VPN Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring VPN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 79 53
Rank change year-on-year -16 -26 +8
Contract jobs citing VPN 29 21 42
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.21% 1.51% 2.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.03% 9.29% 16.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 17 22
10th Percentile £496 £210 £202
25th Percentile £505 £300 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £275
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% +72.73% -42.11%
75th Percentile - £700 £501
90th Percentile £713 - £581
England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +6.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.00 £100.50 £71.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £103.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -84.47% +42.07% +262.50%
75th Percentile £17.92 £105.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £18.22 - -
England median hourly rate £25.75 £40.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year -35.63% +68.07% +13.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

6 months to
17 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 321 226 253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 13.38% 16.22% 17.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 91 121
10th Percentile £313 £200 £213
25th Percentile £367 £306 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £550 £470
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.02% +4.44%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £600 £700 £600
England median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 67 45
10th Percentile £15.83 £14.99 £17.78
25th Percentile £22.27 £16.15 £21.37
Median hourly rate £66.25 £45.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.22% -14.29% -19.23%
75th Percentile £72.25 £66.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.45 £82.81 -
England median hourly rate £41.00 £34.00 £57.38
% change year-on-year +20.59% -40.74% +1.57%

VPN Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

VPN job vacancy trend in the East of England

VPN Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing VPN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing VPN

VPN Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in the East of England over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in the East of England

VPN Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing VPN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing VPN

VPN Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 17 October 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
Essex - 17 £593 - 6
Cambridgeshire +9 7 £750 +25.00% 8
Suffolk -13 2 - - 2
Hertfordshire -25 2 £675 -3.57% 4
Bedfordshire -3 1 £510 +76.62% 2
VPN
England

VPN Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Firewall69.0%20
2DHCP17.2%5
3DNS13.8%4
3Wi-Fi13.8%4
3Wireless13.8%4
6TCP/IP10.3%3
6WAN10.3%3
8Network Security6.9%2
8NGFW6.9%2
10BGP3.4%1
10DSL3.4%1
10FTP3.4%1
10IPsec3.4%1
10IPv63.4%1
10LAN3.4%1
10SD-WAN3.4%1
10SNMP3.4%1
10VoIP3.4%1