VPN Contracts in the East of England

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring VPN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VPN over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 74 97
Rank change year-on-year -6 +23 -17
Contract jobs citing VPN 33 44 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.68% 2.26% 2.08%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.96% 12.05% 11.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 27 36
10th Percentile £213 £186 £180
25th Percentile £231 £288 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £575 £388
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% +48.39% +8.39%
75th Percentile £551 £624 £483
90th Percentile £586 £700 £588
England median daily rate £425 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -12.82% +2.63% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.13
Median hourly rate - - £18.75
75th Percentile - - £19.38
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £16.86 £21.61 £20.00
% change year-on-year -21.98% +8.05% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

VPN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 276 365 462
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 14.09% 18.75% 18.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 215 281
10th Percentile £200 £210 £193
25th Percentile £255 £347 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% +13.33%
75th Percentile £551 £638 £525
90th Percentile £575 £700 £625
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 33 54
10th Percentile £14.16 - -
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.46 £57.00 £15.63
Median % change year-on-year -62.35% +264.80% -13.84%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £36.77
90th Percentile - £73.00 £64.25
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
% change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for VPN in the East of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for VPN in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the East of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
Essex +2 17 £534 -9.49% 3
Suffolk +16 5 £220 -68.57%
Cambridgeshire -5 5 £240 -4.00% 4
Bedfordshire - 4 £375 - 1
Hertfordshire -8 2 £325 -31.58% 7
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of 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 5 (15.15%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.06%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (24.24%) Azure
2 2 (6.06%) AWS
2 2 (6.06%) GitHub
2 2 (6.06%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 22 (66.67%) Firewall
2 5 (15.15%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (12.12%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (12.12%) OSPF
4 3 (9.09%) Extranet
4 3 (9.09%) LAN
4 3 (9.09%) WAN
5 2 (6.06%) BGP
5 2 (6.06%) Internet
5 2 (6.06%) Intranet
5 2 (6.06%) Network Security
5 2 (6.06%) SD-WAN
5 2 (6.06%) Spanning Tree
5 2 (6.06%) TCP/IP
5 2 (6.06%) VLAN
5 2 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (3.03%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (3.03%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) JIRA
1 2 (6.06%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.12%) Finance
5 2 (6.06%) Automotive
5 2 (6.06%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) Support Engineer
2 9 (27.27%) Full Stack Engineer
3 8 (24.24%) Java Engineer
4 7 (21.21%) Senior
5 6 (18.18%) Senior Java Engineer
6 5 (15.15%) Desktop Engineer
6 5 (15.15%) Desktop Support
6 5 (15.15%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 5 (15.15%) Developer
6 5 (15.15%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
7 4 (12.12%) Java Developer
7 4 (12.12%) Network Engineer
7 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
7 4 (12.12%) Software Engineer
8 3 (9.09%) Linux Engineer
8 3 (9.09%) Linux Support
8 3 (9.09%) Linux Support Engineer
8 3 (9.09%) React Developer
8 3 (9.09%) Windows Engineer
8 3 (9.09%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (42.42%) CSS
1 14 (42.42%) HTML
1 14 (42.42%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) iPhone
2 5 (15.15%) iPad
3 3 (9.09%) Clustering
3 3 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (30.30%) Windows
2 7 (21.21%) Windows 10
3 3 (9.09%) Linux
3 3 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (48.48%) CI/CD
3 14 (42.42%) Agile
3 14 (42.42%) DevOps
4 12 (36.36%) Full Stack Development
4 12 (36.36%) Identity Management
4 12 (36.36%) Load Balancing
4 12 (36.36%) Software Engineering
5 6 (18.18%) High Availability
5 6 (18.18%) ITIL
6 5 (15.15%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (12.12%) Roadmaps
7 4 (12.12%) Technology Roadmap
8 3 (9.09%) Antivirus Management
8 3 (9.09%) Budget Management
8 3 (9.09%) Customer Service
8 3 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (9.09%) Inventory Management
8 3 (9.09%) People Management
8 3 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (39.39%) Java
2 12 (36.36%) TypeScript
3 2 (6.06%) Python
4 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 5 (15.15%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.12%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (9.09%) Degree
4 3 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (6.06%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.03%) CCNP
6 1 (3.03%) CCSA
6 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.03%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (30.30%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (9.09%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.06%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.06%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Cisco
2 8 (24.24%) Microsoft
2 8 (24.24%) Palo Alto
3 5 (15.15%) F5
4 3 (9.09%) McAfee
4 3 (9.09%) VMware
5 2 (6.06%) Juniper
5 2 (6.06%) Splunk
5 2 (6.06%) Zscaler
6 1 (3.03%) Aruba
6 1 (3.03%) Blue Coat
6 1 (3.03%) CheckPoint