The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wolverhampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 22 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 Wolverhampton region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 19 - 18
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VPN 2 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 3.077% - 3.390%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.67% - 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
Average salary £26,000 - £27,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £35,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.81% +9.23%
All Communications & Networking
Wolverhampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
12 7 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 18.46% 9.722% 16.95%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 10
Average salary £37,500 £35,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.63% +4.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,400 £21,550 £23,600
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £35,500 £56,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VPN
West Midlands

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) MCITP
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Terminal Services
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) MCSE
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Desktop Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) MCITP
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) MCSE
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft