VPN Contracts in Cambridge

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 15 29 32
Rank change year-on-year +14 +3 +9
Contract jobs citing VPN 5 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 4.39% 1.55% 0.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.81% 15.00% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile £350 - -
25th Percentile - £235 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £240 £250
Median % change year-on-year +108.33% -4.00% -58.33%
75th Percentile - £245 £275
90th Percentile £650 - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £500 £240 £250
% change year-on-year +108.33% -4.00% -45.95%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 21 20 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 18.42% 10.31% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 17 31
10th Percentile £378 £203 £275
25th Percentile £415 £235 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £550 £475 £494
90th Percentile £618 £538 £535
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £474 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +18.44% -11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £16.77
25th Percentile - £86.25 £16.95
Median hourly rate £23.00 £87.50 £33.74
Median % change year-on-year -73.71% +159.37% +92.77%
75th Percentile - £88.75 £53.44
90th Percentile - - £53.75
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.44 £18.84 £15.50
% change year-on-year -18.02% +21.52% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Cambridge

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for VPN in Cambridge

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

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

Daily rate histogram for VPN in Cambridge

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for VPN in Cambridge

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) DNS
2 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Kalman Filter
1 3 (60.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft