VPN Contracts in London

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 227 296
Rank change year-on-year +35 +69 -12
Contract jobs citing VPN 213 302 361
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.20% 1.15% 0.93%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.70% 11.55% 9.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 185 267
10th Percentile £150 £153 £222
25th Percentile £255 £235 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £450 £521
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% -13.68% +15.84%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £783 £683 £660
England median daily rate £439 £450 £463
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 2 6
10th Percentile £13.62 £25.04 £25.88
25th Percentile £15.62 £34.20 £26.38
Median hourly rate £17.00 £49.47 £36.12
Median % change year-on-year -65.63% +36.95% -27.76%
75th Percentile £23.90 £64.73 £46.42
90th Percentile £24.88 £73.89 £47.54
England median hourly rate £16.93 £21.61 £22.00
% change year-on-year -21.66% -1.77% +15.79%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,677 2,615 3,673
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.48% 9.95% 9.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,124 1,835 2,540
10th Percentile £213 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 54 83
10th Percentile £14.48 £20.07 £21.00
25th Percentile £17.32 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £23.50 £43.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.35% +22.86% -26.32%
75th Percentile £41.25 £69.88 £47.94
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for VPN in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for VPN in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VPN in London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VPN in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +8 22 £260 +10.64% 15
East London -2 4 £700 - 1
West London +12 2 - - 5
South London +2 2 £238 +25.00%
VPN
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 19 (8.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.23%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.35%) IIS
4 4 (1.88%) CMS
4 4 (1.88%) Skype for Business
5 3 (1.41%) MQSeries
6 2 (0.94%) Apache
6 2 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.94%) nginx
7 1 (0.47%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.47%) Confluence
7 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 30 (14.08%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.88%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.94%) Eikon
2 1 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.47%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 57 (26.76%) Azure
2 41 (19.25%) AWS
3 38 (17.84%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (6.57%) GCP
5 12 (5.63%) PaaS
6 10 (4.69%) IaaS
7 9 (4.23%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (3.29%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.35%) Asana
10 5 (2.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 5 (2.35%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (2.35%) Mimecast
11 4 (1.88%) Amazon ECR
11 4 (1.88%) Amazon MSK
11 4 (1.88%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.88%) SaaS
11 4 (1.88%) Slack
11 4 (1.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (1.41%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 116 (54.46%) Firewall
2 72 (33.80%) WAN
3 66 (30.99%) LAN
4 57 (26.76%) BGP
4 57 (26.76%) Wireless
5 53 (24.88%) OSPF
6 46 (21.60%) IPsec
7 44 (20.66%) DNS
8 34 (15.96%) MPLS
9 33 (15.49%) Network Security
10 23 (10.80%) TCP/IP
11 22 (10.33%) WLAN
12 21 (9.86%) SD-WAN
13 20 (9.39%) Cisco ASA
14 17 (7.98%) Wi-Fi
15 15 (7.04%) SSL
16 14 (6.57%) Cisco Nexus
16 14 (6.57%) DHCP
17 13 (6.10%) VLAN
18 12 (5.63%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.88%) Amazon QuickSight
1 4 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (1.88%) MariaDB
2 3 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.94%) Power BI
3 2 (0.94%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.47%) MySQL
4 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 10 (4.69%) JIRA
2 9 (4.23%) Git
3 4 (1.88%) Cypress.io
3 4 (1.88%) Snyk
3 4 (1.88%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.41%) GitLab
5 2 (0.94%) Postman
5 2 (0.94%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.94%) TestRail
6 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.47%) Subversion
6 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 65 (30.52%) Social Skills
2 40 (18.78%) Finance
3 27 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.45%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.63%) Banking
6 9 (4.23%) Telecoms
7 8 (3.76%) Financial Institution
7 8 (3.76%) Mandarin Language
8 7 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.88%) Legal
9 4 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.41%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.41%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.94%) Aviation
11 2 (0.94%) Cantonese Language
11 2 (0.94%) Local Government
11 2 (0.94%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.94%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 59 (27.70%) Network Engineer
2 28 (13.15%) Support Engineer
3 21 (9.86%) Senior
4 18 (8.45%) Desktop Support
5 17 (7.98%) Network Specialist
6 15 (7.04%) Analyst
6 15 (7.04%) Desktop Engineer
7 14 (6.57%) IT Engineer
7 14 (6.57%) IT Support
8 12 (5.63%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 11 (5.16%) Cisco Engineer
9 11 (5.16%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 11 (5.16%) Senior Network Engineer
10 9 (4.23%) Azure Engineer
10 9 (4.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (4.23%) Service Analyst
10 9 (4.23%) Windows Engineer
11 8 (3.76%) Lead
11 8 (3.76%) Security Engineer
11 8 (3.76%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.16%) JSON
2 10 (4.69%) LDAP
3 8 (3.76%) XMPP
4 6 (2.82%) .NET
4 6 (2.82%) NETCONF
5 5 (2.35%) SAML
5 5 (2.35%) YANG
6 4 (1.88%) GraphQL
6 4 (1.88%) Kafka
6 4 (1.88%) XML
7 3 (1.41%) HTML
8 2 (0.94%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.94%) Jinja
8 2 (0.94%) REST
8 2 (0.94%) RESTCONF
8 2 (0.94%) RESTful
8 2 (0.94%) SOAP
8 2 (0.94%) Software Packaging
8 2 (0.94%) YAML
9 1 (0.47%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.21%) PKI
2 23 (10.80%) Data Centre
3 20 (9.39%) Video Conferencing
4 9 (4.23%) Hedge funds
5 8 (3.76%) Blackberry
5 8 (3.76%) BYOD
6 7 (3.29%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.29%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.88%) iPad
8 4 (1.88%) NHS
8 4 (1.88%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.41%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.94%) Clustering
10 2 (0.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (0.94%) Fat Client
10 2 (0.94%) IoT
10 2 (0.94%) iPhone
10 2 (0.94%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 79 (37.09%) Windows
2 43 (20.19%) Windows 10
3 24 (11.27%) Linux
3 24 (11.27%) Windows Server
4 22 (10.33%) Windows 7
5 14 (6.57%) Mac OS
6 9 (4.23%) Unix
7 8 (3.76%) Android
8 6 (2.82%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.88%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.41%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.41%) VMS
10 3 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (1.41%) Windows XP
11 2 (0.94%) CentOS
11 2 (0.94%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (23.47%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (19.72%) Customer Service
3 32 (15.02%) ITIL
4 27 (12.68%) Migration
5 22 (10.33%) DevOps
5 22 (10.33%) Infrastructure as Code
6 21 (9.86%) Agile
6 21 (9.86%) Change Management
6 21 (9.86%) ITSM
7 17 (7.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 16 (7.51%) Kalman Filter
8 16 (7.51%) Threat Management
9 13 (6.10%) Root Cause Analysis
10 12 (5.63%) Customer Experience
10 12 (5.63%) Network Design
10 12 (5.63%) Service Delivery
11 11 (5.16%) Cloud Security
11 11 (5.16%) Problem Management
11 11 (5.16%) Server Management
11 11 (5.16%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.33%) PowerShell
2 19 (8.92%) Python
3 12 (5.63%) SQL
4 7 (3.29%) C#
5 6 (2.82%) Java
6 4 (1.88%) Go
6 4 (1.88%) PHP
7 3 (1.41%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.41%) Perl
8 2 (0.94%) Bash
9 1 (0.47%) C++
9 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (13.62%) Cisco Certification
1 29 (13.62%) Security Cleared
2 27 (12.68%) SC Cleared
3 26 (12.21%) CCNP
4 21 (9.86%) Degree
5 12 (5.63%) CCNA
6 9 (4.23%) CCIE
6 9 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.82%) MCSA
8 5 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.88%) MCSE
10 3 (1.41%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.41%) MCP
11 2 (0.94%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.94%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.94%) BC Cleared
11 2 (0.94%) CCDP
11 2 (0.94%) CCIP
12 1 (0.47%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (11.27%) SLA
2 7 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.82%) QA
4 3 (1.41%) NCSC
5 2 (0.94%) NIST
5 2 (0.94%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
System Software
1 44 (20.66%) Active Directory
2 18 (8.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.63%) Hyper-V
4 10 (4.69%) Firmware
5 9 (4.23%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (2.35%) vSphere
7 4 (1.88%) NFS
7 4 (1.88%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.88%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.88%) VMware NSX
8 3 (1.41%) BitLocker
8 3 (1.41%) Docker
8 3 (1.41%) Samba
8 3 (1.41%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.94%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.94%) Squid
Systems Management
1 20 (9.39%) FortiGate
2 16 (7.51%) SCCM
3 15 (7.04%) Terraform
4 12 (5.63%) Ansible
5 11 (5.16%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (3.76%) Kubernetes
7 5 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.88%) Grafana
8 4 (1.88%) Prometheus
9 3 (1.41%) TrustSec
10 2 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.94%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.94%) HAProxy
10 2 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.94%) Puppet
10 2 (0.94%) SCOM
10 2 (0.94%) SCVMM
10 2 (0.94%) Stealthwatch
10 2 (0.94%) VxRail
10 2 (0.94%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 92 (43.19%) Cisco
2 68 (31.92%) Microsoft
3 42 (19.72%) Palo Alto
4 27 (12.68%) Fortinet
4 27 (12.68%) Juniper
5 26 (12.21%) ServiceNow
6 22 (10.33%) VMware
7 20 (9.39%) Citrix
8 19 (8.92%) F5
9 10 (4.69%) CheckPoint
10 9 (4.23%) Extreme Networks
11 8 (3.76%) Arista
11 8 (3.76%) Aruba
11 8 (3.76%) Nokia
11 8 (3.76%) SolarWinds
12 7 (3.29%) Infoblox
12 7 (3.29%) TOWER Software
12 7 (3.29%) Zscaler
13 6 (2.82%) Meraki
13 6 (2.82%) Splunk