VPN Contracts in Berkshire

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring VPN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VPN over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 84 77
Rank change year-on-year +22 -7 +22
Contract jobs citing VPN 31 40 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.64% 2.02% 2.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.83% 8.13% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 14 19
10th Percentile £354 £269 £343
25th Percentile - £302 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £530
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -10.38% +30.86%
75th Percentile - £538 £694
90th Percentile £500 £626 £725
South East median daily rate £495 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +23.75% -20.00% +23.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £19.08 £19.93
25th Percentile £18.50 £19.94 £22.06
Median hourly rate £19.00 £21.75 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -12.64% -17.14% +0.96%
75th Percentile £19.50 £23.44 £30.56
90th Percentile - £24.23 £32.78
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £20.75 £21.22
% change year-on-year -8.43% -2.21% +0.78%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 209 492 342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.82% 24.80% 18.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 217 184
10th Percentile £270 £205 £313
25th Percentile £363 £310 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £488
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +0.51% +4.48%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £588
90th Percentile £590 £619 £675
South East median daily rate £480 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 25 14
10th Percentile £19.73 £40.70 £19.65
25th Percentile £21.58 £76.99 £25.13
Median hourly rate £24.66 £83.77 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.56% +26.92% +288.24%
75th Percentile £58.58 £87.46 £80.25
90th Percentile £78.93 £87.53 £81.26
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VPN in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for VPN in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VPN in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for VPN in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Slough - 16 £450 - 6
Reading +22 9 £450 -5.26% 18
Wokingham -9 3 £450 -14.29%
Bracknell +12 1 - - 7
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.45%) AWS
1 2 (6.45%) Azure
1 2 (6.45%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (6.45%) GCP
2 1 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.23%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (64.52%) WAN
2 19 (61.29%) LAN
2 19 (61.29%) MPLS
3 17 (54.84%) Ethernet
4 16 (51.61%) ATM
4 16 (51.61%) Frame Relay
4 16 (51.61%) GPRS
4 16 (51.61%) GSM
4 16 (51.61%) LTE
4 16 (51.61%) SAN
4 16 (51.61%) SDH
4 16 (51.61%) UMTS
4 16 (51.61%) Wireshark
5 13 (41.94%) Firewall
6 11 (35.48%) Network Security
7 8 (25.81%) BGP
8 7 (22.58%) TCP/IP
9 6 (19.35%) OSPF
10 4 (12.90%) VLAN
11 3 (9.68%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) MongoDB
1 1 (3.23%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) GitLab
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 20 (64.52%) Social Skills
2 18 (58.06%) Telecoms
3 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Legal
4 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) IP Engineer
1 15 (48.39%) Test Engineer
2 9 (29.03%) Network Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) IP Network Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Architect
4 3 (9.68%) Security Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Consultant
5 2 (6.45%) IP Consultant
5 2 (6.45%) IP Network Consultant
5 2 (6.45%) Network Consultant
6 1 (3.23%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Lead
6 1 (3.23%) Network Security Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Security Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Security Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Security Project Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) 802.1X
1 1 (3.23%) JSON
1 1 (3.23%) LDAP
1 1 (3.23%) NETCONF
1 1 (3.23%) REST
1 1 (3.23%) RESTCONF
1 1 (3.23%) SOAP
1 1 (3.23%) XML
1 1 (3.23%) YAML
1 1 (3.23%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 16 (51.61%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.45%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.45%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.23%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (3.23%) Cyberattack
3 1 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.23%) IoT
3 1 (3.23%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.23%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 18 (58.06%) Linux
2 17 (54.84%) Unix
3 4 (12.90%) Windows
4 2 (6.45%) Windows Server
5 1 (3.23%) CentOS
5 1 (3.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (58.06%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (54.84%) Project Management
2 17 (54.84%) Regression Testing
3 16 (51.61%) Fault Management
3 16 (51.61%) Test Strategy
4 7 (22.58%) SIEM
5 4 (12.90%) Proactive Monitoring
5 4 (12.90%) Security Monitoring
5 4 (12.90%) Security Operations
6 3 (9.68%) Business Case
6 3 (9.68%) Security Architecture
6 3 (9.68%) Zero Trust
7 2 (6.45%) Change Management
7 2 (6.45%) CI/CD
7 2 (6.45%) Data Loss Prevention
7 2 (6.45%) Data Security
7 2 (6.45%) DevSecOps
7 2 (6.45%) Incident Response
7 2 (6.45%) Migration
7 2 (6.45%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 16 (51.61%) Java
2 5 (16.13%) Python
3 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (74.19%) CCNP
1 23 (74.19%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (51.61%) ISEB
2 16 (51.61%) ISTQB
2 16 (51.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 4 (12.90%) CCSA
3 4 (12.90%) CCSE
3 4 (12.90%) Check Point Certification
4 2 (6.45%) CCNA
4 2 (6.45%) CEH
4 2 (6.45%) CISSP
4 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.23%) BC Cleared
5 1 (3.23%) CCDP
5 1 (3.23%) CCIE
5 1 (3.23%) CCIP
5 1 (3.23%) CCSP
5 1 (3.23%) Degree
5 1 (3.23%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) NIST
2 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.23%) GDPR
2 1 (3.23%) GRC
2 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.23%) QA
2 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.23%) Docker
2 1 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (3.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) Ansible
2 1 (3.23%) CASB
2 1 (3.23%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (77.42%) Cisco
2 18 (58.06%) Juniper
3 17 (54.84%) Microsoft
4 6 (19.35%) Palo Alto
5 5 (16.13%) CheckPoint
6 2 (6.45%) Splunk
7 1 (3.23%) ADVA
7 1 (3.23%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 1 (3.23%) Aruba
7 1 (3.23%) Blue Coat
7 1 (3.23%) CyberArk
7 1 (3.23%) F5
7 1 (3.23%) Forcepoint
7 1 (3.23%) Fortinet
7 1 (3.23%) Google
7 1 (3.23%) VMware
7 1 (3.23%) Zscaler