VPN Contract Job Trends in Central London

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring VPN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 85 108
Rank change year-on-year -25 +23 +21
Contract jobs citing VPN 23 36 37
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.13% 1.72% 1.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.02% 15.65% 13.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 26 20
10th Percentile £200 £409 £199
25th Percentile £201 £490 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £575 £475
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% +21.05% +35.71%
75th Percentile £459 £700 £611
90th Percentile £663 £741 £713
London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £22.22 - -
25th Percentile £24.31 - £12.75
Median hourly rate £25.47 - £13.50
75th Percentile - - £14.25
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £25.31 - £17.50
% change year-on-year - - -7.55%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 164 230 271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 8.02% 10.99% 10.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 155 183
10th Percentile £208 £252 £210
25th Percentile £413 £449 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +10.53% -11.63%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £593
90th Percentile £715 £700 £713
London median daily rate £500 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -3.38% +3.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 5
10th Percentile £20.69 - -
25th Percentile - £31.25 £12.75
Median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -21.63% +71.69% -7.66%
75th Percentile £26.11 £33.75 -
90th Percentile £30.39 - £54.07
London median hourly rate £25.15 £33.75 £25.00
% change year-on-year -25.48% +35.00% -2.76%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

VPN job vacancy trend in Central London

VPN
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing VPN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing VPN

VPN
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in Central London over the 6 months to 9 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in Central London

VPN
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing VPN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing VPN

VPN
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Central London region over the 6 months to 9 February 2026. 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
City of London -20 19 £425 -27.35% 21
Camden - 3 - -
City of Westminster - 2 £201 - 1
West End of London - 1 £201 - 1
VPN
London

VPN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (13.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 13 (56.52%) Azure
2 12 (52.17%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (39.13%) Entra ID
4 2 (8.70%) AWS
4 2 (8.70%) Google Ads
4 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
4 2 (8.70%) PowerApps
5 1 (4.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (4.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (4.35%) GCP
5 1 (4.35%) Google Workspace
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (4.35%) OneDrive
5 1 (4.35%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 10 (43.48%) Firewall
2 8 (34.78%) DNS
3 5 (21.74%) DHCP
4 4 (17.39%) Network Security
4 4 (17.39%) WAN
4 4 (17.39%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (13.04%) LAN
5 3 (13.04%) Softphone
6 2 (8.70%) BGP
6 2 (8.70%) MPLS
6 2 (8.70%) SD-WAN
6 2 (8.70%) TCP/IP
7 1 (4.35%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (4.35%) Internet
7 1 (4.35%) IPv4
7 1 (4.35%) IPv6
7 1 (4.35%) OSPF
7 1 (4.35%) SNMP
7 1 (4.35%) SSL
7 1 (4.35%) WLAN
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (17.39%) Architect
1 4 (17.39%) Senior
1 4 (17.39%) Service Desk Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Analyst
2 3 (13.04%) Desktop Support
2 3 (13.04%) Desktop Support Technician
2 3 (13.04%) Desktop Technician
2 3 (13.04%) Help Desk Analyst
2 3 (13.04%) Support Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Support Technician
3 2 (8.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Consultant
3 2 (8.70%) Network Architect
3 2 (8.70%) Network Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Architect
4 1 (4.35%) WAN Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.70%) Web Conferencing
3 1 (4.35%) CMDB
3 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (26.09%) Windows
2 3 (13.04%) Windows 10
3 2 (8.70%) Linux
3 2 (8.70%) Mac OS
4 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) ITIL
2 6 (26.09%) Service Delivery
3 5 (21.74%) Change Management
4 4 (17.39%) Change Control
4 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (17.39%) ITSM
4 4 (17.39%) Mentoring
4 4 (17.39%) Performance Metrics
4 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (13.04%) Asset Management
5 3 (13.04%) Migration
5 3 (13.04%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (13.04%) Service Management
5 3 (13.04%) Statistics
5 3 (13.04%) Zero Trust
6 2 (8.70%) Data Security
6 2 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (8.70%) Identity Management
6 2 (8.70%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (17.39%) Degree
3 3 (13.04%) MCSE
3 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 2 (8.70%) Azure Certification
4 2 (8.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (8.70%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (4.35%) CCIE
5 1 (4.35%) CCNP
5 1 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (21.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (17.39%) GDPR
4 2 (8.70%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (52.17%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.70%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (4.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.70%) SCCM
3 1 (4.35%) Ansible
3 1 (4.35%) CASB
3 1 (4.35%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) ServiceNow
3 2 (8.70%) Cisco
3 2 (8.70%) Citrix
3 2 (8.70%) Palo Alto
4 1 (4.35%) CheckPoint
4 1 (4.35%) CyberArk
4 1 (4.35%) Databricks
4 1 (4.35%) Datto
4 1 (4.35%) Google
4 1 (4.35%) IBM
4 1 (4.35%) Meraki
4 1 (4.35%) Okta
4 1 (4.35%) Remedy
4 1 (4.35%) Splunk
4 1 (4.35%) Tenable
4 1 (4.35%) Veeam
4 1 (4.35%) Zscaler