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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 208 226 308
Rank change year-on-year +18 +82 -62
Permanent jobs citing VPN 1,399 1,698 2,033
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.42% 1.64% 1.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.30% 10.62% 9.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,095 1,271 1,610
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £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 £67,070 £63,438
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.51% +1.76% -

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 13,580 15,992 20,989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.78% 15.46% 13.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,473 8,159 11,855
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +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 £46,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% -2.17% +2.22%

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 5 May 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 5 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
England +23 1,251 £46,500 -7.00% 324
UK excluding London +4 961 £40,000 -7.51% 237
Work from Home +19 549 £52,500 - 178
London +8 380 £55,000 -8.33% 99
South East +16 280 £46,500 +12.05% 56
North of England +21 229 £40,000 -11.11% 60
Midlands +48 166 £39,375 -12.50% 51
Yorkshire +89 119 £37,500 -25.00% 19
South West -28 111 £37,500 - 31
West Midlands +20 100 £39,750 -11.67% 29
North West -34 88 £45,000 - 32
East of England +24 85 £38,750 -22.50% 24
East Midlands +22 65 £39,000 +11.43% 22
Scotland -74 54 £50,000 -9.09% 17
Wales -1 29 £41,067 -8.74% 2
North East +3 28 £35,250 -12.96% 9
Northern Ireland +19 12 £37,500 -16.67% 3
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
1 243 (17.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 184 (13.15%) SharePoint
3 59 (4.22%) Apache
4 36 (2.57%) IIS
5 33 (2.36%) 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%) SAS
10 6 (0.43%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.14%) CMS
11 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.14%) Resin
12 1 (0.071%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.071%) uWSGI
Applications
1 178 (12.72%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.00%) 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 7 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.43%) Carpe Diem
3 4 (0.29%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.21%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.14%) Eikon
5 2 (0.14%) Shopify
6 1 (0.071%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 649 (46.39%) Azure
2 560 (40.03%) Microsoft 365
3 195 (13.94%) AWS
4 179 (12.79%) Entra ID
5 93 (6.65%) IaaS
6 83 (5.93%) OneDrive
7 82 (5.86%) PaaS
8 69 (4.93%) Amazon S3
9 64 (4.57%) GCP
10 60 (4.29%) SaaS
11 39 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
11 39 (2.79%) Cloud Computing
12 34 (2.43%) Mimecast
13 32 (2.29%) Azure Monitor
14 21 (1.50%) GitHub
15 19 (1.36%) Amazon EC2
15 19 (1.36%) Serverless
16 17 (1.22%) Google Workspace
17 16 (1.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 16 (1.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 932 (66.62%) Firewall
2 503 (35.95%) WAN
3 472 (33.74%) LAN
4 429 (30.66%) DNS
5 333 (23.80%) DHCP
6 278 (19.87%) VLAN
7 258 (18.44%) TCP/IP
8 219 (15.65%) Network Security
9 213 (15.23%) Wireless
10 208 (14.87%) Wi-Fi
11 167 (11.94%) Internet
12 166 (11.87%) IPsec
13 129 (9.22%) BGP
13 129 (9.22%) MPLS
14 122 (8.72%) SAN
15 119 (8.51%) SD-WAN
16 113 (8.08%) VoIP
17 110 (7.86%) OSPF
18 86 (6.15%) SSL
19 70 (5.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (7.01%) SQL Server
2 67 (4.79%) MongoDB
3 60 (4.29%) Elasticsearch
4 43 (3.07%) Amazon RDS
5 28 (2.00%) NoSQL
6 13 (0.93%) MySQL
7 12 (0.86%) 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 (0.36%) DB2
11 5 (0.36%) 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
14 1 (0.071%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 36 (2.57%) JIRA
2 24 (1.72%) Git
3 20 (1.43%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.93%) GitLab
5 10 (0.71%) Trac
6 7 (0.50%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.36%) 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
1 429 (30.66%) Social Skills
2 175 (12.51%) Finance
3 112 (8.01%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (7.58%) Telecoms
5 65 (4.65%) Retail
6 51 (3.65%) Law
7 42 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (2.07%) Manufacturing
9 26 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
10 25 (1.79%) Legal
11 22 (1.57%) Banking
12 20 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
13 16 (1.14%) Billing
14 15 (1.07%) Games
15 14 (1.00%) German Language
15 14 (1.00%) Public Sector
16 12 (0.86%) Back Office
17 10 (0.71%) Local Government
18 9 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
19 8 (0.57%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 254 (18.16%) Network Engineer
2 194 (13.87%) Senior
3 186 (13.30%) IT Support
4 172 (12.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 163 (11.65%) Analyst
6 162 (11.58%) Support Engineer
7 155 (11.08%) IT Engineer
8 112 (8.01%) Architect
9 91 (6.50%) Consultant
9 91 (6.50%) IT Support Engineer
10 70 (5.00%) IT Analyst
11 66 (4.72%) Infrastructure Architect
12 62 (4.43%) Support Analyst
13 56 (4.00%) Senior Network Engineer
13 56 (4.00%) Service Analyst
14 55 (3.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 55 (3.93%) Lead
15 54 (3.86%) IT Support Analyst
15 54 (3.86%) NetApp Consultant
16 53 (3.79%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (5.86%) YAML
2 54 (3.86%) RabbitMQ
3 38 (2.72%) 802.1X
4 36 (2.57%) JSON
5 35 (2.50%) LDAP
6 30 (2.14%) HTML
7 29 (2.07%) XML
8 27 (1.93%) SOAP
9 21 (1.50%) Web Services
10 17 (1.22%) REST
11 15 (1.07%) ARM Templates
11 15 (1.07%) CSS
12 12 (0.86%) LAMP
13 11 (0.79%) NETCONF
13 11 (0.79%) RESTCONF
13 11 (0.79%) YANG
14 9 (0.64%) Ajax
15 8 (0.57%) .NET
15 8 (0.57%) SAML
16 7 (0.50%) ADSI
Miscellaneous
1 257 (18.37%) Data Centre
2 80 (5.72%) Public Cloud
3 72 (5.15%) Driving Licence
4 71 (5.08%) Replication
5 69 (4.93%) Management Information System
6 49 (3.50%) PKI
7 36 (2.57%) Onboarding
8 35 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
9 34 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
10 23 (1.64%) Clustering
11 21 (1.50%) Client/Server
12 20 (1.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 20 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
13 18 (1.29%) Private Cloud
14 16 (1.14%) Product Ownership
15 14 (1.00%) CMDB
15 14 (1.00%) Security Posture
16 12 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
16 12 (0.86%) Security Operations Centre
17 11 (0.79%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 759 (54.25%) Windows
2 398 (28.45%) Windows Server
3 313 (22.37%) Linux
4 141 (10.08%) Windows 10
5 84 (6.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 77 (5.50%) Windows Server 2016
7 74 (5.29%) Windows Server 2012
8 71 (5.08%) Ubuntu
9 54 (3.86%) Data ONTAP
10 53 (3.79%) VMS
11 46 (3.29%) Apple iOS
12 45 (3.22%) Mac OS
13 36 (2.57%) Unix
14 34 (2.43%) Android
15 23 (1.64%) Windows Server 2008
16 21 (1.50%) Windows 7
17 17 (1.22%) CentOS
17 17 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 14 (1.00%) Mac OS X
19 13 (0.93%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
2 225 (16.08%) ITIL
3 218 (15.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 217 (15.51%) Customer Service
5 150 (10.72%) Agile
6 147 (10.51%) Cybersecurity
7 137 (9.79%) Project Management
8 129 (9.22%) DevOps
9 115 (8.22%) Disaster Recovery
10 112 (8.01%) Actionable Insight
11 106 (7.58%) Service Management
12 99 (7.08%) Mentoring
12 99 (7.08%) Service Delivery
13 97 (6.93%) Project Delivery
14 92 (6.58%) Roadmaps
15 90 (6.43%) Infrastructure Management
16 86 (6.15%) Computer Science
17 85 (6.08%) Migration
18 76 (5.43%) Load Balancing
19 71 (5.08%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 209 (14.94%) PowerShell
2 146 (10.44%) Python
3 133 (9.51%) SQL
4 38 (2.72%) Bash
5 22 (1.57%) JavaScript
6 17 (1.22%) C#
7 10 (0.71%) Java
8 6 (0.43%) Perl
8 6 (0.43%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.36%) Groovy
9 5 (0.36%) JSX
9 5 (0.36%) R
9 5 (0.36%) 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%) Rust
12 1 (0.071%) VBA
Qualifications
1 219 (15.65%) Cisco Certification
2 164 (11.72%) Degree
3 144 (10.29%) Security Cleared
4 134 (9.58%) CCNA
5 122 (8.72%) CCNP
6 92 (6.58%) Microsoft Certification
7 87 (6.22%) SC Cleared
8 53 (3.79%) Azure Certification
9 51 (3.65%) CISSP
10 48 (3.43%) MCSE
11 45 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
12 39 (2.79%) MCSA
13 38 (2.72%) DV Cleared
14 33 (2.36%) CCIE
15 25 (1.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 20 (1.43%) A+ Certification
16 20 (1.43%) CISM
17 18 (1.29%) AWS Certification
18 17 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
18 17 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (8.65%) SLA
2 46 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (2.50%) GDPR
4 32 (2.29%) NIST
5 21 (1.50%) PCI DSS
6 17 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.64%) 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 (0.36%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.21%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.071%) COBIT
15 1 (0.071%) Disclosure Scotland
15 1 (0.071%) FISMA
15 1 (0.071%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 597 (42.67%) Active Directory
2 328 (23.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 241 (17.23%) Hyper-V
4 104 (7.43%) Docker
5 84 (6.00%) vSphere
6 72 (5.15%) Virtual Machines
6 72 (5.15%) VMware ESXi
7 32 (2.29%) Virtual Desktop
8 21 (1.50%) pfSense
9 20 (1.43%) VMware NSX
10 18 (1.29%) Virtual Servers
11 17 (1.22%) vCloud
12 14 (1.00%) NFS
12 14 (1.00%) Terminal Services
13 12 (0.86%) Firmware
14 5 (0.36%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.29%) XenDesktop
16 3 (0.21%) Terminal Server
16 3 (0.21%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 190 (13.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 151 (10.79%) Ansible
3 121 (8.65%) Terraform
4 106 (7.58%) Kubernetes
5 85 (6.08%) SCCM
6 64 (4.57%) Prometheus
7 63 (4.50%) vCenter Server
8 52 (3.72%) WSUS
9 51 (3.65%) FortiGate
10 29 (2.07%) Jamf Pro
11 28 (2.00%) ZABBIX
12 26 (1.86%) Grafana
13 22 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
14 20 (1.43%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 18 (1.29%) Puppet
16 16 (1.14%) SCDPM
17 15 (1.07%) Autotask
18 14 (1.00%) AirWatch
18 14 (1.00%) Failover Clustering
19 11 (0.79%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 625 (44.67%) Microsoft
2 442 (31.59%) VMware
3 413 (29.52%) Cisco
4 163 (11.65%) Palo Alto
5 125 (8.93%) Juniper
6 123 (8.79%) Meraki
7 122 (8.72%) Veeam
8 110 (7.86%) Citrix
9 89 (6.36%) Fortinet
10 77 (5.50%) Red Hat
11 72 (5.15%) HP
11 72 (5.15%) NetApp
12 63 (4.50%) SolarWinds
13 60 (4.29%) CheckPoint
14 54 (3.86%) SolidFire
15 51 (3.65%) F5
16 49 (3.50%) Aruba
17 45 (3.22%) Apple
18 44 (3.15%) Sophos
19 42 (3.00%) Google