VPN Jobs in Dorset

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 39 98 66
Rank change year-on-year +59 -32 +6
Permanent jobs citing VPN 21 5 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 4.78% 0.40% 1.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 35.59% 5.15% 5.73%
Number of salaries quoted 18 4 9
10th Percentile £31,375 - £42,300
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -19.05% -
75th Percentile £59,375 £44,688 £60,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £46,375 £66,500
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
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 59 97 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 13.44% 7.81% 34.66%
Number of salaries quoted 37 69 73
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,535 £33,100
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £50,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £76,250
South West median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% +5.56% -6.25%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Dorset

VPN
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary trend for VPN in Dorset

VPN
Salary Histogram in Dorset

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

Salary histogram for VPN in Dorset

VPN
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
Dorchester - 7 £50,000 -
Poole - 4 £39,750 - 3
Blandford Forum - 3 - -
Bournemouth +60 1 £35,000 -17.65% 16
Wareham - 1 £60,000 -
VPN
South West

VPN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Entra ID
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (14.29%) OneDrive
2 2 (9.52%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 15 (71.43%) Firewall
2 11 (52.38%) DNS
3 10 (47.62%) LAN
4 9 (42.86%) DHCP
5 8 (38.10%) WAN
6 7 (33.33%) MPLS
6 7 (33.33%) VPLS
7 6 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (28.57%) Cisco Firepower
7 6 (28.57%) Network Security
7 6 (28.57%) PBX
7 6 (28.57%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (9.52%) Wireless
9 1 (4.76%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (38.10%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (9.52%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (71.43%) Network Engineer
2 2 (9.52%) Analyst
2 2 (9.52%) Developer
2 2 (9.52%) Software Developer
2 2 (9.52%) Support Analyst
2 2 (9.52%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (9.52%) Technical Support
2 2 (9.52%) Technical Support Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) IT Support
3 1 (4.76%) IT Support Specialist
3 1 (4.76%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Cyberattack
2 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (52.38%) Linux
2 3 (14.29%) Android
3 2 (9.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (23.81%) Line Management
1 5 (23.81%) Proactive Monitoring
2 4 (19.05%) Architectural Design
3 3 (14.29%) Mathematics
4 2 (9.52%) Agile
4 2 (9.52%) Android Development
4 2 (9.52%) CRM
4 2 (9.52%) Design Patterns
4 2 (9.52%) ITSM
4 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
4 2 (9.52%) OO
4 2 (9.52%) OOP
4 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.76%) DevOps
5 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (4.76%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (4.76%) Platform Engineering
5 1 (4.76%) Roadmaps
5 1 (4.76%) Storage Management
5 1 (4.76%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 3 (14.29%) Python
3 2 (9.52%) C++
3 2 (9.52%) Go
3 2 (9.52%) Java
4 1 (4.76%) Bash
Qualifications
1 16 (76.19%) Security Cleared
2 6 (28.57%) CCNA
2 6 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 5 (23.81%) CCNP
4 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.76%) Degree
System Software
1 13 (61.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (14.29%) Docker
3 1 (4.76%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.76%) VMware NSX
3 1 (4.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Ansible
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (9.52%) Autotask
3 1 (4.76%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (76.19%) Cisco
2 13 (61.90%) VMware
3 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 8 (38.10%) Veeam
5 7 (33.33%) HP
5 7 (33.33%) Meraki
6 5 (23.81%) Citrix
6 5 (23.81%) Fortinet
6 5 (23.81%) SolarWinds
7 1 (4.76%) 3PAR
7 1 (4.76%) Juniper
7 1 (4.76%) Splunk