VPN Contracts in the UK excluding London

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 88 170 179
Rank change year-on-year +82 +9 -20
Contract jobs citing VPN 447 364 437
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.18% 1.55% 1.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.39% 10.40% 10.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 231 294
10th Percentile £200 £160 £158
25th Percentile £294 £213 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% +2.89%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £530
90th Percentile £825 £688 £648
UK median daily rate £440 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -2.33% -5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 14 21
10th Percentile £12.75 £15.46 £16.00
25th Percentile £13.58 £18.88 £16.38
Median hourly rate £14.27 £21.61 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.97% +8.05% +5.26%
75th Percentile £20.25 £62.00 £23.00
90th Percentile £24.10 £63.23 £58.75
UK median hourly rate £16.93 £21.61 £22.00
% change year-on-year -21.66% -1.77% +22.22%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,339 3,500 4,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.27% 14.89% 13.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,213 2,635
10th Percentile £200 £213 £185
25th Percentile £343 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £544
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.44% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 323 238
10th Percentile £13.43 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.63
Median hourly rate £46.14 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +149.38% -13.95% -9.71%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £28.25
% change year-on-year +111.92% -33.19% +6.60%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for VPN in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for VPN in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for VPN in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate histogram for VPN in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding 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
South East +31 120 £410 -18.00% 49
Midlands +35 113 £375 -23.08% 55
North of England +52 97 £600 +84.62% 56
West Midlands +36 92 £375 -27.88% 29
North West +54 75 £800 +146.15% 30
South West +18 47 £425 -12.82% 26
East of England +15 36 £475 +31.03% 22
Scotland +40 25 £258 +60.94% 18
Yorkshire +22 21 £300 -14.29% 18
East Midlands +18 20 £338 -20.59% 26
Wales +22 11 £575 +35.29% 1
North East +15 1 £600 +174.29% 8
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 34 (7.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (5.15%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.68%) Confluence
4 11 (2.46%) Apache
4 11 (2.46%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.45%) IIS
5 2 (0.45%) WordPress
6 1 (0.22%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.22%) nginx
6 1 (0.22%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 45 (10.07%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.22%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 81 (18.12%) Azure
2 51 (11.41%) AWS
3 47 (10.51%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (5.82%) GCP
5 21 (4.70%) Entra ID
6 18 (4.03%) PaaS
7 14 (3.13%) IaaS
8 11 (2.46%) OneDrive
9 10 (2.24%) GitHub
10 9 (2.01%) SaaS
10 9 (2.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 8 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (1.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 6 (1.34%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (1.34%) Apigee
13 6 (1.34%) Kong
14 5 (1.12%) Amazon S3
14 5 (1.12%) CloudFront
14 5 (1.12%) OpenShift
15 3 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 216 (48.32%) Firewall
2 143 (31.99%) WAN
3 89 (19.91%) MPLS
4 85 (19.02%) LAN
5 83 (18.57%) BGP
6 74 (16.55%) DNS
7 60 (13.42%) IPsec
8 51 (11.41%) Junos
9 50 (11.19%) TCP/IP
10 48 (10.74%) Network Security
11 47 (10.51%) DHCP
12 46 (10.29%) Wi-Fi
13 41 (9.17%) VLAN
14 37 (8.28%) OSPF
15 36 (8.05%) Wireless
16 26 (5.82%) Cisco ASA
17 25 (5.59%) Cisco Nexus
18 23 (5.15%) VoIP
19 22 (4.92%) SD-WAN
20 20 (4.47%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.46%) MongoDB
1 11 (2.46%) NoSQL
1 11 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (1.79%) MySQL
3 7 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.57%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.89%) RDBMS
5 4 (0.89%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.67%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 26 (5.82%) JIRA
2 17 (3.80%) GitLab
3 11 (2.46%) Robot Framework
3 11 (2.46%) TestRail
4 10 (2.24%) Git
5 8 (1.79%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (1.34%) CircleCI
6 6 (1.34%) Travis CI
7 5 (1.12%) Spinnaker
8 4 (0.89%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.67%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 96 (21.48%) Social Skills
2 35 (7.83%) Analytical Skills
2 35 (7.83%) Finance
3 31 (6.94%) Public Sector
4 27 (6.04%) Telecoms
5 12 (2.68%) Legal
6 11 (2.46%) Manufacturing
7 10 (2.24%) Banking
7 10 (2.24%) Investment Banking
8 9 (2.01%) Retail
9 8 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.79%) Electronics
9 8 (1.79%) Marketing
10 6 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.89%) Law
11 4 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.45%) Advertising
12 2 (0.45%) Automotive
12 2 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 112 (25.06%) Network Engineer
2 89 (19.91%) Architect
3 41 (9.17%) Lead
3 41 (9.17%) Support Engineer
4 40 (8.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 40 (8.95%) Technical Architect
5 34 (7.61%) 3rd Line Support
6 33 (7.38%) Network Architect
7 31 (6.94%) Lead Architect
8 30 (6.71%) Technical Leader
9 29 (6.49%) Network Support
10 27 (6.04%) WAN Engineer
11 19 (4.25%) IT Support
12 18 (4.03%) 2nd Line Support
12 18 (4.03%) Analyst
13 17 (3.80%) Cisco Engineer
13 17 (3.80%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 17 (3.80%) Desktop Engineer
14 16 (3.58%) Desktop Support
15 15 (3.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (8.95%) Node.js
2 14 (3.13%) CSS
2 14 (3.13%) HTML
2 14 (3.13%) React
3 12 (2.68%) NETCONF
3 12 (2.68%) Web Services
3 12 (2.68%) YANG
4 11 (2.46%) Elastic Stack
4 11 (2.46%) REST
4 11 (2.46%) RESTCONF
4 11 (2.46%) SOAP
5 10 (2.24%) JSON
6 9 (2.01%) YAML
7 8 (1.79%) LDAP
8 7 (1.57%) XML
9 6 (1.34%) .NET
10 5 (1.12%) OAuth
10 5 (1.12%) OAuth2
10 5 (1.12%) SAML
10 5 (1.12%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 56 (12.53%) PKI
2 52 (11.63%) Public Cloud
3 26 (5.82%) Data Centre
4 17 (3.80%) Clustering
5 11 (2.46%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.24%) Cloud Native
7 9 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.79%) Driving Licence
9 7 (1.57%) iPad
9 7 (1.57%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (1.34%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.34%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.12%) BYOD
11 5 (1.12%) iPhone
11 5 (1.12%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.12%) Onboarding
12 4 (0.89%) NHS
13 3 (0.67%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.67%) Management Information System
14 2 (0.45%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 171 (38.26%) Windows
2 87 (19.46%) Windows Server
3 48 (10.74%) Windows 10
4 44 (9.84%) Android
4 44 (9.84%) Apple iOS
5 39 (8.72%) Linux
6 30 (6.71%) Windows 7
7 16 (3.58%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (2.68%) Mac OS
9 10 (2.24%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
11 6 (1.34%) Unix
12 4 (0.89%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.67%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.45%) VMS
15 1 (0.22%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (19.02%) CI/CD
2 81 (18.12%) Agile
3 73 (16.33%) Load Balancing
4 72 (16.11%) DevOps
5 62 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (11.19%) Mobile Device Management
7 49 (10.96%) Project Delivery
8 48 (10.74%) Customer Service
8 48 (10.74%) Security Architecture
9 47 (10.51%) Risk Management
10 43 (9.62%) Project Management
10 43 (9.62%) Zero Trust
11 41 (9.17%) Network Design
12 40 (8.95%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 40 (8.95%) Threat Intelligence
13 37 (8.28%) Design Patterns
14 35 (7.83%) High Availability
15 34 (7.61%) ITIL
16 31 (6.94%) Migration
17 28 (6.26%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 37 (8.28%) PowerShell
2 35 (7.83%) Python
3 17 (3.80%) SQL
4 16 (3.58%) Java
5 12 (2.68%) TypeScript
6 9 (2.01%) Bash
7 3 (0.67%) C#
7 3 (0.67%) PHP
7 3 (0.67%) Ruby
8 1 (0.22%) C
8 1 (0.22%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 170 (38.03%) Security Cleared
2 88 (19.69%) SC Cleared
3 68 (15.21%) Cisco Certification
4 46 (10.29%) CCNP
5 34 (7.61%) Degree
6 29 (6.49%) CCNA
7 19 (4.25%) CCIE
8 15 (3.36%) DV Cleared
9 10 (2.24%) A+ Certification
9 10 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (2.24%) JNCIA
10 9 (2.01%) CCIE Data Center
10 9 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.79%) MCSE
12 7 (1.57%) AWS Certification
12 7 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (1.34%) CCSA
14 4 (0.89%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.89%) VCAP
14 4 (0.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.59%) SLA
2 18 (4.03%) QA
3 5 (1.12%) PCI DSS
4 4 (0.89%) HIPAA
5 3 (0.67%) GDPR
6 2 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.45%) NIST
6 2 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.22%) GRC
7 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 80 (17.90%) Active Directory
2 50 (11.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (7.16%) Docker
4 26 (5.82%) Hyper-V
5 10 (2.24%) Terminal Services
6 9 (2.01%) BitLocker
6 9 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (2.01%) VMware NSX
7 8 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (1.79%) vSphere
8 6 (1.34%) Microsoft App-V
9 5 (1.12%) VMware Workstation
10 4 (0.89%) Firmware
11 3 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.22%) Samba
Systems Management
1 31 (6.94%) SCCM
2 24 (5.37%) Ansible
2 24 (5.37%) Terraform
3 22 (4.92%) Kubernetes
4 15 (3.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (2.91%) Grafana
6 11 (2.46%) Prometheus
7 9 (2.01%) FortiGate
7 9 (2.01%) Puppet
8 7 (1.57%) Nagios
9 6 (1.34%) Autotask
9 6 (1.34%) Docker Swarm
9 6 (1.34%) Failover Clustering
9 6 (1.34%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (1.34%) Kibana
9 6 (1.34%) logstash
9 6 (1.34%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.34%) vCenter Server
9 6 (1.34%) vMotion
10 5 (1.12%) Istio
Vendors
1 139 (31.10%) Cisco
2 113 (25.28%) Juniper
3 96 (21.48%) Microsoft
4 64 (14.32%) VMware
5 32 (7.16%) Palo Alto
6 30 (6.71%) CheckPoint
7 25 (5.59%) Fortinet
8 24 (5.37%) F5
9 17 (3.80%) Apple
9 17 (3.80%) Blue Coat
10 16 (3.58%) Google
11 15 (3.36%) Citrix
12 13 (2.91%) Infoblox
12 13 (2.91%) SolarWinds
12 13 (2.91%) Splunk
13 9 (2.01%) Zscaler
14 8 (1.79%) HP
14 8 (1.79%) McAfee
14 8 (1.79%) SAP
14 8 (1.79%) ServiceNow