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This section looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Watford 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-46
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads015
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.000 %12.30 %
Salaries quoted015
Average minimum salary-£31,600
Average salary-£35,967
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£40,333
UK excluding London average salary£34,820£36,824
% change on same period last year-5.44 %
Watford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Watford
Matching permanent IT job ads158122
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.086 %0.051 %
Salaries quoted118111
Average minimum salary£43,129£35,553
Average salary£45,425£38,304
% change on same period last year+18.59 %
Average maximum salary£47,720£41,055
UK excluding London average salary£37,625£39,458
% change on same period last year-4.64 %
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Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford VPN Salary Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Watford 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.

116 (80.00 %)Windows
116 (80.00 %)Firewall
213 (65.00 %)WAN
312 (60.00 %)MS Office
411 (55.00 %)MS Excel
510 (50.00 %)CheckPoint
69 (45.00 %)LAN
69 (45.00 %)Microsoft
78 (40.00 %)Active Directory
78 (40.00 %)TCP/IP
78 (40.00 %)SQL Server
87 (35.00 %)Lotus Domino
87 (35.00 %)Cisco
87 (35.00 %)Windows Server 2003
87 (35.00 %)Lotus
87 (35.00 %)Disaster Recovery
96 (30.00 %)Microsoft Certification
96 (30.00 %)Windows XP
105 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
105 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
105 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
105 (25.00 %)Network Security
114 (20.00 %)Pensions
114 (20.00 %)Manufacturing
114 (20.00 %)Citrix
114 (20.00 %)Telecoms
114 (20.00 %)DNS
114 (20.00 %)SMTP
114 (20.00 %)DHCP
114 (20.00 %)MCP

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Watford 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.

Watford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (35.00 %)Lotus Domino
25 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
25 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (15.00 %)IIS
41 (5.000 %)Exchange Server 2000
Watford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (60.00 %)MS Office
211 (55.00 %)MS Excel
Watford IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (20.00 %)Navision
Watford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (80.00 %)Firewall
213 (65.00 %)WAN
39 (45.00 %)LAN
48 (40.00 %)TCP/IP
55 (25.00 %)Network Security
64 (20.00 %)DNS
64 (20.00 %)SMTP
64 (20.00 %)DHCP
73 (15.00 %)OSPF
73 (15.00 %)BGP
82 (10.00 %)Cisco PIX
91 (5.000 %)IPCC
91 (5.000 %)IP Telephony
91 (5.000 %)Cisco IPT
91 (5.000 %)Cisco IOS
91 (5.000 %)SAN
91 (5.000 %)Ethernet
Watford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (40.00 %)SQL Server
Watford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (20.00 %)Telecoms
14 (20.00 %)Manufacturing
14 (20.00 %)Pensions
21 (5.000 %)Finance
Watford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (50.00 %)Administrator
110 (50.00 %)Systems Administrator
25 (25.00 %)Network Administrator
34 (20.00 %)IT Administrator
34 (20.00 %)Network Support
43 (15.00 %)Infrastructure Manager
43 (15.00 %)Support Engineer
43 (15.00 %)Network Manager
43 (15.00 %)Systems Support Engineer
43 (15.00 %)Systems Engineer
43 (15.00 %)Systems Support
52 (10.00 %)Support Technician
52 (10.00 %)IT Manager
52 (10.00 %)Team Leader
52 (10.00 %)Network Engineer
52 (10.00 %)Infrastructure Engineer
52 (10.00 %)Systems Manager
52 (10.00 %)Network Support Engineer
52 (10.00 %)Infrastructure Support Engineer
52 (10.00 %)Support Team Leader
Watford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (80.00 %)Windows
27 (35.00 %)Windows Server 2003
36 (30.00 %)Windows XP
41 (5.000 %)Windows 2000 Server
Watford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (35.00 %)Disaster Recovery
23 (15.00 %)Business Continuity
Watford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (20.00 %)SQL
14 (20.00 %)VBA
Watford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (30.00 %)Microsoft Certification
25 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
34 (20.00 %)CCNP
34 (20.00 %)CCNA
34 (20.00 %)CCDP
34 (20.00 %)MCP
43 (15.00 %)MCSE
43 (15.00 %)CCSE
51 (5.000 %)CCIE
51 (5.000 %)CCSP
51 (5.000 %)CCVP
Watford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (40.00 %)Active Directory
Watford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (50.00 %)CheckPoint
29 (45.00 %)Microsoft
37 (35.00 %)Cisco
37 (35.00 %)Lotus
44 (20.00 %)Citrix
53 (15.00 %)Juniper
62 (10.00 %)Oracle
71 (5.000 %)HP