VPN Contracts in Suffolk

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Suffolk 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 7 2 22
Rank change year-on-year -5 +20 +3
Contract jobs citing VPN 14 17 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Suffolk 18.92% 27.87% 2.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 58.33% 85.00% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 3
10th Percentile £210 £205 -
25th Percentile - £220 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £475 £700
Median % change year-on-year -52.63% -32.14% -
75th Percentile £229 £488 -
90th Percentile £255 - -
East of England median daily rate £245 £475 £250
% change year-on-year -48.42% +90.00% -25.93%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 24 20 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 32.43% 32.79% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 14 15
10th Percentile £175 £177 £468
25th Percentile £182 £199 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £225 £700
Median % change year-on-year - -67.86% +47.52%
75th Percentile £229 £488 -
90th Percentile £353 - £730
East of England median daily rate £475 £415 £475
% change year-on-year +14.46% -12.63% +11.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Suffolk

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Daily rate trend for VPN in Suffolk

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Hourly rate trend for VPN in Suffolk

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Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 1 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
Leiston -1 12 £225 +2.27%
VPN
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Suffolk 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 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) DNS
1 6 (42.86%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.14%) Firewall
2 1 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (7.14%) Network Security
General
1 12 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 6 (42.86%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (35.71%) Desktop Support
3 5 (35.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (28.57%) Analyst
4 4 (28.57%) Service Analyst
4 4 (28.57%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Architect
5 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
5 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) iPad
1 7 (50.00%) iPhone
1 7 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (42.86%) Driving Licence
3 5 (35.71%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
4 1 (7.14%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (92.86%) Windows
2 7 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) ITIL
2 7 (50.00%) Antivirus Management
2 7 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 7 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 7 (50.00%) Time Management
3 6 (42.86%) ITSM
4 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
4 1 (7.14%) High Availability
4 1 (7.14%) Line Management
4 1 (7.14%) Migration
4 1 (7.14%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (78.57%) SC Cleared
3 7 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (42.86%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft
2 7 (50.00%) McAfee
3 6 (42.86%) ServiceNow
4 1 (7.14%) Fortinet
4 1 (7.14%) VMware