VPN Jobs in Bedfordshire

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring VPN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VPN over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 40 76
Rank change year-on-year +11 +36 -34
Permanent jobs citing VPN 27 8 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 4.76% 1.79% 1.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.26% 21.62% 6.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 11
10th Percentile £28,125 - -
25th Percentile £30,469 £21,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £22,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -65.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £42,063 £23,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £52,000 £24,125 -
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £37,500 £55,750
% change year-on-year +13.33% -32.74% +1.36%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bedfordshire

VPN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 327 37 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 57.67% 8.26% 24.42%
Number of salaries quoted 30 18 57
10th Percentile £32,600 - £26,750
25th Percentile £33,199 £21,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,950 £31,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +41.77% -40.95% -0.94%
75th Percentile £54,875 £60,313 £67,500
90th Percentile £66,000 £64,625 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% - -15.00%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Bedfordshire

VPN
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VPN in Bedfordshire.

Salary trend for VPN in Bedfordshire

VPN
Salary Histogram in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VPN in Bedfordshire

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Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Biggleswade - 9 £37,500 - 4
Luton - 5 £52,000 - 21
VPN
East of England

VPN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (55.56%) TCP/IP
2 11 (40.74%) LAN
3 9 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (11.11%) DHCP
5 2 (7.41%) DNS
5 2 (7.41%) Firewall
5 2 (7.41%) WAN
5 2 (7.41%) Wireless
6 1 (3.70%) Ethernet
6 1 (3.70%) IPsec
6 1 (3.70%) MPLS
6 1 (3.70%) Network Security
6 1 (3.70%) NGFW
6 1 (3.70%) OSPF
6 1 (3.70%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (3.70%) SAN
6 1 (3.70%) VLAN
6 1 (3.70%) VoIP
6 1 (3.70%) VRRP
6 1 (3.70%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 13 (48.15%) Cucumber
1 13 (48.15%) Robot Framework
2 2 (7.41%) JIRA
General
1 17 (62.96%) Social Skills
2 16 (59.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 13 (48.15%) Telecoms
4 3 (11.11%) Aviation
5 1 (3.70%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) Test Automation Engineer
1 13 (48.15%) Test Engineer
2 6 (22.22%) 1st Line Support
3 4 (14.81%) IT Support
4 2 (7.41%) Network Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Support Specialist
4 2 (7.41%) Technical Specialist
4 2 (7.41%) Technical Support
4 2 (7.41%) Technical Support Specialist
5 1 (3.70%) Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) IT Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) IT Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Support Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (48.15%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 16 (59.26%) Windows
2 15 (55.56%) Linux
3 2 (7.41%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (48.15%) Coaching
2 13 (48.15%) DevOps
2 13 (48.15%) Mentoring
2 13 (48.15%) System Testing
2 13 (48.15%) Test Automation
2 13 (48.15%) Test Management
3 3 (11.11%) ITIL
4 2 (7.41%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (7.41%) Customer Experience
4 2 (7.41%) Customer Service
4 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Maintenance
4 2 (7.41%) Migration
4 2 (7.41%) Network Management
4 2 (7.41%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (7.41%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (7.41%) PRINCE2
5 1 (3.70%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (3.70%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (3.70%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 13 (48.15%) Bash
1 13 (48.15%) JavaScript
1 13 (48.15%) PowerShell
1 13 (48.15%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (48.15%) Degree
2 3 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) A+ Certification
3 2 (7.41%) Azure Certification
3 2 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (3.70%) CCNA
4 1 (3.70%) CCNP
4 1 (3.70%) CCSP
4 1 (3.70%) CISM
4 1 (3.70%) CISMP
4 1 (3.70%) CISSP
4 1 (3.70%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (3.70%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.70%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.70%) PMP
4 1 (3.70%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (48.15%) QA
2 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.70%) Firmware
2 1 (3.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) CASB
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) Aruba
2 2 (7.41%) Cisco
2 2 (7.41%) Fortinet
2 2 (7.41%) Freshdesk
2 2 (7.41%) VMware
3 1 (3.70%) Dell
3 1 (3.70%) EMC
3 1 (3.70%) HP
3 1 (3.70%) Meru Networks
3 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto