VPN Jobs in Bristol

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 121 151
Rank change year-on-year +35 +30 +7
Permanent jobs citing VPN 18 35 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 1.53% 1.07% 0.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.38% 11.29% 6.04%
Number of salaries quoted 13 27 8
10th Percentile £54,000 £26,250 £40,875
25th Percentile £60,000 £26,875 £41,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £37,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +113.33% -23.08% +14.71%
75th Percentile £95,000 £50,000 £56,813
90th Percentile - £53,750 £58,050
South West median annual salary £47,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year +26.67% +4.17% -24.21%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 77 310 331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 6.53% 9.48% 12.98%
Number of salaries quoted 52 236 111
10th Percentile £30,925 £28,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £34,500 £36,250 £40,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,563 £65,000 £77,542
90th Percentile £94,878 £82,500 £97,290
South West median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% +5.56% -6.25%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Bristol

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Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for VPN in Bristol

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Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in Bristol over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VPN in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (55.56%) AWS
2 9 (50.00%) Azure
3 4 (22.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 4 (22.22%) Entra ID
3 4 (22.22%) IaaS
3 4 (22.22%) SaaS
4 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (11.11%) GCP
5 2 (11.11%) Google Workspace
6 1 (5.56%) Azure AI
6 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (5.56%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (5.56%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (5.56%) OCI
6 1 (5.56%) PaaS
6 1 (5.56%) Power Automate
6 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (83.33%) Firewall
2 10 (55.56%) Network Security
3 6 (33.33%) WAN
3 6 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (27.78%) LAN
4 5 (27.78%) SD-WAN
5 4 (22.22%) DNS
6 3 (16.67%) DHCP
6 3 (16.67%) MPLS
6 3 (16.67%) Unified Communications
7 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
7 2 (11.11%) VLAN
7 2 (11.11%) Wireless
8 1 (5.56%) BGP
8 1 (5.56%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (5.56%) EIGRP
8 1 (5.56%) Ethernet
8 1 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (5.56%) OSPF
8 1 (5.56%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.11%) MySQL
3 1 (5.56%) Data Lake
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (5.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Git
2 1 (5.56%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (38.89%) Finance
2 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.56%) Electronics
5 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.56%) Marketing
5 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Cloud Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Cloud Security Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Cloud Security Lead
2 6 (33.33%) Lead
2 6 (33.33%) Lead Cloud Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Security Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Architect
4 3 (16.67%) Cloud Architect
4 3 (16.67%) IT Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (11.11%) 1st Line Support Technician
5 2 (11.11%) AWS Architect
5 2 (11.11%) AWS Security Architect
5 2 (11.11%) IT Support
5 2 (11.11%) IT Support Technician
5 2 (11.11%) IT Technician
5 2 (11.11%) Network Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Security Architect
5 2 (11.11%) Support Technician
6 1 (5.56%) Oracle Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 2 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.56%) NHS
3 1 (5.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2019
3 3 (16.67%) Linux
3 3 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Roadmaps
2 9 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (44.44%) Cloud Security
3 8 (44.44%) Threat Modelling
4 7 (38.89%) Network Design
5 6 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 6 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
5 6 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
6 5 (27.78%) Migration
6 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (22.22%) DevOps
7 4 (22.22%) ITIL
7 4 (22.22%) Service Management
8 3 (16.67%) Agile
8 3 (16.67%) Data Protection
8 3 (16.67%) ITSM
8 3 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
8 3 (16.67%) Programme Management
8 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) PowerShell
1 4 (22.22%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) Python
3 1 (5.56%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) CISM
1 8 (44.44%) CISSP
2 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) CEH
3 2 (11.11%) DBS Check
3 2 (11.11%) Degree
3 2 (11.11%) GIAC
3 2 (11.11%) ISSAP
3 2 (11.11%) SANS
4 1 (5.56%) Azure Certification
4 1 (5.56%) CCNA
4 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (44.44%) NIST
2 6 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 6 (33.33%) NCSC
3 3 (16.67%) GDPR
3 3 (16.67%) PCI DSS
4 2 (11.11%) COBIT
4 2 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (11.11%) SOC 2
5 1 (5.56%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (16.67%) vSphere
2 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
3 1 (5.56%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) Terraform
2 3 (16.67%) Ansible
3 1 (5.56%) FortiGate
3 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
3 1 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) CheckPoint
2 4 (22.22%) SolarWinds
2 4 (22.22%) VMware
3 3 (16.67%) Extreme Networks
3 3 (16.67%) Google
3 3 (16.67%) Zscaler
4 2 (11.11%) Cisco
4 2 (11.11%) Meraki
4 2 (11.11%) Palo Alto
5 1 (5.56%) Databricks
5 1 (5.56%) F5
5 1 (5.56%) Juniper
5 1 (5.56%) Oracle
5 1 (5.56%) SAP