VPN Jobs in Cardiff

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 62 59
Rank change year-on-year +33 -3 +23
Permanent jobs citing VPN 2 6 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 1.05% 0.88% 1.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.64% 9.23% 8.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 7
10th Percentile - £32,613 £21,800
25th Percentile £62,500 £37,101 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £45,534 £23,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.75% +97.97% -53.54%
75th Percentile £67,500 £52,813 £78,750
90th Percentile - £86,250 -
South Wales median annual salary £61,750 £44,886 £23,000
% change year-on-year +37.57% +95.16% -46.51%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 55 65 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 28.80% 9.54% 14.57%
Number of salaries quoted 45 51 39
10th Percentile £15,052 £26,750 £23,000
25th Percentile £25,087 £37,101 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,094 £41,067 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.24% -3.37% -11.92%
75th Percentile £56,250 £53,125 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,050 £65,000 £75,000
South Wales median annual salary £25,087 £41,067 £37,750
% change year-on-year -38.91% +8.79% -16.11%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Cardiff

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Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for VPN in Cardiff

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) 802.11
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCIE
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco