VPN Job Trends in the East Midlands

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring VPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 91 121
Rank change year-on-year -39 +30 +7
Permanent jobs citing VPN 34 42 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.75% 2.29% 1.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.21% 10.88% 11.88%
Number of salaries quoted 31 21 60
10th Percentile - £31,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +2.56% +11.43%
75th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £68,875
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -10.00%

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 333 386 522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 7.34% 21.07% 12.33%
Number of salaries quoted 178 166 457
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £29,188 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £38,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% -3.75% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £57,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £64,750 £61,250 £58,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

VPN job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VPN

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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 12 May 2026.

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 12 May 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
Lincolnshire -10 15 £32,500 -
Leicestershire -36 9 £42,500 +6.25% 5
Nottinghamshire -11 5 £35,000 - 2
Northamptonshire -8 3 - - 1
Derbyshire -16 2 £53,750 +38.71% 3
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 9 (26.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (23.53%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 19 (55.88%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (41.18%) Azure
3 8 (23.53%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.94%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (58.82%) DNS
2 19 (55.88%) TCP/IP
3 16 (47.06%) DHCP
4 12 (35.29%) Firewall
4 12 (35.29%) WAN
5 10 (29.41%) VLAN
6 8 (23.53%) SD-WAN
6 8 (23.53%) VoIP
6 8 (23.53%) Wireless
7 7 (20.59%) MQTT
8 4 (11.76%) LAN
9 3 (8.82%) BGP
9 3 (8.82%) LoRaWAN
10 2 (5.88%) Internet
10 2 (5.88%) OSPF
10 2 (5.88%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (2.94%) IPsec
11 1 (2.94%) MPLS
11 1 (2.94%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (29.41%) SQL Server
2 4 (11.76%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (11.76%) MongoDB
3 3 (8.82%) MySQL
3 3 (8.82%) Neo4j
General
1 21 (61.76%) Social Skills
2 10 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (23.53%) Legal
4 4 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (11.76%) Law
5 3 (8.82%) Finance
5 3 (8.82%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.88%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 9 (26.47%) IT Support
2 8 (23.53%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
2 8 (23.53%) 3rd Line Support
3 7 (20.59%) Applications Support
4 6 (17.65%) Senior
5 5 (14.71%) Network Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) Support Engineer
6 4 (11.76%) Applications Engineer
6 4 (11.76%) Applications Support Engineer
6 4 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (11.76%) IT Support Technician
6 4 (11.76%) IT Technician
6 4 (11.76%) Senior Applications Engineer
6 4 (11.76%) Senior Applications Support
6 4 (11.76%) Senior Support Engineer
6 4 (11.76%) Support Technician
7 3 (8.82%) Applications Consultant
7 3 (8.82%) Applications Support Consultant
7 3 (8.82%) Consultant
7 3 (8.82%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 14 (41.18%) Driving Licence
2 9 (26.47%) Onboarding
3 7 (20.59%) IoT
4 3 (8.82%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (8.82%) NHS
4 3 (8.82%) Replication
5 2 (5.88%) Client/Server
5 2 (5.88%) Data Centre
5 2 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (67.65%) Windows
2 9 (26.47%) Windows 10
3 8 (23.53%) Linux
3 8 (23.53%) Mac OS
4 6 (17.65%) Windows Server
5 4 (11.76%) VMS
6 3 (8.82%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (41.18%) ITSM
3 10 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (29.41%) Service Delivery
4 9 (26.47%) High Availability
4 9 (26.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 8 (23.53%) Application Packaging
5 8 (23.53%) CRM
5 8 (23.53%) E-Commerce
5 8 (23.53%) Identity Management
5 8 (23.53%) Task Automation
6 7 (20.59%) Logistics
6 7 (20.59%) Systems Engineering
7 6 (17.65%) ERP
7 6 (17.65%) Incident Management
7 6 (17.65%) Network Monitoring
8 5 (14.71%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (11.76%) AI
9 4 (11.76%) Problem Management
9 4 (11.76%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 13 (38.24%) PowerShell
2 4 (11.76%) Python
2 4 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (26.47%) Degree
2 8 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.82%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.94%) CCNA
5 1 (2.94%) CCNP
5 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.94%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.94%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (26.47%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (23.53%) GDPR
3 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.94%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (38.24%) Active Directory
2 5 (14.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (11.76%) Firmware
4 3 (8.82%) vSphere
5 1 (2.94%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.94%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 8 (23.53%) Jamf Pro
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (8.82%) Galera Cluster
2 3 (8.82%) SCCM
2 3 (8.82%) vCenter Server
3 2 (5.88%) FortiGate
3 2 (5.88%) Nagios
Vendors
1 26 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 8 (23.53%) Apple
2 8 (23.53%) Logitech
2 8 (23.53%) Yealink
3 5 (14.71%) VMware
4 4 (11.76%) Cisco
5 3 (8.82%) Fortinet
6 2 (5.88%) Epicor
6 2 (5.88%) SolarWinds
6 2 (5.88%) TP-LINK
7 1 (2.94%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.94%) Citrix
7 1 (2.94%) F5