VPN Contracts in the Thames Valley

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 61 86 91
Rank change year-on-year +25 +5 +23
Contract jobs citing VPN 41 59 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.71% 2.20% 2.08%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.27% 9.75% 12.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 24 36
10th Percentile £208 £183 £250
25th Percentile £418 £281 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 £505
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -13.37% +34.67%
75th Percentile £540 £541 £573
90th Percentile £607 £626 £700
South East median daily rate £495 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +23.75% -20.00% +23.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 2
10th Percentile - - £19.93
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.00 £22.06
Median hourly rate £19.00 £20.75 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.43% -20.95% +0.96%
75th Percentile £19.50 £22.54 £30.56
90th Percentile - £23.23 £32.78
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £20.75 £21.22
% change year-on-year -8.43% -2.21% +0.78%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 252 605 475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.68% 22.52% 16.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 295 291
10th Percentile £242 £205 £313
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +2.46% +5.51%
75th Percentile £550 £594 £570
90th Percentile £618 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £480 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 50 15
10th Percentile - £17.79 £19.70
25th Percentile - £23.78 £25.75
Median hourly rate £14.20 £65.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -78.15% -1.52% +288.24%
75th Percentile £22.09 £85.65 £80.25
90th Percentile £31.44 £87.47 £81.22
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VPN in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for VPN in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for VPN in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VPN in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for VPN in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +22 31 £450 -5.26% 33
Buckinghamshire +11 9 £565 +55.86% 23
Oxfordshire +1 1 £213 -46.88% 22
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) AWS
1 7 (17.07%) Azure
2 6 (14.63%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.88%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (4.88%) GCP
4 1 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.44%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 25 (60.98%) MPLS
1 25 (60.98%) WAN
2 19 (46.34%) LAN
3 18 (43.90%) Firewall
4 17 (41.46%) Ethernet
5 16 (39.02%) ATM
5 16 (39.02%) Frame Relay
5 16 (39.02%) GPRS
5 16 (39.02%) GSM
5 16 (39.02%) LTE
5 16 (39.02%) SAN
5 16 (39.02%) SDH
5 16 (39.02%) UMTS
5 16 (39.02%) Wireshark
6 14 (34.15%) BGP
7 12 (29.27%) OSPF
7 12 (29.27%) TCP/IP
8 11 (26.83%) Network Security
9 8 (19.51%) DNS
9 8 (19.51%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.44%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) GitLab
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 22 (53.66%) Social Skills
2 18 (43.90%) Telecoms
3 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.44%) Finance
4 1 (2.44%) Law
4 1 (2.44%) Legal
4 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (36.59%) IP Engineer
1 15 (36.59%) Test Engineer
2 10 (24.39%) Network Engineer
3 8 (19.51%) Architect
4 5 (12.20%) IP Network Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Senior
5 4 (9.76%) Technical Architect
6 3 (7.32%) Security Architect
6 3 (7.32%) Senior Architect
6 3 (7.32%) Senior Technical Architect
6 3 (7.32%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Desktop Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Desktop Support
7 2 (4.88%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) IP Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) IP Network Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Network Consultant
8 1 (2.44%) Analyst
8 1 (2.44%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) 802.1X
1 1 (2.44%) JSON
1 1 (2.44%) LDAP
1 1 (2.44%) NETCONF
1 1 (2.44%) REST
1 1 (2.44%) RESTCONF
1 1 (2.44%) SOAP
1 1 (2.44%) XML
1 1 (2.44%) YAML
1 1 (2.44%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 16 (39.02%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (12.20%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (12.20%) Public Cloud
3 4 (9.76%) PKI
4 2 (4.88%) CMDB
4 2 (4.88%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.88%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.44%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.44%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.44%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.44%) IoT
5 1 (2.44%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (43.90%) Linux
2 17 (41.46%) Unix
3 6 (14.63%) Windows
4 3 (7.32%) Windows 10
5 2 (4.88%) Windows Server
6 1 (2.44%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (46.34%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (41.46%) Project Management
2 17 (41.46%) Regression Testing
3 16 (39.02%) Fault Management
3 16 (39.02%) Test Strategy
4 7 (17.07%) DevSecOps
4 7 (17.07%) SIEM
5 6 (14.63%) Migration
6 5 (12.20%) CI/CD
6 5 (12.20%) TOGAF
7 4 (9.76%) Proactive Monitoring
7 4 (9.76%) Security Monitoring
7 4 (9.76%) Security Operations
8 3 (7.32%) Adaptive Security
8 3 (7.32%) Business Case
8 3 (7.32%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (7.32%) Infrastructure as Code
8 3 (7.32%) IT Strategy
8 3 (7.32%) Technology Strategy
8 3 (7.32%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 16 (39.02%) Java
2 5 (12.20%) Python
3 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (60.98%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (58.54%) CCNP
3 16 (39.02%) ISEB
3 16 (39.02%) ISTQB
3 16 (39.02%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 7 (17.07%) Security Cleared
5 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
6 4 (9.76%) CCSA
6 4 (9.76%) CCSE
6 4 (9.76%) Check Point Certification
7 3 (7.32%) MCSE
7 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (7.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (4.88%) CCIE
8 2 (4.88%) CCNA
8 2 (4.88%) CEH
8 2 (4.88%) CISSP
9 1 (2.44%) CCDP
9 1 (2.44%) CCIP
9 1 (2.44%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.07%) NIST
2 5 (12.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (9.76%) NCSC
4 2 (4.88%) SLA
5 1 (2.44%) GDPR
5 1 (2.44%) GRC
5 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 6 (14.63%) VMware NSX
2 5 (12.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (9.76%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.44%) Docker
4 1 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (9.76%) Ansible
2 1 (2.44%) CASB
2 1 (2.44%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.44%) SCCM
2 1 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (73.17%) Cisco
2 22 (53.66%) Microsoft
3 18 (43.90%) Juniper
4 11 (26.83%) Palo Alto
5 6 (14.63%) VMware
6 5 (12.20%) CheckPoint
7 2 (4.88%) Splunk
8 1 (2.44%) ADVA
8 1 (2.44%) Alcatel-Lucent
8 1 (2.44%) Aruba
8 1 (2.44%) Blue Coat
8 1 (2.44%) CyberArk
8 1 (2.44%) F5
8 1 (2.44%) Forcepoint
8 1 (2.44%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.44%) Google
8 1 (2.44%) HP
8 1 (2.44%) McAfee
8 1 (2.44%) Zscaler