Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 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 209 231 311
Rank change year-on-year +22 +80 -60
Permanent jobs citing VPN 1,410 1,683 2,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.44% 1.61% 1.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.38% 10.49% 9.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,109 1,267 1,635
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,586 16,051 20,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.86% 15.34% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9,485 8,237 11,833
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the UK

VPN
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for VPN in the UK

VPN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for VPN in the UK

VPN
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the UK 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +31 1,264 £46,500 -7.00% 279
UK excluding London +13 963 £40,000 -5.88% 231
Work from Home +29 556 £52,500 - 136
London +13 389 £55,000 -8.33% 77
South East +25 273 £46,500 +14.81% 57
North of England +37 234 £40,000 -11.11% 52
Midlands +42 167 £39,000 -13.33% 44
Yorkshire +95 122 £37,500 -28.57% 16
South West -6 112 £37,500 +1.35% 28
West Midlands +28 100 £39,750 -12.15% 28
North West -24 90 £45,000 - 30
East of England +23 88 £40,000 -19.60% 24
East Midlands +23 66 £39,000 +11.43% 16
Scotland -72 52 £50,000 -9.09% 25
Wales +1 29 £41,067 -8.74% 5
North East +8 28 £35,250 -12.96% 6
Northern Ireland +27 12 £37,500 -16.67% 5
Isle of Man - 6 £46,500 - 1

VPN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 245 (17.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 182 (12.91%) SharePoint
3 59 (4.18%) Apache
4 36 (2.55%) IIS
5 31 (2.20%) Exchange Server 2010
6 10 (0.71%) Confluence
6 10 (0.71%) WordPress
7 9 (0.64%) Skype for Business
8 8 (0.57%) nginx
9 7 (0.50%) OpenStack
10 6 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2007
10 6 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
10 6 (0.43%) WebSphere
11 5 (0.35%) SAS
12 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
12 2 (0.14%) CMS
12 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2003
12 2 (0.14%) Resin
13 1 (0.071%) Gunicorn
13 1 (0.071%) Jupyter
Applications
1 179 (12.70%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.64%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.14%) Trello
6 1 (0.071%) 1Password
6 1 (0.071%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.35%) Carpe Diem
3 4 (0.28%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.14%) Eikon
5 2 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 656 (46.52%) Azure
2 571 (40.50%) Microsoft 365
3 197 (13.97%) AWS
4 184 (13.05%) Entra ID
5 97 (6.88%) IaaS
6 85 (6.03%) PaaS
7 82 (5.82%) OneDrive
8 69 (4.89%) Amazon S3
9 65 (4.61%) GCP
10 63 (4.47%) SaaS
11 42 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
12 38 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
12 38 (2.70%) Mimecast
13 29 (2.06%) Azure Monitor
14 21 (1.49%) GitHub
15 20 (1.42%) Amazon EC2
16 19 (1.35%) Serverless
17 17 (1.21%) Google Workspace
17 17 (1.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 16 (1.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 941 (66.74%) Firewall
2 505 (35.82%) WAN
3 475 (33.69%) LAN
4 439 (31.13%) DNS
5 342 (24.26%) DHCP
6 288 (20.43%) VLAN
7 264 (18.72%) TCP/IP
8 217 (15.39%) Network Security
9 213 (15.11%) Wi-Fi
10 210 (14.89%) Wireless
11 167 (11.84%) IPsec
12 166 (11.77%) Internet
13 130 (9.22%) BGP
13 130 (9.22%) MPLS
14 125 (8.87%) SAN
15 119 (8.44%) SD-WAN
16 112 (7.94%) VoIP
17 111 (7.87%) OSPF
18 89 (6.31%) SSL
19 71 (5.04%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (7.23%) SQL Server
2 67 (4.75%) MongoDB
3 60 (4.26%) Elasticsearch
4 47 (3.33%) Amazon RDS
5 28 (1.99%) NoSQL
6 14 (0.99%) MySQL
7 12 (0.85%) Power BI
8 8 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (0.57%) BigQuery
9 7 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.50%) Redis
10 6 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.35%) DB2
11 5 (0.35%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.21%) Relational Database
13 2 (0.14%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.14%) InfluxDB
13 2 (0.14%) Looker
13 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.14%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 36 (2.55%) JIRA
2 24 (1.70%) Git
3 20 (1.42%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.92%) GitLab
5 10 (0.71%) Trac
6 7 (0.50%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.35%) Subversion
8 3 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.14%) Spinnaker
9 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.071%) Selenium
General
1 431 (30.57%) Social Skills
2 179 (12.70%) Finance
3 114 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (7.73%) Telecoms
5 63 (4.47%) Retail
6 50 (3.55%) Law
7 42 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 28 (1.99%) Manufacturing
9 27 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
10 25 (1.77%) Legal
11 22 (1.56%) Banking
12 20 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
13 17 (1.21%) Billing
14 16 (1.13%) Public Sector
15 15 (1.06%) Games
16 14 (0.99%) German Language
17 12 (0.85%) Back Office
18 10 (0.71%) Local Government
19 9 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
20 8 (0.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 253 (17.94%) Network Engineer
2 197 (13.97%) Senior
3 187 (13.26%) IT Support
4 174 (12.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 165 (11.70%) Support Engineer
6 164 (11.63%) Analyst
7 157 (11.13%) IT Engineer
8 113 (8.01%) Architect
9 94 (6.67%) Consultant
10 90 (6.38%) IT Support Engineer
11 72 (5.11%) IT Analyst
12 68 (4.82%) Infrastructure Architect
13 63 (4.47%) Support Analyst
14 57 (4.04%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 56 (3.97%) IT Support Analyst
15 56 (3.97%) Senior Network Engineer
16 55 (3.90%) Lead
17 54 (3.83%) NetApp Consultant
17 54 (3.83%) Service Analyst
18 51 (3.62%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (5.89%) YAML
2 54 (3.83%) RabbitMQ
3 39 (2.77%) JSON
4 38 (2.70%) 802.1X
5 36 (2.55%) LDAP
6 31 (2.20%) HTML
7 30 (2.13%) XML
8 28 (1.99%) SOAP
9 21 (1.49%) Web Services
10 17 (1.21%) REST
11 16 (1.13%) ARM Templates
11 16 (1.13%) CSS
12 12 (0.85%) LAMP
13 11 (0.78%) NETCONF
13 11 (0.78%) RESTCONF
13 11 (0.78%) YANG
14 10 (0.71%) Ajax
15 8 (0.57%) .NET
15 8 (0.57%) SAML
16 7 (0.50%) ADSI
Miscellaneous
1 262 (18.58%) Data Centre
2 82 (5.82%) Public Cloud
3 76 (5.39%) Driving Licence
4 74 (5.25%) Replication
5 68 (4.82%) Management Information System
6 49 (3.48%) PKI
7 36 (2.55%) Onboarding
8 35 (2.48%) Hybrid Cloud
9 33 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
10 24 (1.70%) Clustering
11 21 (1.49%) Client/Server
12 20 (1.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 20 (1.42%) Private Cloud
13 19 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
14 16 (1.13%) Product Ownership
15 15 (1.06%) CMDB
16 13 (0.92%) Security Posture
17 12 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
17 12 (0.85%) Security Operations Centre
18 11 (0.78%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 772 (54.75%) Windows
2 410 (29.08%) Windows Server
3 313 (22.20%) Linux
4 142 (10.07%) Windows 10
5 84 (5.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 76 (5.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 75 (5.32%) Windows Server 2012
8 70 (4.96%) Ubuntu
9 54 (3.83%) Data ONTAP
10 53 (3.76%) VMS
11 47 (3.33%) Apple iOS
12 45 (3.19%) Mac OS
13 36 (2.55%) Android
13 36 (2.55%) Unix
14 25 (1.77%) Windows Server 2008
15 22 (1.56%) Windows 7
16 17 (1.21%) CentOS
17 16 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 14 (0.99%) Mac OS X
18 14 (0.99%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (19.79%) Problem-Solving
2 234 (16.60%) ITIL
3 220 (15.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 218 (15.46%) Customer Service
5 151 (10.71%) Agile
6 150 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
7 140 (9.93%) Project Management
8 132 (9.36%) DevOps
9 118 (8.37%) Disaster Recovery
10 112 (7.94%) Actionable Insight
11 109 (7.73%) Service Management
12 104 (7.38%) Service Delivery
13 101 (7.16%) Project Delivery
14 100 (7.09%) Mentoring
15 96 (6.81%) Roadmaps
16 90 (6.38%) Infrastructure Management
17 87 (6.17%) Computer Science
18 85 (6.03%) Migration
19 77 (5.46%) Load Balancing
20 71 (5.04%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 217 (15.39%) PowerShell
2 145 (10.28%) Python
3 139 (9.86%) SQL
4 38 (2.70%) Bash
5 23 (1.63%) JavaScript
6 17 (1.21%) C#
7 10 (0.71%) Java
8 6 (0.43%) Perl
8 6 (0.43%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.35%) Groovy
9 5 (0.35%) JSX
9 5 (0.35%) R
9 5 (0.35%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.21%) Ruby
10 3 (0.21%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.14%) Korn
11 2 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.14%) PHP
12 1 (0.071%) C
12 1 (0.071%) VBA
Qualifications
1 218 (15.46%) Cisco Certification
2 167 (11.84%) Degree
3 144 (10.21%) Security Cleared
4 134 (9.50%) CCNA
5 121 (8.58%) CCNP
6 94 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 87 (6.17%) SC Cleared
8 55 (3.90%) Azure Certification
9 50 (3.55%) CISSP
10 49 (3.48%) MCSE
11 46 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
12 41 (2.91%) MCSA
13 37 (2.62%) DV Cleared
14 33 (2.34%) CCIE
15 26 (1.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 22 (1.56%) A+ Certification
17 20 (1.42%) CISM
18 17 (1.21%) AWS Certification
18 17 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
19 16 (1.13%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (8.94%) SLA
2 48 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (2.48%) GDPR
4 31 (2.20%) NIST
5 20 (1.42%) PCI DSS
6 19 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
7 11 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (0.57%) HIPAA
9 7 (0.50%) GRC
9 7 (0.50%) NCSC
10 6 (0.43%) QA
11 5 (0.35%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.28%) ISO 22301
12 4 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
14 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.071%) COBIT
15 1 (0.071%) FISMA
15 1 (0.071%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 611 (43.33%) Active Directory
2 337 (23.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 247 (17.52%) Hyper-V
4 106 (7.52%) Docker
5 86 (6.10%) vSphere
6 73 (5.18%) Virtual Machines
7 72 (5.11%) VMware ESXi
8 35 (2.48%) Virtual Desktop
9 21 (1.49%) pfSense
10 20 (1.42%) VMware NSX
11 18 (1.28%) vCloud
12 17 (1.21%) Virtual Servers
13 14 (0.99%) Firmware
13 14 (0.99%) Terminal Services
14 13 (0.92%) NFS
15 5 (0.35%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.28%) XenDesktop
17 3 (0.21%) Terminal Server
17 3 (0.21%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 191 (13.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 151 (10.71%) Ansible
3 123 (8.72%) Terraform
4 108 (7.66%) Kubernetes
5 88 (6.24%) SCCM
6 64 (4.54%) Prometheus
7 62 (4.40%) vCenter Server
8 53 (3.76%) WSUS
9 51 (3.62%) FortiGate
10 29 (2.06%) Jamf Pro
11 28 (1.99%) ZABBIX
12 27 (1.91%) Grafana
13 22 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
14 21 (1.49%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 19 (1.35%) Puppet
16 16 (1.13%) SCDPM
17 15 (1.06%) Autotask
17 15 (1.06%) Failover Clustering
18 13 (0.92%) AirWatch
19 12 (0.85%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 629 (44.61%) Microsoft
2 458 (32.48%) VMware
3 417 (29.57%) Cisco
4 162 (11.49%) Palo Alto
5 128 (9.08%) Veeam
6 126 (8.94%) Meraki
7 125 (8.87%) Juniper
8 114 (8.09%) Citrix
9 88 (6.24%) Fortinet
10 77 (5.46%) HP
11 76 (5.39%) Red Hat
12 72 (5.11%) NetApp
13 65 (4.61%) SolarWinds
14 59 (4.18%) CheckPoint
15 54 (3.83%) SolidFire
16 50 (3.55%) Aruba
16 50 (3.55%) F5
17 47 (3.33%) Sophos
18 45 (3.19%) Apple
19 42 (2.98%) Google