VPN Jobs in the UK excluding London

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 216 208 252
Rank change year-on-year -8 +44 -59
Permanent jobs citing VPN 952 963 1,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.25% 1.70% 1.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.62% 8.95% 9.22%
Number of salaries quoted 748 713 928
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,000 £30,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +2.41%
75th Percentile £53,750 £58,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,894 10,757 11,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.02% 19.03% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 7,118 4,590 6,556
10th Percentile £25,756 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the UK excluding London

VPN
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VPN in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for VPN in the UK excluding London

VPN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for VPN in the UK excluding London

VPN
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the UK excluding London 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
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% 28
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
Scotland -73 52 £50,000 -23.08% 15
North East +5 29 £34,000 -12.72% 4
Wales -6 24 £44,886 -0.25% 6
Northern Ireland +17 12 £37,500 -11.76% 4
Isle of Man - 6 £46,500 -
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 178 (18.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 143 (15.02%) SharePoint
3 51 (5.36%) Apache
4 31 (3.26%) Exchange Server 2010
5 26 (2.73%) IIS
6 7 (0.74%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2007
7 6 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2013
7 6 (0.63%) SAS
8 5 (0.53%) Confluence
8 5 (0.53%) nginx
9 4 (0.42%) WordPress
10 2 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.21%) Resin
11 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 155 (16.28%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.63%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.21%) Trello
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.42%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.21%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 2 (0.21%) Shopify
3 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 466 (48.95%) Azure
2 419 (44.01%) Microsoft 365
3 137 (14.39%) Entra ID
4 126 (13.24%) AWS
5 65 (6.83%) OneDrive
6 61 (6.41%) Amazon S3
7 56 (5.88%) IaaS
8 52 (5.46%) GCP
9 46 (4.83%) PaaS
10 36 (3.78%) SaaS
11 27 (2.84%) Azure Monitor
12 24 (2.52%) Cloud Computing
12 24 (2.52%) Mimecast
13 16 (1.68%) GitHub
14 15 (1.58%) Amazon EC2
14 15 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
15 14 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
16 11 (1.16%) Google Workspace
16 11 (1.16%) Power Platform
17 10 (1.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 627 (65.86%) Firewall
2 298 (31.30%) DNS
3 295 (30.99%) WAN
4 283 (29.73%) LAN
5 231 (24.26%) DHCP
6 202 (21.22%) TCP/IP
7 196 (20.59%) VLAN
8 147 (15.44%) Network Security
9 126 (13.24%) Wi-Fi
10 122 (12.82%) IPsec
11 115 (12.08%) Wireless
12 91 (9.56%) Internet
13 85 (8.93%) SAN
13 85 (8.93%) VoIP
14 67 (7.04%) SD-WAN
15 65 (6.83%) OSPF
16 60 (6.30%) BGP
17 54 (5.67%) SSL
18 53 (5.57%) MPLS
18 53 (5.57%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (7.77%) SQL Server
2 54 (5.67%) Elasticsearch
3 51 (5.36%) MongoDB
4 36 (3.78%) Amazon RDS
5 16 (1.68%) NoSQL
6 10 (1.05%) MySQL
6 10 (1.05%) Power BI
7 8 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.74%) Redis
9 6 (0.63%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.21%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.21%) Looker
11 2 (0.21%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.11%) Big Data
12 1 (0.11%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.11%) PowerPivot
12 1 (0.11%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 21 (2.21%) Git
2 17 (1.79%) JIRA
3 15 (1.58%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.05%) Trac
5 4 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.11%) GitLab
6 1 (0.11%) Selenium
6 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 273 (28.68%) Social Skills
2 115 (12.08%) Finance
3 84 (8.82%) Telecoms
4 66 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (2.73%) Manufacturing
6 25 (2.63%) Retail
7 24 (2.52%) Law
8 19 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (1.47%) German Language
11 13 (1.37%) Back Office
11 13 (1.37%) Legal
12 10 (1.05%) Local Government
13 9 (0.95%) Games
14 6 (0.63%) Italian Language
14 6 (0.63%) Portuguese Language
14 6 (0.63%) Spanish Language
14 6 (0.63%) Swedish Language
14 6 (0.63%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 158 (16.60%) Network Engineer
2 142 (14.92%) Support Engineer
3 138 (14.50%) IT Support
4 129 (13.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 124 (13.03%) IT Engineer
6 106 (11.13%) Analyst
7 94 (9.87%) Senior
8 77 (8.09%) IT Support Engineer
9 60 (6.30%) Consultant
10 53 (5.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 49 (5.15%) NetApp Consultant
12 48 (5.04%) Architect
13 47 (4.94%) Service Analyst
13 47 (4.94%) Service Desk Analyst
14 41 (4.31%) 3rd Line Support
15 40 (4.20%) IT Analyst
16 36 (3.78%) IT Manager
16 36 (3.78%) IT Technician
17 35 (3.68%) Lead
18 34 (3.57%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (6.62%) YAML
2 49 (5.15%) RabbitMQ
3 17 (1.79%) 802.1X
4 16 (1.68%) JSON
5 12 (1.26%) Web Services
6 9 (0.95%) ARM Templates
7 6 (0.63%) .NET
7 6 (0.63%) CSS
7 6 (0.63%) HTML
7 6 (0.63%) LAMP
7 6 (0.63%) Node.js
7 6 (0.63%) React
7 6 (0.63%) RESTful
8 5 (0.53%) Middleware
8 5 (0.53%) SOAP
9 4 (0.42%) Azure Blueprints
9 4 (0.42%) gRPC
9 4 (0.42%) Knex.js
9 4 (0.42%) LDAP
9 4 (0.42%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 158 (16.60%) Data Centre
2 69 (7.25%) Driving Licence
3 49 (5.15%) Replication
4 39 (4.10%) Management Information System
5 31 (3.26%) Onboarding
6 30 (3.15%) Public Cloud
7 24 (2.52%) Clustering
8 22 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
9 21 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.68%) Product Ownership
11 14 (1.47%) PKI
12 10 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
13 9 (0.95%) Cloud Native
13 9 (0.95%) Security Posture
14 8 (0.84%) Client/Server
14 8 (0.84%) iPad
14 8 (0.84%) Private Cloud
15 7 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (0.74%) Mobile App
15 7 (0.74%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 552 (57.98%) Windows
2 310 (32.56%) Windows Server
3 190 (19.96%) Linux
4 108 (11.34%) Windows 10
5 64 (6.72%) Windows Server 2019
6 55 (5.78%) Windows Server 2016
7 49 (5.15%) Data ONTAP
8 43 (4.52%) Windows Server 2012
9 36 (3.78%) Apple iOS
10 35 (3.68%) Android
11 30 (3.15%) Mac OS
12 19 (2.00%) Windows 7
13 16 (1.68%) Ubuntu
14 15 (1.58%) Windows Server 2008
15 13 (1.37%) Unix
16 9 (0.95%) VMS
17 8 (0.84%) Mac OS X
17 8 (0.84%) Windows Server 2003
18 7 (0.74%) Debian
18 7 (0.74%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
2 191 (20.06%) Customer Service
3 153 (16.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 121 (12.71%) ITIL
5 97 (10.19%) Cybersecurity
6 94 (9.87%) Project Management
7 76 (7.98%) DevOps
7 76 (7.98%) Disaster Recovery
8 72 (7.56%) Mentoring
9 71 (7.46%) Computer Science
9 71 (7.46%) Project Delivery
9 71 (7.46%) Service Delivery
10 69 (7.25%) Actionable Insight
11 65 (6.83%) Infrastructure Management
12 63 (6.62%) Migration
13 62 (6.51%) Service Management
14 56 (5.88%) Storage Management
15 55 (5.78%) Customer Experience
15 55 (5.78%) Release Management
15 55 (5.78%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 140 (14.71%) PowerShell
2 98 (10.29%) Python
3 71 (7.46%) SQL
4 19 (2.00%) Bash
5 8 (0.84%) C#
6 7 (0.74%) JavaScript
6 7 (0.74%) Shell Script
7 6 (0.63%) Java
8 4 (0.42%) JSX
8 4 (0.42%) R
8 4 (0.42%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.32%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.11%) C
10 1 (0.11%) C++
10 1 (0.11%) Groovy
10 1 (0.11%) Korn
10 1 (0.11%) PHP
10 1 (0.11%) Ruby
10 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 157 (16.49%) Cisco Certification
2 132 (13.87%) Degree
3 105 (11.03%) CCNA
4 90 (9.45%) CCNP
5 88 (9.24%) Security Cleared
6 70 (7.35%) SC Cleared
7 66 (6.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 41 (4.31%) Azure Certification
9 38 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
10 36 (3.78%) CISSP
11 32 (3.36%) MCSE
12 23 (2.42%) CCIE
13 20 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
13 20 (2.10%) MCSA
14 17 (1.79%) MCP
15 14 (1.47%) JNCIA
16 12 (1.26%) A+ Certification
16 12 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
17 11 (1.16%) AWS Certification
18 10 (1.05%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (8.40%) SLA
2 31 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (3.05%) GDPR
4 25 (2.63%) NIST
5 15 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (1.16%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (0.42%) QA
9 3 (0.32%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.32%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.21%) GRC
10 2 (0.21%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.21%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.11%) COBIT
11 1 (0.11%) FISMA
11 1 (0.11%) HITRUST
11 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.11%) NCSC
11 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 409 (42.96%) Active Directory
2 238 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 191 (20.06%) Hyper-V
4 72 (7.56%) Docker
5 67 (7.04%) Virtual Machines
6 44 (4.62%) vSphere
7 40 (4.20%) VMware ESXi
8 22 (2.31%) Virtual Desktop
9 20 (2.10%) pfSense
10 19 (2.00%) VMware NSX
11 12 (1.26%) Virtual Servers
12 11 (1.16%) NFS
13 8 (0.84%) Firmware
14 6 (0.63%) Terminal Services
15 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 4 (0.42%) vCloud
16 4 (0.42%) XenDesktop
17 3 (0.32%) Terminal Server
18 2 (0.21%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 148 (15.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 91 (9.56%) Ansible
3 66 (6.93%) Kubernetes
4 58 (6.09%) Terraform
5 57 (5.99%) SCCM
5 57 (5.99%) vCenter Server
6 56 (5.88%) Prometheus
7 33 (3.47%) WSUS
8 28 (2.94%) ZABBIX
9 27 (2.84%) FortiGate
10 23 (2.42%) Grafana
11 17 (1.79%) Jamf Pro
11 17 (1.79%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 16 (1.68%) Autotask
12 16 (1.68%) SCDPM
13 12 (1.26%) Failover Clustering
13 12 (1.26%) Microsoft Clustering
14 11 (1.16%) SmoothWall
15 7 (0.74%) SCOM
16 6 (0.63%) NetCrunch
Vendors
1 445 (46.74%) Microsoft
2 330 (34.66%) VMware
3 248 (26.05%) Cisco
4 108 (11.34%) Palo Alto
5 97 (10.19%) Veeam
6 90 (9.45%) Juniper
7 77 (8.09%) Meraki
8 66 (6.93%) NetApp
9 63 (6.62%) Citrix
10 59 (6.20%) Red Hat
11 50 (5.25%) Fortinet
12 49 (5.15%) SolidFire
13 39 (4.10%) Apple
14 37 (3.89%) Sophos
15 35 (3.68%) HP
16 30 (3.15%) Dell
16 30 (3.15%) F5
17 28 (2.94%) Aruba
18 27 (2.84%) SolarWinds
19 25 (2.63%) Google