The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 17 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 49 88 69
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -19
Permanent jobs citing VPN 48 13 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 3.852% 1.142% 1.633%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.68% 5.417% 13.18%
Number of salaries quoted 48 13 11
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -7.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £32,300 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £35,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +10.76%
All Communications & Networking
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
257 240 129
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 20.63% 21.09% 12.39%
Number of salaries quoted 242 203 114
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,800 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
VPN
UK

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wales VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South Wales +36 48 £45,000 +28.57%
VPN
UK

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 49 (81.67%) Firewall
2 30 (50.00%) Cisco
3 26 (43.33%) Network Design
4 25 (41.67%) ITIL
5 23 (38.33%) Cisco Certification
6 22 (36.67%) VMware
7 20 (33.33%) Network Security
8 19 (31.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 18 (30.00%) CCNP
10 17 (28.33%) WAN
10 17 (28.33%) TCP/IP
10 17 (28.33%) Data Security
10 17 (28.33%) Qualys
10 17 (28.33%) Nessus
10 17 (28.33%) Cisco ASA
10 17 (28.33%) SIEM
10 17 (28.33%) Vulnerability Management
11 16 (26.67%) Windows Server 2008
11 16 (26.67%) PCI QSA
11 16 (26.67%) Cisco PIX
11 16 (26.67%) Windows
11 16 (26.67%) Active Directory
12 15 (25.00%) BGP
12 15 (25.00%) MS Excel
12 15 (25.00%) LAN
12 15 (25.00%) S-PLUS
12 15 (25.00%) Windows 7
12 15 (25.00%) Windows 8
12 15 (25.00%) ArcSight
13 14 (23.33%) Microsoft

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 Development
1 2 (3.333%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 12 (20.00%) IIS
1 12 (20.00%) Apache
1 12 (20.00%) MS Exchange
1 12 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 11 (18.33%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (5.000%) CMS
4 1 (1.667%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.667%) Site Server
4 1 (1.667%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (25.00%) MS Excel
1 15 (25.00%) S-PLUS
2 11 (18.33%) Office 365
3 3 (5.000%) MS Project
4 2 (3.333%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 49 (81.67%) Firewall
2 20 (33.33%) Network Security
3 17 (28.33%) Cisco ASA
3 17 (28.33%) TCP/IP
3 17 (28.33%) WAN
4 16 (26.67%) Cisco PIX
5 15 (25.00%) BGP
5 15 (25.00%) LAN
6 12 (20.00%) EIGRP
7 11 (18.33%) OSPF
7 11 (18.33%) VoIP
7 11 (18.33%) DNS
8 10 (16.67%) MPLS
8 10 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
9 8 (13.33%) Wireless
10 5 (8.333%) FWSM
11 4 (6.667%) IPsec
11 4 (6.667%) HSRP
12 3 (5.000%) IP Telephony
12 3 (5.000%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (20.00%) MySQL
2 3 (5.000%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.000%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 12 (20.00%) Advertising
2 2 (3.333%) Finance
3 1 (1.667%) Back Office
3 1 (1.667%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (35.00%) Network Engineer
2 20 (33.33%) Analyst
3 18 (30.00%) Network Analyst
4 17 (28.33%) Security Analyst
5 16 (26.67%) Support Engineer
6 15 (25.00%) Network Security Analyst
7 14 (23.33%) Network Support
8 12 (20.00%) Network Support Engineer
9 9 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (13.33%) Infrastructure Specialist
11 7 (11.67%) Senior Network Support
11 7 (11.67%) Senior Network Engineer
12 5 (8.333%) Senior Support Engineer
12 5 (8.333%) Senior Network Support Engineer
12 5 (8.333%) Design Engineer
12 5 (8.333%) Network Design Engineer
13 3 (5.000%) Architect
13 3 (5.000%) Senior Analyst
13 3 (5.000%) Network Architect
13 3 (5.000%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (21.67%) SaaS
2 9 (15.00%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (3.333%) Firmware
4 1 (1.667%) Replication
4 1 (1.667%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 16 (26.67%) Windows
1 16 (26.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 15 (25.00%) Windows 7
2 15 (25.00%) Windows 8
3 11 (18.33%) Windows Server 2012
3 11 (18.33%) UNIX
4 5 (8.333%) Linux
5 4 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (6.667%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.667%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.667%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (43.33%) Network Design
2 25 (41.67%) ITIL
3 17 (28.33%) Data Security
3 17 (28.33%) SIEM
3 17 (28.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 9 (15.00%) Load Balancing
5 5 (8.333%) Project Planning
5 5 (8.333%) PRINCE2
5 5 (8.333%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (5.000%) Network Management
6 3 (5.000%) Network Architecture
6 3 (5.000%) Capacity Management
7 2 (3.333%) Communications Security
8 1 (1.667%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (1.667%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (18.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (38.33%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (30.00%) CCNP
3 16 (26.67%) PCI QSA
4 13 (21.67%) CCIE
5 7 (11.67%) CCDP
6 5 (8.333%) CCNA
6 5 (8.333%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (6.667%) CCIP
8 3 (5.000%) CCDA
9 2 (3.333%) JNCIA
9 2 (3.333%) JNCIS
9 2 (3.333%) CCSP
9 2 (3.333%) CCSA
9 2 (3.333%) CCVP
9 2 (3.333%) CCSE
10 1 (1.667%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (31.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (18.33%) PCI DSS
3 8 (13.33%) SLA
4 2 (3.333%) HIPAA
System Software
1 16 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.667%) vSphere
3 1 (1.667%) Terminal Services
3 1 (1.667%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 17 (28.33%) Nessus
2 11 (18.33%) Windows Intune
3 2 (3.333%) CiscoWorks
4 1 (1.667%) WSUS
4 1 (1.667%) SCCM
4 1 (1.667%) SCOM
Vendors
1 30 (50.00%) Cisco
2 22 (36.67%) VMware
3 17 (28.33%) Qualys
4 15 (25.00%) ArcSight
5 14 (23.33%) Microsoft
6 7 (11.67%) CheckPoint
6 7 (11.67%) F5
7 5 (8.333%) Red Hat
8 4 (6.667%) Juniper
9 3 (5.000%) Avaya
9 3 (5.000%) Progress
10 2 (3.333%) Nokia
10 2 (3.333%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.667%) Twitter
11 1 (1.667%) Kaspersky
11 1 (1.667%) Veeam
11 1 (1.667%) NetApp
South Wales
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Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum
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