VPN Contracts in the Midlands

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 41 77 129
Rank change year-on-year +36 +52 -29
Contract jobs citing VPN 115 93 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.22% 2.70% 1.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.52% 18.16% 13.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 65 47
10th Percentile £190 £230 £141
25th Percentile £309 £313 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £475 £300
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +58.33% -20.00%
75th Percentile £559 £576 £438
90th Percentile £715 £713 £480
England median daily rate £438 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -2.78% - +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 4
10th Percentile - £15.50 -
25th Percentile £12.75 £16.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £14.27 £17.50 £20.26
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% -13.60% +35.03%
75th Percentile - £18.75 £20.51
90th Percentile £72.90 £19.50 -
England median hourly rate £17.00 £21.61 £22.00
% change year-on-year -21.33% -1.77% +15.79%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 489 512 573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.93% 14.88% 11.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 339 400
10th Percentile £200 £250 £166
25th Percentile £312 £313 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £398
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +13.21% -0.63%
75th Percentile £575 £591 £500
90th Percentile £688 £700 £600
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 17 33
10th Percentile £12.28 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £13.13 £16.25 £13.54
Median hourly rate £14.27 £20.71 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.08% +18.31% +16.67%
75th Percentile £24.35 £28.50 £20.51
90th Percentile £28.75 £40.25 £23.15
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
% change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for VPN in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for VPN in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for VPN in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VPN in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VPN in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
West Midlands +44 96 £375 -26.47% 28
East Midlands +15 18 £325 -23.53% 16
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 7 (6.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.61%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.74%) IIS
3 2 (1.74%) WordPress
4 1 (0.87%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (14.78%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.87%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 20 (17.39%) Azure
2 14 (12.17%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (6.96%) AWS
3 8 (6.96%) Entra ID
4 5 (4.35%) CloudFront
4 5 (4.35%) OneDrive
4 5 (4.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 3 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.74%) IaaS
6 2 (1.74%) PaaS
6 2 (1.74%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.87%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 66 (57.39%) WAN
2 55 (47.83%) MPLS
3 46 (40.00%) BGP
3 46 (40.00%) IPsec
4 45 (39.13%) Junos
5 30 (26.09%) Firewall
6 22 (19.13%) DNS
6 22 (19.13%) LAN
7 16 (13.91%) VoIP
8 12 (10.43%) DHCP
8 12 (10.43%) SD-WAN
9 10 (8.70%) Network Security
9 10 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (8.70%) WLAN
10 9 (7.83%) PBX
11 8 (6.96%) Cisco ISE
11 8 (6.96%) TCP/IP
12 7 (6.09%) Internet
13 6 (5.22%) Cisco Nexus
13 6 (5.22%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.61%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.87%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.74%) Git
1 2 (1.74%) JIRA
2 1 (0.87%) Fiddler
General
1 16 (13.91%) Social Skills
2 14 (12.17%) Finance
3 13 (11.30%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (11.30%) Public Sector
3 13 (11.30%) Telecoms
4 5 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 5 (4.35%) Retail
5 4 (3.48%) Electronics
5 4 (3.48%) Marketing
6 3 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.74%) Law
7 2 (1.74%) Legal
8 1 (0.87%) Banking
8 1 (0.87%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.87%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (23.48%) WAN Engineer
2 23 (20.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 23 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 19 (16.52%) Network Support
4 18 (15.65%) Network Engineer
5 11 (9.57%) 2nd Line Support
6 10 (8.70%) Analyst
6 10 (8.70%) Architect
6 10 (8.70%) Support Engineer
7 6 (5.22%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 6 (5.22%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 6 (5.22%) Service Analyst
7 6 (5.22%) Service Desk Analyst
8 5 (4.35%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 5 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (4.35%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (4.35%) Applications Engineer
8 5 (4.35%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (4.35%) Enterprise Architect
8 5 (4.35%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.83%) Web Services
2 5 (4.35%) OAuth
2 5 (4.35%) OAuth2
2 5 (4.35%) SAML
3 2 (1.74%) JSON
3 2 (1.74%) LAMP
3 2 (1.74%) YAML
4 1 (0.87%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.87%) EDI
4 1 (0.87%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (40.87%) PKI
2 12 (10.43%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 5 (4.35%) Driving Licence
4 3 (2.61%) Clustering
4 3 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.74%) Replication
6 1 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.87%) CCTV
6 1 (0.87%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.87%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.87%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.87%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.87%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.87%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 33 (28.70%) Windows
2 12 (10.43%) Windows 10
3 10 (8.70%) Windows 7
4 9 (7.83%) Windows Server
5 8 (6.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (5.22%) Mac OS
6 6 (5.22%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (4.35%) Linux
7 5 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (2.61%) Ubuntu
8 3 (2.61%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (1.74%) VMS
10 1 (0.87%) Android
10 1 (0.87%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (39.13%) Load Balancing
2 19 (16.52%) Network Design
3 13 (11.30%) Programme Management
4 12 (10.43%) Architectural Design
4 12 (10.43%) Customer Service
4 12 (10.43%) Project Delivery
5 11 (9.57%) ITIL
5 11 (9.57%) Network Architecture
6 10 (8.70%) Customer Requirements
7 9 (7.83%) Analytics
7 9 (7.83%) Cloud Security
7 9 (7.83%) Data Analytics
7 9 (7.83%) Mentoring
7 9 (7.83%) Performance Management
7 9 (7.83%) SOA
7 9 (7.83%) Storage Management
8 8 (6.96%) Change Management
8 8 (6.96%) Technical Leadership
9 7 (6.09%) CI/CD
9 7 (6.09%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.96%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (46.96%) Security Cleared
2 19 (16.52%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (12.17%) CCNP
4 9 (7.83%) CCIE
4 9 (7.83%) CCIE Data Center
4 9 (7.83%) Degree
4 9 (7.83%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.35%) AWS Certification
5 5 (4.35%) CCNA
6 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.61%) MCSE
8 1 (0.87%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.87%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.87%) JNCIA
8 1 (0.87%) MCP
8 1 (0.87%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.87%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.83%) SLA
2 3 (2.61%) QA
System Software
1 20 (17.39%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.35%) Docker
3 5 (4.35%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.61%) vSphere
5 2 (1.74%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.87%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 9 (7.83%) SCCM
2 6 (5.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (4.35%) Terraform
4 3 (2.61%) Autotask
4 3 (2.61%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (2.61%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.74%) Ansible
6 1 (0.87%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.87%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 52 (45.22%) Juniper
2 24 (20.87%) Cisco
3 22 (19.13%) Microsoft
4 12 (10.43%) Palo Alto
5 10 (8.70%) VMware
6 8 (6.96%) CheckPoint
7 7 (6.09%) Fortinet
8 6 (5.22%) Zscaler
9 5 (4.35%) Apple
9 5 (4.35%) Aruba
9 5 (4.35%) Infoblox
9 5 (4.35%) Symantec
10 4 (3.48%) Computacenter
10 4 (3.48%) SAP
11 3 (2.61%) Datto
11 3 (2.61%) F5
11 3 (2.61%) McAfee
11 3 (2.61%) ServiceNow
11 3 (2.61%) Veeam
12 2 (1.74%) Zerto