VPN Jobs in the Midlands

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for VPN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VPN over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 193 196
Rank change year-on-year +33 +3 -49
Permanent jobs citing VPN 166 131 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.40% 1.43% 1.65%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.59% 7.66% 10.35%
Number of salaries quoted 138 99 160
10th Percentile £26,025 £25,700 £22,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,500 £62,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

VPN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,568 1,711 1,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.20% 18.61% 15.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,286 727 1,092
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.73% -3.89% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £57,563
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VPN in the Midlands.

Salary trend for VPN in the Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VPN in the Midlands

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Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +5 98 £39,875 -11.63% 25
East Midlands +16 67 £39,000 +11.43% 29
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 22 (13.25%) SharePoint
2 20 (12.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (4.82%) IIS
4 5 (3.01%) Apache
5 4 (2.41%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (1.20%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (1.20%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (1.20%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 46 (27.71%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.20%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.41%) Sage 200
2 2 (1.20%) Shopify
3 1 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 83 (50.00%) Azure
2 78 (46.99%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (16.87%) Entra ID
4 15 (9.04%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (9.04%) IaaS
4 15 (9.04%) PaaS
5 11 (6.63%) AWS
6 7 (4.22%) Amazon S3
7 6 (3.61%) OneDrive
8 5 (3.01%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (3.01%) Google Workspace
8 5 (3.01%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.41%) Mimecast
10 3 (1.81%) SaaS
11 2 (1.20%) GCP
11 2 (1.20%) OpenDNS
11 2 (1.20%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.20%) Rubrik
12 1 (0.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.60%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 111 (66.87%) Firewall
2 55 (33.13%) DNS
3 39 (23.49%) VLAN
4 37 (22.29%) DHCP
5 35 (21.08%) WAN
6 33 (19.88%) LAN
7 28 (16.87%) TCP/IP
8 26 (15.66%) SAN
8 26 (15.66%) Wi-Fi
9 24 (14.46%) Network Security
10 22 (13.25%) MPLS
11 19 (11.45%) Wireless
12 18 (10.84%) IPsec
13 16 (9.64%) Internet
14 13 (7.83%) VoIP
14 13 (7.83%) WLAN
15 11 (6.63%) OSPF
16 10 (6.02%) NGFW
17 9 (5.42%) BGP
17 9 (5.42%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.24%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.01%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (3.01%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.41%) Power BI
4 2 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.20%) MySQL
4 2 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (2.41%) Git
2 2 (1.20%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 32 (19.28%) Social Skills
2 18 (10.84%) Finance
3 17 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (7.83%) Retail
5 10 (6.02%) Law
6 9 (5.42%) Telecoms
7 8 (4.82%) German Language
7 8 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.61%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.41%) Local Government
10 3 (1.81%) Marketing
11 2 (1.20%) Legal
12 1 (0.60%) Advertising
12 1 (0.60%) Back Office
12 1 (0.60%) Banking
12 1 (0.60%) Games
12 1 (0.60%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 29 (17.47%) Network Engineer
2 28 (16.87%) Analyst
3 21 (12.65%) IT Support
4 19 (11.45%) Senior
5 16 (9.64%) Architect
6 13 (7.83%) Support Engineer
7 12 (7.23%) Senior Network Engineer
8 11 (6.63%) Support Analyst
9 10 (6.02%) Citrix Architect
9 10 (6.02%) Cloud Architect
9 10 (6.02%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
9 10 (6.02%) DevOps Architect
9 10 (6.02%) IT Analyst
9 10 (6.02%) IT Manager
9 10 (6.02%) IT Support Analyst
9 10 (6.02%) Network Manager
10 9 (5.42%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 9 (5.42%) 3rd Line Support
10 9 (5.42%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 9 (5.42%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.45%) YAML
2 14 (8.43%) JSON
3 10 (6.02%) ARM Templates
4 5 (3.01%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (1.81%) Kafka
6 2 (1.20%) LAMP
6 2 (1.20%) V-Ray
6 2 (1.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.43%) Data Centre
2 13 (7.83%) Driving Licence
3 12 (7.23%) Clustering
4 10 (6.02%) Private Cloud
4 10 (6.02%) Public Cloud
5 9 (5.42%) PKI
6 8 (4.82%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (2.41%) CCTV
7 4 (2.41%) FMCG
7 4 (2.41%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.81%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.20%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.20%) Smartphone
9 2 (1.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.60%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.60%) IoT
10 1 (0.60%) Social Media
10 1 (0.60%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 76 (45.78%) Windows
2 49 (29.52%) Windows Server
3 20 (12.05%) Windows 10
4 16 (9.64%) Linux
5 10 (6.02%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (5.42%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (4.22%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (3.61%) Mac OS X
9 5 (3.01%) Data ONTAP
9 5 (3.01%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (2.41%) Mac OS
11 2 (1.20%) Android
11 2 (1.20%) Apple iOS
11 2 (1.20%) VMS
11 2 (1.20%) Windows 8
11 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.60%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (24.70%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (10.84%) Agile
2 18 (10.84%) Customer Service
2 18 (10.84%) DevOps
3 15 (9.04%) CI/CD
3 15 (9.04%) Infrastructure as Code
3 15 (9.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 15 (9.04%) Network Virtualisation
4 14 (8.43%) ITIL
5 13 (7.83%) Cybersecurity
5 13 (7.83%) Mentoring
6 12 (7.23%) Cost Reduction
6 12 (7.23%) Kalman Filter
7 11 (6.63%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (6.63%) Project Delivery
7 11 (6.63%) Server Management
8 10 (6.02%) Load Balancing
8 10 (6.02%) Migration
8 10 (6.02%) Network Design
8 10 (6.02%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 35 (21.08%) PowerShell
2 21 (12.65%) SQL
3 5 (3.01%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (13.86%) Degree
2 20 (12.05%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (9.64%) CCNA
4 12 (7.23%) CCNP
5 11 (6.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (5.42%) Azure Certification
7 7 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (4.22%) MCSE
7 7 (4.22%) Security Cleared
8 5 (3.01%) JNCIA
9 4 (2.41%) A+ Certification
9 4 (2.41%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (2.41%) SC Cleared
10 3 (1.81%) CCDA
11 2 (1.20%) CCIE
11 2 (1.20%) CCIE Data Center
11 2 (1.20%) MCSA
12 1 (0.60%) CCA
12 1 (0.60%) CISSP
12 1 (0.60%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.63%) GDPR
2 9 (5.42%) NIST
3 4 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.41%) SLA
4 3 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.60%) COBIT
5 1 (0.60%) GRC
5 1 (0.60%) ISO 31000
5 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (0.60%) NCSC
5 1 (0.60%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.60%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.60%) SOC 2
System Software
1 75 (45.18%) Active Directory
2 52 (31.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (25.90%) Hyper-V
4 13 (7.83%) vSphere
5 12 (7.23%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (6.63%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (4.22%) Docker
8 4 (2.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 4 (2.41%) pfSense
9 3 (1.81%) Terminal Services
9 3 (1.81%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (1.20%) XenApp
10 2 (1.20%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 24 (14.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (9.04%) Terraform
3 13 (7.83%) SCCM
4 11 (6.63%) SmoothWall
5 8 (4.82%) Microsoft Clustering
6 5 (3.01%) Ansible
6 5 (3.01%) Autotask
6 5 (3.01%) Kubernetes
6 5 (3.01%) Prometheus
6 5 (3.01%) vCenter Server
7 4 (2.41%) AirWatch
7 4 (2.41%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (2.41%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.20%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.60%) SCOM
Vendors
1 79 (47.59%) Microsoft
2 55 (33.13%) VMware
3 42 (25.30%) Cisco
4 20 (12.05%) Citrix
4 20 (12.05%) Meraki
5 19 (11.45%) Veeam
6 18 (10.84%) Juniper
6 18 (10.84%) SonicWALL
7 14 (8.43%) HP
7 14 (8.43%) Palo Alto
8 13 (7.83%) CheckPoint
9 12 (7.23%) Sophos
10 11 (6.63%) Apple
11 9 (5.42%) Aruba
12 7 (4.22%) Avaya
12 7 (4.22%) Dell
12 7 (4.22%) Fortinet
12 7 (4.22%) Sage
13 6 (3.61%) WatchGuard
14 5 (3.01%) Draytek