VPN Contracts with Work from Home Options

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 180 190 278
Rank change year-on-year +10 +88 -34
Contract jobs citing VPN 172 306 417
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.17% 1.28% 0.95%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.23% 10.92% 9.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 206 287
10th Percentile £214 £225 £292
25th Percentile £327 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £711 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £425 £488 £493
% change year-on-year -12.82% -1.02% +15.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 12
10th Percentile £12.75 £16.55 £21.68
25th Percentile £13.51 £17.81 £25.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -48.30% +67.05%
75th Percentile £22.54 £29.44 £55.00
90th Percentile £53.24 £47.34 £60.70
UK median hourly rate £16.86 £21.22 £20.00
% change year-on-year -20.55% +6.10% +2.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,531 2,803 4,434
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.38% 11.74% 10.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,002 1,872 3,040
10th Percentile £300 £338 £313
25th Percentile £413 £421 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.70% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £603
90th Percentile £700 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 99 105
10th Percentile £12.53 £19.30 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.07 £42.50 £26.75
Median hourly rate £32.50 £55.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% +15.79% +26.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.13 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +4.00%

VPN
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VPN trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing VPN.

VPN daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

VPN
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing VPN over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

VPN daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

VPN
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing VPN.

VPN hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

VPN
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing VPN over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

VPN hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

VPN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 10 (5.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.07%) Confluence
3 2 (1.16%) nginx
3 2 (1.16%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.58%) OpenStack
Applications
1 24 (13.95%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 46 (26.74%) Azure
2 30 (17.44%) AWS
3 19 (11.05%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (9.88%) Entra ID
5 12 (6.98%) IaaS
6 10 (5.81%) PaaS
7 9 (5.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 6 (3.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 6 (3.49%) GCP
8 6 (3.49%) GitHub
9 5 (2.91%) CloudFront
10 4 (2.33%) Asana
10 4 (2.33%) Slack
11 3 (1.74%) Azure App Service
11 3 (1.74%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (1.74%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.74%) Azure Storage
11 3 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.74%) Kong
11 3 (1.74%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 87 (50.58%) Firewall
2 39 (22.67%) Network Security
3 37 (21.51%) DNS
4 26 (15.12%) TCP/IP
5 25 (14.53%) LAN
6 23 (13.37%) WAN
7 21 (12.21%) BGP
8 18 (10.47%) OSPF
9 17 (9.88%) IPsec
10 14 (8.14%) DHCP
11 13 (7.56%) Wi-Fi
12 12 (6.98%) Cisco ASA
12 12 (6.98%) MPLS
12 12 (6.98%) VLAN
13 11 (6.40%) SD-WAN
13 11 (6.40%) SSL
13 11 (6.40%) Wireless
14 10 (5.81%) Cisco Nexus
15 9 (5.23%) VoIP
16 6 (3.49%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.49%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (1.74%) Amazon QuickSight
2 3 (1.74%) MariaDB
3 2 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.58%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.58%) MySQL
4 1 (0.58%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (6.40%) JIRA
2 7 (4.07%) Git
3 6 (3.49%) GitLab
4 3 (1.74%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (1.74%) CircleCI
4 3 (1.74%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.74%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.74%) Snyk
4 3 (1.74%) Travis CI
5 2 (1.16%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (1.16%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.58%) MSI
6 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio
General
1 36 (20.93%) Social Skills
2 30 (17.44%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (17.44%) Finance
3 10 (5.81%) Public Sector
3 10 (5.81%) Retail
3 10 (5.81%) Telecoms
4 6 (3.49%) Banking
4 6 (3.49%) Manufacturing
4 6 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (2.33%) Electronics
5 4 (2.33%) Marketing
5 4 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (1.74%) Automotive
6 3 (1.74%) Retail Banking
7 2 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.16%) French Language
7 2 (1.16%) German Language
7 2 (1.16%) Legal
8 1 (0.58%) Advertising
8 1 (0.58%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 34 (19.77%) Network Engineer
2 24 (13.95%) Architect
3 19 (11.05%) Senior
4 13 (7.56%) Analyst
4 13 (7.56%) Security Engineer
4 13 (7.56%) Support Engineer
5 12 (6.98%) 2nd Line Support
5 12 (6.98%) Technical Architect
6 11 (6.40%) Lead
7 10 (5.81%) Network Architect
8 9 (5.23%) Consultant
8 9 (5.23%) IT Engineer
9 8 (4.65%) IT Support
9 8 (4.65%) Senior Network Engineer
10 7 (4.07%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 7 (4.07%) Developer
10 7 (4.07%) DevOps Engineer
10 7 (4.07%) Full Stack Engineer
10 7 (4.07%) Java Engineer
11 6 (3.49%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.40%) React
2 10 (5.81%) CSS
2 10 (5.81%) HTML
3 8 (4.65%) Node.js
4 6 (3.49%) JSON
4 6 (3.49%) OAuth
4 6 (3.49%) OAuth2
4 6 (3.49%) SAML
4 6 (3.49%) YAML
5 5 (2.91%) Web Services
6 4 (2.33%) XML
7 3 (1.74%) .NET
7 3 (1.74%) ARM Templates
7 3 (1.74%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (1.74%) GraphQL
7 3 (1.74%) Kafka
8 2 (1.16%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.16%) LDAP
9 1 (0.58%) Azure Blueprints
9 1 (0.58%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.56%) Public Cloud
2 12 (6.98%) Data Centre
3 8 (4.65%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (2.91%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.91%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (2.33%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (2.33%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.33%) PKI
6 3 (1.74%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (1.74%) IoT
6 3 (1.74%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.16%) iPad
7 2 (1.16%) iPhone
7 2 (1.16%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.16%) Shadow IT
8 1 (0.58%) Blockchain
8 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 68 (39.53%) Windows
2 20 (11.63%) Windows 10
3 19 (11.05%) Windows 7
3 19 (11.05%) Windows Server
4 9 (5.23%) Apple iOS
4 9 (5.23%) Linux
5 8 (4.65%) Android
6 3 (1.74%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.74%) VMS
6 3 (1.74%) Windows XP
7 2 (1.16%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (20.93%) CI/CD
2 33 (19.19%) Agile
3 31 (18.02%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (17.44%) DevOps
5 25 (14.53%) Migration
6 18 (10.47%) Customer Service
7 17 (9.88%) Zero Trust
8 15 (8.72%) Information Security
8 15 (8.72%) Load Balancing
9 14 (8.14%) Cloud Security
9 14 (8.14%) Full Stack Development
9 14 (8.14%) Technical Leadership
10 13 (7.56%) Infrastructure as Code
10 13 (7.56%) Risk Management
10 13 (7.56%) Security Architecture
11 12 (6.98%) Design Patterns
11 12 (6.98%) Roadmaps
12 11 (6.40%) DevSecOps
12 11 (6.40%) Project Management
13 10 (5.81%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.14%) Java
2 12 (6.98%) PowerShell
3 11 (6.40%) Python
4 10 (5.81%) TypeScript
5 7 (4.07%) SQL
6 4 (2.33%) Bash
6 4 (2.33%) PHP
7 3 (1.74%) Go
8 2 (1.16%) Bicep
9 1 (0.58%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.58%) C#
9 1 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.58%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 36 (20.93%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (16.86%) CCNP
3 28 (16.28%) Security Cleared
4 21 (12.21%) SC Cleared
5 17 (9.88%) CCNA
5 17 (9.88%) Degree
6 9 (5.23%) AWS Certification
7 7 (4.07%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (4.07%) CCIE
7 7 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.91%) JNCIA
9 4 (2.33%) APMP
9 4 (2.33%) CEH
9 4 (2.33%) CISM
9 4 (2.33%) CISSP
9 4 (2.33%) PMP
10 3 (1.74%) CCIE Data Center
10 3 (1.74%) CCSA
10 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.16%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.14%) SLA
2 7 (4.07%) QA
3 5 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.33%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.58%) GDPR
5 1 (0.58%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.58%) NIST
System Software
1 38 (22.09%) Active Directory
2 11 (6.40%) Docker
2 11 (6.40%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.91%) Terminal Services
5 3 (1.74%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (1.74%) VMware NSX
5 3 (1.74%) vSphere
6 2 (1.16%) Squid
6 2 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.58%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.58%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (9.88%) Terraform
2 13 (7.56%) Kubernetes
3 9 (5.23%) Ansible
3 9 (5.23%) SCCM
4 7 (4.07%) Grafana
5 6 (3.49%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.91%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.74%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (1.74%) Kibana
7 3 (1.74%) logstash
7 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.74%) Progress Chef
7 3 (1.74%) Puppet
8 2 (1.16%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.58%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.58%) Argo
9 1 (0.58%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.58%) Nagios
9 1 (0.58%) Nessus
9 1 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (30.23%) Microsoft
2 47 (27.33%) Cisco
3 29 (16.86%) Palo Alto
4 16 (9.30%) F5
5 14 (8.14%) Juniper
6 11 (6.40%) Fortinet
6 11 (6.40%) Zscaler
7 10 (5.81%) Citrix
7 10 (5.81%) VMware
8 6 (3.49%) CheckPoint
8 6 (3.49%) Splunk
9 5 (2.91%) Computacenter
10 4 (2.33%) Aruba
10 4 (2.33%) Blue Coat
10 4 (2.33%) HP
10 4 (2.33%) SAP
10 4 (2.33%) SolarWinds
11 2 (1.16%) Dell
11 2 (1.16%) Oracle
11 2 (1.16%) Reuters