VPN Contracts in the East Midlands

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 68 68
Rank change year-on-year +26 0 -6
Contract jobs citing VPN 20 18 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 2.61% 1.76% 2.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.41% 11.76% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 13 21
10th Percentile £155 £207 £150
25th Percentile £160 £281 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £350 £225
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +55.56% -47.83%
75th Percentile £575 £528 £438
90th Percentile £586 £700 £475
England median daily rate £430 £450 £463
% change year-on-year -4.44% -2.70% +10.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 2
10th Percentile - - £15.82
25th Percentile £12.75 - £16.11
Median hourly rate £13.89 £20.00 £16.91
Median % change year-on-year -30.58% +18.31% -
75th Percentile £14.27 - £17.39
90th Percentile - - £17.49
England median hourly rate £16.86 £21.22 £20.51
% change year-on-year -20.55% +3.46% +7.95%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 98 153 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 12.81% 14.94% 12.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 120 119
10th Percentile £183 £229 £166
25th Percentile £300 £313 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £435 £375
Median % change year-on-year +14.94% +16.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £588 £653 £475
90th Percentile £643 £700 £550
England median daily rate £495 £524 £500
% change year-on-year -5.49% +4.75% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 9 16
10th Percentile £12.47 £15.25 £14.14
25th Percentile £12.75 £20.00 £15.42
Median hourly rate £14.27 £20.71 £18.78
Median % change year-on-year -31.08% +10.25% +25.20%
75th Percentile £26.15 £40.25 £22.88
90th Percentile - - £23.63
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the East Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for VPN in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in the East Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for VPN in the East Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Nottinghamshire +16 10 £325 -53.57% 6
Leicestershire +8 3 £450 +106.90% 4
Northamptonshire +7 3 £575 - 6
Lincolnshire +11 2 £142 -52.86% 5
Derbyshire 0 2 £160 -63.15% 5
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) Firewall
2 5 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (15.00%) BGP
3 3 (15.00%) DHCP
3 3 (15.00%) DNS
3 3 (15.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (15.00%) MPLS
3 3 (15.00%) OSPF
3 3 (15.00%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (10.00%) Network Security
4 2 (10.00%) VLAN
4 2 (10.00%) VoIP
5 1 (5.00%) SAN
5 1 (5.00%) Wireless
General
1 10 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Finance
3 5 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 4 (20.00%) Electronics
4 4 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 4 (20.00%) Marketing
4 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Architect
3 3 (15.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (15.00%) Network Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Service Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Field Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) IT Architect
4 2 (10.00%) IT Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Configuration Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 12 (60.00%) Windows
2 10 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 4 (20.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (20.00%) Business Strategy
2 4 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
2 4 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (20.00%) Information Security
2 4 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 4 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (15.00%) Network Design
3 3 (15.00%) Service Management
4 2 (10.00%) ITIL
4 2 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (10.00%) Project Management
4 2 (10.00%) Server Monitoring
5 1 (5.00%) Change Management
5 1 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) CCNA
3 2 (10.00%) CCNP
3 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (10.00%) Degree
4 1 (5.00%) A+ Certification
4 1 (5.00%) MCP
4 1 (5.00%) MCSE
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) SLA
2 3 (15.00%) HIPAA
2 3 (15.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (5.00%) BitLocker
2 1 (5.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) Computacenter
2 4 (20.00%) SAP
3 3 (15.00%) Cisco
4 2 (10.00%) Fortinet
4 2 (10.00%) Palo Alto
5 1 (5.00%) Aruba
5 1 (5.00%) CheckPoint
5 1 (5.00%) Citrix
5 1 (5.00%) HP
5 1 (5.00%) VMware