VPN Contracts in the Midlands

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring VPN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VPN over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 39 77
Rank change year-on-year -37 +38 +65
Contract jobs citing VPN 41 109 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.06% 4.06% 2.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.30% 23.44% 18.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 64 62
10th Percentile - £190 £214
25th Percentile £145 £311 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £232 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year -38.27% -25.00% +70.21%
75th Percentile £375 £578 £585
90th Percentile £588 £745 £713
England median daily rate £475 £430 £456
% change year-on-year +10.47% -5.75% +0.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.22 £12.75 -
Median hourly rate £18.13 £14.27 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.05% -4.87% -25.00%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £32.44 £72.90 -
England median hourly rate £19.00 £16.86 £22.00
% change year-on-year +12.69% -23.36% +7.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 224 465 507
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.26% 17.32% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 281 333
10th Percentile £161 £200 £248
25th Percentile £261 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £586 £575 £600
90th Percentile £668 £688 £700
England median daily rate £500 £495 £525
% change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 36 15
10th Percentile £13.79 £12.28 £12.50
25th Percentile - £13.13 £15.63
Median hourly rate £13.81 £14.27 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -3.22% -31.08% +18.11%
75th Percentile £18.13 £24.35 £24.96
90th Percentile £24.69 £28.75 £40.25
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -30.00% +122.22% -24.72%

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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 16 May 2025.

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 16 May 2025.

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 16 May 2025. 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 -28 39 £232 -38.27% 47
East Midlands -9 2 - - 22
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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:

Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.44%) Final Cut Pro
3 1 (2.44%) QuarkXPress
Cloud Services
1 19 (46.34%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (9.76%) Azure
3 3 (7.32%) AWS
4 2 (4.88%) GCP
4 2 (4.88%) OneDrive
4 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.44%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 17 (41.46%) IPsec
2 16 (39.02%) BGP
3 14 (34.15%) Firewall
4 11 (26.83%) WAN
5 10 (24.39%) MPLS
5 10 (24.39%) Network Security
6 7 (17.07%) TCP/IP
7 6 (14.63%) OSPF
7 6 (14.63%) SSL
7 6 (14.63%) VLAN
8 2 (4.88%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (4.88%) DHCP
8 2 (4.88%) DNS
8 2 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (2.44%) 5G
9 1 (2.44%) Junos
9 1 (2.44%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (2.44%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (2.44%) SD-WAN
9 1 (2.44%) SNMP
General
1 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
2 10 (24.39%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (21.95%) Public Sector
4 7 (17.07%) Telecoms
5 3 (7.32%) Finance
6 2 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.44%) Automotive
7 1 (2.44%) Electronics
7 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.44%) Marketing
7 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (34.15%) Support Engineer
2 10 (24.39%) Network Engineer
3 9 (21.95%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 9 (21.95%) 2nd Line Support
3 9 (21.95%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 7 (17.07%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
4 7 (17.07%) Network Support
4 7 (17.07%) Network Support Engineer
5 6 (14.63%) Check Point Expert
6 5 (12.20%) Desktop Engineer
7 4 (9.76%) IT Engineer
8 3 (7.32%) Architect
9 2 (4.88%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 2 (4.88%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
9 2 (4.88%) IT Support
9 2 (4.88%) Product Owner
9 2 (4.88%) WAN Engineer
9 2 (4.88%) Windows Engineer
10 1 (2.44%) 1st Line Engineer
10 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (24.39%) PKI
2 6 (14.63%) NHS
3 2 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.88%) Operational Technology
3 2 (4.88%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.44%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (2.44%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (2.44%) IoT
4 1 (2.44%) NB-IoT
4 1 (2.44%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.44%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 18 (43.90%) Windows
2 9 (21.95%) Windows 10
3 6 (14.63%) Check Point GAiA
4 2 (4.88%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.44%) CentOS
5 1 (2.44%) Linux
5 1 (2.44%) Mac OS X
5 1 (2.44%) Rocky
5 1 (2.44%) Ubuntu
5 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (21.95%) Customer Service
3 7 (17.07%) High Availability
3 7 (17.07%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 6 (14.63%) ITIL
4 6 (14.63%) Load Balancing
4 6 (14.63%) SIEM
5 4 (9.76%) Cloud Security
5 4 (9.76%) Time Management
6 3 (7.32%) Agile
6 3 (7.32%) Change Management
6 3 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (7.32%) Migration
7 2 (4.88%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (4.88%) Data Governance
7 2 (4.88%) Data Migration
7 2 (4.88%) DevOps
7 2 (4.88%) Product Management
7 2 (4.88%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (4.88%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 13 (31.71%) Degree
1 13 (31.71%) Security Cleared
2 8 (19.51%) SC Cleared
3 6 (14.63%) CCSE
4 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (4.88%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.88%) MCSE
6 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.44%) CCNA
6 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.44%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) SLA
2 2 (4.88%) QA
3 1 (2.44%) NCSC
System Software
1 15 (36.59%) Active Directory
2 6 (14.63%) BitLocker
3 2 (4.88%) Docker
3 2 (4.88%) Firmware
3 2 (4.88%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (31.71%) SCCM
2 7 (17.07%) FortiGate
3 2 (4.88%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.44%) Ansible
4 1 (2.44%) CASB
Vendors
1 21 (51.22%) Cisco
2 11 (26.83%) Citrix
2 11 (26.83%) Nexthink
3 10 (24.39%) Juniper
4 9 (21.95%) Microsoft
5 7 (17.07%) CheckPoint
6 6 (14.63%) Fortinet
7 5 (12.20%) ServiceNow
8 3 (7.32%) Apple
8 3 (7.32%) Dell
9 2 (4.88%) Google
9 2 (4.88%) HP
9 2 (4.88%) Salesforce
10 1 (2.44%) Adobe
10 1 (2.44%) Oracle
10 1 (2.44%) Quark
10 1 (2.44%) SAP
10 1 (2.44%) Siemens
10 1 (2.44%) SolarWinds
10 1 (2.44%) VMware