VPN Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring VPN skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 18 32
Rank change year-on-year -2 +14 -12
Contract jobs citing VPN 7 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 4.90% 2.42% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 46.67% 14.81% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile - £422 -
25th Percentile - £435 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £465 £300
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% +55.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile - £555 £313
90th Percentile - £605 -
South East median daily rate £525 £525 £450
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £76.59 - -
25th Percentile £84.97 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £89.63 £19.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +371.74% -13.64% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 15 27 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 10.49% 16.36% 8.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 18 18
10th Percentile £378 £145 £189
25th Percentile £403 £338 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £419 £345
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% +21.38% -15.08%
75th Percentile £559 £487 £600
90th Percentile £600 £641 £653
South East median daily rate £491 £500 £460
% change year-on-year -1.80% +8.70% -0.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £76.59 - -
25th Percentile £84.97 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £61.00
% change year-on-year -4.10% -5.98% +35.56%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Oxfordshire

VPN
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing VPN

VPN
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing VPN

VPN
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Oxford +1 6 £600 +41.18%
VPN
South East

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