VPN Contracts in Kent

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for VPN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VPN over the 6 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 31 27
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 -
Contract jobs citing VPN 7 5 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 3.41% 2.18% 3.89%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.00% 13.16% 15.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 7
10th Percentile - £303 £136
25th Percentile £203 £306 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £325 £190
Median % change year-on-year -36.92% +71.05% -
75th Percentile £265 £338 £214
90th Percentile £369 - £410
South East median daily rate £425 £500 £409
% change year-on-year -15.00% +22.32% +2.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £16.11
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £20.11 £19.22
% change year-on-year +11.88% +4.66% -14.60%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Kent

VPN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 28 38 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 13.66% 16.59% 25.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 33 65
10th Percentile £203 £160 £155
25th Percentile £330 £313 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £313
Median % change year-on-year - +36.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £519 £749 £388
90th Percentile £537 £838 £588
South East median daily rate £475 £486 £450
% change year-on-year -2.31% +8.06% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £17.31
25th Percentile - - £19.11
Median hourly rate - - £22.10
75th Percentile - - £32.80
90th Percentile - - £39.22
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £45.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +27.44% +109.30% -34.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Kent

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for VPN in Kent

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Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in Kent over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in Kent

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for VPN in Kent

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (42.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) LAN
1 5 (71.43%) WAN
2 4 (57.14%) Firewall
3 3 (42.86%) DHCP
3 3 (42.86%) DNS
3 3 (42.86%) VLAN
3 3 (42.86%) WebEx
3 3 (42.86%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (28.57%) NetScaler
4 2 (28.57%) Wireless
4 2 (28.57%) WLAN
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Electronics
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Network Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 3 (42.86%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (42.86%) Deskside Support
2 3 (42.86%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) NHS
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (28.57%) High Availability
1 2 (28.57%) Load Balancing
1 2 (28.57%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
1 2 (28.57%) Two-Factor Authentication
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) AppManager
1 3 (42.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco
2 4 (57.14%) SolarWinds
3 3 (42.86%) Ivanti
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) VMware
4 2 (28.57%) Citrix
4 2 (28.57%) F5
4 2 (28.57%) Meraki
4 2 (28.57%) Palo Alto
4 2 (28.57%) SAP