The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northampton 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
24
-
21
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
+6
Contract jobs citing VPN
1
0
2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northampton
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 Northampton.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills
13
6
27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton
10.57%
4.72%
20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted
11
5
22
10th Percentile
£260
£473
£165
25th Percentile
£375
£489
£231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£450
£490
£285
Median % change year-on-year
-8.16%
+71.93%
-29.63%
75th Percentile
£550
£500
£455
90th Percentile
£613
£507
£500
Northamptonshire median daily rate
£450
£490
£320
% change year-on-year
-8.16%
+53.13%
-27.27%
VPN Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton
Job postings citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northampton.
VPN Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northampton
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VPN in Northampton.
VPN Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northampton
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VPN in Northampton.
VPN Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing VPN also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Northampton region with a requirement for VPN.
VPN Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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:
