VPN Jobs in the East Midlands

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 121 143
Rank change year-on-year +15 +22 -1
Permanent jobs citing VPN 55 82 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.99% 1.67% 1.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.30% 14.70% 4.59%
Number of salaries quoted 27 69 15
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £26,950
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -13.58%
75th Percentile £44,875 £50,000 £41,981
90th Percentile £59,250 £59,000 £64,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,096 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.33% -9.81% +5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 447 558 566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 16.18% 11.33% 22.30%
Number of salaries quoted 176 429 211
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,807 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £61,250
England median annual salary £35,500 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -25.26% -5.94% -3.81%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the East Midlands

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Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VPN in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for VPN in the East Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Salary histogram for VPN in the East Midlands

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Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 July 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
Northamptonshire +23 20 £40,000 +14.29% 5
Derbyshire -3 18 £41,250 +5.77% 5
Leicestershire +22 9 £35,000 -12.50% 6
Nottinghamshire +18 3 £26,500 -51.82% 4
Lincolnshire +10 3 - -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 7 (12.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (7.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (34.55%) Azure
2 17 (30.91%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (14.55%) IaaS
4 7 (12.73%) Entra ID
5 6 (10.91%) AWS
5 6 (10.91%) PaaS
6 4 (7.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (3.64%) Azure AI
7 2 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (3.64%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (3.64%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (3.64%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (3.64%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (3.64%) Google Workspace
7 2 (3.64%) Power Automate
7 2 (3.64%) Power Platform
7 2 (3.64%) SaaS
8 1 (1.82%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.82%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 24 (43.64%) Firewall
2 18 (32.73%) DNS
2 18 (32.73%) TCP/IP
3 15 (27.27%) DHCP
4 13 (23.64%) WAN
5 11 (20.00%) LAN
6 8 (14.55%) Cisco IOS
7 5 (9.09%) Network Security
8 4 (7.27%) SD-WAN
8 4 (7.27%) Wireless
9 2 (3.64%) Ethernet
9 2 (3.64%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (1.82%) 4G
10 1 (1.82%) 5G
10 1 (1.82%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (1.82%) MPLS
10 1 (1.82%) PBX
10 1 (1.82%) SAN
10 1 (1.82%) VoIP
10 1 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.45%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.64%) Data Lake
2 2 (3.64%) MySQL
2 2 (3.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (23.64%) Cucumber
1 13 (23.64%) Robot Framework
2 2 (3.64%) Git
General
1 27 (49.09%) Social Skills
2 22 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (25.45%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (25.45%) Telecoms
4 4 (7.27%) Legal
4 4 (7.27%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (5.45%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (5.45%) Law
6 2 (3.64%) Retail
7 1 (1.82%) Electronics
7 1 (1.82%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (32.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (23.64%) Test Automation Engineer
2 13 (23.64%) Test Engineer
3 9 (16.36%) Analyst
4 5 (9.09%) Support Engineer
5 4 (7.27%) Architect
5 4 (7.27%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 4 (7.27%) Network Engineer
5 4 (7.27%) Senior
5 4 (7.27%) Support Analyst
5 4 (7.27%) Technical Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) IT Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) IT Support
6 3 (5.45%) Server Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) Service Analyst
6 3 (5.45%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (5.45%) Technical Support
6 3 (5.45%) Technical Support Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.55%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 13 (23.64%) Linux Command Line
2 9 (16.36%) Cyberattack
3 4 (7.27%) Data Centre
3 4 (7.27%) Driving Licence
3 4 (7.27%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (5.45%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.64%) NHS
5 2 (3.64%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.82%) CCTV
6 1 (1.82%) IoT
6 1 (1.82%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 49 (89.09%) Windows
2 30 (54.55%) Linux
3 19 (34.55%) Windows Server
4 12 (21.82%) Android
5 4 (7.27%) Windows 10
6 3 (5.45%) Apple iOS
6 3 (5.45%) CentOS
6 3 (5.45%) Mac OS X
6 3 (5.45%) Rocky
6 3 (5.45%) Ubuntu
6 3 (5.45%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (5.45%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (3.64%) AIX
7 2 (3.64%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.82%) VMS
8 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (65.45%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (45.45%) DevOps
3 20 (36.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 18 (32.73%) Mentoring
5 16 (29.09%) ITIL
6 13 (23.64%) Coaching
6 13 (23.64%) System Testing
6 13 (23.64%) Test Automation
6 13 (23.64%) Test Management
7 9 (16.36%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (16.36%) Line Management
7 9 (16.36%) Mathematics
8 8 (14.55%) Platform Engineering
8 8 (14.55%) Risk Management
8 8 (14.55%) Storage Management
8 8 (14.55%) Task Automation
9 7 (12.73%) Agile
9 7 (12.73%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (9.09%) Computer Science
10 5 (9.09%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 29 (52.73%) PowerShell
2 22 (40.00%) Python
3 21 (38.18%) Bash
4 13 (23.64%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.64%) Bicep
5 2 (3.64%) SQL
6 1 (1.82%) C++
6 1 (1.82%) Go
6 1 (1.82%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (32.73%) Degree
2 8 (14.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (10.91%) MCSA
4 5 (9.09%) MCP
4 5 (9.09%) Security Cleared
5 4 (7.27%) Azure Certification
6 3 (5.45%) A+ Certification
6 3 (5.45%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (5.45%) MCSE
7 2 (3.64%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.82%) CCNA
8 1 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.82%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.82%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (23.64%) QA
2 3 (5.45%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (5.45%) SLA
3 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (3.64%) GDPR
4 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (32.73%) Active Directory
2 9 (16.36%) Docker
2 9 (16.36%) Hyper-V
2 9 (16.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (14.55%) VMware NSX
3 8 (14.55%) vSphere
4 2 (3.64%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.82%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (21.82%) Ansible
2 8 (14.55%) Terraform
3 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (3.64%) FortiGate
4 2 (3.64%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.82%) Autotask
Vendors
1 22 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (20.00%) Cisco
2 11 (20.00%) VMware
3 8 (14.55%) 3PAR
3 8 (14.55%) Juniper
3 8 (14.55%) Splunk
4 4 (7.27%) Meraki
5 3 (5.45%) HP
5 3 (5.45%) Sophos
6 2 (3.64%) Databricks
6 2 (3.64%) Google
7 1 (1.82%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (1.82%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.82%) NVIDIA