VPN Contracts in the UK excluding London

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for VPN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VPN over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 157 179
Rank change year-on-year +69 +22 -15
Contract jobs citing VPN 459 386 445
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.22% 1.60% 1.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.33% 10.71% 10.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 250 295
10th Percentile £200 £160 £156
25th Percentile £306 £207 £187
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year - +13.33% -3.54%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £499
90th Percentile £825 £688 £625
UK median daily rate £444 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -1.33% -5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 16 22
10th Percentile £12.75 £15.77 £16.00
25th Percentile £13.86 £18.31 £16.66
Median hourly rate £16.00 £21.61 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.98% +8.05% +5.26%
75th Percentile £19.13 £62.00 £23.00
90th Percentile £23.67 £63.23 £55.53
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £21.61 £22.00
% change year-on-year -21.33% -1.77% +22.22%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

VPN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,443 3,605 4,106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.66% 14.98% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,981 2,287 2,654
10th Percentile £204 £207 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £438
Median % change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile £600 £586 £540
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £490 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -5.41% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 354 328 237
10th Percentile £13.50 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.50
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -13.13%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.41
% change year-on-year +100.00% -33.12% +1.46%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VPN in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for VPN in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VPN in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for VPN in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VPN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VPN in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
South East +44 124 £400 -20.00% 57
Midlands +37 115 £375 -23.08% 47
North of England +49 99 £602 +78.37% 53
West Midlands +43 96 £375 -27.88% 28
North West +47 76 £800 +137.04% 30
South West +15 54 £425 -5.56% 29
East of England +18 39 £475 +90.00% 25
Yorkshire +17 22 £300 -27.27% 17
Scotland +24 19 £438 +173.75% 23
East Midlands +16 18 £325 -23.53% 19
Wales +16 11 £575 +35.29% 5
North East +18 1 £600 +54.84% 6
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 35 (7.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (4.79%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.40%) Apache
3 11 (2.40%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (2.40%) Confluence
4 2 (0.44%) IIS
4 2 (0.44%) WordPress
5 1 (0.22%) MQSeries
5 1 (0.22%) nginx
5 1 (0.22%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 40 (8.71%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.22%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 89 (19.39%) Azure
2 57 (12.42%) AWS
3 54 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (5.23%) GCP
5 21 (4.58%) Entra ID
6 16 (3.49%) PaaS
7 13 (2.83%) IaaS
8 12 (2.61%) GitHub
8 12 (2.61%) OneDrive
9 9 (1.96%) SaaS
9 9 (1.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 8 (1.74%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (1.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 6 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (1.31%) Apigee
12 6 (1.31%) Kong
13 5 (1.09%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.09%) CloudFront
14 4 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (0.87%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 227 (49.46%) Firewall
2 146 (31.81%) WAN
3 95 (20.70%) LAN
4 84 (18.30%) MPLS
5 82 (17.86%) BGP
6 72 (15.69%) DNS
7 59 (12.85%) IPsec
8 55 (11.98%) Network Security
9 51 (11.11%) Junos
10 47 (10.24%) TCP/IP
11 46 (10.02%) VLAN
11 46 (10.02%) Wi-Fi
12 44 (9.59%) DHCP
13 40 (8.71%) Wireless
14 36 (7.84%) OSPF
15 26 (5.66%) Cisco ASA
16 25 (5.45%) Cisco Nexus
17 24 (5.23%) VoIP
18 20 (4.36%) Cisco ISE
19 19 (4.14%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.40%) MongoDB
1 11 (2.40%) NoSQL
1 11 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (1.74%) MySQL
3 7 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.53%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.87%) RDBMS
5 4 (0.87%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.65%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 27 (5.88%) JIRA
2 17 (3.70%) GitLab
3 11 (2.40%) Robot Framework
3 11 (2.40%) TestRail
4 10 (2.18%) Git
5 8 (1.74%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (1.31%) CircleCI
6 6 (1.31%) Travis CI
7 5 (1.09%) Spinnaker
8 3 (0.65%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.22%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 107 (23.31%) Social Skills
2 39 (8.50%) Public Sector
3 38 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (8.06%) Finance
5 29 (6.32%) Telecoms
6 14 (3.05%) Manufacturing
7 12 (2.61%) Legal
8 11 (2.40%) Electronics
8 11 (2.40%) Marketing
9 9 (1.96%) Banking
9 9 (1.96%) Investment Banking
9 9 (1.96%) Retail
10 8 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.87%) Law
12 4 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.44%) Automotive
13 2 (0.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.22%) Advertising
14 1 (0.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 118 (25.71%) Network Engineer
2 87 (18.95%) Architect
3 44 (9.59%) Lead
4 40 (8.71%) Support Engineer
4 40 (8.71%) Technical Architect
5 37 (8.06%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 34 (7.41%) Lead Architect
7 33 (7.19%) Network Architect
8 32 (6.97%) 3rd Line Support
9 30 (6.54%) Technical Leader
10 28 (6.10%) WAN Engineer
11 27 (5.88%) Network Support
12 20 (4.36%) IT Support
13 19 (4.14%) 2nd Line Support
13 19 (4.14%) Analyst
14 17 (3.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 16 (3.49%) Cisco Engineer
15 16 (3.49%) Cisco Network Engineer
15 16 (3.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 16 (3.49%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (8.71%) Node.js
2 14 (3.05%) CSS
2 14 (3.05%) HTML
2 14 (3.05%) React
3 12 (2.61%) NETCONF
3 12 (2.61%) YANG
4 11 (2.40%) Elastic Stack
4 11 (2.40%) REST
4 11 (2.40%) RESTCONF
4 11 (2.40%) SOAP
4 11 (2.40%) Web Services
5 10 (2.18%) JSON
5 10 (2.18%) LDAP
6 9 (1.96%) YAML
7 7 (1.53%) XML
8 5 (1.09%) OAuth
8 5 (1.09%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.09%) SAML
8 5 (1.09%) XMPP
9 4 (0.87%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 60 (13.07%) PKI
2 50 (10.89%) Public Cloud
3 30 (6.54%) Data Centre
4 17 (3.70%) Clustering
5 10 (2.18%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.18%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.74%) Driving Licence
6 8 (1.74%) NHS
7 7 (1.53%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (1.31%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.31%) iPad
9 5 (1.09%) BYOD
9 5 (1.09%) iPhone
9 5 (1.09%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.09%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.87%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 171 (37.25%) Windows
2 89 (19.39%) Windows Server
3 44 (9.59%) Android
3 44 (9.59%) Apple iOS
4 43 (9.37%) Windows 10
5 36 (7.84%) Linux
6 25 (5.45%) Windows 7
7 16 (3.49%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (2.61%) Mac OS
9 10 (2.18%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
11 6 (1.31%) Unix
12 4 (0.87%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.65%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.44%) VMS
15 1 (0.22%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (18.74%) CI/CD
2 84 (18.30%) Agile
3 76 (16.56%) Load Balancing
4 72 (15.69%) DevOps
5 64 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (10.89%) Mobile Device Management
6 50 (10.89%) Project Delivery
7 49 (10.68%) Risk Management
8 48 (10.46%) Zero Trust
9 47 (10.24%) Customer Service
9 47 (10.24%) Security Architecture
10 43 (9.37%) Project Management
11 42 (9.15%) High Availability
12 40 (8.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 40 (8.71%) Threat Intelligence
13 38 (8.28%) Network Design
14 36 (7.84%) Design Patterns
15 33 (7.19%) Migration
16 31 (6.75%) ITIL
17 27 (5.88%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 36 (7.84%) PowerShell
2 33 (7.19%) Python
3 17 (3.70%) SQL
4 15 (3.27%) Java
5 12 (2.61%) TypeScript
6 9 (1.96%) Bash
7 2 (0.44%) C#
7 2 (0.44%) PHP
7 2 (0.44%) Ruby
8 1 (0.22%) C
8 1 (0.22%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 175 (38.13%) Security Cleared
2 89 (19.39%) SC Cleared
3 71 (15.47%) Cisco Certification
4 48 (10.46%) CCNP
5 32 (6.97%) Degree
6 29 (6.32%) CCNA
7 19 (4.14%) CCIE
8 13 (2.83%) DV Cleared
9 12 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (2.18%) JNCIA
11 9 (1.96%) CCIE Data Center
11 9 (1.96%) MCSE
12 7 (1.53%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.31%) CCSA
13 6 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (1.31%) JNCIS
14 5 (1.09%) A+ Certification
14 5 (1.09%) CCDP
15 4 (0.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.45%) SLA
2 18 (3.92%) QA
3 3 (0.65%) GDPR
4 2 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.44%) NIST
4 2 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.22%) GRC
5 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.22%) HL7
5 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 78 (16.99%) Active Directory
2 49 (10.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (6.54%) Docker
4 27 (5.88%) Hyper-V
5 10 (2.18%) Terminal Services
6 9 (1.96%) BitLocker
7 8 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.74%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (1.74%) vSphere
8 6 (1.31%) Microsoft App-V
8 6 (1.31%) VMware NSX
8 6 (1.31%) VMware Workstation
9 4 (0.87%) Firmware
10 3 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.22%) Samba
Systems Management
1 29 (6.32%) Terraform
2 28 (6.10%) Ansible
3 26 (5.66%) SCCM
4 20 (4.36%) Kubernetes
5 15 (3.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (2.83%) Grafana
7 11 (2.40%) Prometheus
8 9 (1.96%) Puppet
9 8 (1.74%) FortiGate
10 7 (1.53%) Nagios
11 6 (1.31%) Autotask
11 6 (1.31%) Docker Swarm
11 6 (1.31%) Failover Clustering
11 6 (1.31%) Jamf Pro
11 6 (1.31%) Kibana
11 6 (1.31%) logstash
11 6 (1.31%) Progress Chef
11 6 (1.31%) vCenter Server
11 6 (1.31%) vMotion
12 5 (1.09%) Istio
Vendors
1 139 (30.28%) Cisco
2 118 (25.71%) Juniper
3 99 (21.57%) Microsoft
4 63 (13.73%) VMware
5 36 (7.84%) Palo Alto
6 31 (6.75%) Fortinet
7 30 (6.54%) CheckPoint
8 27 (5.88%) F5
9 17 (3.70%) Apple
10 16 (3.49%) Blue Coat
10 16 (3.49%) Citrix
10 16 (3.49%) SolarWinds
11 15 (3.27%) Google
12 13 (2.83%) Infoblox
12 13 (2.83%) Splunk
13 11 (2.40%) SAP
14 10 (2.18%) Zscaler
15 8 (1.74%) McAfee
15 8 (1.74%) ServiceNow
16 7 (1.53%) Meraki