VPN Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Essex > Basildon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basildon requiring VPN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - 12
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing VPN 10 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Basildon 21.74% - 5.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 100.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £469 - £540
25th Percentile £482 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.35%
75th Percentile £552 - -
90th Percentile £581 - -
Essex median daily rate £505 £245 £534
% change year-on-year +106.12% -54.12% -9.49%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Basildon

VPN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Basildon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon 21.74% 8.70% 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £469 - £540
25th Percentile £482 £363 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £375 £600
Median % change year-on-year +34.13% -37.50% +1.35%
75th Percentile £552 £388 -
90th Percentile £581 - -
Essex median daily rate £505 £273 £534
% change year-on-year +85.32% -48.97% -0.19%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Basildon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VPN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon.

VPN job vacancy trend in Basildon

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Daily Rate Trend in Basildon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing VPN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing VPN

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Daily Rate Histogram in Basildon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in Basildon over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in Basildon

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Hourly Rate Trend in Basildon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing VPN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing VPN

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) Azure
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (70.00%) LAN
2 7 (70.00%) WAN
2 7 (70.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Relational Database
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Automotive
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) IT Support
2 2 (20.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Backend Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (10.00%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
3 1 (10.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Java Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Java Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) JavaScript Developer
3 1 (10.00%) JavaScript Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) React Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) CSS
1 1 (10.00%) HTML
1 1 (10.00%) React
1 1 (10.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
1 7 (70.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) ITIL
1 7 (70.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 3 (30.00%) Agile
2 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (30.00%) DevOps
2 3 (30.00%) Identity Management
2 3 (30.00%) Load Balancing
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (10.00%) Observability
3 1 (10.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft