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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 39 47
Rank change year-on-year +6 +8 -7
Contract jobs citing VPN 49 10 20
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 5.30% 1.96% 2.64%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 40.16% 18.87% 15.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 2 12
10th Percentile £162 £172 £190
25th Percentile £250 £189 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £235 £388
Median % change year-on-year +22.34% -39.35% -42.59%
75th Percentile £456 £289 £569
90th Percentile £523 £311 £958
West Midlands median daily rate £288 £253 £375
% change year-on-year +13.52% -32.47% -21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £70.97
Median hourly rate - - £71.93
75th Percentile - - £72.90
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate - £18.13 £71.93
% change year-on-year - -74.79% +379.53%

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 122 53 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 13.19% 10.41% 17.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 32 79
10th Percentile £213 £189 £200
25th Percentile £288 £391 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £518 £375
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +38.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £591 £580 £488
90th Percentile £688 £680 £600
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £450 £400
% change year-on-year - +12.50% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 10
10th Percentile £16.68 £44.35 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.68 £44.88 £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.34 £47.00 £21.23
Median % change year-on-year -58.85% +121.44% +41.50%
75th Percentile - £50.38 £28.75
90th Percentile - £51.65 £72.90
West Midlands median hourly rate £58.00 £30.00 £16.98
% change year-on-year +93.33% +76.73% -24.25%

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 11 June 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 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.04%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 12 (24.49%) Azure
2 9 (18.37%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 4 (8.16%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (8.16%) OneDrive
5 3 (6.12%) AWS
6 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 43 (87.76%) DNS
2 35 (71.43%) BGP
3 33 (67.35%) DMZ
3 33 (67.35%) Multicast
4 10 (20.41%) DHCP
5 6 (12.24%) Firewall
6 3 (6.12%) LAN
6 3 (6.12%) VLAN
6 3 (6.12%) WAN
7 2 (4.08%) MPLS
7 2 (4.08%) Network Security
7 2 (4.08%) OSPF
7 2 (4.08%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (4.08%) TCP/IP
8 1 (2.04%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (2.04%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 18 (36.73%) Banking
1 18 (36.73%) Investment Banking
2 9 (18.37%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.12%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.08%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.08%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (79.59%) Network Engineer
2 33 (67.35%) Cisco Engineer
2 33 (67.35%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 33 (67.35%) Cisco Security Engineer
2 33 (67.35%) Data Engineer
2 33 (67.35%) Data Network Engineer
2 33 (67.35%) Network Security Engineer
2 33 (67.35%) Security Engineer
3 15 (30.61%) Web Engineer
4 6 (12.24%) Analyst
5 5 (10.20%) IT Support
6 4 (8.16%) IT Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) IT Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) Support Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) IT Support Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) IT Support Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Network Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Service Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.08%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (4.08%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (2.04%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (22.45%) Windows
2 7 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 5 (10.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (71.43%) Load Balancing
2 6 (12.24%) ITSM
3 4 (8.16%) High Availability
3 4 (8.16%) Network Optimisation
4 2 (4.08%) Case Management
4 2 (4.08%) Cloud Security
4 2 (4.08%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (4.08%) Customer Service
4 2 (4.08%) Defect Management
4 2 (4.08%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (4.08%) Network Segmentation
4 2 (4.08%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (4.08%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (4.08%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (4.08%) Service Management
4 2 (4.08%) Test Scripting
4 2 (4.08%) Traceability Matrix
4 2 (4.08%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (4.08%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (2.04%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.04%) Java
1 1 (2.04%) Kotlin
1 1 (2.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
1 3 (6.12%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.08%) CCNA
2 2 (4.08%) CCNP
2 2 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (4.08%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.12%) SLA
2 2 (4.08%) NCSC
3 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
System Software
1 11 (22.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.08%) Hyper-V
2 2 (4.08%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (22.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 35 (71.43%) Cisco
2 33 (67.35%) F5
3 11 (22.45%) Microsoft
4 5 (10.20%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.04%) Veeam
5 1 (2.04%) VMware
5 1 (2.04%) Zscaler