Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank168134124
Rank change year-on-year
Down-34Down-10
Matching permanent IT job ads103212563313
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.206 %1.479 %1.624 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category8.432 %8.744 %9.707 %
Salaries quoted88010712819
Average salary£35,000£35,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
--6.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,000£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£52,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,000£32,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.530 %-7.140 %
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
122391436434129
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK14.31 %16.92 %16.73 %
Salaries quoted101531205228439
Average salary£40,000£37,500£38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-1.310 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£55,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-

VPN
Demand Trend

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

VPN Demand Trend

VPN
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VPN within the UK.

VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 within the UK.

VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-32999£35,000-
LondonDown-62376£42,500+6.25 %
South EastUp+14334£35,000-
BuckinghamshireUp+54124£29,000-3.33 %
City of LondonDown-29120£45,000+8.43 %
North WestUp+2168£28,500+15.15 %
BerkshireDown-956£31,500-10.00 %
East of EnglandDown-5554£27,500-26.66 %
West MidlandsUp+1753£40,000+31.14 %
YorkshireDown-3651£25,000-9.09 %
SurreyDown-1646£36,250+3.57 %
HampshireDown-2343£30,000-14.28 %
West YorkshireDown-835£28,000-9.67 %
Milton KeynesUp+2434£25,500-15.00 %
East MidlandsDown-1531£30,000+9.09 %
ManchesterDown-1227£28,000-5.08 %
SolihullUp+723£40,000-
MiddlesexUp+2322£50,000+25.00 %
CheshireUp+2121£45,000+104.54 %
BracknellUp+1721£28,500-5.00 %
South WestDown-3421£27,500-26.66 %
NottinghamshireUp+1420£30,000-25.00 %
HertfordshireDown-1120£26,500-29.33 %
NottinghamUp+1318£30,000-25.00 %
CambridgeshireDown-2318£26,000-25.71 %
LeedsDown-1817£28,000-30.00 %
South YorkshireUp+1715£22,500-16.66 %
West SussexUp+613£45,000+50.00 %
OxfordshireNo change013£23,500-6.93 %
WalesUp+112£41,250+45.68 %

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11033 (51.94 %)Firewall
2957 (48.11 %)Windows
3941 (47.31 %)Cisco
4627 (31.52 %)WAN
5616 (30.97 %)LAN
6538 (27.05 %)Active Directory
7522 (26.24 %)TCP/IP
8512 (25.74 %)Cisco Certification
9501 (25.19 %)Windows Server 2003
9501 (25.19 %)Microsoft
10405 (20.36 %)MS Exchange
11357 (17.95 %)DNS
12339 (17.04 %)VoIP
13336 (16.89 %)MPLS
14322 (16.19 %)Windows XP
15321 (16.14 %)CheckPoint
16312 (15.69 %)CCNA
16312 (15.69 %)Telecoms
17309 (15.54 %)Microsoft Certification
18293 (14.73 %)CCNP
19291 (14.63 %)Exchange Server 2003
20286 (14.38 %)Linux
21267 (13.42 %)UNIX
22256 (12.87 %)Internet
23252 (12.67 %)Network Security
24251 (12.62 %)Juniper
25247 (12.42 %)MCSE
26242 (12.17 %)Finance
27225 (11.31 %)Citrix
28224 (11.26 %)ITIL

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
129 (1.458 %).NET
224 (1.207 %)CSS
319 (0.955 %)FIX Protocol
418 (0.905 %)HTML
517 (0.855 %)XML
615 (0.754 %)Web Services
713 (0.654 %)LAMP
810 (0.503 %)XHTML
99 (0.452 %)ASP.NET
99 (0.452 %)WebSphere
108 (0.402 %)OpenGL
108 (0.402 %)DirectX
117 (0.352 %)ASP
117 (0.352 %)SOAP
126 (0.302 %)AJAX
126 (0.302 %)jQuery
135 (0.251 %).NET Framework
144 (0.201 %)MAPI
153 (0.151 %)JSP
162 (0.101 %)Spring
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1405 (20.36 %)MS Exchange
2291 (14.63 %)Exchange Server 2003
3221 (11.11 %)Exchange Server 2007
4146 (7.340 %)IIS
580 (4.022 %)SharePoint
669 (3.469 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
758 (2.916 %)Apache
855 (2.765 %)Exchange Server 2000
937 (1.860 %)Lotus Notes
1021 (1.056 %)WebLogic
1114 (0.704 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1114 (0.704 %)Lotus Domino
1213 (0.654 %)Tomcat
137 (0.352 %)SAS
137 (0.352 %)Exchange Server 5.5
144 (0.201 %)Live Communications Server
153 (0.151 %)lighttpd
162 (0.101 %)Confluence
162 (0.101 %)GroupWise
162 (0.101 %)CMS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1203 (10.21 %)MS Office
2189 (9.502 %)MS Excel
319 (0.955 %)MS Visio
416 (0.804 %)MS PowerPoint
56 (0.302 %)Acrobat
65 (0.251 %)Photoshop
74 (0.201 %)AutoCAD
74 (0.201 %)QuarkXPress
82 (0.101 %)MS Project
82 (0.101 %)CATIA
82 (0.101 %)DeltaView
91 (0.050 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
141 (2.061 %)RMDS
213 (0.654 %)Microsoft CRM
38 (0.402 %)SAP R/3
46 (0.302 %)SAP Business One
46 (0.302 %)3000 Xtra
55 (0.251 %)Dynamics AX
64 (0.201 %)Dynamics CRM
73 (0.151 %)SalesLogix
82 (0.101 %)SMARTEAM
82 (0.101 %)GoldMine
82 (0.101 %)Summit
91 (0.050 %)AWD
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11033 (51.94 %)Firewall
2627 (31.52 %)WAN
3616 (30.97 %)LAN
4522 (26.24 %)TCP/IP
5357 (17.95 %)DNS
6339 (17.04 %)VoIP
7336 (16.89 %)MPLS
8256 (12.87 %)Internet
9252 (12.67 %)Network Security
10209 (10.51 %)BGP
11206 (10.36 %)Cisco ASA
12201 (10.11 %)SSL
13177 (8.899 %)OSPF
14171 (8.597 %)Cisco PIX
15163 (8.195 %)DHCP
16144 (7.240 %)IPsec
17142 (7.139 %)Wireless
18139 (6.988 %)SAN
19122 (6.134 %)VLAN
20106 (5.329 %)EIGRP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1179 (8.999 %)SQL Server
254 (2.715 %)MySQL
338 (1.911 %)SQL Server 2005
422 (1.106 %)SQL Server 2000
518 (0.905 %)SQL Server 2008
612 (0.603 %)BusinessObjects
711 (0.553 %)Oracle 8/8i
88 (0.402 %)SAP BW
88 (0.402 %)Informix
96 (0.302 %)DB2
105 (0.251 %)RDBMS
105 (0.251 %)OLAP
105 (0.251 %)Oracle OLAP
114 (0.201 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
114 (0.201 %)SQL Server Integration Services
114 (0.201 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
114 (0.201 %)GIS
123 (0.151 %)Essbase
123 (0.151 %)Data Mining
123 (0.151 %)DTS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (0.201 %)JIRA
14 (0.201 %)Visual Studio
14 (0.201 %)Subversion
22 (0.101 %)VSS/SourceSafe
22 (0.101 %)Dreamweaver
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1312 (15.69 %)Telecoms
2242 (12.17 %)Finance
388 (4.424 %)Education
481 (4.072 %)Banking
555 (2.765 %)Health
645 (2.262 %)Front Office
741 (2.061 %)Pensions
839 (1.961 %)Government
930 (1.508 %)Marketing
1025 (1.257 %)Insurance
1121 (1.056 %)Law
1121 (1.056 %)Manufacturing
1217 (0.855 %)Financial Institution
1217 (0.855 %)Investment Banking
1315 (0.754 %)Legal
1414 (0.704 %)Advertising
1513 (0.654 %)Back Office
1513 (0.654 %)Auditing
1612 (0.603 %)Retail
1710 (0.503 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1421 (21.17 %)Analyst
2312 (15.69 %)Network Engineer
3203 (10.21 %)Support Analyst
4173 (8.698 %)Support Engineer
5154 (7.743 %)Administrator
6125 (6.285 %)IT Support
7112 (5.631 %)Network Analyst
8110 (5.530 %)Technical Support
9105 (5.279 %)Security Engineer
10102 (5.128 %)Consultant
1185 (4.274 %)Senior Network Engineer
1283 (4.173 %)Systems Administrator
1372 (3.620 %)Security Analyst
1372 (3.620 %)Network Support
1471 (3.570 %)Technical Engineer
1569 (3.469 %)Architect
1668 (3.419 %)Network Security Engineer
1760 (3.017 %)3rd Line Support
1859 (2.966 %)Desktop Support
1958 (2.916 %)Systems Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1202 (10.16 %)Blackberry
273 (3.670 %)French Language
366 (3.318 %)German Language
443 (2.162 %)PDA
534 (1.709 %)Clustering
626 (1.307 %)Fat Client
626 (1.307 %)Thin Client
725 (1.257 %)Computer Science
824 (1.207 %)Spanish Language
918 (0.905 %)PKI
918 (0.905 %)Client/Server
1016 (0.804 %)Italian Language
1112 (0.603 %)Replication
1211 (0.553 %)Equities
139 (0.452 %)Video Conferencing
139 (0.452 %)FMCG
148 (0.402 %)SecurID
148 (0.402 %)Cryptography
148 (0.402 %)Visualisation
157 (0.352 %)Mainframe
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1957 (48.11 %)Windows
2501 (25.19 %)Windows Server 2003
3322 (16.19 %)Windows XP
4286 (14.38 %)Linux
5267 (13.42 %)UNIX
6202 (10.16 %)Windows Server 2008
7178 (8.949 %)Windows 2000
8164 (8.245 %)Windows Vista
9123 (6.184 %)Windows 2000 Server
10107 (5.380 %)Solaris
1175 (3.771 %)AIX
1270 (3.519 %)HPUX
1342 (2.112 %)Windows 7
1435 (1.760 %)Red Hat Linux
1532 (1.609 %)Windows NT
1618 (0.905 %)Mac OS X
1618 (0.905 %)VMS
1618 (0.905 %)Debian
1713 (0.654 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1811 (0.553 %)Fedora
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1224 (11.26 %)ITIL
2113 (5.681 %)Network Design
395 (4.776 %)Disaster Recovery
476 (3.821 %)Project Management
564 (3.218 %)Incident Management
655 (2.765 %)CRM
750 (2.514 %)Load Balancing
843 (2.162 %)Problem Management
937 (1.860 %)Capacity Planning
1035 (1.760 %)Penetration Testing
1134 (1.709 %)Service Management
1233 (1.659 %)Business Continuity
1331 (1.559 %)PRINCE2
1429 (1.458 %)Supplier Management
1528 (1.408 %)Service Delivery
1627 (1.357 %)Information Security
1725 (1.257 %)E-Commerce
1820 (1.006 %)Project Planning
1918 (0.905 %)ERP
2017 (0.855 %)Data Security
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1186 (9.351 %)SQL
268 (3.419 %)C
338 (1.911 %)Java
432 (1.609 %)PHP
523 (1.156 %)JavaScript
523 (1.156 %)Perl
619 (0.955 %)VB
716 (0.804 %)C#
812 (0.603 %)Shell Script
910 (0.503 %)PHP5
108 (0.402 %)PHP4
108 (0.402 %)C++
108 (0.402 %)VBScript
116 (0.302 %)T-SQL
124 (0.201 %)VBA
133 (0.151 %)VB.NET
133 (0.151 %)Bash shell
142 (0.101 %)SAS Macro
142 (0.101 %)Python
142 (0.101 %)VB6
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1512 (25.74 %)Cisco Certification
2312 (15.69 %)CCNA
3309 (15.54 %)Microsoft Certification
4293 (14.73 %)CCNP
5247 (12.42 %)MCSE
6110 (5.530 %)MCP
7109 (5.480 %)CCSP
8105 (5.279 %)Degree
982 (4.123 %)Security Cleared
1080 (4.022 %)CCSA
1173 (3.670 %)CCIE
1271 (3.570 %)MCSA
1357 (2.866 %)CCSE
1453 (2.665 %)Check Point Certification
1547 (2.363 %)CCDP
1642 (2.112 %)SC Cleared
1739 (1.961 %)CISSP
1836 (1.810 %)MCITP
1930 (1.508 %)CCIP
2021 (1.056 %)CCVP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1123 (6.184 %)SLA
224 (1.207 %)ISO27001
313 (0.654 %)PCI DSS
49 (0.452 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
56 (0.302 %)COBIT
56 (0.302 %)QA
64 (0.201 %)BS15000
71 (0.050 %)ISO17799
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1538 (27.05 %)Active Directory
2123 (6.184 %)VMware Infrastructure
363 (3.167 %)Terminal Services
438 (1.911 %)ISA Server
537 (1.860 %)VMware ESX
634 (1.709 %)Citrix Presentation Server
726 (1.307 %)Terminal Server
822 (1.106 %)Hyper-V
915 (0.754 %)MetaFrame
1014 (0.704 %)Postfix
1112 (0.603 %)Sendmail
1210 (0.503 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1210 (0.503 %)Xen
1210 (0.503 %)NFS
138 (0.402 %)RACF
145 (0.251 %)vSphere
154 (0.201 %)MailMarshal
154 (0.201 %)VMware Server
154 (0.201 %)VMware Workstation
163 (0.151 %)XenApp
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
163 (3.167 %)CiscoWorks
257 (2.866 %)Backup Exec
342 (2.112 %)Norton AntiVirus
437 (1.860 %)OpenView
515 (0.754 %)WSUS
611 (0.553 %)ARCserve
611 (0.553 %)MAILsweeper
710 (0.503 %)DameWare
89 (0.452 %)Netcool
89 (0.452 %)SCCM
98 (0.402 %)SCOM
106 (0.302 %)SolarWinds Orion
106 (0.302 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
106 (0.302 %)Unicenter
115 (0.251 %)MOM
115 (0.251 %)Nagios
124 (0.201 %)McAfee ePO
124 (0.201 %)WhatsUp Gold
124 (0.201 %)Plesk
124 (0.201 %)SCVMM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1941 (47.31 %)Cisco
2501 (25.19 %)Microsoft
3321 (16.14 %)CheckPoint
4251 (12.62 %)Juniper
5225 (11.31 %)Citrix
6211 (10.61 %)VMware
7178 (8.949 %)HP
8126 (6.335 %)Blue Coat
9124 (6.234 %)Nokia
10114 (5.732 %)IBM
1188 (4.424 %)Nortel
1286 (4.324 %)Reuters
1286 (4.324 %)Bloomberg
1369 (3.469 %)Symantec
1452 (2.614 %)TippingPoint
1546 (2.313 %)Oracle
1638 (1.911 %)McAfee
1737 (1.860 %)Lotus
1833 (1.659 %)Veritas
1833 (1.659 %)Dell