VPN Contract Job Trends in East London

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East London requiring VPN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 20 27
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 +8
Contract jobs citing VPN 3 2 11
As % of all contract jobs in East London 3.16% 1.94% 4.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.27% 11.11% 18.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 8
10th Percentile - - £611
25th Percentile - £243 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £245 £675
Median % change year-on-year - -63.70% -
75th Percentile - £248 £734
90th Percentile - - £763
London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
London median hourly rate £25.31 - £18.00
% change year-on-year - - -24.10%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East 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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 11 18 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 11.58% 17.48% 23.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 54
10th Percentile £190 £243 £211
25th Percentile £247 £400 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £448 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.04% -22.17% +125.49%
75th Percentile £507 £550 £627
90th Percentile £606 £652 £764
London median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
London median hourly rate £25.15 £33.75 £30.75
% change year-on-year -25.48% +9.76% +23.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

VPN job vacancy trend in East London

VPN
Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in East London

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in East 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 East London region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Tower Hamlets - 3 - -
VPN
London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DMZ
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Front Office
2 2 (66.67%) Investment Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Help Desk Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Help Desk Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Help Desk Support
2 2 (66.67%) Help Desk Support Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Help Desk Support Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) IT Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) IT Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) IT Support
2 2 (66.67%) IT Support Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) IT Support Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
1 2 (66.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Bloomberg
2 2 (66.67%) Citrix
2 2 (66.67%) ION Trading
2 2 (66.67%) Reuters
3 1 (33.33%) Remedy
3 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow