VPN Contracts in the South West

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 98 120 126
Rank change year-on-year +22 +6 -27
Contract jobs citing VPN 54 54 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.71% 1.48% 1.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.25% 8.40% 9.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 31 29
10th Percentile £207 - £163
25th Percentile £333 £160 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £506 £575 £485
90th Percentile £575 £613 £551
England median daily rate £438 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -2.78% - +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 3
10th Percentile £12.45 £16.14 £26.18
25th Percentile £12.57 £18.55 £39.21
Median hourly rate £13.13 £58.66 £60.92
Median % change year-on-year -77.63% -3.71% +31.01%
75th Percentile £13.67 £62.92 £60.93
90th Percentile £13.78 £64.51 £60.93
England median hourly rate £17.00 £21.61 £22.00
% change year-on-year -21.33% -1.77% +15.79%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 527 643 491
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.64% 17.66% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 418 296
10th Percentile £275 £206 £221
25th Percentile £460 £400 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £541
90th Percentile £713 £719 £623
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 128 34
10th Percentile £12.50 - £41.13
25th Percentile £15.75 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.56
Median % change year-on-year +308.16% -80.62% +7.57%
75th Percentile £70.66 £62.13 £66.46
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.58 £69.05
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
% change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VPN in the South West.

Daily rate trend for VPN in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for VPN in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VPN in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for VPN in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the South West 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
Bristol +32 22 £335 +81.08% 7
Devon +9 16 £425 -29.17% 2
Wiltshire -10 6 £459 +182.31% 3
Gloucestershire +4 5 £525 +23.53% 7
Somerset +1 3 £450 -7.69% 6
Dorset +2 1 £488 - 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.85%) Confluence
2 1 (1.85%) MQSeries
Cloud Services
1 13 (24.07%) Azure
2 9 (16.67%) GCP
3 8 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (11.11%) AWS
5 4 (7.41%) Entra ID
5 4 (7.41%) OpenShift
5 4 (7.41%) PaaS
6 3 (5.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (5.56%) Azure Pipelines
6 3 (5.56%) IaaS
7 2 (3.70%) GitHub
8 1 (1.85%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 28 (51.85%) Firewall
2 9 (16.67%) DNS
2 9 (16.67%) Network Security
2 9 (16.67%) WAN
3 6 (11.11%) DHCP
3 6 (11.11%) OSPF
3 6 (11.11%) VLAN
4 5 (9.26%) LAN
4 5 (9.26%) TCP/IP
5 4 (7.41%) BGP
5 4 (7.41%) Wireless
6 3 (5.56%) IPv4
6 3 (5.56%) SNMP
7 2 (3.70%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (3.70%) DMZ
7 2 (3.70%) MPLS
8 1 (1.85%) EIGRP
8 1 (1.85%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (1.85%) SAN
8 1 (1.85%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Spinnaker
2 3 (5.56%) Bitbucket
3 2 (3.70%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 8 (14.81%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.26%) Public Sector
2 5 (9.26%) Telecoms
3 4 (7.41%) Electronics
3 4 (7.41%) Finance
3 4 (7.41%) Legal
3 4 (7.41%) Manufacturing
3 4 (7.41%) Marketing
4 1 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (44.44%) Network Engineer
2 7 (12.96%) IT Engineer
3 6 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
3 6 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 6 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) IT Support
4 4 (7.41%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) Support Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Analyst
5 3 (5.56%) Architect
5 3 (5.56%) Azure Consultant
5 3 (5.56%) Consultant
5 3 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Lead
5 3 (5.56%) Service Desk Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Technical Consultant
6 2 (3.70%) Firewall Engineer
6 2 (3.70%) Security Engineer
6 2 (3.70%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Service Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.56%) ModSecurity
2 1 (1.85%) .NET
2 1 (1.85%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.85%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.81%) Public Cloud
2 5 (9.26%) Cloud Native
2 5 (9.26%) Data Centre
3 4 (7.41%) NHS
3 4 (7.41%) Security Posture
4 3 (5.56%) BYOD
4 3 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.56%) PKI
5 1 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.96%) Windows
2 5 (9.26%) Linux
3 3 (5.56%) Windows 10
3 3 (5.56%) Windows 7
4 2 (3.70%) Unix
4 2 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (16.67%) DevOps
2 7 (12.96%) High Availability
2 7 (12.96%) Migration
3 6 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
3 6 (11.11%) ITIL
4 5 (9.26%) Agile
4 5 (9.26%) Configuration Management
4 5 (9.26%) Containerisation
4 5 (9.26%) Project Delivery
5 4 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (7.41%) Customer Experience
5 4 (7.41%) Customer Service
5 4 (7.41%) Digital Marketing
5 4 (7.41%) Programme Management
6 3 (5.56%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (5.56%) Business Strategy
6 3 (5.56%) CI/CD
6 3 (5.56%) Cloud Security
6 3 (5.56%) IT Strategy
6 3 (5.56%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.96%) PowerShell
2 6 (11.11%) Python
3 2 (3.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 8 (14.81%) Security Cleared
2 6 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.26%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (5.56%) CCNP
5 2 (3.70%) CCNA
5 2 (3.70%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.85%) CCSP
6 1 (1.85%) CISSP
6 1 (1.85%) Degree
6 1 (1.85%) GIAC
6 1 (1.85%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.85%) MCP
6 1 (1.85%) MCSA
6 1 (1.85%) MCSE
6 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.85%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) SLA
2 1 (1.85%) GDPR
2 1 (1.85%) GRC
2 1 (1.85%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.85%) NIST
2 1 (1.85%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (12.96%) Active Directory
2 6 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (9.26%) Docker
4 3 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (5.56%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.85%) Samba
5 1 (1.85%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 9 (16.67%) Ansible
1 9 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 5 (9.26%) Istio
3 4 (7.41%) FortiGate
3 4 (7.41%) Terraform
4 3 (5.56%) OPNET
4 3 (5.56%) Puppet
5 2 (3.70%) SCCM
6 1 (1.85%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 21 (38.89%) Cisco
2 9 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 7 (12.96%) F5
3 7 (12.96%) SolarWinds
4 6 (11.11%) Fortinet
4 6 (11.11%) VMware
5 4 (7.41%) Google
5 4 (7.41%) SAP
6 3 (5.56%) Atlassian
7 2 (3.70%) Citrix
7 2 (3.70%) Juniper
7 2 (3.70%) Palo Alto
7 2 (3.70%) Red Hat
7 2 (3.70%) ServiceNow
7 2 (3.70%) Veeam
8 1 (1.85%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.85%) Oracle