 1 (1.351%) Kaspersky
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