VPN Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring VPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 90 86
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 -11
Permanent jobs citing VPN 6 9 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.45% 0.93% 0.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.90% 4.07% 12.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 11
10th Percentile - £29,550 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £34,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,500 £46,750
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -9.09% +43.85%
75th Percentile £62,500 £47,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £46,000 £55,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year -16.36% +27.91% +14.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 87 221 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 6.49% 22.85% 8.07%
Number of salaries quoted 33 82 77
10th Percentile £26,000 £34,550 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £56,250 £46,750
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +20.32% +3.89%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £69,600 £92,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

VPN job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

VPN
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing VPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing VPN

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Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes -13 2 £60,000 +66.67%
Bletchley - 2 - -
VPN
South East

VPN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) DNS
2 4 (66.67%) DHCP
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) LAN
3 1 (16.67%) WAN
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) IT Support
1 4 (66.67%) IT Support Technician
1 4 (66.67%) IT Technician
1 4 (66.67%) Support Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Mobile Device Management
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (33.33%) CAD
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) ITSM
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (16.67%) Security Patching
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (16.67%) MCSE
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (16.67%) McAfee
3 1 (16.67%) VMware