VPN Contracts in Manchester

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 100 107
Rank change year-on-year +56 +7 -23
Contract jobs citing VPN 60 17 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 3.91% 0.90% 1.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.85% 7.17% 11.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 13 28
10th Percentile £313 £172 £123
25th Percentile £350 £313 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £500 £181
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% +175.86% +3.57%
75th Percentile £850 £550 £423
90th Percentile - - £494
North West median daily rate £800 £338 £325
% change year-on-year +137.04% +3.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.72 - -
North West median hourly rate £17.72 - £57.50

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 208 237 287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 13.57% 12.49% 11.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 180 202
10th Percentile £268 £313 £173
25th Percentile £350 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +7.93% +24.36%
75th Percentile £750 £575 £619
90th Percentile £850 £675 £638
North West median daily rate £490 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -2.00% +11.11% +21.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 8
10th Percentile £14.29 £15.00 £11.05
25th Percentile - £18.50 £15.01
Median hourly rate £17.72 £20.71 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year -14.42% +16.65% -62.63%
75th Percentile £100.00 £28.75 £20.32
90th Percentile £102.40 £32.50 £37.47
North West median hourly rate £26.00 £31.25 £18.50
% change year-on-year -16.80% +68.92% -61.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Manchester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for VPN in Manchester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in Manchester over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in Manchester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for VPN in Manchester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 5 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.67%) Azure
2 7 (11.67%) AWS
3 5 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 47 (78.33%) Firewall
2 14 (23.33%) LAN
2 14 (23.33%) WAN
3 11 (18.33%) Wireless
4 10 (16.67%) Ethernet
4 10 (16.67%) OSPF
4 10 (16.67%) Wireless Security
5 4 (6.67%) VLAN
6 3 (5.00%) VoIP
6 3 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.67%) Cisco Wireless
7 1 (1.67%) DMZ
7 1 (1.67%) MPLS
7 1 (1.67%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.67%) WLAN
General
1 13 (21.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.00%) Legal
2 6 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.67%) Finance
5 1 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.67%) Military
5 1 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (71.67%) Architect
2 38 (63.33%) Technical Architect
3 30 (50.00%) Lead
3 30 (50.00%) Lead Architect
3 30 (50.00%) Technical Leader
4 12 (20.00%) Network Engineer
5 7 (11.67%) Cloud Architect
6 5 (8.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 5 (8.33%) Digital Architect
6 5 (8.33%) Digital Technical Architect
7 4 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (6.67%) Support Engineer
8 3 (5.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 3 (5.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 2 (3.33%) Lead Cloud Architect
10 1 (1.67%) Presales Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (66.67%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 30 (50.00%) Public Cloud
2 9 (15.00%) Product Ownership
3 5 (8.33%) Mobile App
4 3 (5.00%) Clustering
4 3 (5.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 55 (91.67%) Windows
2 46 (76.67%) Windows Server
3 43 (71.67%) Android
3 43 (71.67%) Apple iOS
4 7 (11.67%) Linux
5 5 (8.33%) Windows 10
6 3 (5.00%) Mac OS
6 3 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (76.67%) Mobile Device Management
2 43 (71.67%) Risk Management
3 40 (66.67%) CI/CD
3 40 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 40 (66.67%) Security Architecture
3 40 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 40 (66.67%) Zero Trust
4 31 (51.67%) Agile
4 31 (51.67%) DevOps
5 27 (45.00%) Design Patterns
6 13 (21.67%) Roadmaps
7 12 (20.00%) Microservices
7 12 (20.00%) Product Strategy
7 12 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
7 12 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 10 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (15.00%) Customer Service
10 7 (11.67%) Product Roadmap
10 7 (11.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 33 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 32 (53.33%) SC Cleared
3 7 (11.67%) CCNA
3 7 (11.67%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (5.00%) Degree
System Software
1 10 (16.67%) Hyper-V
1 10 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.00%) Autotask
1 3 (5.00%) Failover Clustering
1 3 (5.00%) Jamf Pro
1 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (5.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (16.67%) VMware
2 8 (13.33%) Apple
3 5 (8.33%) Google
3 5 (8.33%) Microsoft
4 3 (5.00%) Datto
5 2 (3.33%) Cisco
6 1 (1.67%) Meraki
6 1 (1.67%) Radianz