VPN Contracts in Glasgow

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow requiring VPN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VPN over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 78 80
Rank change year-on-year +11 +2 -3
Contract jobs citing VPN 12 4 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.50% 0.46% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.00% 3.96% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 4
10th Percentile £363 £531 -
25th Percentile £386 £539 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £555 £345
Median % change year-on-year -24.55% +60.87% +58.62%
75th Percentile £447 £566 £569
90th Percentile £520 £572 £603
Scotland median daily rate £425 £438 £160
% change year-on-year -2.97% +173.75% -59.37%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 60 101 136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 7.52% 11.52% 14.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 68 75
10th Percentile £219 £200 £310
25th Percentile £363 £394 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £485 £623 £538
90th Percentile £550 £691 £603
Scotland median daily rate £425 £525 £463
% change year-on-year -19.05% +13.51% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 15
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £10.63
Median % change year-on-year - - -51.68%
75th Percentile - - £22.82
90th Percentile - - £54.34
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £22.14 £10.63
% change year-on-year -0.61% +108.23% -77.62%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Glasgow

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for VPN in Glasgow

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Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in Glasgow

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for VPN in Glasgow

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) WAN
2 7 (58.33%) Network Security
3 6 (50.00%) LAN
4 5 (41.67%) BGP
4 5 (41.67%) Firewall
4 5 (41.67%) OSPF
4 5 (41.67%) Wireless
5 4 (33.33%) TCP/IP
6 1 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (8.33%) MPLS
6 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
6 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 9 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Finance
5 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
6 1 (8.33%) Banking
6 1 (8.33%) Law
6 1 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Python Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 4 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 4 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Linux Command Line
1 4 (33.33%) Mainframe
2 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Public Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 4 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
3 4 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 4 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 4 (33.33%) Data Encryption
3 4 (33.33%) Data Extraction
3 4 (33.33%) DevOps
3 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (33.33%) Inventory Management
3 4 (33.33%) Time Management
4 3 (25.00%) Capacity Management
4 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (25.00%) ITIL
5 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 2 (16.67%) Network Design
5 2 (16.67%) Network Virtualisation
6 1 (8.33%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
6 1 (8.33%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Python
1 4 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (25.00%) CCNP
2 3 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (16.67%) Azure Certification
4 1 (8.33%) CCNA
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Docker
2 2 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (8.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) FortiGate
1 4 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Cisco
2 5 (41.67%) Palo Alto
3 4 (33.33%) Juniper
4 3 (25.00%) ServiceNow
5 2 (16.67%) Fortinet
5 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 1 (8.33%) Aruba
6 1 (8.33%) SolarWinds