VPN Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire citing VPN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	121	100	55
Rank change year-on-year	-21	-45	+23
Contract jobs citing VPN	38	23	41
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire	1.32%	1.38%	2.89%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	11.62%	12.30%	21.81%
Number of daily rates quoted	27	12	16
10^th Percentile	£369	£231	£178
25^th Percentile	£407	£235	£179
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£330	£275
Median % change year-on-year	+51.52%	+20.00%	-8.33%
75^th Percentile	-	£525	£313
90^th Percentile	£558	£634	£545
England median daily rate	£500	£450	£500
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	-10.00%	+11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	0	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	£15.22
Median hourly rate	£28.00	-	£16.19
75^th Percentile	-	-	£17.16
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
England median hourly rate	£25.75	£38.75	£29.40
% change year-on-year	-33.55%	+31.80%	+40.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Yorkshire

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 citing communications or computer networking skills in Yorkshire.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills	327	187	188
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire	11.32%	11.20%	13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted	167	112	102
10^th Percentile	£321	£235	£160
25^th Percentile	£410	£378	£220
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£489	£444
Median % change year-on-year	+2.35%	+10.08%	+4.41%
75^th Percentile	£576	£546	£556
90^th Percentile	£675	£636	£636
England median daily rate	£500	£483	£500
% change year-on-year	+3.52%	-3.40%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	44	2	3
10^th Percentile	£13.45	£18.48	£11.86
25^th Percentile	£20.83	£23.31	£12.03
Median hourly rate	£23.91	£32.75	£13.50
Median % change year-on-year	-27.01%	+142.59%	-38.64%
75^th Percentile	£25.77	£43.31	£16.21
90^th Percentile	-	£48.83	£16.78
England median hourly rate	£44.25	£32.77	£56.13
% change year-on-year	+35.03%	-41.61%	-0.65%

VPN Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VPN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

VPN Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing VPN.

VPN Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 23 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in Yorkshire

VPN Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing VPN.

VPN Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 23 October 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
West Yorkshire	-11	24	£500	+61.29%	7
South Yorkshire	-13	13	£418	-2.34%	8
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VPN Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing VPN also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Yorkshire region citing VPN.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Firewall	63.2%	24
2	Cisco	55.3%	21
3	DNS	50.0%	19
4	Azure	47.4%	18
4	WAN	47.4%	18
6	LAN	42.1%	16
6	Network Security	42.1%	16
8	VLAN	39.5%	15
9	Microsoft	36.8%	14
9	Wi-Fi	36.8%	14
11	Cisco Nexus	34.2%	13
11	DHCP	34.2%	13
13	BGP	28.9%	11
13	Cisco ASA	28.9%	11
13	Cisco Certification	28.9%	11
13	Cisco Firepower	28.9%	11
13	OSPF	28.9%	11
13	TCP/IP	28.9%	11
19	CCNP	26.3%	10
19	Microsoft 365	26.3%	10
19	Wireless	26.3%	10
22	CheckPoint	23.7%	9
22	Problem-Solving	23.7%	9
24	IPsec	21.1%	8
24	Migration	21.1%	8
24	VoIP	21.1%	8
24	WLAN	21.1%	8
28	Active Directory	15.8%	6
28	Entra ID	15.8%	6
28	SD-WAN	15.8%	6

VPN Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Firewall	63.2%	24
2	DNS	50.0%	19
3	WAN	47.4%	18
4	LAN	42.1%	16
4	Network Security	42.1%	16
6	VLAN	39.5%	15
7	Wi-Fi	36.8%	14
8	Cisco Nexus	34.2%	13
8	DHCP	34.2%	13
10	BGP	28.9%	11
10	Cisco ASA	28.9%	11
10	Cisco Firepower	28.9%	11
10	OSPF	28.9%	11
10	TCP/IP	28.9%	11
15	Wireless	26.3%	10
16	IPsec	21.1%	8
16	VoIP	21.1%	8
16	WLAN	21.1%	8
19	SD-WAN	15.8%	6
20	Cisco IOS	10.5%	4