VPN Contracts in the South East

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > South East

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 117 148
Rank change year-on-year +26 +31 -41
Contract jobs citing VPN 115 96 115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.04% 1.69% 1.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.56% 9.92% 8.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 53 80
10th Percentile £184 £188 £165
25th Percentile £268 £350 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +14.29% +2.94%
75th Percentile £519 £575 £631
90th Percentile £588 £698 £689
England median daily rate £434 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -8.68% - +13.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 2
10th Percentile - - £17.05
25th Percentile £18.00 £18.50 £18.46
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £21.06
Median % change year-on-year - -9.76% -4.30%
75th Percentile £22.51 £20.36 £23.90
90th Percentile £22.54 £20.88 £25.46
England median hourly rate £16.56 £21.61 £20.00
% change year-on-year -23.39% +8.05% +2.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,203 968 1,303
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.30% 17.08% 16.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 585 575 782
10th Percentile £205 £245 £206
25th Percentile £375 £367 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £481 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% +6.79% +5.88%
75th Percentile £608 £588 £562
90th Percentile £650 £700 £653
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 72 78
10th Percentile £16.68 £18.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £27.13 £42.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £58.20 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% +170.71% -42.28%
75th Percentile £65.00 £74.44 £47.50
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £60.98
England median hourly rate £40.00 £17.07 £23.91
% change year-on-year +134.40% -28.63% +3.96%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VPN in the South East.

Daily rate trend for VPN in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VPN in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for VPN in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +13 57 £425 -16.67% 24
Hampshire +35 50 £488 -11.36% 7
Berkshire -13 39 £450 -22.58% 16
Surrey +28 22 £198 -60.50% 3
Buckinghamshire +24 13 £475 -5.00% 6
Kent +7 6 £205 -36.92% 8
Oxfordshire +8 5 £400 - 2
West Sussex +6 1 £500 +166.67% 4
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 9 (7.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (6.09%) Apache
2 7 (6.09%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.61%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.74%) Confluence
5 1 (0.87%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 12 (10.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (11.30%) Azure
2 11 (9.57%) AWS
3 10 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (6.96%) IaaS
4 8 (6.96%) PaaS
5 6 (5.22%) SaaS
6 4 (3.48%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.61%) Azure API Management
7 3 (2.61%) Azure Event Grid
7 3 (2.61%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (2.61%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.61%) GCP
7 3 (2.61%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.74%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (1.74%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.74%) Cloudflare
8 2 (1.74%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 54 (46.96%) Firewall
2 49 (42.61%) WAN
3 36 (31.30%) LAN
4 30 (26.09%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (16.52%) MPLS
6 18 (15.65%) BGP
6 18 (15.65%) Network Security
7 17 (14.78%) VLAN
8 16 (13.91%) DNS
9 15 (13.04%) Cisco Nexus
9 15 (13.04%) Wireless
10 14 (12.17%) Cisco ASA
11 12 (10.43%) Cisco ISE
11 12 (10.43%) TCP/IP
12 11 (9.57%) DMZ
13 10 (8.70%) IPsec
14 9 (7.83%) DHCP
14 9 (7.83%) SD-WAN
15 7 (6.09%) Cisco Firepower
15 7 (6.09%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.09%) MongoDB
1 7 (6.09%) NoSQL
1 7 (6.09%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.87%) MySQL
2 1 (0.87%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.87%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.87%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (9.57%) JIRA
2 7 (6.09%) GitLab
2 7 (6.09%) Robot Framework
2 7 (6.09%) TestRail
3 3 (2.61%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.87%) Git
4 1 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 24 (20.87%) Social Skills
2 11 (9.57%) Banking
2 11 (9.57%) Investment Banking
3 9 (7.83%) Finance
4 8 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.22%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.48%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.74%) Advertising
8 2 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.74%) Electronics
8 2 (1.74%) Law
8 2 (1.74%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.74%) Marketing
9 1 (0.87%) French Language
Job Titles
1 39 (33.91%) Network Engineer
2 22 (19.13%) Architect
3 21 (18.26%) Network Architect
4 12 (10.43%) Cisco Engineer
4 12 (10.43%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 11 (9.57%) Blue Coat Engineer
5 11 (9.57%) Juniper Engineer
6 9 (7.83%) Network Specialist
7 8 (6.96%) Network Support
7 8 (6.96%) Support Engineer
8 7 (6.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 7 (6.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (5.22%) Consultant
9 6 (5.22%) IT Support
9 6 (5.22%) Test Engineer
10 5 (4.35%) Desktop Support
10 5 (4.35%) IT Support Specialist
10 5 (4.35%) Network Support Specialist
10 5 (4.35%) Security Consultant
10 5 (4.35%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.09%) NETCONF
1 7 (6.09%) REST
1 7 (6.09%) RESTCONF
1 7 (6.09%) SOAP
1 7 (6.09%) YANG
2 3 (2.61%) .NET
2 3 (2.61%) 802.1X
2 3 (2.61%) Web Services
2 3 (2.61%) XMPP
3 1 (0.87%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.87%) JSON
3 1 (0.87%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.09%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.22%) Public Cloud
3 4 (3.48%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (2.61%) PKI
5 2 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.74%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.74%) NHS
5 2 (1.74%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.87%) IoT
6 1 (0.87%) Life Science
6 1 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (21.74%) Windows
2 11 (9.57%) Linux
3 7 (6.09%) Windows 10
3 7 (6.09%) Windows 7
4 6 (5.22%) Windows Server
5 4 (3.48%) Unix
6 2 (1.74%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.87%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (21.74%) Project Delivery
1 25 (21.74%) Project Management
2 22 (19.13%) High Availability
3 16 (13.91%) ITSM
4 12 (10.43%) Change Control
5 11 (9.57%) Architectural Patterns
5 11 (9.57%) Design Patterns
5 11 (9.57%) Migration
6 10 (8.70%) Agile
7 9 (7.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (7.83%) Scrum
8 8 (6.96%) Capacity Planning
8 8 (6.96%) CI/CD
8 8 (6.96%) Containerisation
9 7 (6.09%) Analytics
9 7 (6.09%) Network Monitoring
9 7 (6.09%) Performance Testing
9 7 (6.09%) Security Testing
9 7 (6.09%) Test Automation
9 7 (6.09%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (12.17%) Python
2 8 (6.96%) SQL
3 5 (4.35%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.61%) C#
4 3 (2.61%) Java
4 3 (2.61%) PHP
4 3 (2.61%) Ruby
5 1 (0.87%) C
Qualifications
1 44 (38.26%) Security Cleared
2 29 (25.22%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (18.26%) CCNP
4 19 (16.52%) SC Cleared
5 15 (13.04%) CCNA
6 9 (7.83%) Degree
7 8 (6.96%) DV Cleared
7 8 (6.96%) JNCIA
8 5 (4.35%) CCIE
8 5 (4.35%) CCSA
8 5 (4.35%) MCSE
8 5 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (3.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (2.61%) Azure Certification
10 3 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.74%) JNCIS
12 1 (0.87%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.87%) MCSA
12 1 (0.87%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.57%) SLA
2 2 (1.74%) GDPR
2 2 (1.74%) QA
2 2 (1.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.87%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (11.30%) Active Directory
3 11 (9.57%) Docker
4 5 (4.35%) VMware NSX
5 4 (3.48%) Firmware
5 4 (3.48%) Hyper-V
5 4 (3.48%) vSphere
6 3 (2.61%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.74%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.87%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.87%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (6.09%) SCCM
2 5 (4.35%) Terraform
3 4 (3.48%) Ansible
3 4 (3.48%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.61%) AppManager
4 3 (2.61%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.74%) Netcool
5 2 (1.74%) Rundeck
6 1 (0.87%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.87%) Grafana
6 1 (0.87%) Graylog
6 1 (0.87%) Nagios
6 1 (0.87%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.87%) WSUS
Vendors
1 61 (53.04%) Cisco
2 48 (41.74%) Juniper
3 25 (21.74%) Microsoft
4 23 (20.00%) CheckPoint
5 22 (19.13%) VMware
6 19 (16.52%) Blue Coat
7 16 (13.91%) Fortinet
8 15 (13.04%) F5
8 15 (13.04%) Palo Alto
9 6 (5.22%) Citrix
10 5 (4.35%) Aruba
10 5 (4.35%) Zscaler
11 4 (3.48%) HP
11 4 (3.48%) Meraki
11 4 (3.48%) SolarWinds
12 3 (2.61%) Apple
12 3 (2.61%) Ivanti
12 3 (2.61%) McAfee
13 2 (1.74%) Google
13 2 (1.74%) Infoblox