VPN Jobs in Blackburn

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Lancashire > Blackburn

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Blackburn 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 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing VPN 11 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackburn 4.44% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £25,000 £45,000 £29,750
% change year-on-year -44.44% +51.26% +17.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Blackburn

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 Blackburn.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 33 15 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackburn 13.31% 16.85% 13.04%
Number of salaries quoted 15 15 2
10th Percentile £25,087 £22,489 £26,700
25th Percentile £33,169 £22,614 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £32,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +56.42% -39.62% +17.78%
75th Percentile £56,870 £33,750 £71,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £44,250 £80,900
Lancashire median annual salary £25,087 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -49.83% +5.26% +16.91%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackburn

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Blackburn

VPN
Salary Trend in Blackburn

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

Salary trend for VPN in Blackburn

VPN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Blackburn 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:

Communications & Networking
1 9 (81.82%) DNS
2 4 (36.36%) BGP
2 4 (36.36%) DHCP
2 4 (36.36%) Firewall
2 4 (36.36%) LAN
2 4 (36.36%) Network Security
2 4 (36.36%) OSPF
2 4 (36.36%) SD-WAN
2 4 (36.36%) TCP/IP
2 4 (36.36%) VLAN
2 4 (36.36%) WAN
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
General
1 7 (63.64%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (63.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (45.45%) Finance
3 4 (36.36%) Retail
3 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Developer
1 5 (45.45%) Software Developer
2 4 (36.36%) IT Manager
2 4 (36.36%) Network Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Cyberattack
2 4 (36.36%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Android
1 7 (63.64%) Linux
2 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Line Management
1 7 (63.64%) Mathematics
2 5 (45.45%) Agile
2 5 (45.45%) Android Development
2 5 (45.45%) Design Patterns
2 5 (45.45%) OO
2 5 (45.45%) OOP
3 4 (36.36%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 4 (36.36%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
3 4 (36.36%) Network Management
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (36.36%) Strategic Planning
3 4 (36.36%) TOGAF
3 4 (36.36%) Zero Trust
4 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
4 2 (18.18%) Storage Management
4 2 (18.18%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) Python
2 5 (45.45%) C++
2 5 (45.45%) Go
2 5 (45.45%) Java
3 2 (18.18%) Bash
3 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) DV Cleared
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) CCIE
2 4 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (36.36%) CISSP
2 4 (36.36%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 7 (63.64%) Docker
2 2 (18.18%) Hyper-V
2 2 (18.18%) VMware NSX
2 2 (18.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (63.64%) Ansible
2 2 (18.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) 3PAR
1 2 (18.18%) Cisco
1 2 (18.18%) Juniper
1 2 (18.18%) Splunk