Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for VPN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VPN over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 223 214 338
Rank change year-on-year -9 +124 -91
Permanent jobs citing VPN 1,374 1,627 2,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.27% 1.75% 1.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.97% 10.68% 8.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,043 1,217 1,547
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £75,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +4.94%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,776 15,239 22,877
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.70% 16.37% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,405 7,647 11,856
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,850 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,886 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.25% -5.26% +5.56%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the UK

VPN
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VPN.

Salary trend for VPN in the UK

VPN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for VPN in the UK

VPN
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -6 1,234 £45,000 -10.00% 247
UK excluding London -21 968 £40,000 -11.11% 204
Work from Home -1 534 £52,500 - 109
London -34 352 £52,500 -12.50% 58
South East -4 280 £46,500 +8.14% 51
North of England +6 227 £39,500 -14.13% 45
Midlands -5 182 £39,875 -11.39% 34
South West -16 115 £37,500 -4.55% 28
Yorkshire +65 112 £37,500 -6.25% 16
West Midlands -15 105 £40,000 -11.11% 19
North West -33 91 £45,000 -7.37% 26
East of England -4 80 £40,000 -27.27% 22
East Midlands +4 76 £39,000 +11.43% 15
Scotland -72 54 £50,000 -33.33% 16
North East +2 30 £34,000 -14.41% 3
Wales -5 24 £44,886 +38.11% 6
Northern Ireland +13 11 £37,500 -11.76% 6
Isle of Man - 6 £46,500 -

VPN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 223 (16.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 183 (13.32%) SharePoint
3 57 (4.15%) Apache
4 32 (2.33%) IIS
5 31 (2.26%) Exchange Server 2010
6 12 (0.87%) Confluence
7 9 (0.66%) Skype for Business
7 9 (0.66%) WordPress
8 7 (0.51%) nginx
8 7 (0.51%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2007
9 6 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2013
9 6 (0.44%) SAS
10 5 (0.36%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.15%) CMS
11 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.15%) Resin
11 2 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.073%) Jupyter
Applications
1 179 (13.03%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.80%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.15%) Trello
5 1 (0.073%) 1Password
5 1 (0.073%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 4 (0.29%) Carpe Diem
1 4 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
1 4 (0.29%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.22%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 2 (0.15%) Eikon
3 2 (0.15%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.15%) Shopify
4 1 (0.073%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 635 (46.22%) Azure
2 518 (37.70%) Microsoft 365
3 199 (14.48%) AWS
4 175 (12.74%) Entra ID
5 88 (6.40%) IaaS
6 80 (5.82%) OneDrive
7 74 (5.39%) PaaS
8 69 (5.02%) Amazon S3
9 66 (4.80%) GCP
10 62 (4.51%) SaaS
11 46 (3.35%) Cloud Computing
12 31 (2.26%) Mimecast
13 30 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
13 30 (2.18%) Azure Monitor
14 21 (1.53%) GitHub
15 20 (1.46%) Amazon EC2
16 18 (1.31%) Serverless
17 17 (1.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
18 15 (1.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 14 (1.02%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 924 (67.25%) Firewall
2 501 (36.46%) WAN
3 476 (34.64%) LAN
4 409 (29.77%) DNS
5 313 (22.78%) DHCP
6 269 (19.58%) TCP/IP
6 269 (19.58%) VLAN
7 222 (16.16%) Network Security
8 210 (15.28%) Wireless
9 207 (15.07%) Wi-Fi
10 175 (12.74%) IPsec
11 170 (12.37%) Internet
12 138 (10.04%) BGP
13 133 (9.68%) MPLS
14 115 (8.37%) SD-WAN
15 114 (8.30%) OSPF
16 112 (8.15%) SAN
17 108 (7.86%) VoIP
18 83 (6.04%) SSL
19 68 (4.95%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (6.40%) SQL Server
2 67 (4.88%) MongoDB
3 59 (4.29%) Elasticsearch
4 41 (2.98%) Amazon RDS
5 28 (2.04%) NoSQL
6 12 (0.87%) MySQL
6 12 (0.87%) Power BI
7 11 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (0.58%) BigQuery
9 7 (0.51%) Redis
10 6 (0.44%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.36%) DB2
12 2 (0.15%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.15%) Looker
12 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 1 (0.073%) Big Data
13 1 (0.073%) Electronic Patient Records
13 1 (0.073%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 36 (2.62%) JIRA
2 28 (2.04%) Git
3 23 (1.67%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.87%) GitLab
5 10 (0.73%) Trac
6 5 (0.36%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.22%) Subversion
8 1 (0.073%) Selenium
8 1 (0.073%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.073%) Visual Studio
General
1 436 (31.73%) Social Skills
2 158 (11.50%) Finance
3 120 (8.73%) Telecoms
4 100 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (5.17%) Retail
6 52 (3.78%) Law
7 45 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 30 (2.18%) Manufacturing
9 26 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (1.60%) Legal
12 19 (1.38%) Banking
13 14 (1.02%) German Language
14 13 (0.95%) Back Office
15 12 (0.87%) Billing
15 12 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
16 11 (0.80%) Games
16 11 (0.80%) Local Government
17 9 (0.66%) Mandarin Language
18 7 (0.51%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 267 (19.43%) Network Engineer
2 177 (12.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 177 (12.88%) IT Support
3 175 (12.74%) Support Engineer
4 174 (12.66%) Senior
5 152 (11.06%) Analyst
6 148 (10.77%) IT Engineer
7 100 (7.28%) Architect
8 97 (7.06%) IT Support Engineer
9 85 (6.19%) Consultant
10 64 (4.66%) Service Analyst
11 61 (4.44%) IT Analyst
11 61 (4.44%) Service Desk Analyst
12 59 (4.29%) Infrastructure Architect
13 57 (4.15%) Lead
14 56 (4.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 54 (3.93%) NetApp Consultant
16 52 (3.78%) Senior Network Engineer
17 48 (3.49%) 3rd Line Support
18 47 (3.42%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (5.75%) YAML
2 54 (3.93%) RabbitMQ
3 36 (2.62%) 802.1X
4 31 (2.26%) LDAP
5 28 (2.04%) JSON
6 27 (1.97%) XML
7 26 (1.89%) SOAP
8 22 (1.60%) HTML
9 19 (1.38%) Web Services
10 17 (1.24%) REST
11 14 (1.02%) CSS
12 12 (0.87%) NETCONF
12 12 (0.87%) RESTCONF
13 11 (0.80%) LAMP
13 11 (0.80%) YANG
14 9 (0.66%) Ajax
14 9 (0.66%) ARM Templates
15 8 (0.58%) .NET
15 8 (0.58%) React
15 8 (0.58%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 249 (18.12%) Data Centre
2 77 (5.60%) Driving Licence
3 71 (5.17%) Management Information System
4 64 (4.66%) Replication
5 59 (4.29%) Public Cloud
6 41 (2.98%) PKI
7 37 (2.69%) Hybrid Cloud
8 32 (2.33%) Onboarding
9 31 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
10 27 (1.97%) Clustering
11 21 (1.53%) Client/Server
12 19 (1.38%) Video Conferencing
13 18 (1.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 15 (1.09%) Security Posture
15 14 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
15 14 (1.02%) Product Ownership
16 13 (0.95%) Cloud Native
17 12 (0.87%) Private Cloud
18 11 (0.80%) CMDB
19 10 (0.73%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 723 (52.62%) Windows
2 370 (26.93%) Windows Server
3 309 (22.49%) Linux
4 146 (10.63%) Windows 10
5 75 (5.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 70 (5.09%) Windows Server 2016
7 68 (4.95%) Ubuntu
8 60 (4.37%) Windows Server 2012
9 54 (3.93%) Data ONTAP
10 53 (3.86%) VMS
11 44 (3.20%) Mac OS
12 41 (2.98%) Apple iOS
13 37 (2.69%) Android
14 36 (2.62%) Unix
15 20 (1.46%) Windows Server 2008
16 19 (1.38%) CentOS
16 19 (1.38%) Windows 7
17 17 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 12 (0.87%) Mac OS X
19 10 (0.73%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (20.09%) Problem-Solving
2 224 (16.30%) Customer Service
3 217 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 210 (15.28%) ITIL
5 138 (10.04%) Agile
6 136 (9.90%) Cybersecurity
7 130 (9.46%) Project Management
8 113 (8.22%) DevOps
9 107 (7.79%) Disaster Recovery
10 105 (7.64%) Actionable Insight
11 100 (7.28%) Mentoring
12 96 (6.99%) Computer Science
13 95 (6.91%) Service Management
14 91 (6.62%) Infrastructure Management
15 89 (6.48%) Project Delivery
16 88 (6.40%) Roadmaps
17 83 (6.04%) Service Delivery
18 78 (5.68%) Migration
19 74 (5.39%) Network Monitoring
20 69 (5.02%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 193 (14.05%) PowerShell
2 149 (10.84%) Python
3 110 (8.01%) SQL
4 37 (2.69%) Bash
5 22 (1.60%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.09%) C#
7 12 (0.87%) Java
8 7 (0.51%) Perl
8 7 (0.51%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.36%) JSX
9 5 (0.36%) R
9 5 (0.36%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.22%) Groovy
10 3 (0.22%) Ruby
10 3 (0.22%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.15%) Go
11 2 (0.15%) Korn
11 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.15%) PHP
12 1 (0.073%) Rust
Qualifications
1 228 (16.59%) Cisco Certification
2 181 (13.17%) Degree
3 145 (10.55%) CCNA
4 136 (9.90%) Security Cleared
5 129 (9.39%) CCNP
6 82 (5.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 77 (5.60%) SC Cleared
8 50 (3.64%) CISSP
9 49 (3.57%) Azure Certification
10 45 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
11 43 (3.13%) MCSE
12 39 (2.84%) DV Cleared
13 33 (2.40%) MCSA
14 30 (2.18%) CCIE
15 21 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
16 20 (1.46%) CISM
16 20 (1.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 19 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
18 18 (1.31%) AWS Certification
19 17 (1.24%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (7.79%) SLA
2 49 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (2.69%) GDPR
4 30 (2.18%) NIST
5 21 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 21 (1.53%) PCI DSS
6 9 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (0.66%) NCSC
7 8 (0.58%) HIPAA
8 7 (0.51%) GRC
9 6 (0.44%) QA
10 5 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.22%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.15%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.073%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.073%) COBIT
13 1 (0.073%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.073%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 570 (41.48%) Active Directory
2 293 (21.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 219 (15.94%) Hyper-V
4 100 (7.28%) Docker
5 69 (5.02%) Virtual Machines
6 66 (4.80%) vSphere
7 64 (4.66%) VMware ESXi
8 26 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
9 21 (1.53%) pfSense
10 20 (1.46%) VMware NSX
11 15 (1.09%) Virtual Servers
12 14 (1.02%) NFS
13 12 (0.87%) Terminal Services
13 12 (0.87%) vCloud
14 10 (0.73%) Firmware
15 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 4 (0.29%) XenDesktop
17 3 (0.22%) Terminal Server
17 3 (0.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 179 (13.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 152 (11.06%) Ansible
3 123 (8.95%) Terraform
4 98 (7.13%) Kubernetes
5 80 (5.82%) SCCM
6 64 (4.66%) Prometheus
6 64 (4.66%) vCenter Server
7 51 (3.71%) WSUS
8 46 (3.35%) FortiGate
9 31 (2.26%) ZABBIX
10 25 (1.82%) Jamf Pro
10 25 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
11 24 (1.75%) Grafana
12 20 (1.46%) Puppet
13 17 (1.24%) Autotask
13 17 (1.24%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 16 (1.16%) SCDPM
15 14 (1.02%) Microsoft Clustering
16 13 (0.95%) AirWatch
16 13 (0.95%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 607 (44.18%) Microsoft
2 405 (29.48%) VMware
3 401 (29.18%) Cisco
4 162 (11.79%) Palo Alto
5 117 (8.52%) Juniper
5 117 (8.52%) Meraki
6 112 (8.15%) Veeam
7 93 (6.77%) Citrix
8 90 (6.55%) Fortinet
9 78 (5.68%) Red Hat
10 72 (5.24%) NetApp
11 58 (4.22%) SolarWinds
12 57 (4.15%) HP
13 54 (3.93%) SolidFire
14 51 (3.71%) CheckPoint
15 46 (3.35%) F5
16 44 (3.20%) Apple
16 44 (3.20%) Sophos
17 43 (3.13%) Aruba
18 38 (2.77%) Google