VPN Job Trends in Cumbria

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cumbria 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 35 49 36
Rank change year-on-year +14 -13 -21
Permanent jobs citing VPN 3 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 0.80% 0.20% 0.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.00% 2.04% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,000 £30,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £31,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.94% - -
75th Percentile £30,125 £32,250 -
90th Percentile £30,200 - -
North West median annual salary £32,500 £40,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -19.75% -10.00% +5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 50 49 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 13.26% 9.86% 19.77%
Number of salaries quoted 31 5 16
10th Percentile £13,380 £35,950 -
25th Percentile - £43,750 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £53,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -52.67% +17.78% +28.57%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £55,938
90th Percentile £85,000 - £72,500
North West median annual salary £30,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -32.22% -5.26% +5.56%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

VPN job vacancy trend in Cumbria

VPN
Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing VPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing VPN

VPN
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Cumbria 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
Barrow-in-Furness +18 3 £29,000 -7.94%
VPN
North West

VPN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow