VPN Contract Job Trends in Hillingdon

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
West London > Hillingdon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hillingdon requiring VPN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 13 -
Rank change year-on-year -21 - -
Contract jobs citing VPN 2 15 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hillingdon 1.32% 17.05% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 100.00% 31.25% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 13 0
10th Percentile - £335 -
25th Percentile £525 £388 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% - -
75th Percentile £575 £450 -
90th Percentile - £460 -
West London median daily rate £525 £400 £550
% change year-on-year +31.25% -27.27% +307.41%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2 48 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon 1.32% 54.55% 24.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 35 18
10th Percentile - £335 £204
25th Percentile £525 £394 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £338
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% +25.93% -51.79%
75th Percentile £575 £450 £538
90th Percentile - £500 £587
West London median daily rate £450 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -20.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

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

VPN job vacancy trend in Hillingdon

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Daily Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hillingdon citing VPN

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Hourly Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hillingdon citing VPN

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Contract Job Locations in Hillingdon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 20 August 2026. 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
Uxbridge -22 1 - -
VPN
West London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) NGFW
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Break/Fix
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Low Latency
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared