VPN Contracts in the East of England

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for VPN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VPN over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 99 100
Rank change year-on-year +25 +1 -24
Contract jobs citing VPN 39 31 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.06% 1.49% 1.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.22% 8.56% 11.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 16 29
10th Percentile £220 £160 £181
25th Percentile £235 £201 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £250 £338
Median % change year-on-year +90.00% -25.93% -5.59%
75th Percentile £551 £611 £438
90th Percentile £582 £700 £505
England median daily rate £438 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -2.78% - +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.13
Median hourly rate - - £18.75
75th Percentile - - £19.38
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £17.00 £21.61 £22.00
% change year-on-year -21.33% -1.77% +15.79%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

VPN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 295 362 453
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 15.56% 17.43% 17.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 199 264
10th Percentile £199 £184 £193
25th Percentile £261 £319 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% +25.00%
75th Percentile £494 £661 £500
90th Percentile £575 £700 £600
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 44 49
10th Percentile £14.19 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.98 £51.25 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.11% +230.65% -15.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £19.50
90th Percentile - £74.28 £42.39
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
% change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VPN in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for VPN in the East of England

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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 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VPN in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for VPN in the East of England

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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 27 April 2024. 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
Suffolk +20 17 £475 -32.14% 4
Essex +12 14 £534 +173.85% 1
Bedfordshire - 4 £375 -
Cambridgeshire +4 3 £240 -4.00% 8
Hertfordshire -11 1 £450 -5.26% 12
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 5 (12.82%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.13%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.95%) Azure
2 2 (5.13%) AWS
2 2 (5.13%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 30 (76.92%) Firewall
2 13 (33.33%) Network Security
3 12 (30.77%) 4G
3 12 (30.77%) 5G
4 5 (12.82%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (10.26%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (10.26%) OSPF
6 3 (7.69%) LAN
6 3 (7.69%) WAN
7 2 (5.13%) BGP
7 2 (5.13%) SD-WAN
7 2 (5.13%) Spanning Tree
7 2 (5.13%) TCP/IP
7 2 (5.13%) VLAN
7 2 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (2.56%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (2.56%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) JIRA
1 2 (5.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 18 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.26%) Finance
3 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Automotive
3 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
3 2 (5.13%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (23.08%) Full Stack Engineer
2 8 (20.51%) Java Engineer
2 8 (20.51%) Network Engineer
2 8 (20.51%) Support Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) Core Network Specialist
3 6 (15.38%) Design Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) IP Design Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) IP Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) IP Network Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) Mobile Specialist
3 6 (15.38%) Network Design Engineer
3 6 (15.38%) Network Design Specialist
3 6 (15.38%) Network Specialist
3 6 (15.38%) Senior
3 6 (15.38%) Senior Java Engineer
4 5 (12.82%) Desktop Engineer
4 5 (12.82%) Desktop Support
4 5 (12.82%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (12.82%) Developer
4 5 (12.82%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (35.90%) CSS
1 14 (35.90%) HTML
1 14 (35.90%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) iPad
1 5 (12.82%) iPhone
2 3 (7.69%) Clustering
2 3 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (20.51%) Windows
2 5 (12.82%) Windows 10
3 3 (7.69%) Linux
3 3 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (61.54%) Load Balancing
2 18 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (41.03%) CI/CD
4 14 (35.90%) Agile
4 14 (35.90%) DevOps
5 12 (30.77%) Full Stack Development
5 12 (30.77%) Identity Management
5 12 (30.77%) Network Design
5 12 (30.77%) Network Virtualisation
5 12 (30.77%) Software Engineering
6 6 (15.38%) ITIL
7 4 (10.26%) Roadmaps
7 4 (10.26%) Technology Roadmap
8 3 (7.69%) Antivirus Management
8 3 (7.69%) Customer Service
8 3 (7.69%) High Availability
8 3 (7.69%) Inventory Management
8 3 (7.69%) Release Management
8 3 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (7.69%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (33.33%) Java
2 12 (30.77%) TypeScript
3 2 (5.13%) Python
4 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.82%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.26%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (5.13%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.56%) CCNP
6 1 (2.56%) CCSA
6 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.56%) Degree
6 1 (2.56%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (20.51%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (7.69%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.13%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (43.59%) Cisco
2 13 (33.33%) Juniper
3 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
4 5 (12.82%) Palo Alto
5 4 (10.26%) F5
6 3 (7.69%) McAfee
6 3 (7.69%) VMware
7 2 (5.13%) Splunk
7 2 (5.13%) Zscaler
8 1 (2.56%) Blue Coat
8 1 (2.56%) CheckPoint