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This section looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Tyne and Wear 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6458
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching permanent IT job ads315
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.006 %
As % of the category below2.308 %14.02 %
Salaries quoted214
Average minimum salary£35,000£29,588
Average salary£35,000£30,368
% change on same period last year+15.25 %
Average maximum salary£35,000£31,147
UK excluding London average salary£34,940£37,129
% change on same period last year-5.89 %
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Tyne and Wear
Matching permanent IT job ads130107
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.070 %0.045 %
Salaries quoted101100
Average minimum salary£35,751£29,167
Average salary£39,120£30,797
% change on same period last year+27.02 %
Average maximum salary£42,488£32,428
UK excluding London average salary£37,579£39,546
% change on same period last year-4.97 %
VPN North EastVPN
North East

VPN
Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Newcastle Upon TyneDown-13£35,000+75.00 %
VPN North EastVPN
North East

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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.

16 (60.00 %)Linux
25 (50.00 %)MySQL
25 (50.00 %)Windows
25 (50.00 %)Firewall
33 (30.00 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (30.00 %)RHCE
33 (30.00 %)Apache
33 (30.00 %)LDAP
33 (30.00 %)MS Exchange
33 (30.00 %)Perl
33 (30.00 %)PHP
42 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
42 (20.00 %)JBoss
42 (20.00 %)MCSE
42 (20.00 %)LAN
42 (20.00 %)Windows XP
42 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
42 (20.00 %)DNS
42 (20.00 %)Microsoft
42 (20.00 %)Red Hat
42 (20.00 %)Finance
42 (20.00 %)Samba
42 (20.00 %)Banking
42 (20.00 %)Asset Management
42 (20.00 %)Investment Banking
42 (20.00 %)Load Testing
42 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (20.00 %)Red Hat Linux
51 (10.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (10.00 %)Insurance

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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.

Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (30.00 %)Apache
13 (30.00 %)MS Exchange
22 (20.00 %)JBoss
31 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (10.00 %)MS Office
11 (10.00 %)MS Excel
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (50.00 %)Firewall
23 (30.00 %)LDAP
32 (20.00 %)LAN
32 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
32 (20.00 %)DNS
41 (10.00 %)SAN
41 (10.00 %)Internet
41 (10.00 %)WAN
41 (10.00 %)Ethernet
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (50.00 %)MySQL
21 (10.00 %)SQL Server
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (20.00 %)Finance
12 (20.00 %)Banking
12 (20.00 %)Investment Banking
21 (10.00 %)Insurance
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (50.00 %)Administrator
15 (50.00 %)Systems Administrator
22 (20.00 %)Systems Support
31 (10.00 %)Infrastructure Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Analyst
31 (10.00 %)Project Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Installations Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Cisco Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Linux Systems Administrator
31 (10.00 %)Linux Administrator
31 (10.00 %)IT Security Officer
31 (10.00 %)Security Officer
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)Replication
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (60.00 %)Linux
25 (50.00 %)Windows
33 (30.00 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
42 (20.00 %)Windows XP
42 (20.00 %)Red Hat Linux
51 (10.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)Asset Management
12 (20.00 %)Load Testing
21 (10.00 %)Information Security
21 (10.00 %)Network Design
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (30.00 %)Perl
13 (30.00 %)PHP
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (30.00 %)RHCE
22 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (20.00 %)MCSE
31 (10.00 %)MCSA
31 (10.00 %)CCNP
31 (10.00 %)CCNA
31 (10.00 %)Cisco Certification
31 (10.00 %)CCSE
31 (10.00 %)Degree
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (10.00 %)ISO9001
11 (10.00 %)BS7799
11 (10.00 %)ISO27001
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (20.00 %)Samba
21 (10.00 %)VMware ESX
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (10.00 %)ARCserve
Tyne and Wear IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (20.00 %)Microsoft
12 (20.00 %)Red Hat
21 (10.00 %)CheckPoint
21 (10.00 %)VMware
21 (10.00 %)Mitel
21 (10.00 %)Blue Coat
21 (10.00 %)HP
21 (10.00 %)EMC
21 (10.00 %)Citrix
21 (10.00 %)Novell
21 (10.00 %)Cisco