VPN Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring VPN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 75 86
Rank change year-on-year -15 +11 -8
Contract jobs citing VPN 13 36 34
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.98% 2.26% 1.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.80% 13.09% 7.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 19
10th Percentile £400 £316 £361
25th Percentile £414 £428 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £538 £490
Median % change year-on-year -17.44% +9.69% -12.54%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £694
90th Percentile £611 £644 £702
South East median daily rate £500 £538 £490
% change year-on-year -6.98% +9.69% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £19.70
25th Percentile - - £21.50
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £25.25
90th Percentile - - £25.40
South East median hourly rate £83.32 £20.08 £22.75
% change year-on-year +315.02% -11.76% -1.09%

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 224 275 478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.96% 17.25% 26.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 122 254
10th Percentile £238 £238 £205
25th Percentile £294 £376 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £494 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.92% +9.72% -2.17%
75th Percentile £538 £608 £600
90th Percentile £602 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 19
10th Percentile £17.08 - £17.60
25th Percentile £18.31 £56.25 £24.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £57.50 £73.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% -21.77% +219.57%
75th Percentile £64.69 £58.75 £75.89
90th Percentile £82.13 - £83.61
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £57.75
% change year-on-year -21.43% +21.22% +28.32%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

VPN job vacancy trend in Berkshire

VPN
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing VPN

VPN
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in Berkshire over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in Berkshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing VPN

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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 4 November 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
Reading +2 5 £550 -4.35% 5
Wokingham -10 4 £400 - 2
VPN
South East

VPN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) Firewall
2 7 (53.85%) WAN
3 5 (38.46%) Network Security
4 4 (30.77%) DNS
4 4 (30.77%) MPLS
4 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
5 3 (23.08%) Broadband
5 3 (23.08%) Intranet
5 3 (23.08%) IPv6
5 3 (23.08%) LAN
5 3 (23.08%) NaaS
5 3 (23.08%) SD-WAN
6 2 (15.38%) BGP
6 2 (15.38%) Internet
7 1 (7.69%) Cisco IPT
7 1 (7.69%) IPsec
7 1 (7.69%) OSPF
7 1 (7.69%) SSL
7 1 (7.69%) VLAN
7 1 (7.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) MongoDB
1 1 (7.69%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) GitLab
2 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 4 (30.77%) Telecoms
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Senior
2 2 (15.38%) Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 2 (15.38%) Telecoms Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Telecoms Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Automation Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Deskside Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Deskside Support
3 1 (7.69%) Deskside Support Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support
3 1 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Network Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Network Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) 802.1X
1 1 (7.69%) JSON
1 1 (7.69%) NETCONF
1 1 (7.69%) REST
1 1 (7.69%) RESTCONF
1 1 (7.69%) SOAP
1 1 (7.69%) XML
1 1 (7.69%) YAML
1 1 (7.69%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Cloud Native
1 3 (23.08%) SCADA
2 2 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Android
1 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
1 1 (7.69%) CentOS
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Unix
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
1 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (23.08%) AI
2 3 (23.08%) Generative AI
2 3 (23.08%) Migration
2 3 (23.08%) Observability
2 3 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (23.08%) Service Catalogue
2 3 (23.08%) SIEM
3 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
3 2 (15.38%) Content Development
3 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (15.38%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (15.38%) Network Optimisation
3 2 (15.38%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (15.38%) Presales
3 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
3 2 (15.38%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) Bash
2 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (15.38%) CCNP
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) CCIE
3 1 (7.69%) CCNA
3 1 (7.69%) CCSA
3 1 (7.69%) CCSE
3 1 (7.69%) Check Point Certification
3 1 (7.69%) JNCIP
3 1 (7.69%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) SLA
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Docker
2 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Ansible
1 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.69%) SCCM
2 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Cisco
2 4 (30.77%) Juniper
3 3 (23.08%) Fortinet
4 2 (15.38%) CheckPoint
4 2 (15.38%) Splunk
5 1 (7.69%) Blue Coat
5 1 (7.69%) F5
5 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
5 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto