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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 213 229 310
Rank change year-on-year +16 +81 -65
Permanent jobs citing VPN 1,379 1,667 2,011
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.39% 1.65% 1.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.20% 10.59% 9.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,080 1,245 1,589
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £44,510 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.13% +4.73% -

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 13,516 15,741 20,996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.62% 15.58% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,426 8,007 11,698
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £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 £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £45,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -2.78% -3.23% +3.33%

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 10 May 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 10 May 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 +26 1,235 £45,000 -10.00% 293
UK excluding London -5 953 £40,000 -10.13% 220
Work from Home +16 534 £52,500 - 169
London +2 367 £55,000 -8.33% 83
South East +16 279 £46,500 +12.05% 47
North of England +29 229 £40,000 -11.11% 58
Midlands +20 166 £39,750 -11.67% 57
Yorkshire +93 117 £37,500 -25.00% 18
South West -20 111 £37,500 +0.67% 25
West Midlands -1 98 £39,875 -11.39% 28
North West -36 90 £45,000 - 31
East of England +24 83 £40,000 -20.00% 21
East Midlands +19 67 £39,000 +11.43% 29
Scotland -69 52 £50,000 -9.09% 15
North East +5 28 £35,250 -11.27% 9
Wales -9 26 £42,977 -4.50% 1
Northern Ireland +16 12 £37,500 -16.67% 3
Isle of Man - 6 £46,500 - 1

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
1 235 (17.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 185 (13.42%) SharePoint
3 58 (4.21%) Apache
4 35 (2.54%) IIS
5 32 (2.32%) Exchange Server 2010
6 10 (0.73%) Confluence
7 9 (0.65%) Skype for Business
7 9 (0.65%) 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
9 6 (0.44%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.15%) CMS
10 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.15%) Resin
11 1 (0.073%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.073%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 181 (13.13%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.65%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.15%) Trello
6 1 (0.073%) 1Password
6 1 (0.073%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.36%) Carpe Diem
3 4 (0.29%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.22%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.15%) Eikon
5 2 (0.15%) Shopify
6 1 (0.073%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 642 (46.56%) Azure
2 548 (39.74%) Microsoft 365
3 195 (14.14%) AWS
4 174 (12.62%) Entra ID
5 91 (6.60%) IaaS
6 81 (5.87%) OneDrive
7 80 (5.80%) PaaS
8 69 (5.00%) Amazon S3
9 65 (4.71%) GCP
10 60 (4.35%) SaaS
11 40 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
12 36 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
13 33 (2.39%) Azure Monitor
14 31 (2.25%) Mimecast
15 21 (1.52%) GitHub
16 19 (1.38%) Amazon EC2
16 19 (1.38%) Serverless
17 16 (1.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 16 (1.16%) Power Platform
17 16 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 921 (66.79%) Firewall
2 494 (35.82%) WAN
3 465 (33.72%) LAN
4 421 (30.53%) DNS
5 329 (23.86%) DHCP
6 270 (19.58%) VLAN
7 261 (18.93%) TCP/IP
8 217 (15.74%) Network Security
9 206 (14.94%) Wireless
10 204 (14.79%) Wi-Fi
11 166 (12.04%) IPsec
12 164 (11.89%) Internet
13 128 (9.28%) MPLS
14 126 (9.14%) BGP
15 119 (8.63%) SAN
16 118 (8.56%) SD-WAN
17 112 (8.12%) VoIP
18 109 (7.90%) OSPF
19 84 (6.09%) SSL
20 68 (4.93%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (6.82%) SQL Server
2 67 (4.86%) MongoDB
3 60 (4.35%) Elasticsearch
4 41 (2.97%) Amazon RDS
5 28 (2.03%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.02%) MySQL
6 14 (1.02%) Power BI
7 8 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
7 8 (0.58%) BigQuery
8 7 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (0.51%) Redis
9 5 (0.36%) DB2
9 5 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.29%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.22%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.15%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.15%) InfluxDB
12 2 (0.15%) Looker
12 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 1 (0.073%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 35 (2.54%) JIRA
2 25 (1.81%) Git
3 21 (1.52%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.87%) GitLab
5 10 (0.73%) Trac
6 7 (0.51%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.36%) Subversion
8 3 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.15%) Spinnaker
9 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.073%) Selenium
General
1 424 (30.75%) Social Skills
2 171 (12.40%) Finance
3 109 (7.90%) Analytical Skills
3 109 (7.90%) Telecoms
4 65 (4.71%) Retail
5 51 (3.70%) Law
6 42 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (2.10%) Manufacturing
8 26 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
9 23 (1.67%) Banking
10 22 (1.60%) Legal
11 21 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (1.09%) Billing
13 14 (1.02%) German Language
14 12 (0.87%) Back Office
14 12 (0.87%) Games
14 12 (0.87%) Public Sector
15 10 (0.73%) Local Government
15 10 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.51%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 251 (18.20%) Network Engineer
2 186 (13.49%) IT Support
3 182 (13.20%) Senior
4 170 (12.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 166 (12.04%) Support Engineer
6 162 (11.75%) Analyst
7 151 (10.95%) IT Engineer
8 109 (7.90%) Architect
9 95 (6.89%) IT Support Engineer
10 89 (6.45%) Consultant
11 69 (5.00%) IT Analyst
12 63 (4.57%) Infrastructure Architect
13 59 (4.28%) Support Analyst
14 58 (4.21%) Service Analyst
15 55 (3.99%) Service Desk Analyst
16 54 (3.92%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 54 (3.92%) Lead
16 54 (3.92%) NetApp Consultant
16 54 (3.92%) Senior Network Engineer
17 51 (3.70%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (5.87%) YAML
2 54 (3.92%) RabbitMQ
3 38 (2.76%) 802.1X
4 33 (2.39%) JSON
5 32 (2.32%) LDAP
6 28 (2.03%) HTML
6 28 (2.03%) XML
7 26 (1.89%) SOAP
8 20 (1.45%) Web Services
9 17 (1.23%) REST
10 14 (1.02%) ARM Templates
10 14 (1.02%) CSS
11 11 (0.80%) LAMP
11 11 (0.80%) NETCONF
11 11 (0.80%) RESTCONF
11 11 (0.80%) YANG
12 8 (0.58%) .NET
12 8 (0.58%) Ajax
12 8 (0.58%) SAML
13 7 (0.51%) ADSI
Miscellaneous
1 255 (18.49%) Data Centre
2 75 (5.44%) Public Cloud
3 72 (5.22%) Management Information System
4 71 (5.15%) Driving Licence
5 69 (5.00%) Replication
6 47 (3.41%) PKI
7 36 (2.61%) Hybrid Cloud
8 35 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
9 34 (2.47%) Onboarding
10 23 (1.67%) Clustering
11 21 (1.52%) Client/Server
12 20 (1.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 20 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
13 17 (1.23%) Private Cloud
14 16 (1.16%) Product Ownership
15 15 (1.09%) Security Posture
16 13 (0.94%) CMDB
17 11 (0.80%) Cloud Native
17 11 (0.80%) Linux Command Line
17 11 (0.80%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 741 (53.73%) Windows
2 387 (28.06%) Windows Server
3 308 (22.34%) Linux
4 141 (10.22%) Windows 10
5 82 (5.95%) Windows Server 2019
6 76 (5.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 69 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
8 67 (4.86%) Ubuntu
9 54 (3.92%) Data ONTAP
10 50 (3.63%) VMS
11 44 (3.19%) Apple iOS
12 42 (3.05%) Mac OS
13 37 (2.68%) Unix
14 35 (2.54%) Android
15 23 (1.67%) Windows Server 2008
16 20 (1.45%) Windows 7
17 18 (1.31%) CentOS
18 17 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
19 14 (1.02%) Mac OS X
20 12 (0.87%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (20.23%) Problem-Solving
2 220 (15.95%) ITIL
3 215 (15.59%) Customer Service
3 215 (15.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 143 (10.37%) Agile
4 143 (10.37%) Cybersecurity
5 134 (9.72%) Project Management
6 126 (9.14%) DevOps
7 113 (8.19%) Disaster Recovery
8 108 (7.83%) Actionable Insight
9 103 (7.47%) Service Management
10 98 (7.11%) Mentoring
11 95 (6.89%) Project Delivery
11 95 (6.89%) Service Delivery
12 93 (6.74%) Roadmaps
13 91 (6.60%) Infrastructure Management
14 89 (6.45%) Computer Science
15 82 (5.95%) Migration
16 76 (5.51%) Load Balancing
17 70 (5.08%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 201 (14.58%) PowerShell
2 147 (10.66%) Python
3 131 (9.50%) SQL
4 35 (2.54%) Bash
5 21 (1.52%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.16%) C#
7 10 (0.73%) Java
8 7 (0.51%) Perl
9 6 (0.44%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.36%) Groovy
10 5 (0.36%) JSX
10 5 (0.36%) R
10 5 (0.36%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.22%) Ruby
11 3 (0.22%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.15%) Korn
12 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.15%) PHP
13 1 (0.073%) C
13 1 (0.073%) VBA
Qualifications
1 221 (16.03%) Cisco Certification
2 169 (12.26%) Degree
3 137 (9.93%) CCNA
3 137 (9.93%) Security Cleared
4 122 (8.85%) CCNP
5 89 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 81 (5.87%) SC Cleared
7 53 (3.84%) Azure Certification
8 52 (3.77%) CISSP
9 47 (3.41%) MCSE
10 45 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
11 37 (2.68%) MCSA
12 36 (2.61%) DV Cleared
13 33 (2.39%) CCIE
14 24 (1.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 20 (1.45%) CISM
16 19 (1.38%) AWS Certification
17 18 (1.31%) A+ Certification
17 18 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
17 18 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (8.48%) SLA
2 45 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (2.54%) GDPR
4 33 (2.39%) NIST
5 23 (1.67%) PCI DSS
6 17 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (0.65%) HIPAA
8 7 (0.51%) GRC
8 7 (0.51%) NCSC
9 6 (0.44%) QA
10 5 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.22%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.22%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.073%) Accessibility
14 1 (0.073%) COBIT
14 1 (0.073%) FISMA
14 1 (0.073%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 585 (42.42%) Active Directory
2 319 (23.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 234 (16.97%) Hyper-V
4 103 (7.47%) Docker
5 79 (5.73%) vSphere
6 70 (5.08%) Virtual Machines
7 69 (5.00%) VMware ESXi
8 29 (2.10%) Virtual Desktop
9 21 (1.52%) pfSense
10 20 (1.45%) VMware NSX
11 18 (1.31%) Virtual Servers
12 16 (1.16%) vCloud
13 14 (1.02%) NFS
13 14 (1.02%) Terminal Services
14 10 (0.73%) Firmware
15 5 (0.36%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.29%) XenDesktop
17 3 (0.22%) Terminal Server
17 3 (0.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 186 (13.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 149 (10.80%) Ansible
3 118 (8.56%) Terraform
4 105 (7.61%) Kubernetes
5 83 (6.02%) SCCM
6 64 (4.64%) Prometheus
7 63 (4.57%) vCenter Server
8 51 (3.70%) WSUS
9 47 (3.41%) FortiGate
10 30 (2.18%) ZABBIX
11 26 (1.89%) Grafana
12 25 (1.81%) Jamf Pro
13 22 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
14 19 (1.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 19 (1.38%) Puppet
15 16 (1.16%) SCDPM
16 15 (1.09%) Autotask
17 14 (1.02%) AirWatch
18 13 (0.94%) Failover Clustering
19 11 (0.80%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 618 (44.82%) Microsoft
2 431 (31.25%) VMware
3 405 (29.37%) Cisco
4 159 (11.53%) Palo Alto
5 121 (8.77%) Juniper
6 120 (8.70%) Meraki
7 117 (8.48%) Veeam
8 104 (7.54%) Citrix
9 89 (6.45%) Fortinet
10 76 (5.51%) Red Hat
11 72 (5.22%) NetApp
12 65 (4.71%) HP
13 61 (4.42%) SolarWinds
14 57 (4.13%) CheckPoint
15 54 (3.92%) SolidFire
16 49 (3.55%) F5
17 45 (3.26%) Aruba
18 44 (3.19%) Apple
19 43 (3.12%) Sophos
20 38 (2.76%) Dell