VPN Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring VPN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 41 53
Rank change year-on-year +10 +12 -24
Contract jobs citing VPN 42 17 7
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 4.56% 3.09% 1.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 35.00% 21.25% 9.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 3
10th Percentile £234 £252 £363
25th Percentile £266 £288 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year -28.13% -5.88% -38.18%
75th Percentile £306 £428 £463
90th Percentile £397 £475 £478
West Midlands median daily rate £288 £353 £375
% change year-on-year -18.44% -6.00% -16.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 120 80 75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 13.02% 14.52% 11.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 52 42
10th Percentile £190 £243 £251
25th Percentile £266 £300 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £438 £350
Median % change year-on-year -6.29% +25.00% -12.50%
75th Percentile £582 £494 £525
90th Percentile £688 £574 £662
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £463 £425
% change year-on-year -2.70% +8.82% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £12.83 £44.35 £13.40
25th Percentile £14.87 £44.88 £13.63
Median hourly rate £18.23 £47.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.21% +235.71% -11.11%
75th Percentile £19.34 £50.38 £18.88
90th Percentile - £51.65 £21.80
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.17 £30.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year +10.57% +114.29% -48.15%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

VPN job vacancy trend in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing VPN

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in Birmingham over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in Birmingham

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Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing VPN

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (23.81%) Azure
2 9 (21.43%) Entra ID
2 9 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (14.29%) OneDrive
4 4 (9.52%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.38%) AWS
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 39 (92.86%) DNS
2 32 (76.19%) BGP
3 31 (73.81%) DMZ
3 31 (73.81%) Multicast
4 8 (19.05%) DHCP
5 4 (9.52%) TCP/IP
6 2 (4.76%) LAN
6 2 (4.76%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (4.76%) VLAN
6 2 (4.76%) WAN
7 1 (2.38%) Firewall
7 1 (2.38%) MPLS
7 1 (2.38%) OSPF
7 1 (2.38%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (2.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 16 (38.10%) Banking
1 16 (38.10%) Investment Banking
2 6 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (76.19%) Network Engineer
2 31 (73.81%) Cisco Engineer
2 31 (73.81%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 31 (73.81%) Cisco Security Engineer
2 31 (73.81%) Data Engineer
2 31 (73.81%) Data Network Engineer
2 31 (73.81%) Network Security Engineer
2 31 (73.81%) Security Engineer
3 15 (35.71%) Web Engineer
4 7 (16.67%) Analyst
5 4 (9.52%) IT Analyst
5 4 (9.52%) Support Analyst
6 3 (7.14%) IT Support
7 2 (4.76%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (4.76%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) IT Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) IT Support Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) Service Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.38%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.38%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (2.38%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (16.67%) Windows
1 7 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (73.81%) Load Balancing
2 8 (19.05%) ITSM
3 4 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (4.76%) Customer Service
4 2 (4.76%) ITIL
4 2 (4.76%) Ticket Management
5 1 (2.38%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (2.38%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (2.38%) Case Management
5 1 (2.38%) Data Modelling
5 1 (2.38%) Defect Management
5 1 (2.38%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (2.38%) Generative AI
5 1 (2.38%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (2.38%) Identity Management
5 1 (2.38%) Network Segmentation
5 1 (2.38%) Roadmaps
5 1 (2.38%) Service Delivery
5 1 (2.38%) Service Management
5 1 (2.38%) Traceability Matrix
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.38%) Java
1 1 (2.38%) Kotlin
1 1 (2.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (4.76%) A+ Certification
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (4.76%) Network+ Certification
1 2 (4.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.38%) CCNA
2 1 (2.38%) CCNP
2 1 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.38%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) SLA
2 1 (2.38%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.76%) Hyper-V
2 2 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (21.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (76.19%) Cisco
2 31 (73.81%) F5
3 9 (21.43%) Microsoft
4 5 (11.90%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.38%) Veeam
5 1 (2.38%) VMware
5 1 (2.38%) Zscaler