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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 76 69
Rank change year-on-year +1 -7 -8
Contract jobs citing VPN 42 18 28
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.90% 1.40% 1.83%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.33% 7.69% 10.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 13 19
10th Percentile £465 £216 £197
25th Percentile £503 £300 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £549 £400 £220
Median % change year-on-year +37.33% +81.82% -58.88%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £344
90th Percentile £690 - £570
England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.00 £100.50 -
Median hourly rate £16.00 £103.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -84.47% - -
75th Percentile £17.92 £105.50 -
90th Percentile £18.22 - -
England median hourly rate £25.75 £50.00 £15.23
% change year-on-year -48.50% +228.30% -28.23%

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 274 234 259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 12.37% 18.18% 16.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 101 117
10th Percentile £303 £225 £203
25th Percentile £405 £363 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +31.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £600 £688 £581
England median daily rate £500 £492 £505
% change year-on-year +1.63% -2.57% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 68 70
10th Percentile £15.96 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.38 £28.85 £17.23
Median hourly rate £61.76 £61.75 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year +0.01% +27.16% -25.29%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.15 £87.50 -
England median hourly rate £27.11 £42.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year -36.21% -24.77% -

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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

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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

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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 29 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in the East of England

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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

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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 29 August 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 +5 21 £572 +140.73% 16
Cambridgeshire +13 7 £400 - 5
Hertfordshire -17 7 £675 -3.57% 8
Suffolk -12 6 £503 +67.50% 1
Bedfordshire +2 2 £510 +5.70%
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 (2.38%) Confluence
1 1 (2.38%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 20 (47.62%) GCP
2 12 (28.57%) Azure
3 7 (16.67%) GitHub
3 7 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
5 5 (11.90%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 3 (7.14%) AWS
7 2 (4.76%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (4.76%) Azure AKS
7 2 (4.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (4.76%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (2.38%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (2.38%) AWS Control Tower
8 1 (2.38%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.38%) OneDrive
8 1 (2.38%) Route 53
8 1 (2.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 29 (69.05%) Firewall
2 7 (16.67%) Network Security
3 6 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (11.90%) LAN
4 5 (11.90%) WAN
4 5 (11.90%) Wireless
5 3 (7.14%) DNS
6 2 (4.76%) ADSL
6 2 (4.76%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (4.76%) DHCP
6 2 (4.76%) IPsec
6 2 (4.76%) NGFW
6 2 (4.76%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.38%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (28.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Git
1 2 (4.76%) GitLab
1 2 (4.76%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.38%) JIRA
2 1 (2.38%) MSI
General
1 13 (30.95%) Finance
2 12 (28.57%) Banking
2 12 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 9 (21.43%) Manufacturing
4 7 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Automotive
6 1 (2.38%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (28.57%) Software Engineer
2 10 (23.81%) Developer
2 10 (23.81%) Java Engineer
2 10 (23.81%) Java Software Engineer
3 9 (21.43%) Backend Developer
3 9 (21.43%) Developer/Software Engineer
3 9 (21.43%) Java Developer
3 9 (21.43%) Software Developer
4 8 (19.05%) IAM Developer
4 8 (19.05%) Java Software Developer
5 7 (16.67%) Senior
6 6 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
6 6 (14.29%) IT Support
7 4 (9.52%) Senior DevOps
7 4 (9.52%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) GCP DevOps
8 3 (7.14%) GCP DevOps Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) GCP Engineer
9 2 (4.76%) Cloud Network Engineer
9 2 (4.76%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (16.67%) Terraform
2 2 (4.76%) CSS
2 2 (4.76%) HTML
2 2 (4.76%) React
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (2.38%) OAuth
3 1 (2.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 5 (11.90%) Driving Licence
2 5 (11.90%) Private Cloud
3 4 (9.52%) Management Information System
3 4 (9.52%) Onboarding
4 3 (7.14%) Operational Technology
4 3 (7.14%) PKI
5 2 (4.76%) Data Centre
5 2 (4.76%) SCADA
6 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (26.19%) Windows
2 8 (19.05%) Windows Server
3 3 (7.14%) Linux
4 2 (4.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (54.76%) DevOps
2 22 (52.38%) CI/CD
3 21 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (35.71%) Identity Management
5 14 (33.33%) Agile
5 14 (33.33%) Load Balancing
5 14 (33.33%) Software Engineering
6 10 (23.81%) Identity Access Management
6 10 (23.81%) Web Development
7 9 (21.43%) ITIL
8 8 (19.05%) Customer Service
8 8 (19.05%) ITSM
8 8 (19.05%) Service Management
9 7 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 7 (16.67%) Secrets Management
10 6 (14.29%) Platform Engineering
10 6 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
10 6 (14.29%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 12 (28.57%) Java
2 6 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 4 (9.52%) Python
4 2 (4.76%) Bash
4 2 (4.76%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 6 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (14.29%) Degree
2 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (9.52%) A+ Certification
4 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 3 (7.14%) CCNP
6 2 (4.76%) CCSP
6 2 (4.76%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (2.38%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.38%) CCIE
7 1 (2.38%) CCNA
7 1 (2.38%) CISM
7 1 (2.38%) CISSP
7 1 (2.38%) CRISC
7 1 (2.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (2.38%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (7.14%) NCSC
3 2 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (4.76%) GDPR
3 2 (4.76%) ISA99
3 2 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (4.76%) NIST
3 2 (4.76%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 6 (14.29%) Ansible
3 5 (11.90%) Argo
4 2 (4.76%) SCCM
4 2 (4.76%) SCOM
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.90%) Cisco
2 5 (11.90%) VMware
3 4 (9.52%) Palo Alto
3 4 (9.52%) ServiceNow
4 3 (7.14%) Google
5 2 (4.76%) Forcepoint
5 2 (4.76%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.38%) Barracuda Networks
6 1 (2.38%) Dell
6 1 (2.38%) Juniper
6 1 (2.38%) TOWER Software