VPN Contracts in Wales

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 27 33 52
Rank change year-on-year +6 +19 +11
Contract jobs citing VPN 16 11 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 5.46% 2.78% 1.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.88% 29.73% 8.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 7
10th Percentile £188 £302 £222
25th Percentile £213 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £575 £425
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% +35.29% -33.33%
75th Percentile £462 £667 £441
90th Percentile £475 £671 £474
UK median daily rate £455 £447 £450
% change year-on-year +1.79% -0.67% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £20.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £17.00 £21.61
% change year-on-year +35.29% -21.33% -1.77%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 67 37 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 22.87% 9.37% 16.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 23 78
10th Percentile £165 £173 £250
25th Percentile £208 £199 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £300 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -40.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £440 £588 £550
90th Percentile £472 £685 £641
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £23.75 £14.84 -
25th Percentile £30.00 £15.56 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £16.77 -
Median % change year-on-year +123.68% - -
75th Percentile £43.13 £17.97 -
90th Percentile £50.00 £18.69 -
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Wales

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for VPN in Wales

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Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

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

Daily rate histogram for VPN in Wales

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for VPN in Wales

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Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Wales 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
South Wales +8 12 £350 -39.13% 12
North Wales - 3 - - 2
VPN
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (12.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (12.50%) OneDrive
4 1 (6.25%) GitHub
4 1 (6.25%) Linode
4 1 (6.25%) PaaS
4 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) Firewall
2 7 (43.75%) DHCP
2 7 (43.75%) DNS
3 5 (31.25%) Wireless
4 4 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
5 3 (18.75%) BGP
5 3 (18.75%) IPsec
5 3 (18.75%) LAN
5 3 (18.75%) OSPF
5 3 (18.75%) TCP/IP
5 3 (18.75%) WAN
6 2 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (12.50%) IPv4
6 2 (12.50%) Skype
6 2 (12.50%) VoIP
7 1 (6.25%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (6.25%) Network Security
7 1 (6.25%) SSL
7 1 (6.25%) VLAN
General
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Electronics
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) IT Support
1 5 (31.25%) Network Engineer
1 5 (31.25%) Senior
2 3 (18.75%) Senior IT Support
3 2 (12.50%) Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Field Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Field Service Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) IT Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) IT Support Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Support Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Administrator
4 1 (6.25%) Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Junior
4 1 (6.25%) Lead
4 1 (6.25%) Network Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Network Supervisor
4 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Team Leader
4 1 (6.25%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Anti-Spyware
1 2 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 2 (12.50%) NHS
2 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.25%) e-Learning
2 1 (6.25%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (6.25%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Linux
3 2 (12.50%) Windows 10
3 2 (12.50%) Windows 7
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (6.25%) CentOS
4 1 (6.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (12.50%) ITIL
3 2 (12.50%) Migration
3 2 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.25%) Analytics
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Security
4 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (6.25%) Data Analytics
4 1 (6.25%) Data Security
4 1 (6.25%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Bash
1 1 (6.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (25.00%) CCNP
3 2 (12.50%) A+ Certification
3 2 (12.50%) CCIE
3 2 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (6.25%) CCNA
4 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
2 1 (6.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
1 3 (18.75%) Hyper-V
2 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Cisco Prime
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (12.50%) AirWatch
3 2 (12.50%) SCCM
3 2 (12.50%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Cisco
2 4 (25.00%) VMware
3 3 (18.75%) Palo Alto
4 2 (12.50%) Adobe
4 2 (12.50%) Apple
4 2 (12.50%) Ekahau
4 2 (12.50%) Ivanti
4 2 (12.50%) MobileIron
4 2 (12.50%) Remedy
4 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
4 2 (12.50%) SolarWinds
5 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
5 1 (6.25%) Meraki
5 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
5 1 (6.25%) Red Hat
5 1 (6.25%) Sophos
5 1 (6.25%) Splunk