VPN Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring VPN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 43 47
Rank change year-on-year -10 +4 +9
Contract jobs citing VPN 6 6 6
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 1.55% 1.65% 1.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.38% 13.64% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile £207 £530 £500
25th Percentile £209 £538 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year -59.09% -12.00% +228.95%
75th Percentile £369 - £750
90th Percentile £448 - £788
South West median daily rate £494 £458 £438
% change year-on-year +7.92% +4.57% +9.38%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 39 44 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 10.10% 12.09% 9.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 29 29
10th Percentile £320 £220 £500
25th Percentile £378 £413 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £675
Median % change year-on-year - -22.22% +42.11%
75th Percentile £575 £548 £775
90th Percentile £627 £555 £800
South West median daily rate £533 £494 £550
% change year-on-year +7.85% -10.23% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £29.30
25th Percentile £58.43 - £41.75
Median hourly rate £63.14 - £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.11%
75th Percentile £67.84 - £73.75
90th Percentile - - £80.50
South West median hourly rate £50.00 £67.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year -25.93% +19.49% -13.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VPN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

VPN job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

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Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing VPN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing VPN

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Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in Gloucestershire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing VPN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing VPN

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Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
Gloucester -6 4 £225 -59.09% 5
Cheltenham +9 2 - - 5
VPN
South West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (16.67%) IIS
2 1 (16.67%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) GCP
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Desktop Support
2 2 (33.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) IAM Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) LDAP
1 2 (33.33%) OAuth
1 2 (33.33%) OAuth2
1 2 (33.33%) OpenID
1 2 (33.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) iPad
1 2 (33.33%) iPhone
1 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (33.33%) Antivirus Management
2 2 (33.33%) Inventory Management
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Time Management
2 2 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Chat Support
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) High Availability
3 1 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) CISM
2 2 (33.33%) CISSP
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (33.33%) PingFederate
1 2 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Starlink
3 2 (33.33%) McAfee
3 2 (33.33%) Ping Identity
3 2 (33.33%) Salesforce
4 1 (16.67%) VMware