VPN Jobs in England

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 216 214 322
Rank change year-on-year -2 +108 -83
Permanent jobs citing VPN 1,220 1,482 1,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.34% 1.76% 1.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.02% 10.76% 9.39%
Number of salaries quoted 940 1,142 1,416
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £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 £66,865 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,715 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,178 13,772 18,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.38% 16.37% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,544 6,977 10,429
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,189
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in England

VPN
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for VPN in England

VPN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for VPN in England

VPN
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London -15 352 £53,000 -11.67% 72
South East -7 275 £46,500 +9.41% 57
North of England +18 226 £39,750 -11.67% 52
Midlands +16 179 £39,875 -11.39% 37
Yorkshire +66 113 £37,500 -14.29% 19
South West -20 110 £37,500 +1.35% 27
West Midlands -10 103 £39,875 -11.39% 22
North West -34 90 £45,000 -5.26% 29
East of England +5 79 £40,000 -28.89% 22
East Midlands +17 75 £39,500 +12.86% 14
North East +5 29 £34,000 -12.72% 4
VPN
UK

VPN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 209 (17.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 172 (14.10%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.11%) Apache
4 32 (2.62%) IIS
5 31 (2.54%) Exchange Server 2010
6 9 (0.74%) Skype for Business
6 9 (0.74%) WordPress
7 8 (0.66%) Confluence
8 7 (0.57%) nginx
8 7 (0.57%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2007
9 6 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2013
9 6 (0.49%) SAS
9 6 (0.49%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.16%) CMS
10 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.16%) Resin
11 1 (0.082%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.082%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 163 (13.36%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.82%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.16%) Trello
6 1 (0.082%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 4 (0.33%) Carpe Diem
1 4 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
1 4 (0.33%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.16%) Eikon
2 2 (0.16%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.16%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 2 (0.16%) Shopify
3 1 (0.082%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 575 (47.13%) Azure
2 501 (41.07%) Microsoft 365
3 166 (13.61%) AWS
4 159 (13.03%) Entra ID
5 75 (6.15%) OneDrive
6 66 (5.41%) IaaS
7 58 (4.75%) PaaS
7 58 (4.75%) SaaS
8 46 (3.77%) GCP
9 45 (3.69%) Amazon S3
10 35 (2.87%) Cloud Computing
11 30 (2.46%) Mimecast
12 29 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
13 22 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
14 21 (1.72%) GitHub
15 17 (1.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 16 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
17 15 (1.23%) Power Platform
17 15 (1.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 14 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 805 (65.98%) Firewall
2 440 (36.07%) WAN
3 425 (34.84%) LAN
4 376 (30.82%) DNS
5 291 (23.85%) DHCP
6 245 (20.08%) VLAN
7 229 (18.77%) TCP/IP
8 193 (15.82%) Wi-Fi
9 179 (14.67%) Wireless
10 174 (14.26%) Network Security
11 138 (11.31%) Internet
12 131 (10.74%) IPsec
13 120 (9.84%) BGP
14 119 (9.75%) MPLS
15 108 (8.85%) SAN
16 103 (8.44%) VoIP
17 102 (8.36%) OSPF
18 99 (8.11%) SD-WAN
19 78 (6.39%) SSL
20 50 (4.10%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (5.74%) SQL Server
2 47 (3.85%) MongoDB
3 39 (3.20%) Elasticsearch
4 37 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
5 28 (2.30%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.07%) Power BI
7 11 (0.90%) MySQL
8 8 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.57%) Redis
10 6 (0.49%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.41%) DB2
12 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.16%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.16%) Looker
13 2 (0.16%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 1 (0.082%) Electronic Patient Records
14 1 (0.082%) PowerPivot
14 1 (0.082%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 31 (2.54%) JIRA
2 26 (2.13%) Git
3 20 (1.64%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.90%) GitLab
5 10 (0.82%) Trac
6 5 (0.41%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.25%) Subversion
9 1 (0.082%) Selenium
General
1 378 (30.98%) Social Skills
2 130 (10.66%) Finance
3 101 (8.28%) Telecoms
4 80 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (5.82%) Retail
6 52 (4.26%) Law
7 31 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (2.38%) Manufacturing
9 22 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
10 20 (1.64%) Legal
11 19 (1.56%) Banking
11 19 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (1.15%) German Language
13 13 (1.07%) Back Office
13 13 (1.07%) Billing
14 11 (0.90%) Games
15 9 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.57%) Investment Banking
16 7 (0.57%) Public Sector
17 6 (0.49%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 241 (19.75%) Network Engineer
2 166 (13.61%) IT Support
3 162 (13.28%) Support Engineer
4 159 (13.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 154 (12.62%) Senior
6 140 (11.48%) IT Engineer
7 137 (11.23%) Analyst
8 98 (8.03%) Architect
9 95 (7.79%) IT Support Engineer
10 62 (5.08%) IT Analyst
11 57 (4.67%) Infrastructure Architect
12 56 (4.59%) Consultant
13 55 (4.51%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 55 (4.51%) Service Analyst
14 52 (4.26%) Service Desk Analyst
15 49 (4.02%) Lead
16 47 (3.85%) 3rd Line Support
16 47 (3.85%) Support Analyst
17 44 (3.61%) Senior Network Engineer
18 40 (3.28%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (4.84%) YAML
2 37 (3.03%) 802.1X
3 34 (2.79%) RabbitMQ
4 28 (2.30%) JSON
5 24 (1.97%) XML
6 23 (1.89%) LDAP
7 21 (1.72%) HTML
8 20 (1.64%) SOAP
9 16 (1.31%) Web Services
10 14 (1.15%) REST
11 12 (0.98%) NETCONF
11 12 (0.98%) RESTCONF
12 11 (0.90%) CSS
12 11 (0.90%) LAMP
12 11 (0.90%) YANG
13 10 (0.82%) ARM Templates
14 8 (0.66%) SAML
15 7 (0.57%) .NET
15 7 (0.57%) ADSI
15 7 (0.57%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 193 (15.82%) Data Centre
2 66 (5.41%) Driving Licence
3 52 (4.26%) Management Information System
4 48 (3.93%) Public Cloud
4 48 (3.93%) Replication
5 41 (3.36%) PKI
6 34 (2.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 28 (2.30%) Onboarding
8 26 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
9 25 (2.05%) Clustering
10 20 (1.64%) Client/Server
11 19 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
12 16 (1.31%) Product Ownership
13 13 (1.07%) Linux Command Line
13 13 (1.07%) Private Cloud
14 12 (0.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 12 (0.98%) Security Posture
15 9 (0.74%) Cloud Native
15 9 (0.74%) IoT
15 9 (0.74%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 649 (53.20%) Windows
2 334 (27.38%) Windows Server
3 254 (20.82%) Linux
4 130 (10.66%) Windows 10
5 70 (5.74%) Windows Server 2019
6 66 (5.41%) Ubuntu
7 60 (4.92%) Windows Server 2016
8 53 (4.34%) VMS
9 51 (4.18%) Windows Server 2012
10 41 (3.36%) Apple iOS
11 39 (3.20%) Mac OS
12 36 (2.95%) Android
12 36 (2.95%) Unix
13 34 (2.79%) Data ONTAP
14 19 (1.56%) Windows 7
15 17 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 16 (1.31%) CentOS
16 16 (1.31%) Windows Server 2008
17 12 (0.98%) Mac OS X
18 9 (0.74%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
2 200 (16.39%) Customer Service
3 192 (15.74%) ITIL
4 191 (15.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 129 (10.57%) Agile
6 123 (10.08%) Cybersecurity
7 106 (8.69%) Project Management
8 94 (7.70%) DevOps
9 88 (7.21%) Service Management
10 85 (6.97%) Disaster Recovery
11 84 (6.89%) Actionable Insight
11 84 (6.89%) Service Delivery
12 82 (6.72%) Roadmaps
13 81 (6.64%) Mentoring
14 80 (6.56%) Computer Science
15 76 (6.23%) Project Delivery
16 72 (5.90%) Migration
17 68 (5.57%) Infrastructure Management
17 68 (5.57%) Load Balancing
18 63 (5.16%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 188 (15.41%) PowerShell
2 126 (10.33%) Python
3 111 (9.10%) SQL
4 35 (2.87%) Bash
5 14 (1.15%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.07%) C#
7 11 (0.90%) Java
8 7 (0.57%) Perl
8 7 (0.57%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.41%) JSX
9 5 (0.41%) R
9 5 (0.41%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.25%) Groovy
10 3 (0.25%) Ruby
10 3 (0.25%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.16%) Korn
11 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.16%) PHP
12 1 (0.082%) C
12 1 (0.082%) VBA
Qualifications
1 185 (15.16%) Cisco Certification
2 155 (12.70%) Degree
3 126 (10.33%) Security Cleared
4 124 (10.16%) CCNA
5 108 (8.85%) CCNP
6 80 (6.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 71 (5.82%) SC Cleared
8 44 (3.61%) Azure Certification
9 42 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 41 (3.36%) CISSP
11 40 (3.28%) MCSE
12 39 (3.20%) DV Cleared
13 32 (2.62%) MCSA
14 25 (2.05%) CCIE
15 20 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
16 19 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 17 (1.39%) MCP
18 16 (1.31%) APMP
18 16 (1.31%) AWS Certification
18 16 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (8.69%) SLA
2 42 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (2.87%) GDPR
4 23 (1.89%) NIST
5 19 (1.56%) PCI DSS
6 15 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.74%) HIPAA
8 8 (0.66%) NCSC
9 6 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (0.41%) QA
11 4 (0.33%) GRC
12 2 (0.16%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.16%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.082%) COBIT
13 1 (0.082%) FISMA
13 1 (0.082%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.082%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.082%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 546 (44.75%) Active Directory
2 241 (19.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 214 (17.54%) Hyper-V
4 79 (6.48%) Docker
5 67 (5.49%) vSphere
6 61 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
7 58 (4.75%) VMware ESXi
8 26 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 21 (1.72%) pfSense
10 15 (1.23%) Virtual Servers
11 14 (1.15%) NFS
12 13 (1.07%) vCloud
13 10 (0.82%) Firmware
14 9 (0.74%) Terminal Services
15 6 (0.49%) VMware NSX
16 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 4 (0.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
17 4 (0.33%) XenDesktop
18 3 (0.25%) Terminal Server
18 3 (0.25%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 175 (14.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 114 (9.34%) Ansible
3 93 (7.62%) Terraform
4 77 (6.31%) SCCM
5 75 (6.15%) Kubernetes
6 50 (4.10%) WSUS
7 44 (3.61%) vCenter Server
8 43 (3.52%) Prometheus
9 31 (2.54%) ZABBIX
10 28 (2.30%) FortiGate
11 24 (1.97%) Jamf Pro
11 24 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
12 23 (1.89%) Grafana
13 17 (1.39%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 16 (1.31%) Autotask
14 16 (1.31%) Puppet
14 16 (1.31%) SCDPM
15 13 (1.07%) AirWatch
15 13 (1.07%) Microsoft Clustering
16 12 (0.98%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 555 (45.49%) Microsoft
2 350 (28.69%) VMware
3 339 (27.79%) Cisco
4 119 (9.75%) Palo Alto
5 108 (8.85%) Veeam
6 103 (8.44%) Juniper
7 98 (8.03%) Meraki
8 94 (7.70%) Citrix
9 80 (6.56%) Fortinet
10 59 (4.84%) HP
11 58 (4.75%) Red Hat
12 55 (4.51%) SolarWinds
13 46 (3.77%) F5
14 45 (3.69%) CheckPoint
15 44 (3.61%) Apple
16 42 (3.44%) Aruba
17 41 (3.36%) Sophos
18 39 (3.20%) NetApp
19 34 (2.79%) Google
19 34 (2.79%) SolidFire