VPN Contracts in England

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 198 246
Rank change year-on-year +64 +48 -11
Contract jobs citing VPN 627 657 829
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.72% 1.37% 1.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.09% 11.12% 10.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 408 594
10th Percentile £200 £164 £165
25th Percentile £285 £252 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £473 £463
Median % change year-on-year -8.20% +2.16% +8.82%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £825 £700 £658
UK median daily rate £434 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -6.22% -2.63% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 15 23
10th Percentile £12.75 £16.05 £16.02
25th Percentile £13.87 £18.72 £17.84
Median hourly rate £16.56 £22.00 £20.51
Median % change year-on-year -24.75% +7.26% +6.55%
75th Percentile £22.52 £62.62 £38.21
90th Percentile £24.43 £70.89 £56.72
UK median hourly rate £16.56 £21.61 £20.51
% change year-on-year -23.39% +5.36% +13.94%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,790 5,906 7,860
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.14% 12.27% 11.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,878 3,863 5,177
10th Percentile £210 £231 £225
25th Percentile £350 £394 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.05%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -5.50% +3.70% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 423 313
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.90
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% -0.38%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.01 £48.45
90th Percentile £70.13 £75.00 £63.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +13.64%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for VPN in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for VPN in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VPN in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VPN in England

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Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 17 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
London +2 204 £400 -11.11% 100
South East +33 116 £423 -15.50% 51
Midlands +38 108 £375 -25.00% 50
North of England +56 99 £612 +88.31% 63
West Midlands +32 88 £375 -27.88% 25
North West +51 75 £800 +146.15% 30
South West +3 46 £475 -2.56% 28
East of England +3 33 £450 -21.74% 19
Yorkshire +10 23 £300 -14.29% 25
East Midlands +16 20 £338 -3.57% 25
North East +14 1 £600 +174.29% 8
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 44 (7.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (4.78%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.55%) Confluence
4 11 (1.75%) Apache
4 11 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.12%) IIS
6 5 (0.80%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.64%) CMS
7 4 (0.64%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.48%) WordPress
9 2 (0.32%) nginx
10 1 (0.16%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 66 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.80%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.32%) Eikon
2 1 (0.16%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 136 (21.69%) Azure
2 95 (15.15%) AWS
3 82 (13.08%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (7.02%) GCP
5 30 (4.78%) PaaS
6 24 (3.83%) Entra ID
6 24 (3.83%) IaaS
7 16 (2.55%) OneDrive
8 15 (2.39%) GitHub
9 14 (2.23%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (1.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 11 (1.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 10 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.59%) SaaS
13 9 (1.44%) Kong
14 6 (0.96%) Apigee
14 6 (0.96%) Mimecast
15 5 (0.80%) Asana
15 5 (0.80%) Cloudflare
15 5 (0.80%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 317 (50.56%) Firewall
2 205 (32.70%) WAN
3 141 (22.49%) LAN
4 128 (20.41%) BGP
5 115 (18.34%) MPLS
6 107 (17.07%) DNS
7 94 (14.99%) IPsec
8 87 (13.88%) Wireless
9 83 (13.24%) OSPF
10 80 (12.76%) Network Security
11 71 (11.32%) TCP/IP
12 61 (9.73%) Wi-Fi
13 57 (9.09%) VLAN
14 50 (7.97%) Junos
15 46 (7.34%) DHCP
16 44 (7.02%) SD-WAN
17 43 (6.86%) Cisco ASA
18 41 (6.54%) Cisco Nexus
19 33 (5.26%) VoIP
20 29 (4.63%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (1.59%) MongoDB
2 10 (1.59%) NoSQL
2 10 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (0.96%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.64%) Amazon QuickSight
4 4 (0.64%) MariaDB
5 3 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.32%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.32%) MySQL
6 2 (0.32%) Power BI
7 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.16%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.16%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.16%) Redis
7 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 39 (6.22%) JIRA
2 23 (3.67%) Git
2 23 (3.67%) GitLab
3 12 (1.91%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.75%) Robot Framework
4 11 (1.75%) TestRail
5 9 (1.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 9 (1.44%) CircleCI
5 9 (1.44%) Travis CI
6 7 (1.12%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (0.80%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.80%) Spinnaker
8 4 (0.64%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.64%) Snyk
9 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.32%) Postman
10 2 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.16%) MSI
11 1 (0.16%) Subversion
General
1 154 (24.56%) Social Skills
2 75 (11.96%) Finance
3 65 (10.37%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (7.34%) Public Sector
5 33 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 24 (3.83%) Banking
7 18 (2.87%) Legal
8 15 (2.39%) Investment Banking
9 11 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (1.75%) Manufacturing
9 11 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (1.59%) Financial Institution
10 10 (1.59%) Retail
11 9 (1.44%) Electronics
11 9 (1.44%) Marketing
12 8 (1.28%) Mandarin Language
13 6 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.64%) Law
16 3 (0.48%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 160 (25.52%) Network Engineer
2 100 (15.95%) Architect
3 65 (10.37%) Support Engineer
4 54 (8.61%) Lead
5 46 (7.34%) Technical Architect
6 41 (6.54%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 36 (5.74%) Network Architect
8 35 (5.58%) 3rd Line Support
8 35 (5.58%) Lead Architect
9 34 (5.42%) Technical Leader
10 32 (5.10%) Analyst
11 31 (4.94%) Network Support
11 31 (4.94%) Senior
12 30 (4.78%) IT Support
13 28 (4.47%) Desktop Support
14 26 (4.15%) Desktop Engineer
14 26 (4.15%) Network Specialist
14 26 (4.15%) WAN Engineer
15 25 (3.99%) Cisco Engineer
16 24 (3.83%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (7.02%) Node.js
2 24 (3.83%) JSON
3 16 (2.55%) HTML
3 16 (2.55%) React
4 15 (2.39%) CSS
4 15 (2.39%) NETCONF
4 15 (2.39%) YAML
5 14 (2.23%) XML
5 14 (2.23%) YANG
6 13 (2.07%) .NET
6 13 (2.07%) Web Services
6 13 (2.07%) XMPP
7 11 (1.75%) LDAP
7 11 (1.75%) REST
7 11 (1.75%) RESTCONF
7 11 (1.75%) SAML
7 11 (1.75%) SOAP
8 10 (1.59%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (0.96%) 802.1X
9 6 (0.96%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 72 (11.48%) PKI
2 51 (8.13%) Public Cloud
3 41 (6.54%) Data Centre
4 26 (4.15%) Video Conferencing
5 15 (2.39%) Product Ownership
6 14 (2.23%) Clustering
6 14 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (2.07%) BYOD
8 11 (1.75%) Cloud Native
8 11 (1.75%) iPad
9 9 (1.44%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.44%) Hedge funds
9 9 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (1.44%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.28%) Blackberry
10 8 (1.28%) NHS
11 7 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.12%) iPhone
11 7 (1.12%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 229 (36.52%) Windows
2 107 (17.07%) Windows Server
3 84 (13.40%) Windows 10
4 57 (9.09%) Linux
5 54 (8.61%) Android
6 53 (8.45%) Apple iOS
7 45 (7.18%) Windows 7
8 26 (4.15%) Mac OS
9 15 (2.39%) Unix
9 15 (2.39%) Windows Server 2019
10 10 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
11 9 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (0.96%) VMS
13 3 (0.48%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.48%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.48%) Windows XP
14 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.16%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
2 102 (16.27%) CI/CD
3 96 (15.31%) DevOps
4 95 (15.15%) Agile
5 90 (14.35%) Customer Service
6 75 (11.96%) Load Balancing
7 62 (9.89%) Mobile Device Management
8 55 (8.77%) ITIL
9 54 (8.61%) Zero Trust
10 51 (8.13%) Network Design
11 50 (7.97%) Risk Management
12 49 (7.81%) Security Architecture
13 46 (7.34%) Migration
13 46 (7.34%) Project Management
14 44 (7.02%) Design Patterns
14 44 (7.02%) Project Delivery
15 41 (6.54%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 41 (6.54%) Infrastructure as Code
15 41 (6.54%) Threat Intelligence
16 40 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 61 (9.73%) PowerShell
2 59 (9.41%) Python
3 28 (4.47%) SQL
4 22 (3.51%) Java
5 15 (2.39%) Bash
6 13 (2.07%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.59%) C#
8 7 (1.12%) PHP
9 4 (0.64%) Go
9 4 (0.64%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.48%) ActionScript
10 3 (0.48%) Perl
10 3 (0.48%) Ruby
11 2 (0.32%) Bicep
12 1 (0.16%) C
12 1 (0.16%) C++
12 1 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 174 (27.75%) Security Cleared
2 95 (15.15%) Cisco Certification
3 93 (14.83%) SC Cleared
4 69 (11.00%) CCNP
5 53 (8.45%) Degree
6 40 (6.38%) CCNA
7 29 (4.63%) CCIE
8 18 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (2.39%) DV Cleared
10 13 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (1.91%) MCSE
12 11 (1.75%) JNCIA
13 9 (1.44%) AWS Certification
13 9 (1.44%) CCIE Data Center
14 7 (1.12%) MCSA
15 6 (0.96%) CCSA
16 4 (0.64%) JNCIS
16 4 (0.64%) MCP
16 4 (0.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (7.81%) SLA
2 20 (3.19%) QA
3 10 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.28%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.64%) HIPAA
5 4 (0.64%) NIST
6 3 (0.48%) GDPR
7 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.32%) NCSC
7 2 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.16%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.16%) GRC
8 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 107 (17.07%) Active Directory
2 67 (10.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (6.22%) Docker
4 32 (5.10%) Hyper-V
5 16 (2.55%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (2.23%) Firmware
7 12 (1.91%) vSphere
8 11 (1.75%) VMware NSX
9 9 (1.44%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (1.28%) Terminal Services
10 8 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
11 7 (1.12%) BitLocker
11 7 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
12 5 (0.80%) VMware Workstation
13 4 (0.64%) NFS
13 4 (0.64%) Samba
14 3 (0.48%) Microsoft App-V
15 2 (0.32%) Squid
16 1 (0.16%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 42 (6.70%) SCCM
2 38 (6.06%) Terraform
3 36 (5.74%) Kubernetes
4 34 (5.42%) Ansible
5 26 (4.15%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (3.83%) FortiGate
7 14 (2.23%) Grafana
7 14 (2.23%) Prometheus
8 12 (1.91%) Puppet
9 9 (1.44%) Docker Swarm
9 9 (1.44%) Kibana
9 9 (1.44%) logstash
9 9 (1.44%) Progress Chef
10 8 (1.28%) Failover Clustering
10 8 (1.28%) Jamf Pro
10 8 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.96%) Autotask
11 6 (0.96%) Istio
12 4 (0.64%) OPNET
12 4 (0.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 208 (33.17%) Cisco
2 152 (24.24%) Microsoft
3 131 (20.89%) Juniper
4 79 (12.60%) VMware
5 67 (10.69%) Palo Alto
6 50 (7.97%) F5
7 49 (7.81%) Fortinet
8 44 (7.02%) CheckPoint
9 34 (5.42%) ServiceNow
10 33 (5.26%) Citrix
11 23 (3.67%) Apple
12 22 (3.51%) Google
13 20 (3.19%) Blue Coat
13 20 (3.19%) SolarWinds
14 19 (3.03%) Zscaler
15 17 (2.71%) Splunk
16 15 (2.39%) Aruba
16 15 (2.39%) Infoblox
17 14 (2.23%) HP
18 11 (1.75%) Meraki