VPN Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Ipswich requiring VPN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 15 6
Rank change year-on-year +4 -9 -
Contract jobs citing VPN 1 4 23
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 2.33% 8.00% 26.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.00% 57.14% 69.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £475
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - -
Suffolk median daily rate £225 £220 £475
% change year-on-year +2.27% -53.68% +137.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10 7 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich 23.26% 14.00% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 20
10th Percentile £334 - £223
25th Percentile £384 £363 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% -21.05% -20.83%
75th Percentile £513 £431 £488
90th Percentile £535 £458 -
Suffolk median daily rate £280 £220 £475
% change year-on-year +27.27% -53.68% +18.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

VPN job vacancy trend in Ipswich

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Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing VPN

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Hourly Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing VPN

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Robot Framework
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IP Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) gRPC
1 1 (100.00%) Jinja
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) YANG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper