VPN Contracts in England

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 213 244
Rank change year-on-year +89 +31 -7
Contract jobs citing VPN 684 664 837
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.85% 1.31% 1.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.67% 10.76% 10.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 421 582
10th Percentile £190 £160 £170
25th Percentile £281 £225 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £825 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £444 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -1.33% -5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 18 25
10th Percentile £12.75 £16.08 £16.22
25th Percentile £13.97 £18.61 £18.13
Median hourly rate £17.00 £21.61 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.33% -1.77% +15.79%
75th Percentile £22.57 £62.00 £30.25
90th Percentile £24.75 £67.06 £54.68
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £21.61 £22.00
% change year-on-year -21.33% -1.77% +22.22%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,003 6,173 7,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.54% 12.21% 11.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,017 4,061 5,228
10th Percentile £206 £231 £222
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 442 304
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.38 £48.08
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.46
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
% change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for VPN in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for VPN in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VPN in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VPN in England

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Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 27 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
London +49 232 £450 - 77
South East +48 124 £400 -20.00% 57
Midlands +36 115 £375 -21.05% 44
North of England +49 99 £602 +78.37% 52
West Midlands +44 96 £375 -26.47% 28
North West +40 76 £800 +137.04% 30
South West +22 54 £425 -5.56% 28
East of England +25 39 £475 +90.00% 24
Yorkshire +14 22 £300 -27.27% 16
East Midlands +15 18 £325 -23.53% 16
North East +17 1 £600 +54.84% 6
VPN
UK

VPN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 52 (7.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (4.53%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.90%) Apache
3 13 (1.90%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.75%) Confluence
5 8 (1.17%) IIS
6 5 (0.73%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.58%) CMS
7 4 (0.58%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.44%) nginx
8 3 (0.44%) WordPress
9 1 (0.15%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.15%) Camunda
9 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 71 (10.38%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.73%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.29%) Eikon
2 1 (0.15%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 151 (22.08%) Azure
2 104 (15.20%) AWS
3 97 (14.18%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (5.70%) GCP
5 27 (3.95%) PaaS
6 25 (3.65%) Entra ID
7 24 (3.51%) IaaS
8 16 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
8 16 (2.34%) OneDrive
9 15 (2.19%) GitHub
9 15 (2.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 11 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (1.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 10 (1.46%) SaaS
12 8 (1.17%) Mimecast
13 7 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (0.88%) Amazon S3
14 6 (0.88%) Apigee
14 6 (0.88%) Asana
14 6 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 348 (50.88%) Firewall
2 232 (33.92%) WAN
3 172 (25.15%) LAN
4 149 (21.78%) BGP
5 119 (17.40%) MPLS
6 113 (16.52%) DNS
7 108 (15.79%) IPsec
8 106 (15.50%) Wireless
9 101 (14.77%) OSPF
10 93 (13.60%) Network Security
11 66 (9.65%) TCP/IP
11 66 (9.65%) Wi-Fi
12 64 (9.36%) VLAN
13 54 (7.89%) Cisco ASA
13 54 (7.89%) DHCP
14 51 (7.46%) Junos
15 44 (6.43%) WLAN
16 41 (5.99%) Cisco Nexus
17 39 (5.70%) SD-WAN
18 33 (4.82%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.75%) MongoDB
1 12 (1.75%) NoSQL
1 12 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.02%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.58%) Amazon QuickSight
4 4 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.58%) MariaDB
4 4 (0.58%) MySQL
5 2 (0.29%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.29%) Power BI
5 2 (0.29%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.29%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.15%) Redis
Development Applications
1 39 (5.70%) JIRA
2 22 (3.22%) GitLab
3 19 (2.78%) Git
4 13 (1.90%) Robot Framework
4 13 (1.90%) TestRail
5 9 (1.32%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (0.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 6 (0.88%) CircleCI
7 6 (0.88%) Travis CI
8 5 (0.73%) Spinnaker
9 4 (0.58%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.58%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.58%) Snyk
10 2 (0.29%) Postman
10 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.15%) Fiddler
11 1 (0.15%) MSI
11 1 (0.15%) Subversion
General
1 172 (25.15%) Social Skills
2 85 (12.43%) Finance
3 72 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (8.92%) Public Sector
5 38 (5.56%) Telecoms
6 23 (3.36%) Banking
7 19 (2.78%) Legal
8 16 (2.34%) Manufacturing
9 13 (1.90%) Electronics
9 13 (1.90%) Investment Banking
9 13 (1.90%) Marketing
10 11 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (1.61%) Financial Institution
10 11 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.32%) Retail
12 8 (1.17%) Mandarin Language
13 7 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.58%) Law
15 3 (0.44%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 187 (27.34%) Network Engineer
2 97 (14.18%) Architect
3 70 (10.23%) Support Engineer
4 57 (8.33%) Lead
5 45 (6.58%) Technical Architect
6 38 (5.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 38 (5.56%) Lead Architect
6 38 (5.56%) Senior
7 36 (5.26%) Analyst
8 35 (5.12%) IT Support
8 35 (5.12%) Network Specialist
9 34 (4.97%) Network Architect
9 34 (4.97%) Technical Leader
10 33 (4.82%) 3rd Line Support
11 32 (4.68%) WAN Engineer
12 30 (4.39%) Desktop Support
12 30 (4.39%) IT Engineer
13 29 (4.24%) Cisco Engineer
13 29 (4.24%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 29 (4.24%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (6.43%) Node.js
2 21 (3.07%) JSON
3 17 (2.49%) HTML
3 17 (2.49%) NETCONF
4 16 (2.34%) LDAP
4 16 (2.34%) YANG
5 15 (2.19%) CSS
5 15 (2.19%) React
6 13 (1.90%) REST
6 13 (1.90%) RESTCONF
6 13 (1.90%) SOAP
6 13 (1.90%) XMPP
7 12 (1.75%) .NET
7 12 (1.75%) YAML
8 11 (1.61%) SAML
8 11 (1.61%) Web Services
8 11 (1.61%) XML
9 8 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
10 6 (0.88%) 802.1X
10 6 (0.88%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 87 (12.72%) PKI
2 59 (8.63%) Data Centre
3 51 (7.46%) Public Cloud
4 28 (4.09%) Video Conferencing
5 15 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.05%) Clustering
6 14 (2.05%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.90%) BYOD
8 12 (1.75%) Hedge funds
8 12 (1.75%) NHS
9 11 (1.61%) Cloud Native
9 11 (1.61%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (1.46%) iPad
11 9 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.32%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.17%) Blackberry
12 8 (1.17%) Driving Licence
13 7 (1.02%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 246 (35.96%) Windows
2 113 (16.52%) Windows Server
3 83 (12.13%) Windows 10
4 59 (8.63%) Linux
5 55 (8.04%) Android
6 53 (7.75%) Apple iOS
7 47 (6.87%) Windows 7
8 26 (3.80%) Mac OS
9 16 (2.34%) Windows Server 2019
10 15 (2.19%) Unix
11 12 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
12 8 (1.17%) Windows Server 2016
13 6 (0.88%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.73%) VMS
15 3 (0.44%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.44%) Windows XP
16 2 (0.29%) CentOS
17 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (16.81%) Problem-Solving
2 107 (15.64%) Agile
3 103 (15.06%) CI/CD
4 93 (13.60%) DevOps
5 91 (13.30%) Customer Service
6 83 (12.13%) Load Balancing
7 64 (9.36%) ITIL
8 59 (8.63%) Mobile Device Management
8 59 (8.63%) Network Design
8 59 (8.63%) Zero Trust
9 57 (8.33%) Migration
10 55 (8.04%) Infrastructure as Code
11 53 (7.75%) Risk Management
12 48 (7.02%) High Availability
12 48 (7.02%) Security Architecture
13 46 (6.73%) Project Delivery
14 45 (6.58%) Project Management
15 43 (6.29%) Change Management
16 42 (6.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 42 (6.14%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 60 (8.77%) Python
2 56 (8.19%) PowerShell
3 31 (4.53%) SQL
4 21 (3.07%) Java
5 13 (1.90%) TypeScript
6 12 (1.75%) Bash
7 10 (1.46%) C#
8 6 (0.88%) PHP
9 4 (0.58%) Go
9 4 (0.58%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.44%) Perl
11 2 (0.29%) Bicep
11 2 (0.29%) Ruby
12 1 (0.15%) C
12 1 (0.15%) C++
12 1 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 204 (29.82%) Security Cleared
2 116 (16.96%) SC Cleared
3 99 (14.47%) Cisco Certification
4 72 (10.53%) CCNP
5 57 (8.33%) Degree
6 40 (5.85%) CCNA
7 28 (4.09%) CCIE
8 23 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (1.90%) MCSE
11 12 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (1.61%) DV Cleared
12 11 (1.61%) JNCIA
13 10 (1.46%) AWS Certification
14 9 (1.32%) CCIE Data Center
15 8 (1.17%) MCSA
16 7 (1.02%) CCDP
16 7 (1.02%) JNCIS
17 6 (0.88%) CCSA
18 5 (0.73%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (7.60%) SLA
2 20 (2.92%) QA
3 10 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.58%) NIST
4 4 (0.58%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.44%) GDPR
5 3 (0.44%) NCSC
6 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.15%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.15%) GRC
7 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.15%) HL7
7 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 116 (16.96%) Active Directory
2 65 (9.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (5.26%) Docker
4 34 (4.97%) Hyper-V
5 16 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (2.05%) Firmware
6 14 (2.05%) vSphere
7 9 (1.32%) Terminal Services
7 9 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (1.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (1.17%) VMware NSX
9 7 (1.02%) BitLocker
9 7 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.88%) VMware Workstation
11 4 (0.58%) NFS
11 4 (0.58%) Samba
12 3 (0.44%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.29%) Squid
14 1 (0.15%) Terminal Server
14 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 44 (6.43%) Terraform
2 39 (5.70%) Ansible
3 37 (5.41%) SCCM
4 31 (4.53%) FortiGate
4 31 (4.53%) Kubernetes
5 26 (3.80%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (1.75%) Grafana
6 12 (1.75%) Prometheus
7 11 (1.61%) Puppet
8 8 (1.17%) Failover Clustering
8 8 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.88%) Autotask
10 6 (0.88%) Docker Swarm
10 6 (0.88%) Istio
10 6 (0.88%) Kibana
10 6 (0.88%) logstash
10 6 (0.88%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.44%) TrustSec
11 3 (0.44%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 237 (34.65%) Cisco
2 169 (24.71%) Microsoft
3 154 (22.51%) Juniper
4 87 (12.72%) Palo Alto
5 79 (11.55%) VMware
6 61 (8.92%) Fortinet
7 49 (7.16%) F5
8 45 (6.58%) CheckPoint
9 36 (5.26%) ServiceNow
10 35 (5.12%) Citrix
11 25 (3.65%) SolarWinds
12 21 (3.07%) Zscaler
13 20 (2.92%) Apple
14 19 (2.78%) Google
15 17 (2.49%) Blue Coat
16 16 (2.34%) Splunk
17 15 (2.19%) Aruba
17 15 (2.19%) Infoblox
18 14 (2.05%) HP
19 13 (1.90%) SAP