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This section looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Stockport 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4246
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads11
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below3.333 %1.923 %
Salaries quoted11
Average minimum salary£22,000£25,000
Average salary£22,000£27,500
% change on same period last year-20.00 %
Average maximum salary£22,000£30,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,924£37,130
% change on same period last year-5.94 %
Stockport IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Stockport
Matching permanent IT job ads3052
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.022 %
Salaries quoted2847
Average minimum salary£27,138£25,492
Average salary£29,259£28,824
% change on same period last year+1.50 %
Average maximum salary£31,379£32,156
UK excluding London average salary£37,584£39,545
% change on same period last year-4.96 %
VPN ManchesterVPN
Manchester

VPN
Demand Trend

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

Stockport 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 Stockport region.

Stockport VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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.

13 (100.00 %)Cisco
13 (100.00 %)Firewall
22 (66.67 %)Exchange Server 2000
22 (66.67 %)Dreamweaver
22 (66.67 %)Microsoft
22 (66.67 %)Active Directory
22 (66.67 %)Citrix
22 (66.67 %)Alcatel
22 (66.67 %)BPCS
22 (66.67 %)MS Exchange
22 (66.67 %)LAN
22 (66.67 %)VERITAS
22 (66.67 %)Terminal Services
22 (66.67 %)AS400
31 (33.33 %)Finance
31 (33.33 %)VLAN
31 (33.33 %)WAN
31 (33.33 %)Siemens
31 (33.33 %)Cisco PIX
31 (33.33 %)Wireless

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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.

Stockport IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (66.67 %)MS Exchange
12 (66.67 %)Exchange Server 2000
Stockport IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (66.67 %)BPCS
Stockport IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (100.00 %)Firewall
22 (66.67 %)LAN
31 (33.33 %)WAN
31 (33.33 %)Wireless
31 (33.33 %)VLAN
31 (33.33 %)Cisco PIX
Stockport IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (66.67 %)Dreamweaver
Stockport IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Finance
Stockport IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (33.33 %)Analyst
11 (33.33 %)Systems Engineer
11 (33.33 %)Network Specialist
11 (33.33 %)Lead Systems Engineer
Stockport IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (66.67 %)AS400
Stockport IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (66.67 %)Active Directory
12 (66.67 %)Terminal Services
Stockport IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)Cisco
22 (66.67 %)Microsoft
22 (66.67 %)Citrix
22 (66.67 %)Alcatel
22 (66.67 %)VERITAS
31 (33.33 %)Siemens