The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Windsor 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 Windsor region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank - 19 38
Permanent jobs citing VPN 0 3 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Windsor - 3.297% 0.571%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 15.79% 3.333%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 1
Average salary - £42,500 £22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +93.18%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +10.76%
All Communications & Networking
Windsor
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
11 19 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Windsor 16.67% 20.88% 17.14%
Number of salaries quoted 11 19 29
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +26.98%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,200 £40,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £59,250 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
VPN
Berkshire

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Windsor 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 Windsor region.

Windsor VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Windsor 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 6 (85.71%) Firewall
2 5 (71.43%) Data Security
2 5 (71.43%) Nessus
2 5 (71.43%) Network Design
2 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (71.43%) ITIL
2 5 (71.43%) Qualys
2 5 (71.43%) Network Security
2 5 (71.43%) PCI QSA
2 5 (71.43%) ArcSight
2 5 (71.43%) SIEM
2 5 (71.43%) Vulnerability Management
2 5 (71.43%) S-PLUS
3 2 (28.57%) LAN
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco
3 2 (28.57%) MPLS
3 2 (28.57%) WAN
4 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 1 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle
4 1 (14.29%) SS7
4 1 (14.29%) SIGTRAN
4 1 (14.29%) Wireless
4 1 (14.29%) BT
4 1 (14.29%) Frame Relay
4 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (14.29%) CCNP
4 1 (14.29%) CCNA
4 1 (14.29%) CCDA

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Windsor 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.

Applications
1 5 (71.43%) S-PLUS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Firewall
2 5 (71.43%) Network Security
3 2 (28.57%) MPLS
3 2 (28.57%) LAN
3 2 (28.57%) WAN
4 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 1 (14.29%) LDAP
4 1 (14.29%) ATM
4 1 (14.29%) GSM
4 1 (14.29%) SDH
4 1 (14.29%) SMS
4 1 (14.29%) UMTS
4 1 (14.29%) SS7
4 1 (14.29%) Wireless
4 1 (14.29%) Frame Relay
4 1 (14.29%) SIGTRAN
General
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Analyst
2 5 (71.43%) Security Analyst
2 5 (71.43%) Operations Analyst
2 5 (71.43%) Security Operations Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) UNIX
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) ITIL
1 5 (71.43%) Data Security
1 5 (71.43%) Network Design
1 5 (71.43%) SIEM
1 5 (71.43%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Test Management
2 1 (14.29%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) PCI QSA
2 1 (14.29%) CCNP
2 1 (14.29%) CCNA
2 1 (14.29%) CCDA
2 1 (14.29%) ISEB
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) Nessus
2 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Qualys
1 5 (71.43%) ArcSight
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco
3 1 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) Ericsson
3 1 (14.29%) BT
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle