VPN Contracts in Somerset

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
South West > Somerset

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset with a requirement for VPN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VPN over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 27 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing VPN 4 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 2.01% 2.48% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.89% 11.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £231 - -
25th Percentile £372 £469 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £488 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £506 £506 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £425 £469 £388
% change year-on-year -9.33% +20.97% +3.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Somerset

VPN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 45 45 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 22.61% 22.28% 12.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 31 13
10th Percentile £236 £170 £209
25th Percentile £250 £314 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £295 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -30.59% +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £498 £466 £494
90th Percentile £525 £569 £499
South West median daily rate £530 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +6.00% +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 3
10th Percentile £12.50 £15.76 £20.49
25th Percentile £26.25 £16.25 £28.34
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year +110.53% -56.77% +140.82%
75th Percentile - £71.17 £48.24
90th Percentile - £82.47 £49.30
South West median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.56
% change year-on-year +308.16% -80.62% +9.91%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Job postings citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Somerset

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VPN in Somerset.

Daily rate trend for VPN in Somerset

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Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in Somerset over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in Somerset

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VPN in Somerset.

Hourly rate trend for VPN in Somerset

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Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bath 0 3 £488 - 2
Taunton - 1 £150 - 2
VPN
South West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DHCP
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) Network Security
1 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (50.00%) BGP
2 2 (50.00%) OSPF
2 2 (50.00%) SNMP
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) VLAN
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Help Desk Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Help Desk Support
3 1 (25.00%) Help Desk Support Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Network Management
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) F5
2 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft