VPN Jobs in the West Midlands

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West 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 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 150 178 169
Rank change year-on-year +28 -9 -32
Permanent jobs citing VPN 100 97 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.38% 1.44% 1.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.04% 8.41% 11.27%
Number of salaries quoted 80 81 101
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £24,417
25th Percentile £29,563 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,750 £45,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.15% +0.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £77,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £46,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.00% +5.26% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 996 1,153 1,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.78% 17.14% 14.98%
Number of salaries quoted 826 530 717
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,863 £26,900
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for VPN in the West Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for VPN in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham -8 31 £67,500 +14.41% 8
Staffordshire -10 20 £37,500 -11.76% 4
Worcestershire -17 11 £35,000 -17.65% 3
Warwickshire +62 10 £57,500 - 3
Solihull +7 8 £27,500 -48.11% 6
Shropshire -4 5 £39,750 +52.88% 1
Herefordshire +6 4 £27,500 -42.11% 2
Dudley +5 3 £24,500 -20.97%
Sutton Coldfield - 3 - -
Wednesbury - 2 £30,000 -
Coventry +31 1 £27,000 -43.16%
Halesowen - 1 £42,500 -
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 12 (12.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (2.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (2.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (2.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 20 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (2.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.00%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 48 (48.00%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (42.00%) Azure
3 15 (15.00%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (14.00%) Entra ID
4 14 (14.00%) IaaS
4 14 (14.00%) PaaS
5 6 (6.00%) AWS
6 5 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (4.00%) OneDrive
8 3 (3.00%) Google Workspace
9 2 (2.00%) Amazon S3
9 2 (2.00%) GCP
9 2 (2.00%) Mimecast
9 2 (2.00%) OpenDNS
9 2 (2.00%) Rubrik
9 2 (2.00%) SaaS
10 1 (1.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (1.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 62 (62.00%) Firewall
2 29 (29.00%) DNS
3 28 (28.00%) WAN
4 27 (27.00%) LAN
5 20 (20.00%) Network Security
5 20 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
6 19 (19.00%) DHCP
6 19 (19.00%) MPLS
7 18 (18.00%) TCP/IP
8 15 (15.00%) VLAN
9 13 (13.00%) IPsec
10 11 (11.00%) VoIP
10 11 (11.00%) Wireless
11 10 (10.00%) NGFW
11 10 (10.00%) OSPF
12 9 (9.00%) WLAN
13 8 (8.00%) BGP
14 5 (5.00%) SAN
14 5 (5.00%) SD-WAN
15 3 (3.00%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.00%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.00%) Git
2 2 (2.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 15 (15.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (13.00%) Retail
3 12 (12.00%) Finance
4 11 (11.00%) Telecoms
5 8 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (4.00%) Local Government
7 4 (4.00%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.00%) Law
8 2 (2.00%) Legal
8 2 (2.00%) Marketing
9 1 (1.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 21 (21.00%) Network Engineer
2 17 (17.00%) Analyst
3 16 (16.00%) Architect
4 14 (14.00%) Senior
5 10 (10.00%) Citrix Architect
5 10 (10.00%) Cloud Architect
5 10 (10.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
5 10 (10.00%) DevOps Architect
5 10 (10.00%) IT Support
5 10 (10.00%) IT Technician
5 10 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
6 9 (9.00%) Systems Engineer
7 8 (8.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 8 (8.00%) Operations Analyst
7 8 (8.00%) Security Analyst
7 8 (8.00%) Security Operations Analyst
8 7 (7.00%) Support Engineer
9 6 (6.00%) IT Manager
9 6 (6.00%) Service Analyst
9 6 (6.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (14.00%) JSON
1 14 (14.00%) YAML
2 10 (10.00%) ARM Templates
3 2 (2.00%) LAMP
3 2 (2.00%) V-Ray
3 2 (2.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.00%) Private Cloud
1 10 (10.00%) Public Cloud
2 9 (9.00%) PKI
3 8 (8.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (5.00%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.00%) CCTV
5 4 (4.00%) Clustering
5 4 (4.00%) Driving Licence
5 4 (4.00%) FMCG
5 4 (4.00%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (2.00%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.00%) IoT
7 1 (1.00%) Social Media
7 1 (1.00%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 44 (44.00%) Windows
2 29 (29.00%) Windows Server
3 12 (12.00%) Windows 10
4 10 (10.00%) Linux
5 8 (8.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (8.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (6.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (5.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (2.00%) Mac OS
8 2 (2.00%) Mac OS X
8 2 (2.00%) Windows 8
8 2 (2.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (15.00%) Agile
1 15 (15.00%) CI/CD
1 15 (15.00%) DevOps
1 15 (15.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 15 (15.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 15 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (12.00%) Customer Service
2 12 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (10.00%) Network Design
3 10 (10.00%) SDLC
4 9 (9.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (9.00%) Load Balancing
5 8 (8.00%) Information Security
5 8 (8.00%) Migration
5 8 (8.00%) Risk Management
5 8 (8.00%) Security Operations
5 8 (8.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 7 (7.00%) Data Security
6 7 (7.00%) ITIL
6 7 (7.00%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 25 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 10 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (14.00%) Cisco Certification
1 14 (14.00%) Degree
2 11 (11.00%) CCNA
2 11 (11.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (10.00%) CCNP
4 9 (9.00%) Security Cleared
5 6 (6.00%) A+ Certification
5 6 (6.00%) SC Cleared
6 5 (5.00%) MCSE
7 4 (4.00%) Azure Certification
7 4 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (4.00%) JNCIA
7 4 (4.00%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (3.00%) CCDA
9 2 (2.00%) CCIE
9 2 (2.00%) CCIE Data Center
9 2 (2.00%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (2.00%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (2.00%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.00%) GDPR
1 8 (8.00%) NIST
2 4 (4.00%) SLA
3 2 (2.00%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 39 (39.00%) Active Directory
2 28 (28.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (19.00%) Hyper-V
4 13 (13.00%) vSphere
5 12 (12.00%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (4.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 3 (3.00%) Terminal Services
9 2 (2.00%) Docker
9 2 (2.00%) Firmware
9 2 (2.00%) pfSense
9 2 (2.00%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (2.00%) XenApp
9 2 (2.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (15.00%) Terraform
2 8 (8.00%) SCCM
3 7 (7.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (4.00%) AirWatch
4 4 (4.00%) Autotask
4 4 (4.00%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (4.00%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (2.00%) Backup Exec
5 2 (2.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 44 (44.00%) Microsoft
2 34 (34.00%) Cisco
3 31 (31.00%) VMware
4 17 (17.00%) Juniper
5 16 (16.00%) Citrix
5 16 (16.00%) HP
6 12 (12.00%) CheckPoint
7 11 (11.00%) Meraki
8 10 (10.00%) Sophos
9 9 (9.00%) Aruba
9 9 (9.00%) Veeam
10 8 (8.00%) Palo Alto
11 7 (7.00%) Avaya
11 7 (7.00%) Sage
12 6 (6.00%) WatchGuard
13 5 (5.00%) Apple
13 5 (5.00%) Dell
14 4 (4.00%) Acronis
14 4 (4.00%) Ruckus Wireless
14 4 (4.00%) Veritas