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The table below looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the St Albans 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 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank3645
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching permanent IT job ads92
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.001 %
As % of the category below16.98 %6.897 %
Salaries quoted32
Average minimum salary£25,000£19,000
Average salary£32,500£22,500
% change on same period last year+44.44 %
Average maximum salary£40,000£26,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,745£36,726
% change on same period last year-5.39 %
St Albans IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
St Albans
Matching permanent IT job ads5329
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.029 %0.012 %
Salaries quoted4519
Average minimum salary£33,116£29,486
Average salary£37,572£32,473
% change on same period last year+15.70 %
Average maximum salary£42,029£35,459
UK excluding London average salary£37,622£39,412
% change on same period last year-4.54 %
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Hertfordshire

VPN
Demand Trend

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

St Albans 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 St Albans region.

St Albans VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the St Albans region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008.

St Albans VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT jobs across the St Albans 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.

120 (100.00 %)Firewall
212 (60.00 %)TCP/IP
212 (60.00 %)Solaris
212 (60.00 %)Linux
212 (60.00 %)UNIX
311 (55.00 %)Windows
311 (55.00 %)Windows Server 2003
311 (55.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
49 (45.00 %)LAN
49 (45.00 %)WAN
58 (40.00 %)DHCP
58 (40.00 %)MS Exchange
58 (40.00 %)MCSE
58 (40.00 %)Internet
58 (40.00 %)DNS
58 (40.00 %)Cisco
58 (40.00 %)Microsoft
58 (40.00 %)CCNA
58 (40.00 %)Active Directory
58 (40.00 %)Cisco Certification
58 (40.00 %)Microsoft Certification
58 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
58 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
63 (15.00 %)Windows Vista
63 (15.00 %)Asset Management
63 (15.00 %)Text Mining
63 (15.00 %)Content Management
63 (15.00 %)Apple
63 (15.00 %)Quark
63 (15.00 %)Adobe

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT jobs across the St Albans 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.

St Albans IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (15.00 %)J2EE
13 (15.00 %)WebServices
St Albans IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (40.00 %)MS Exchange
18 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
18 (40.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
23 (15.00 %)Apache
St Albans IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
120 (100.00 %)Firewall
212 (60.00 %)TCP/IP
39 (45.00 %)LAN
39 (45.00 %)WAN
48 (40.00 %)DHCP
48 (40.00 %)DNS
48 (40.00 %)Internet
53 (15.00 %)HTTP
St Albans IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (15.00 %)SQL Server
13 (15.00 %)Data Mining
13 (15.00 %)Text Mining
St Albans IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (15.00 %)Publishing
St Albans IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (45.00 %)UNIX Engineer
19 (45.00 %)UNIX Support
19 (45.00 %)Linux Support
28 (40.00 %)Support Consultant
28 (40.00 %)IT Consultant
28 (40.00 %)Consultant
33 (15.00 %)Technical Support
33 (15.00 %)Support Engineer
33 (15.00 %)Technical Support Engineer
33 (15.00 %)Technical Engineer
33 (15.00 %)Technical Customer Support
St Albans IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (60.00 %)Solaris
112 (60.00 %)Linux
112 (60.00 %)UNIX
211 (55.00 %)Windows
211 (55.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
211 (55.00 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (15.00 %)Windows Vista
St Albans IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (15.00 %)Asset Management
13 (15.00 %)Content Management
St Albans IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (40.00 %)MCSE
18 (40.00 %)CCNA
18 (40.00 %)Cisco Certification
18 (40.00 %)Microsoft Certification
St Albans IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (40.00 %)Active Directory
St Albans IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (40.00 %)Cisco
18 (40.00 %)Microsoft
23 (15.00 %)Adobe
23 (15.00 %)Apple
23 (15.00 %)Quark
23 (15.00 %)Oracle