VPN Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring VPN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VPN 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 11.48% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 53.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £280 - -
25th Percentile £400 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £600 £625 £300
% change year-on-year -4.00% +108.33% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £74.73 - -
25th Percentile £80.32 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £89.63 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 21.31% 5.66% 7.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 7
10th Percentile £194 £403 £151
25th Percentile £350 £444 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £195
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +162.82% -50.00%
75th Percentile £600 £581 £286
90th Percentile £615 £623 £468
Oxfordshire median daily rate £425 £419 £340
% change year-on-year +1.49% +23.16% -18.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £74.73 - -
25th Percentile £80.32 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £89.63 - -

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VPN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford.

VPN job vacancy trend in Oxford

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Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing VPN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing VPN

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Daily Rate Histogram in Oxford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in Oxford over the 6 months to 2 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in Oxford

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Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing VPN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing VPN

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) IIS
1 1 (14.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
1 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) DNS
2 4 (57.14%) DHCP
2 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
3 3 (42.86%) Firewall
3 3 (42.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Legal
4 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Cloud Architect
1 2 (28.57%) IT Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Migration Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Network Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Service Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Service Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) JSON
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) Mac OS
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
4 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
1 4 (57.14%) ITIL
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) ITSM
2 3 (42.86%) Service Management
2 3 (42.86%) Time Management
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) RBAC
3 2 (28.57%) Runbook
3 2 (28.57%) SIEM
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) A+ Certification
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) GDPR
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (28.57%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) Cisco
3 3 (42.86%) CheckPoint
3 3 (42.86%) Palo Alto
3 3 (42.86%) ServiceNow
4 2 (28.57%) Sophos
5 1 (14.29%) Ariba
5 1 (14.29%) SAP