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

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 223 331
Rank change year-on-year +2 +108 -86
Permanent jobs citing VPN 1,355 1,661 1,999
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.33% 1.69% 1.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.05% 10.67% 9.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,056 1,239 1,553
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £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 £58,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +1.93%

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 13,483 15,572 21,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.23% 15.88% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,405 7,838 11,757
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £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 £70,654 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,742 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.80% -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 26 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 26 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 +1 1,217 £45,000 -10.00% 344
UK excluding London -4 941 £40,000 -11.11% 269
Work from Home +7 526 £52,500 - 157
London -15 357 £55,000 -8.33% 133
South East +1 275 £46,500 +9.41% 91
North of England +18 228 £39,500 -12.22% 53
Midlands +18 170 £39,750 -11.67% 40
Yorkshire +78 117 £37,500 -16.67% 22
South West -10 110 £37,500 +1.35% 34
West Midlands +10 98 £39,750 -12.15% 23
North West -35 88 £45,000 - 28
East of England +19 78 £40,000 -23.81% 31
East Midlands +13 71 £39,000 +11.43% 17
Scotland -68 51 £50,000 -9.09% 17
North East +13 29 £34,000 -12.72% 3
Wales -7 22 £44,886 -0.25% 6
Northern Ireland +17 12 £37,500 -16.67% 4
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
1 230 (16.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 185 (13.65%) SharePoint
3 58 (4.28%) Apache
4 34 (2.51%) IIS
5 32 (2.36%) Exchange Server 2010
6 10 (0.74%) Confluence
7 9 (0.66%) Skype for Business
7 9 (0.66%) WordPress
8 7 (0.52%) nginx
8 7 (0.52%) 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 (0.074%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.074%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 180 (13.28%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.66%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.15%) Trello
6 1 (0.074%) 1Password
6 1 (0.074%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.37%) Carpe Diem
2 4 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.30%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.22%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.15%) Eikon
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.074%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.074%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.074%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.074%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 633 (46.72%) Azure
2 527 (38.89%) Microsoft 365
3 191 (14.10%) AWS
4 174 (12.84%) Entra ID
5 89 (6.57%) IaaS
6 80 (5.90%) OneDrive
7 76 (5.61%) PaaS
8 69 (5.09%) Amazon S3
9 64 (4.72%) GCP
10 60 (4.43%) SaaS
11 41 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
12 33 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
13 31 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
14 30 (2.21%) Mimecast
15 21 (1.55%) GitHub
16 19 (1.40%) Serverless
17 18 (1.33%) Amazon EC2
18 17 (1.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
19 15 (1.11%) Power Platform
19 15 (1.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 917 (67.68%) Firewall
2 494 (36.46%) WAN
3 464 (34.24%) LAN
4 411 (30.33%) DNS
5 316 (23.32%) DHCP
6 264 (19.48%) VLAN
7 258 (19.04%) TCP/IP
8 217 (16.01%) Network Security
9 205 (15.13%) Wireless
10 202 (14.91%) Wi-Fi
11 169 (12.47%) IPsec
12 166 (12.25%) Internet
13 131 (9.67%) MPLS
14 128 (9.45%) BGP
15 118 (8.71%) SD-WAN
16 115 (8.49%) SAN
17 110 (8.12%) OSPF
18 107 (7.90%) VoIP
19 83 (6.13%) SSL
20 68 (5.02%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (6.64%) SQL Server
2 67 (4.94%) MongoDB
3 59 (4.35%) Elasticsearch
4 40 (2.95%) Amazon RDS
5 28 (2.07%) NoSQL
6 13 (0.96%) Power BI
7 11 (0.81%) MySQL
8 8 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (0.59%) BigQuery
9 7 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.52%) Redis
10 5 (0.37%) DB2
11 4 (0.30%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.15%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.15%) Looker
13 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 1 (0.074%) Electronic Patient Records
14 1 (0.074%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 35 (2.58%) JIRA
2 25 (1.85%) Git
3 20 (1.48%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.89%) GitLab
5 10 (0.74%) Trac
6 6 (0.44%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.30%) Subversion
8 3 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.074%) Selenium
General
1 424 (31.29%) Social Skills
2 166 (12.25%) Finance
3 111 (8.19%) Telecoms
4 102 (7.53%) Analytical Skills
5 70 (5.17%) Retail
6 53 (3.91%) Law
7 42 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 30 (2.21%) Manufacturing
9 26 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
11 20 (1.48%) Banking
11 20 (1.48%) Legal
12 14 (1.03%) Billing
12 14 (1.03%) German Language
13 12 (0.89%) Back Office
14 11 (0.81%) Games
14 11 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (0.74%) Local Government
16 8 (0.59%) Public Sector
17 7 (0.52%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 253 (18.67%) Network Engineer
2 183 (13.51%) IT Support
3 173 (12.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 173 (12.77%) Senior
4 171 (12.62%) Support Engineer
5 152 (11.22%) Analyst
6 146 (10.77%) IT Engineer
7 103 (7.60%) Architect
8 97 (7.16%) IT Support Engineer
9 86 (6.35%) Consultant
10 63 (4.65%) IT Analyst
11 60 (4.43%) Infrastructure Architect
12 57 (4.21%) Service Analyst
13 56 (4.13%) Lead
14 54 (3.99%) NetApp Consultant
14 54 (3.99%) Service Desk Analyst
15 53 (3.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 53 (3.91%) Support Analyst
16 51 (3.76%) Senior Network Engineer
17 47 (3.47%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (5.76%) YAML
2 54 (3.99%) RabbitMQ
3 38 (2.80%) 802.1X
4 29 (2.14%) JSON
5 28 (2.07%) LDAP
6 25 (1.85%) XML
7 24 (1.77%) SOAP
8 23 (1.70%) HTML
9 17 (1.25%) REST
9 17 (1.25%) Web Services
10 12 (0.89%) CSS
10 12 (0.89%) NETCONF
10 12 (0.89%) RESTCONF
11 11 (0.81%) ARM Templates
11 11 (0.81%) LAMP
11 11 (0.81%) YANG
12 8 (0.59%) .NET
12 8 (0.59%) SAML
13 7 (0.52%) ADSI
13 7 (0.52%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 251 (18.52%) Data Centre
2 70 (5.17%) Management Information System
3 69 (5.09%) Driving Licence
4 65 (4.80%) Public Cloud
4 65 (4.80%) Replication
5 45 (3.32%) PKI
6 36 (2.66%) Hybrid Cloud
7 34 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
8 33 (2.44%) Onboarding
9 26 (1.92%) Clustering
10 21 (1.55%) Client/Server
11 20 (1.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 20 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
12 16 (1.18%) Product Ownership
13 15 (1.11%) Security Posture
14 14 (1.03%) Private Cloud
15 12 (0.89%) Linux Command Line
16 11 (0.81%) Cloud Native
16 11 (0.81%) CMDB
17 10 (0.74%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 727 (53.65%) Windows
2 373 (27.53%) Windows Server
3 309 (22.80%) Linux
4 143 (10.55%) Windows 10
5 79 (5.83%) Windows Server 2019
6 73 (5.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 70 (5.17%) Ubuntu
8 64 (4.72%) Windows Server 2012
9 54 (3.99%) Data ONTAP
9 54 (3.99%) VMS
10 43 (3.17%) Mac OS
11 42 (3.10%) Apple iOS
12 37 (2.73%) Unix
13 36 (2.66%) Android
14 20 (1.48%) Windows 7
14 20 (1.48%) Windows Server 2008
15 17 (1.25%) CentOS
15 17 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 14 (1.03%) Mac OS X
17 10 (0.74%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (20.07%) Problem-Solving
2 215 (15.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 210 (15.50%) Customer Service
4 209 (15.42%) ITIL
5 139 (10.26%) Agile
6 133 (9.82%) Cybersecurity
7 130 (9.59%) Project Management
8 118 (8.71%) DevOps
9 112 (8.27%) Disaster Recovery
10 105 (7.75%) Actionable Insight
11 97 (7.16%) Mentoring
12 95 (7.01%) Service Management
13 94 (6.94%) Roadmaps
14 91 (6.72%) Infrastructure Management
15 90 (6.64%) Computer Science
16 89 (6.57%) Project Delivery
16 89 (6.57%) Service Delivery
17 79 (5.83%) Migration
18 73 (5.39%) Load Balancing
19 69 (5.09%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 192 (14.17%) PowerShell
2 147 (10.85%) Python
3 118 (8.71%) SQL
4 34 (2.51%) Bash
5 18 (1.33%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.03%) C#
7 10 (0.74%) Java
8 7 (0.52%) Perl
8 7 (0.52%) 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%) Korn
11 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.15%) PHP
12 1 (0.074%) C
12 1 (0.074%) VBA
Qualifications
1 217 (16.01%) Cisco Certification
2 168 (12.40%) Degree
3 138 (10.18%) CCNA
4 130 (9.59%) Security Cleared
5 121 (8.93%) CCNP
6 85 (6.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 73 (5.39%) SC Cleared
8 53 (3.91%) CISSP
9 51 (3.76%) Azure Certification
10 46 (3.39%) MCSE
11 43 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
12 39 (2.88%) DV Cleared
13 34 (2.51%) MCSA
14 32 (2.36%) CCIE
15 22 (1.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 20 (1.48%) CISM
17 18 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
17 18 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
18 17 (1.25%) AWS Certification
19 16 (1.18%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (7.90%) SLA
2 46 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (2.66%) GDPR
4 33 (2.44%) NIST
5 23 (1.70%) PCI DSS
6 18 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (0.66%) HIPAA
8 8 (0.59%) NCSC
9 7 (0.52%) GRC
10 6 (0.44%) QA
11 5 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.22%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.15%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.074%) Accessibility
15 1 (0.074%) COBIT
15 1 (0.074%) FISMA
15 1 (0.074%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 570 (42.07%) Active Directory
2 302 (22.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 227 (16.75%) Hyper-V
4 100 (7.38%) Docker
5 70 (5.17%) Virtual Machines
5 70 (5.17%) vSphere
6 68 (5.02%) VMware ESXi
7 26 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
8 21 (1.55%) pfSense
9 20 (1.48%) VMware NSX
10 16 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
11 15 (1.11%) NFS
12 14 (1.03%) Terminal Services
12 14 (1.03%) vCloud
13 9 (0.66%) Firmware
14 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 4 (0.30%) XenDesktop
16 3 (0.22%) Terminal Server
16 3 (0.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 186 (13.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 149 (11.00%) Ansible
3 116 (8.56%) Terraform
4 99 (7.31%) Kubernetes
5 80 (5.90%) SCCM
6 64 (4.72%) Prometheus
6 64 (4.72%) vCenter Server
7 51 (3.76%) WSUS
8 44 (3.25%) FortiGate
9 30 (2.21%) ZABBIX
10 26 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
11 25 (1.85%) Grafana
12 23 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
13 18 (1.33%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 18 (1.33%) Puppet
14 16 (1.18%) Autotask
14 16 (1.18%) SCDPM
15 14 (1.03%) AirWatch
16 13 (0.96%) Failover Clustering
16 13 (0.96%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 606 (44.72%) Microsoft
2 412 (30.41%) VMware
3 399 (29.45%) Cisco
4 160 (11.81%) Palo Alto
5 119 (8.78%) Juniper
6 117 (8.63%) Meraki
7 113 (8.34%) Veeam
8 97 (7.16%) Citrix
9 89 (6.57%) Fortinet
10 78 (5.76%) Red Hat
11 72 (5.31%) NetApp
12 59 (4.35%) SolarWinds
13 57 (4.21%) HP
14 54 (3.99%) SolidFire
15 52 (3.84%) CheckPoint
16 48 (3.54%) F5
17 46 (3.39%) Apple
18 42 (3.10%) Aruba
18 42 (3.10%) Sophos
19 37 (2.73%) Google