The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Sutton Coldfield 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 Sutton Coldfield region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VPN 8 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sutton Coldfield 15.09% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 47.06% - -
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
Average salary £27,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £35,154 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.82% +8.16%
All Communications & Networking
Sutton Coldfield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
17 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sutton Coldfield 32.08% - 4.000%
Number of salaries quoted 16 0 1
Average salary £27,000 - £32,500
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 Sutton Coldfield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Sutton Coldfield 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 Sutton Coldfield region.

Sutton Coldfield VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sutton Coldfield 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 8 (100.00%) LAN
1 8 (100.00%) WAN
1 8 (100.00%) Internet
2 7 (87.50%) MPLS
2 7 (87.50%) TCP/IP
2 7 (87.50%) Citrix
2 7 (87.50%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (87.50%) UMTS
2 7 (87.50%) GPRS
2 7 (87.50%) ISDN
2 7 (87.50%) CCIE
2 7 (87.50%) CCNP
2 7 (87.50%) CCNA
2 7 (87.50%) Network Security
2 7 (87.50%) Firewall
2 7 (87.50%) xDSL
3 1 (12.50%) Windows
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (12.50%) Terminal Services
3 1 (12.50%) SLA

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sutton Coldfield 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.

Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) LAN
1 8 (100.00%) WAN
1 8 (100.00%) Internet
2 7 (87.50%) MPLS
2 7 (87.50%) TCP/IP
2 7 (87.50%) UMTS
2 7 (87.50%) GPRS
2 7 (87.50%) ISDN
2 7 (87.50%) Network Security
2 7 (87.50%) Firewall
2 7 (87.50%) xDSL
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Systems Administrator
1 7 (87.50%) Network Administrator
1 7 (87.50%) IT Administrator
1 7 (87.50%) Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Service Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (87.50%) CCIE
1 7 (87.50%) CCNP
1 7 (87.50%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Citrix