VPN Contracts in Scotland

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 91 94 140
Rank change year-on-year +3 +46 +12
Contract jobs citing VPN 22 28 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.36% 1.30% 1.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.29% 11.62% 8.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 17 23
10th Percentile £350 £200 -
25th Percentile £386 £206 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £240 £160
Median % change year-on-year +77.08% +50.00% -68.00%
75th Percentile £461 £438 £538
90th Percentile £491 £558 £550
UK median daily rate £463 £434 £450
% change year-on-year +6.63% -3.61% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £13.16
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £16.86 £21.61
% change year-on-year +36.42% -21.98% +5.36%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 179 241 354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 11.04% 11.18% 13.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 146 220
10th Percentile £200 £188 £160
25th Percentile £313 £276 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £459
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -1.85% +1.89%
75th Percentile £525 £600 £538
90th Percentile £550 £638 £600
UK median daily rate £488 £490 £520
% change year-on-year -0.51% -5.68% +3.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 19 22
10th Percentile - £13.45 -
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £10.63
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.27 £11.90
Median % change year-on-year +20.42% +53.59% -74.96%
75th Percentile £23.53 £60.00 £44.55
90th Percentile £32.36 £60.75 £59.00
UK median hourly rate £28.71 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -28.24% +116.22% -34.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for VPN in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for VPN in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Scotland 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
Glasgow +1 12 £419 -24.55% 7
Edinburgh -6 5 £400 +66.67% 5
Aberdeen - 3 £475 - 5
Dundee - 1 £200 -
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.55%) Acrobat
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (4.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) AWS
3 3 (13.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (68.18%) WAN
2 13 (59.09%) Firewall
2 13 (59.09%) Network Security
3 10 (45.45%) LAN
4 9 (40.91%) BGP
4 9 (40.91%) OSPF
4 9 (40.91%) Wireless
5 8 (36.36%) Cisco Nexus
5 8 (36.36%) SD-WAN
6 6 (27.27%) IPsec
7 5 (22.73%) TCP/IP
8 4 (18.18%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (18.18%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (18.18%) EIGRP
8 4 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (13.64%) Unified Communications
10 2 (9.09%) MPLS
11 1 (4.55%) DHCP
11 1 (4.55%) DNS
11 1 (4.55%) Internet
General
1 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 3 (13.64%) Finance
5 2 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (9.09%) Legal
6 1 (4.55%) Banking
6 1 (4.55%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Network Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Python Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Senior
2 4 (18.18%) Senior Network Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Desktop Support
4 1 (4.55%) Field Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Network Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 10 (45.45%) Data Centre
2 4 (18.18%) Algorithms
2 4 (18.18%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (18.18%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (18.18%) Mainframe
3 1 (4.55%) Blackberry
3 1 (4.55%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) PDA
3 1 (4.55%) Public Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Windows
2 4 (18.18%) Linux
3 2 (9.09%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.55%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
4 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (4.55%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Network Monitoring
1 9 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (22.73%) Data Analysis
2 5 (22.73%) ITIL
3 4 (18.18%) CI/CD
3 4 (18.18%) Data Encryption
3 4 (18.18%) Data Extraction
3 4 (18.18%) DevOps
3 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (18.18%) Inventory Management
3 4 (18.18%) Network Design
3 4 (18.18%) Time Management
4 3 (13.64%) Capacity Management
4 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (13.64%) High Availability
4 3 (13.64%) Load Balancing
5 2 (9.09%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (9.09%) Change Management
5 2 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 2 (9.09%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) Python
1 4 (18.18%) SQL
2 2 (9.09%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 10 (45.45%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (31.82%) CCNP
3 4 (18.18%) Degree
4 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
4 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
5 2 (9.09%) A+ Certification
5 2 (9.09%) Azure Certification
5 2 (9.09%) CCNA
6 1 (4.55%) MCP
6 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Docker
2 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
3 2 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (4.55%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) FortiGate
1 4 (18.18%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.55%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (4.55%) SCCM
2 1 (4.55%) ServiceCenter
2 1 (4.55%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 16 (72.73%) Cisco
2 12 (54.55%) Palo Alto
3 5 (22.73%) F5
4 4 (18.18%) Juniper
4 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 3 (13.64%) ServiceNow
6 2 (9.09%) Fortinet
7 1 (4.55%) Adobe
7 1 (4.55%) Aruba
7 1 (4.55%) Bomgar
7 1 (4.55%) HP
7 1 (4.55%) Meraki
7 1 (4.55%) Peregrine
7 1 (4.55%) Remedy
7 1 (4.55%) SolarWinds