VPN Contracts in the Thames Valley

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 79 87 112
Rank change year-on-year +8 +25 -31
Contract jobs citing VPN 61 59 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.26% 2.01% 1.64%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.95% 12.42% 9.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 35 35
10th Percentile £183 £237 £204
25th Percentile £281 £450 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £510 £390
Median % change year-on-year -14.22% +30.77% +11.43%
75th Percentile £541 £576 £491
90th Percentile £626 £700 £615
South East median daily rate £400 £500 £416
% change year-on-year -20.00% +20.12% +4.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 1
10th Percentile - £19.93 -
25th Percentile £18.00 £22.06 £25.50
Median hourly rate £20.75 £26.25 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.95% +0.96% +13.04%
75th Percentile £22.54 £30.56 £26.50
90th Percentile £23.23 £32.78 -
South East median hourly rate £20.75 £21.22 £21.06
% change year-on-year -2.21% +0.78% -6.42%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 613 475 598
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 22.69% 16.22% 17.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 288 343
10th Percentile £205 £313 £200
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £460
Median % change year-on-year - +8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £600 £570 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £638
South East median daily rate £489 £488 £450
% change year-on-year +0.26% +8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 15 18
10th Percentile £17.79 £19.70 £12.19
25th Percentile £23.78 £25.75 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +288.24% -50.72%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £23.75
90th Percentile £87.47 £81.22 £38.80
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £52.25 £21.50
% change year-on-year +9.76% +143.02% -33.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VPN in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for VPN in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for VPN in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VPN in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for VPN in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire -8 41 £475 -13.04% 11
Buckinghamshire +20 15 £363 -27.50% 3
Oxfordshire +10 5 £400 - 4
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 11 (18.03%) Apache
1 11 (18.03%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (3.28%) Confluence
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (16.39%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.11%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (11.48%) AWS
2 7 (11.48%) Azure
3 6 (9.84%) IaaS
3 6 (9.84%) PaaS
4 5 (8.20%) SaaS
5 3 (4.92%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (3.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (3.28%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (3.28%) Amazon S3
6 2 (3.28%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (3.28%) Azure API Management
6 2 (3.28%) Azure Event Grid
6 2 (3.28%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (3.28%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.28%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.64%) Cloudflare
7 1 (1.64%) GCP
7 1 (1.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 25 (40.98%) Firewall
2 20 (32.79%) BGP
3 19 (31.15%) MPLS
4 12 (19.67%) Radio Access Network
5 11 (18.03%) Ethernet VPN
6 10 (16.39%) WAN
7 9 (14.75%) Cisco Nexus
8 8 (13.11%) DMZ
9 6 (9.84%) Network Security
10 5 (8.20%) LAN
10 5 (8.20%) OSPF
10 5 (8.20%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (6.56%) DNS
11 4 (6.56%) IPsec
11 4 (6.56%) Junos
11 4 (6.56%) VLAN
12 3 (4.92%) EIGRP
12 3 (4.92%) IPv4
12 3 (4.92%) IPv6
12 3 (4.92%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (18.03%) MongoDB
1 11 (18.03%) NoSQL
1 11 (18.03%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (3.28%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (3.28%) MySQL
2 2 (3.28%) RDBMS
2 2 (3.28%) Relational Database
2 2 (3.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (21.31%) JIRA
2 11 (18.03%) GitLab
2 11 (18.03%) Robot Framework
2 11 (18.03%) TestRail
3 2 (3.28%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.64%) Git
4 1 (1.64%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (1.64%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 10 (16.39%) Social Skills
2 8 (13.11%) Banking
2 8 (13.11%) Investment Banking
3 7 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.20%) Finance
5 4 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (6.56%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.64%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 27 (44.26%) Network Engineer
2 10 (16.39%) Cisco Engineer
2 10 (16.39%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 10 (16.39%) Test Engineer
3 8 (13.11%) Blue Coat Engineer
3 8 (13.11%) Juniper Engineer
4 6 (9.84%) Architect
4 6 (9.84%) Support Engineer
5 5 (8.20%) Analyst
5 5 (8.20%) Lead
5 5 (8.20%) Network Architect
6 4 (6.56%) Service Analyst
6 4 (6.56%) Service Desk Analyst
7 3 (4.92%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Consultant
7 3 (4.92%) IT Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Lead Architect
8 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) Network Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (18.03%) NETCONF
1 11 (18.03%) REST
1 11 (18.03%) RESTCONF
1 11 (18.03%) SOAP
1 11 (18.03%) YANG
2 2 (3.28%) .NET
2 2 (3.28%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (3.28%) Web Services
3 1 (1.64%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.64%) JSON
3 1 (1.64%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.20%) Public Cloud
2 4 (6.56%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (4.92%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.92%) PKI
4 2 (3.28%) CSOC
4 2 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.64%) IoT
5 1 (1.64%) Life Science
5 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 22 (36.07%) Windows
2 7 (11.48%) Windows 7
3 4 (6.56%) Windows 10
3 4 (6.56%) Windows Server
4 3 (4.92%) Linux
5 2 (3.28%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.64%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.95%) Agile
2 12 (19.67%) CI/CD
2 12 (19.67%) ITSM
2 12 (19.67%) Migration
3 11 (18.03%) Containerisation
3 11 (18.03%) High Availability
3 11 (18.03%) Integration Testing
3 11 (18.03%) Performance Testing
3 11 (18.03%) Regression Testing
3 11 (18.03%) Scrum
3 11 (18.03%) Security Testing
3 11 (18.03%) Test Automation
3 11 (18.03%) Unit Testing
3 11 (18.03%) Workflow
4 10 (16.39%) Change Control
5 8 (13.11%) Architectural Patterns
5 8 (13.11%) Design Patterns
6 6 (9.84%) Customer Service
6 6 (9.84%) Information Security
7 5 (8.20%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (24.59%) Python
2 13 (21.31%) SQL
3 3 (4.92%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.28%) C#
4 2 (3.28%) Java
4 2 (3.28%) PHP
4 2 (3.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (22.95%) Security Cleared
2 11 (18.03%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (18.03%) SC Cleared
3 8 (13.11%) CCNP
4 5 (8.20%) Degree
5 4 (6.56%) CCDP
5 4 (6.56%) CCNA
6 3 (4.92%) JNCIS
7 2 (3.28%) Azure Certification
7 2 (3.28%) BC Cleared
7 2 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (3.28%) CCIE
7 2 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.28%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.64%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.64%) CCIP
8 1 (1.64%) JNCIA
8 1 (1.64%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.84%) SLA
2 4 (6.56%) QA
System Software
1 13 (21.31%) Docker
2 8 (13.11%) Active Directory
3 5 (8.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (4.92%) Hyper-V
5 2 (3.28%) BitLocker
5 2 (3.28%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (3.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (8.20%) Terraform
2 4 (6.56%) Ansible
2 4 (6.56%) SCCM
3 2 (3.28%) Grafana
3 2 (3.28%) Graylog
3 2 (3.28%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.28%) Nagios
3 2 (3.28%) Netcool
3 2 (3.28%) Prometheus
3 2 (3.28%) Rundeck
3 2 (3.28%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.64%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (34.43%) Cisco
2 19 (31.15%) Juniper
3 16 (26.23%) Microsoft
4 13 (21.31%) CheckPoint
4 13 (21.31%) Fortinet
5 8 (13.11%) Blue Coat
6 7 (11.48%) VMware
7 4 (6.56%) HP
8 3 (4.92%) Nokia
9 2 (3.28%) Apple
9 2 (3.28%) Aruba
9 2 (3.28%) Bloomberg
9 2 (3.28%) Citrix
9 2 (3.28%) Google
9 2 (3.28%) IBM
9 2 (3.28%) McAfee
9 2 (3.28%) MobileIron
9 2 (3.28%) Reuters
9 2 (3.28%) Sophos
9 2 (3.28%) Splunk