VPN Contracts in Dorset

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 20 27 28
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing VPN 4 1 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 4.08% 0.61% 3.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.53% 4.17% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £211 - -
25th Percentile £215 £481 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £488 -
Median % change year-on-year -53.85% - -
75th Percentile £228 £494 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £525 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +23.53% -5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £39.19
25th Percentile - - £56.68
Median hourly rate - - £62.00
75th Percentile - - £63.23
90th Percentile - - £68.33
South West median hourly rate - £13.13 £58.66
% change year-on-year - -77.63% -3.71%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 17 24 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 17.35% 14.55% 25.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 32
10th Percentile £221 £486 £259
25th Percentile £268 £525 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £575 £469
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% +22.67% +13.64%
75th Percentile £563 £769 £581
90th Percentile £694 - £624
South West median daily rate £548 £538 £500
% change year-on-year +1.95% +7.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 17
10th Percentile - - £19.36
25th Percentile - £56.49 £51.37
Median hourly rate - £63.58 £57.33
Median % change year-on-year - +10.89% +13.80%
75th Percentile - £70.66 £62.00
90th Percentile - - £63.23
South West median hourly rate £75.00 £40.00 £9.80
% change year-on-year +87.50% +308.16% -80.62%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Dorset

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for VPN in Dorset

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for VPN in Dorset

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Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bournemouth - 1 - - 6
VPN
South West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) VLAN
1 4 (100.00%) VoIP
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 3 (75.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) NAS
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) SAN
3 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Desktop Support
2 2 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) IT Support
3 1 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) AppManager
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Ivanti