VPN Contract Job Trends in Chester

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Cheshire > Chester

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

 6 months to
10 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 16 13
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 -2
Contract jobs citing VPN 8 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 5.19% 5.71% 3.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 38.10% 22.22% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £205
25th Percentile £563 - £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £225
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +166.67% -30.77%
75th Percentile £588 - £238
90th Percentile - - £245
Cheshire median daily rate £490 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +3.16% - +40.74%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 21 18 9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 13.64% 25.71% 14.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £410 - £199
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £325 £200
Median % change year-on-year +29.23% +62.70% -59.54%
75th Percentile £509 - £309
90th Percentile £556 £463 £501
Cheshire median daily rate £472 £465 £475
% change year-on-year +1.51% -2.11% -13.64%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

VPN job vacancy trend in Chester

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Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing VPN

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Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing VPN

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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 (87.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) Skype
2 1 (12.50%) BGP
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (12.50%) DMZ
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) DWDM
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) Internet
2 1 (12.50%) IPsec
2 1 (12.50%) L2TP
2 1 (12.50%) MPLS
2 1 (12.50%) Multicast
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) OSPF
2 1 (12.50%) SSL
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (12.50%) Wireless
General
1 7 (87.50%) Banking
1 7 (87.50%) Finance
1 7 (87.50%) Organisational Skills
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) 802.1X
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
1 7 (87.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) AI
1 8 (100.00%) Generative AI
2 7 (87.50%) Customer Service
2 7 (87.50%) ITSM
2 7 (87.50%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (12.50%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (12.50%) B2B
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Perl
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) CCIE
2 1 (12.50%) CCNP
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
2 7 (87.50%) Citrix
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (87.50%) Remedy
3 1 (12.50%) Arista
3 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
3 1 (12.50%) McAfee
3 1 (12.50%) Splunk
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