The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Stockport region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 24 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 Stockport region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 37 36 35
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -1
Permanent jobs citing VPN 6 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stockport 2.956% 1.000% 0.559%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.67% 7.692% 3.125%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 1
Average salary £19,000 £35,500 £23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-46.47% +54.34%
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £35,154 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.82% +8.16%
All Communications & Networking
Stockport
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
36 26 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stockport 17.73% 13.00% 17.88%
Number of salaries quoted 35 19 30
Average salary £35,000 £29,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.68% +1.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,000 £18,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £38,500 £36,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VPN
Manchester

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stockport 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 Stockport region.

Stockport VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the Stockport region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Stockport VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stockport 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 (57.14%) Windows XP
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
1 4 (57.14%) Windows 7
2 3 (42.86%) Android
2 3 (42.86%) iPhone
2 3 (42.86%) Lync
2 3 (42.86%) Network Design
2 3 (42.86%) Office Communications Server
2 3 (42.86%) HP
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (42.86%) 3G
2 3 (42.86%) MPLS
2 3 (42.86%) Blackberry
2 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
2 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
2 3 (42.86%) CCIE
2 3 (42.86%) CCNP
2 3 (42.86%) CCNA
2 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
2 3 (42.86%) MS Office
2 3 (42.86%) MS Exchange
2 3 (42.86%) ADSL
2 3 (42.86%) LAN
2 3 (42.86%) VoIP
2 3 (42.86%) WAN
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stockport 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 Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) Lync
1 3 (42.86%) Office Communications Server
1 3 (42.86%) MS Exchange
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
1 3 (42.86%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) 3G
1 3 (42.86%) MPLS
1 3 (42.86%) ADSL
1 3 (42.86%) LAN
1 3 (42.86%) VoIP
1 3 (42.86%) WAN
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) DHCP
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
General
1 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
1 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Pre Sales Consultant
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Consultant
1 3 (42.86%) Consultant
1 3 (42.86%) Sales Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) IT Support
3 1 (14.29%) Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Help Desk Support
3 1 (14.29%) Network Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) iPhone
1 3 (42.86%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows XP
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
1 4 (57.14%) Windows 7
2 3 (42.86%) Android
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Network Design
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (42.86%) CCIE
1 3 (42.86%) CCNP
1 3 (42.86%) CCNA
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) HP
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) NetApp
3 1 (14.29%) VMware
Stockport, North West
Requirements for this position on a technical front are skills with the installation and operating of Microsoft Windows XP and 7, Windows Server, Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, an...
Salary: £16000.00 - £20000.00 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013
Stockport, North West
Requirements for this position on a technical front are skills with the installation and operating of Microsoft Windows XP and 7, Windows Server, Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, an...
Salary: £17000 - £18000 per annum + Benefits package
Posted: 1 May 2013