VPN Contracts in Southampton

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 9 23 20
Rank change year-on-year +14 -3 +24
Contract jobs citing VPN 11 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 10.19% 1.18% 3.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 47.83% 5.88% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile - - £183
25th Percentile £435 £481 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £488 £225
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +116.67% -
75th Percentile £540 £494 £288
90th Percentile £612 - £558
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £488 £225
% change year-on-year +7.69% +116.67% -58.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £21.22
Hampshire median hourly rate - - £21.22

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 23 34 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 21.30% 20.12% 11.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 25 15
10th Percentile £435 £200 £225
25th Percentile £440 £205 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% -15.00% +56.25%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £525
90th Percentile £611 £634 £599
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £538 £500
% change year-on-year +2.33% +7.50% +1.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £21.22
Hampshire median hourly rate £59.13 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.10% -4.42% +166.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Southampton

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Daily rate trend for VPN in Southampton

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Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

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

Daily rate histogram for VPN in Southampton

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Hourly rate trend for VPN in Southampton

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 7 (63.64%) SharePoint
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (100.00%) Azure
2 10 (90.91%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (63.64%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) Firewall
1 7 (63.64%) Internet
2 6 (54.55%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) Power BI
General
1 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
2 3 (27.27%) Military
3 2 (18.18%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) IT Manager
1 7 (63.64%) IT Services Manager
1 7 (63.64%) Service Manager
2 5 (45.45%) Senior
2 5 (45.45%) Senior IT Manager
2 5 (45.45%) Senior Manager
2 5 (45.45%) Senior Service Manager
3 3 (27.27%) 1st Line Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) 1st Line Support
3 3 (27.27%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Active Directory Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Active Directory Support
3 3 (27.27%) Active Directory Support Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Security Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Network Security Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Network Services Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Security Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Service Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (63.64%) Disaster Recovery
1 7 (63.64%) Penetration Testing
1 7 (63.64%) Security Monitoring
2 6 (54.55%) Analytics
2 6 (54.55%) Case Management
2 6 (54.55%) Contract Management
3 5 (45.45%) Antivirus Management
3 5 (45.45%) Server Management
3 5 (45.45%) Storage Management
4 3 (27.27%) Wealth Management
5 2 (18.18%) Design for Test
6 1 (9.09%) Hardware Maintenance
6 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft