VPN Jobs in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 23 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 West Midlands region.

Location
 3 months to
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 138 139 89
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -50
Permanent jobs citing VPN 67 45 87
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.338% 0.991% 2.060%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.719% 6.294% 11.51%
Number of salaries quoted 57 42 59
Average salary £30,000 £33,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.44% +8.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,450 £20,375 £25,400
10% offered a salary of more than £45,500 £36,350 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £35,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.81% +9.23%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 868 715 756
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.33% 15.75% 17.90%
Number of salaries quoted 711 586 597
Average salary £37,500 £33,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.94% -4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VPN
England

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Birmingham +14 38 £34,000 +1.49%
Warwickshire +18 12 £27,000 -23.94%
Coventry -11 9 £27,000 -22.85%
Sutton Coldfield - 8 £27,000 -
Shropshire +1 6 £36,250 +34.25%
Dudley +3 3 £22,000 +10.00%
Solihull -14 3 £22,000 -38.02%
West Bromwich - 2 £26,000 -
Wolverhampton - 2 £26,000 -
Worcestershire +6 1 £30,000 +76.47%
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England

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 99 (66.89%) Firewall
2 98 (66.22%) Windows
3 67 (45.27%) Cisco
4 49 (33.11%) Active Directory
5 46 (31.08%) DNS
6 44 (29.73%) Microsoft
7 43 (29.05%) WAN
8 41 (27.70%) DHCP
8 41 (27.70%) Citrix
9 38 (25.68%) Windows Server 2008
10 37 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
10 37 (25.00%) LAN
11 33 (22.30%) MPLS
11 33 (22.30%) Network Security
12 31 (20.95%) Windows Server 2003
13 30 (20.27%) TCP/IP
14 29 (19.59%) Time Management
15 28 (18.92%) VMware
15 28 (18.92%) CCNP
15 28 (18.92%) MS Excel
15 28 (18.92%) CheckPoint
16 25 (16.89%) NetApp
17 23 (15.54%) Windows XP
17 23 (15.54%) IP Telephony
17 23 (15.54%) Windows 7
18 22 (14.86%) Wireless
19 21 (14.19%) Load Balancing
19 21 (14.19%) OSPF
20 20 (13.51%) Finance
21 19 (12.84%) BGP

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 6 (4.054%) CSS
2 2 (1.351%) WebSphere
2 2 (1.351%) COM
3 1 (0.676%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 15 (10.14%) MS Exchange
2 6 (4.054%) Exchange Server 2007
2 6 (4.054%) Lotus Notes
3 5 (3.378%) Lync
4 4 (2.703%) Tomcat
5 3 (2.027%) SharePoint
5 3 (2.027%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (2.027%) WorkSite
5 3 (2.027%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (1.351%) Apache
6 2 (1.351%) IIS
Applications
1 28 (18.92%) MS Excel
2 18 (12.16%) MS Office
3 3 (2.027%) Google Apps
4 2 (1.351%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 99 (66.89%) Firewall
2 46 (31.08%) DNS
3 43 (29.05%) WAN
4 41 (27.70%) DHCP
5 37 (25.00%) LAN
6 33 (22.30%) MPLS
6 33 (22.30%) Network Security
7 30 (20.27%) TCP/IP
8 23 (15.54%) IP Telephony
9 22 (14.86%) Wireless
10 21 (14.19%) OSPF
11 19 (12.84%) BGP
12 18 (12.16%) SAN
13 17 (11.49%) Cisco ASA
13 17 (11.49%) Cisco PIX
14 15 (10.14%) VLAN
15 13 (8.784%) Internet
16 11 (7.432%) SSL
16 11 (7.432%) ISDN
16 11 (7.432%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.784%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.351%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (1.351%) DB2
General
1 20 (13.51%) Finance
2 18 (12.16%) Back Office
2 18 (12.16%) Banking
3 9 (6.081%) Telecoms
4 3 (2.027%) Financial Institution
4 3 (2.027%) Law
4 3 (2.027%) Legal
5 2 (1.351%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.351%) Advertising
5 2 (1.351%) Automotive
6 1 (0.676%) Multimedia
6 1 (0.676%) Retail
6 1 (0.676%) Mandarin Language
6 1 (0.676%) Cantonese Language
Job Titles
1 44 (29.73%) Network Engineer
2 17 (11.49%) Analyst
2 17 (11.49%) Support Engineer
3 15 (10.14%) Consultant
4 13 (8.784%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (8.108%) Support Analyst
6 11 (7.432%) Administrator
6 11 (7.432%) IT Consultant
6 11 (7.432%) Network Administrator
7 10 (6.757%) Configuration Engineer
8 9 (6.081%) IT Support
9 8 (5.405%) Cisco Engineer
10 7 (4.730%) Systems Administrator
10 7 (4.730%) 2nd Line Support
10 7 (4.730%) IT Administrator
11 6 (4.054%) Cisco Network Specialist
11 6 (4.054%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 6 (4.054%) Cisco Specialist
11 6 (4.054%) Network Specialist
12 5 (3.378%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.81%) Clustering
2 14 (9.459%) Thin Client
2 14 (9.459%) Fat Client
3 9 (6.081%) Blackberry
4 4 (2.703%) CMDB
4 4 (2.703%) Computer Science
4 4 (2.703%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.351%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.351%) iPhone
5 2 (1.351%) SecurID
5 2 (1.351%) Replication
5 2 (1.351%) Biometrics
5 2 (1.351%) Smartcard
5 2 (1.351%) EFT
6 1 (0.676%) PKI
6 1 (0.676%) Statistics
6 1 (0.676%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.676%) Open Source
6 1 (0.676%) iPad
6 1 (0.676%) Xserve
Operating Systems
1 98 (66.22%) Windows
2 38 (25.68%) Windows Server 2008
3 31 (20.95%) Windows Server 2003
4 23 (15.54%) Windows XP
4 23 (15.54%) Windows 7
5 12 (8.108%) Linux
6 6 (4.054%) Ubuntu
7 3 (2.027%) Android
8 2 (1.351%) Windows Vista
8 2 (1.351%) Mac OS X
8 2 (1.351%) UNIX
9 1 (0.676%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.676%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.676%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.676%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (19.59%) Time Management
2 21 (14.19%) Load Balancing
3 14 (9.459%) Project Management
4 12 (8.108%) ITIL
5 10 (6.757%) Change Control
6 6 (4.054%) Technical Architecture
6 6 (4.054%) Change Management
7 5 (3.378%) PRINCE2
7 5 (3.378%) Service Delivery
7 5 (3.378%) Network Design
8 4 (2.703%) WAN Optimisation
8 4 (2.703%) Penetration Testing
8 4 (2.703%) Incident Management
8 4 (2.703%) Validation
8 4 (2.703%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (2.703%) Configuration Management
9 3 (2.027%) Service Management
9 3 (2.027%) Risk Management
9 3 (2.027%) Network Management
9 3 (2.027%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.081%) SQL
2 4 (2.703%) Shell Script
3 2 (1.351%) Bash shell
3 2 (1.351%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (18.92%) CCNP
3 18 (12.16%) CCNA
4 14 (9.459%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (8.108%) CCIE
6 10 (6.757%) CCSA
6 10 (6.757%) MCSE
7 8 (5.405%) MCP
8 6 (4.054%) MCITP
8 6 (4.054%) Degree
9 5 (3.378%) CCA
9 5 (3.378%) Citrix Certification
9 5 (3.378%) CCSE
10 4 (2.703%) Check Point Certification
11 3 (2.027%) MCSA
11 3 (2.027%) CCDP
11 3 (2.027%) CCIP
12 2 (1.351%) HP ASE
12 2 (1.351%) HP MASE
12 2 (1.351%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.730%) SLA
2 4 (2.703%) QA
3 2 (1.351%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.351%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.676%) BS7799
4 1 (0.676%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 49 (33.11%) Active Directory
2 12 (8.108%) VMware ESXi
3 7 (4.730%) XenDesktop
3 7 (4.730%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (4.054%) Terminal Services
5 4 (2.703%) VMware ESX
5 4 (2.703%) ISA Server
6 3 (2.027%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.351%) vSphere
7 2 (1.351%) XenApp
7 2 (1.351%) XenServer
8 1 (0.676%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.676%) Forefront TMG
8 1 (0.676%) UAG
Systems Management
1 9 (6.081%) SolarWinds Orion
2 6 (4.054%) FortiGate
2 6 (4.054%) WSUS
3 4 (2.703%) SCCM
4 2 (1.351%) Cisco UCCX
4 2 (1.351%) Cacti
4 2 (1.351%) Backup Exec
4 2 (1.351%) ARCserve
4 2 (1.351%) Netcool
5 1 (0.676%) Cisco IPCC
5 1 (0.676%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 67 (45.27%) Cisco
2 44 (29.73%) Microsoft
3 41 (27.70%) Citrix
4 28 (18.92%) VMware
4 28 (18.92%) CheckPoint
5 25 (16.89%) NetApp
6 16 (10.81%) HP
7 14 (9.459%) Nokia
8 11 (7.432%) Juniper
9 10 (6.757%) IBM
9 10 (6.757%) Acronis
10 9 (6.081%) Riverbed
10 9 (6.081%) SolarWinds
10 9 (6.081%) IronPort
11 7 (4.730%) Dell
11 7 (4.730%) Apple
12 6 (4.054%) Lotus
13 5 (3.378%) LANDesk
14 4 (2.703%) Aruba
14 4 (2.703%) Huawei
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Cisco Data Centre Services Network Project Specialist
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