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 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 216 337
Rank change year-on-year -5 +121 -94
Permanent jobs citing VPN 1,369 1,615 2,025
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.29% 1.73% 1.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.02% 10.59% 8.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,047 1,204 1,558
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,765 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,375 £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 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +2.41%

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 13,665 15,247 22,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.84% 16.32% 13.32%
Number of salaries quoted 9,395 7,579 11,826
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 £87,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,157 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.87% -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 5 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 5 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 -4 1,229 £45,000 -10.00% 245
UK excluding London -4 960 £40,000 -11.11% 201
Work from Home -1 532 £52,500 - 120
London -26 355 £52,501 -12.50% 60
South East -15 276 £46,500 +9.41% 49
North of England +6 227 £39,500 -12.22% 47
Midlands +20 180 £39,750 -11.67% 36
South West -28 113 £37,500 +1.35% 28
Yorkshire +64 112 £37,500 -11.76% 19
West Midlands -12 104 £39,750 -11.67% 20
North West -28 91 £45,000 -7.27% 25
East of England -8 80 £40,000 -25.58% 19
East Midlands +15 75 £39,000 +11.43% 16
Scotland -78 53 £50,000 -23.08% 16
North East +2 30 £34,000 -14.41% 3
Wales -11 24 £44,886 +38.11% 6
Northern Ireland +17 12 £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
1 224 (16.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 183 (13.37%) SharePoint
3 57 (4.16%) Apache
4 32 (2.34%) IIS
5 31 (2.26%) Exchange Server 2010
6 12 (0.88%) 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 (0.37%) 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
1 180 (13.15%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.73%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.15%) Trello
6 1 (0.073%) 1Password
6 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
1 634 (46.31%) Azure
2 518 (37.84%) Microsoft 365
3 196 (14.32%) AWS
4 173 (12.64%) Entra ID
5 86 (6.28%) IaaS
6 80 (5.84%) OneDrive
7 73 (5.33%) PaaS
8 69 (5.04%) Amazon S3
9 65 (4.75%) GCP
10 62 (4.53%) SaaS
11 45 (3.29%) Cloud Computing
12 31 (2.26%) Mimecast
13 30 (2.19%) Azure Monitor
14 29 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
15 21 (1.53%) GitHub
16 19 (1.39%) Amazon EC2
17 18 (1.31%) Serverless
18 17 (1.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
19 15 (1.10%) Power Platform
20 14 (1.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 924 (67.49%) Firewall
2 499 (36.45%) WAN
3 471 (34.40%) LAN
4 410 (29.95%) DNS
5 316 (23.08%) DHCP
6 268 (19.58%) VLAN
7 265 (19.36%) TCP/IP
8 219 (16.00%) Network Security
9 210 (15.34%) Wireless
10 208 (15.19%) Wi-Fi
11 174 (12.71%) IPsec
12 169 (12.34%) Internet
13 136 (9.93%) BGP
14 132 (9.64%) MPLS
15 116 (8.47%) SD-WAN
16 113 (8.25%) OSPF
17 112 (8.18%) SAN
18 106 (7.74%) VoIP
19 83 (6.06%) SSL
20 68 (4.97%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (6.43%) SQL Server
2 67 (4.89%) MongoDB
3 59 (4.31%) Elasticsearch
4 40 (2.92%) Amazon RDS
5 28 (2.05%) NoSQL
6 13 (0.95%) Power BI
7 12 (0.88%) MySQL
8 11 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (0.58%) BigQuery
10 7 (0.51%) Redis
11 6 (0.44%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.37%) DB2
13 2 (0.15%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.15%) Looker
13 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 1 (0.073%) Big Data
14 1 (0.073%) Oracle Database
14 1 (0.073%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 37 (2.70%) JIRA
2 27 (1.97%) Git
3 23 (1.68%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.88%) GitLab
5 10 (0.73%) Trac
6 5 (0.37%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.22%) Subversion
9 1 (0.073%) Selenium
9 1 (0.073%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.073%) Visual Studio
General
1 433 (31.63%) Social Skills
2 158 (11.54%) Finance
3 117 (8.55%) Telecoms
4 100 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (5.19%) Retail
6 52 (3.80%) Law
7 45 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 28 (2.05%) Manufacturing
9 27 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (1.61%) Legal
12 19 (1.39%) Banking
13 14 (1.02%) German Language
14 13 (0.95%) Back Office
14 13 (0.95%) Billing
15 12 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
16 11 (0.80%) Games
16 11 (0.80%) Local Government
17 8 (0.58%) Mandarin Language
18 7 (0.51%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 268 (19.58%) Network Engineer
2 178 (13.00%) IT Support
3 175 (12.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 174 (12.71%) Senior
4 174 (12.71%) Support Engineer
5 152 (11.10%) Analyst
6 146 (10.66%) IT Engineer
7 101 (7.38%) Architect
8 97 (7.09%) IT Support Engineer
9 85 (6.21%) Consultant
10 62 (4.53%) Service Analyst
11 61 (4.46%) IT Analyst
12 60 (4.38%) Infrastructure Architect
13 59 (4.31%) Service Desk Analyst
14 56 (4.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 56 (4.09%) Lead
15 54 (3.94%) NetApp Consultant
16 53 (3.87%) Senior Network Engineer
17 49 (3.58%) Support Analyst
18 48 (3.51%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (5.70%) YAML
2 54 (3.94%) RabbitMQ
3 37 (2.70%) 802.1X
4 31 (2.26%) LDAP
5 27 (1.97%) JSON
5 27 (1.97%) XML
6 26 (1.90%) SOAP
7 23 (1.68%) HTML
8 19 (1.39%) Web Services
9 17 (1.24%) REST
10 14 (1.02%) CSS
11 12 (0.88%) NETCONF
11 12 (0.88%) RESTCONF
12 11 (0.80%) LAMP
12 11 (0.80%) YANG
13 9 (0.66%) Ajax
13 9 (0.66%) ARM Templates
14 8 (0.58%) .NET
14 8 (0.58%) React
14 8 (0.58%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 249 (18.19%) Data Centre
2 74 (5.41%) Driving Licence
3 71 (5.19%) Management Information System
4 64 (4.67%) Replication
5 60 (4.38%) Public Cloud
6 42 (3.07%) PKI
7 37 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
8 32 (2.34%) Onboarding
8 32 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
9 26 (1.90%) Clustering
10 21 (1.53%) Client/Server
11 19 (1.39%) Video Conferencing
12 18 (1.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 15 (1.10%) Security Posture
14 14 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
14 14 (1.02%) Product Ownership
15 12 (0.88%) Cloud Native
15 12 (0.88%) Private Cloud
16 11 (0.80%) CMDB
17 10 (0.73%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 722 (52.74%) Windows
2 370 (27.03%) Windows Server
3 309 (22.57%) Linux
4 145 (10.59%) Windows 10
5 77 (5.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 72 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 69 (5.04%) Ubuntu
8 61 (4.46%) Windows Server 2012
9 54 (3.94%) Data ONTAP
10 53 (3.87%) VMS
11 44 (3.21%) Mac OS
12 41 (2.99%) Apple iOS
13 37 (2.70%) Android
13 37 (2.70%) Unix
14 20 (1.46%) Windows Server 2008
15 19 (1.39%) CentOS
15 19 (1.39%) Windows 7
16 17 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 12 (0.88%) Mac OS X
18 10 (0.73%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
2 222 (16.22%) Customer Service
3 215 (15.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 209 (15.27%) ITIL
5 137 (10.01%) Agile
6 136 (9.93%) Cybersecurity
7 129 (9.42%) Project Management
8 112 (8.18%) DevOps
9 108 (7.89%) Disaster Recovery
10 105 (7.67%) Actionable Insight
11 101 (7.38%) Mentoring
12 96 (7.01%) Service Management
13 94 (6.87%) Computer Science
14 91 (6.65%) Infrastructure Management
15 90 (6.57%) Project Delivery
16 88 (6.43%) Roadmaps
17 84 (6.14%) Service Delivery
18 79 (5.77%) Migration
19 74 (5.41%) Network Monitoring
20 69 (5.04%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 192 (14.02%) PowerShell
2 148 (10.81%) Python
3 112 (8.18%) SQL
4 36 (2.63%) Bash
5 22 (1.61%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.17%) C#
7 12 (0.88%) Java
8 7 (0.51%) Perl
8 7 (0.51%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.37%) JSX
9 5 (0.37%) R
9 5 (0.37%) 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%) VBA
Qualifications
1 226 (16.51%) Cisco Certification
2 178 (13.00%) Degree
3 143 (10.45%) CCNA
4 135 (9.86%) Security Cleared
5 128 (9.35%) CCNP
6 83 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
7 76 (5.55%) SC Cleared
8 50 (3.65%) CISSP
9 49 (3.58%) Azure Certification
10 44 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 44 (3.21%) MCSE
11 39 (2.85%) DV Cleared
12 34 (2.48%) MCSA
13 31 (2.26%) CCIE
14 21 (1.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 20 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
15 20 (1.46%) CISM
16 19 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
17 17 (1.24%) AWS Certification
17 17 (1.24%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (7.74%) SLA
2 47 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (2.70%) GDPR
4 30 (2.19%) NIST
5 21 (1.53%) PCI DSS
6 20 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (0.66%) NCSC
8 8 (0.58%) HIPAA
9 7 (0.51%) GRC
10 6 (0.44%) QA
11 5 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.22%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.15%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.073%) Accessibility
14 1 (0.073%) ISO 31000
14 1 (0.073%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 1 (0.073%) NIST 800
System Software
1 570 (41.64%) Active Directory
2 296 (21.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 221 (16.14%) Hyper-V
4 100 (7.30%) Docker
5 70 (5.11%) Virtual Machines
6 67 (4.89%) vSphere
7 63 (4.60%) VMware ESXi
8 26 (1.90%) Virtual Desktop
9 21 (1.53%) pfSense
10 20 (1.46%) VMware NSX
11 15 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
12 14 (1.02%) NFS
13 13 (0.95%) vCloud
14 12 (0.88%) Terminal Services
15 10 (0.73%) Firmware
16 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 4 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
17 4 (0.29%) XenDesktop
18 3 (0.22%) Terminal Server
18 3 (0.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 179 (13.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 152 (11.10%) Ansible
3 121 (8.84%) Terraform
4 98 (7.16%) Kubernetes
5 80 (5.84%) SCCM
6 64 (4.67%) Prometheus
6 64 (4.67%) vCenter Server
7 50 (3.65%) WSUS
8 46 (3.36%) FortiGate
9 31 (2.26%) ZABBIX
10 25 (1.83%) Jamf Pro
10 25 (1.83%) 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 (1.17%) SCDPM
15 13 (0.95%) AirWatch
15 13 (0.95%) Failover Clustering
15 13 (0.95%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 604 (44.12%) Microsoft
2 407 (29.73%) VMware
3 402 (29.36%) Cisco
4 161 (11.76%) Palo Alto
5 118 (8.62%) Juniper
6 117 (8.55%) Meraki
7 112 (8.18%) Veeam
8 93 (6.79%) Citrix
9 89 (6.50%) Fortinet
10 78 (5.70%) Red Hat
11 72 (5.26%) NetApp
12 59 (4.31%) HP
13 58 (4.24%) SolarWinds
14 54 (3.94%) SolidFire
15 50 (3.65%) CheckPoint
16 46 (3.36%) F5
17 44 (3.21%) Apple
17 44 (3.21%) Sophos
18 43 (3.14%) Aruba
19 37 (2.70%) Google