VPN Contracts in Hampshire

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 55 87
Rank change year-on-year +17 +32 +8
Contract jobs citing VPN 39 48 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 5.13% 2.94% 0.97%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.21% 10.67% 4.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 14 8
10th Percentile £434 £329 £195
25th Percentile £493 £420 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £511 £388
Median % change year-on-year +1.71% +31.94% -28.90%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £591
90th Percentile £603 £589 £668
South East median daily rate £490 £420 £500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -16.00% +21.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £21.22
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £20.75 £20.11
% change year-on-year -8.43% +3.18% -4.49%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 168 450 288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 22.11% 27.57% 21.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 164 153
10th Percentile £318 £273 £228
25th Percentile £452 £425 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +7.50% +2.04%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £600
90th Percentile £660 £650 £693
South East median daily rate £475 £493 £488
% change year-on-year -3.55% +1.03% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 75 36
10th Percentile £50.43 £17.69 £18.25
25th Percentile £53.75 £51.06 £20.48
Median hourly rate £57.75 £57.35 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% -4.42% +179.07%
75th Percentile £63.13 £61.30 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £63.25 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £54.88 £57.35 £55.50
% change year-on-year -4.32% +3.33% +158.14%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Hampshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for VPN in Hampshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in Hampshire over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in Hampshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for VPN in Hampshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Basingstoke +28 11 £575 +100.70% 4
Southampton +13 9 £435 -10.77% 2
Farnborough -6 7 £495 +20.73%
Havant 0 4 £600 -16.08%
Eastleigh - 4 £500 - 3
Winchester - 1 £525 - 1
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 13 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (25.64%) SharePoint
3 3 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (7.69%) Office Communications Server
3 3 (7.69%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (7.69%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (43.59%) Azure
2 16 (41.03%) AWS
3 8 (20.51%) GCP
3 8 (20.51%) IaaS
3 8 (20.51%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (20.51%) OpenShift
3 8 (20.51%) PaaS
4 7 (17.95%) Power Platform
5 4 (10.26%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 26 (66.67%) Firewall
2 17 (43.59%) Network Security
3 12 (30.77%) WAN
4 11 (28.21%) DHCP
4 11 (28.21%) DNS
5 8 (20.51%) SMTP
6 7 (17.95%) Internet
7 5 (12.82%) LAN
8 4 (10.26%) MPLS
8 4 (10.26%) Wireless
9 3 (7.69%) BGP
9 3 (7.69%) DDNS
9 3 (7.69%) Ethernet VPN
9 3 (7.69%) OSPF
9 3 (7.69%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (20.51%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (20.51%) Big Data
1 8 (20.51%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (17.95%) Power BI
General
1 15 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 13 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 11 (28.21%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Military
5 2 (5.13%) Banking
6 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 18 (46.15%) Network Engineer
2 13 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 10 (25.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 10 (25.64%) 3rd Line Support
3 10 (25.64%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 7 (17.95%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (17.95%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
4 7 (17.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (17.95%) Infrastructure Support
4 7 (17.95%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 7 (17.95%) IT Manager
4 7 (17.95%) IT Services Manager
4 7 (17.95%) Service Manager
5 5 (12.82%) Senior
5 5 (12.82%) Senior IT Manager
5 5 (12.82%) Senior Manager
5 5 (12.82%) Senior Service Manager
6 4 (10.26%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (10.26%) Cloud Network Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Exchange Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (28.21%) Data Centre
2 8 (20.51%) Clustering
2 8 (20.51%) PKI
3 7 (17.95%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (10.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (10.26%) Public Cloud
5 3 (7.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (30.77%) Windows
2 11 (28.21%) Linux
3 8 (20.51%) Windows Server
4 6 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.90%) Network Architecture
2 11 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (25.64%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (20.51%) Artificial Intelligence
4 8 (20.51%) DevOps
4 8 (20.51%) Machine Learning
4 8 (20.51%) Software Deployment
5 7 (17.95%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (17.95%) Disaster Recovery
5 7 (17.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (17.95%) Migration
5 7 (17.95%) Penetration Testing
5 7 (17.95%) Security Monitoring
5 7 (17.95%) Validation
6 6 (15.38%) Analytics
6 6 (15.38%) Case Management
6 6 (15.38%) Computer Science
6 6 (15.38%) Contract Management
7 5 (12.82%) Antivirus Management
7 5 (12.82%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.51%) PowerShell
2 4 (10.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 18 (46.15%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (35.90%) CCNP
3 14 (35.90%) Degree
4 13 (33.33%) DV Cleared
5 11 (28.21%) CCNA
5 11 (28.21%) SC Cleared
6 6 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (10.26%) CCIE
System Software
1 14 (35.90%) Active Directory
2 8 (20.51%) BitLocker
2 8 (20.51%) Docker
2 8 (20.51%) Hyper-V
2 8 (20.51%) Microsoft App-V
2 8 (20.51%) Terminal Services
2 8 (20.51%) VMware ESXi
2 8 (20.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (7.69%) Brightmail
3 3 (7.69%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 15 (38.46%) Ansible
2 8 (20.51%) Kubernetes
2 8 (20.51%) Nagios
2 8 (20.51%) Puppet
2 8 (20.51%) vCenter Server
2 8 (20.51%) vMotion
3 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (7.69%) Terraform
5 1 (2.56%) SCOM
Vendors
1 22 (56.41%) Microsoft
2 12 (30.77%) Citrix
3 11 (28.21%) Cisco
4 9 (23.08%) VMware
5 8 (20.51%) Google
5 8 (20.51%) HP
5 8 (20.51%) Symantec
6 4 (10.26%) CheckPoint
6 4 (10.26%) F5
6 4 (10.26%) Fortinet
6 4 (10.26%) Juniper
6 4 (10.26%) Zscaler
7 3 (7.69%) Mellanox
7 3 (7.69%) NVIDIA