VPN Contracts in the East Midlands

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for VPN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VPN over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 65 64
Rank change year-on-year +16 -1 -8
Contract jobs citing VPN 18 20 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 2.33% 1.92% 2.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.00% 12.42% 19.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 26
10th Percentile £148 £207 £155
25th Percentile £160 £288 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £429 £225
Median % change year-on-year -24.29% +90.78% -46.27%
75th Percentile £375 £528 £413
90th Percentile £495 £700 £481
England median daily rate £434 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -3.61% - +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.75 - -
Median hourly rate £13.89 £20.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.58% - -
75th Percentile £14.27 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £17.00 £21.22 £21.26
% change year-on-year -19.89% -0.16% +10.42%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East Midlands

VPN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 90 161 179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 11.64% 15.45% 12.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 125 123
10th Percentile £172 £231 £181
25th Percentile £300 £313 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £434 £360
Median % change year-on-year +15.34% +20.42% -
75th Percentile £588 £594 £475
90th Percentile £655 £700 £550
England median daily rate £488 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 15
10th Percentile £12.47 £16.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £12.75 £20.00 £14.82
Median hourly rate £14.27 £22.26 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.89% +11.30% +33.33%
75th Percentile £26.15 £36.25 £23.00
90th Percentile - £40.25 £23.65
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £23.91
% change year-on-year +111.30% -20.83% -4.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the East Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for VPN in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in the East Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for VPN in the East Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Nottinghamshire +19 10 £325 -53.57% 2
Leicestershire +10 3 £450 +106.90% 2
Lincolnshire +11 2 £142 -52.86% 1
Derbyshire 0 2 £160 -65.22% 3
Northamptonshire +6 1 - - 3
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Firewall
2 3 (16.67%) DHCP
2 3 (16.67%) DNS
2 3 (16.67%) VoIP
2 3 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 2 (11.11%) VLAN
4 1 (5.56%) HTTP
4 1 (5.56%) Internet
4 1 (5.56%) SAN
4 1 (5.56%) SMTP
4 1 (5.56%) Wireless
General
1 10 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Public Sector
3 4 (22.22%) Electronics
3 4 (22.22%) Finance
3 4 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 4 (22.22%) Marketing
3 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Service Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Field Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) IT Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Configuration Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.56%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 12 (66.67%) Windows
2 10 (55.56%) Windows 7
3 4 (22.22%) Windows 10
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Customer Service
2 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (22.22%) Business Strategy
2 4 (22.22%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (22.22%) Information Security
2 4 (22.22%) Programme Management
2 4 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (16.67%) Service Management
4 2 (11.11%) ITIL
4 2 (11.11%) Server Monitoring
5 1 (5.56%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (5.56%) Change Management
5 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) CCNA
3 2 (11.11%) CCNP
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (5.56%) A+ Certification
4 1 (5.56%) MCP
4 1 (5.56%) MCSE
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) SLA
2 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (5.56%) BitLocker
3 1 (5.56%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) Computacenter
2 4 (22.22%) SAP
3 3 (16.67%) Cisco
4 2 (11.11%) Fortinet
4 2 (11.11%) Palo Alto
5 1 (5.56%) Aruba
5 1 (5.56%) CheckPoint
5 1 (5.56%) Citrix
5 1 (5.56%) HP
5 1 (5.56%) VMware