VPN Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring VPN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 16 22
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 +17
Contract jobs citing VPN 4 12 3
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 2.82% 7.23% 1.94%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.05% 41.38% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £270 £262
25th Percentile - £300 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £350 £350
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% - -
75th Percentile - £413 -
90th Percentile - £450 -
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £475 £375
% change year-on-year -5.26% +26.67% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £15.57 - -
25th Percentile £15.59 - -
Median hourly rate £16.71 - -
75th Percentile £18.33 - -
90th Percentile £18.65 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £16.71 - £14.25
% change year-on-year - - -18.85%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 19 29 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 13.38% 17.47% 6.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 7
10th Percentile £148 £145 £229
25th Percentile £164 £226 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £171 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year -54.40% +7.14% -2.91%
75th Percentile £500 £431 £466
90th Percentile £560 £550 £551
East Midlands median daily rate £337 £375 £425
% change year-on-year -10.27% -11.76% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 3
10th Percentile £15.60 £21.07 -
25th Percentile £17.25 £22.24 £52.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% -54.38% +37.78%
75th Percentile - - £54.00
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £22.99 £24.18 £21.00
% change year-on-year -4.92% +15.14% +18.51%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

VPN job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing VPN

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Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing VPN

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Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 4 November 2025. 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
Derby -7 3 - - 4
Buxton - 1 £500 -
VPN
East Midlands

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Meraki
1 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto