VPN Contracts in Reading

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 51 73 60
Rank change year-on-year +22 -13 +19
Contract jobs citing VPN 9 18 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.51% 1.51% 2.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.47% 7.32% 14.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 12
10th Percentile £306 £264 £430
25th Percentile - £359 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £675
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -29.63% +66.67%
75th Percentile - £595 £706
90th Percentile - £699 £725
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £475 £530
% change year-on-year -5.26% -10.38% +30.86%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 86 246 184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 14.41% 20.64% 17.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 113 97
10th Percentile £221 £205 £337
25th Percentile £307 £335 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £499 £608 £650
90th Percentile £623 - £718
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -8.16% +0.51% +4.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 3
10th Percentile - £77.22 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £87.46 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year - +32.52% +153.85%
75th Percentile - £87.53 £73.69
90th Percentile - - £78.30
Berkshire median hourly rate £24.66 £83.77 £66.00
% change year-on-year -70.56% +26.92% +288.24%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for VPN in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for VPN in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (11.11%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) Firewall
2 6 (66.67%) BGP
3 5 (55.56%) Network Security
3 5 (55.56%) OSPF
3 5 (55.56%) TCP/IP
4 4 (44.44%) VLAN
5 2 (22.22%) MPLS
6 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (11.11%) EIGRP
6 1 (11.11%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (11.11%) Internet
6 1 (11.11%) IPsec
6 1 (11.11%) LAN
6 1 (11.11%) SD-WAN
6 1 (11.11%) WAN
6 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) MongoDB
1 1 (11.11%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) GitLab
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Security Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Security Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Test Automation Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) JSON
1 1 (11.11%) NETCONF
1 1 (11.11%) REST
1 1 (11.11%) RESTCONF
1 1 (11.11%) SOAP
1 1 (11.11%) XML
1 1 (11.11%) YAML
1 1 (11.11%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) CentOS
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Unix
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Proactive Monitoring
1 4 (44.44%) Security Monitoring
1 4 (44.44%) Security Operations
1 4 (44.44%) SIEM
2 2 (22.22%) Business Case
2 2 (22.22%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (22.22%) Data Security
2 2 (22.22%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (22.22%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (22.22%) Web Filtering
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Patch Management
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Regression Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Scrum
3 1 (11.11%) Security Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Unit Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) CCNP
1 5 (55.56%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (44.44%) CCSA
2 4 (44.44%) CCSE
2 4 (44.44%) Check Point Certification
3 1 (11.11%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) NIST
2 1 (11.11%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Ansible
2 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Cisco
2 5 (55.56%) Palo Alto
3 4 (44.44%) CheckPoint
4 1 (11.11%) Aruba