VPN Job Trends in the East of England

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring VPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 85 87
Rank change year-on-year -19 +2 +93
Permanent jobs citing VPN 51 101 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.23% 2.88% 2.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.90% 15.42% 11.82%
Number of salaries quoted 43 74 41
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £33,875 £28,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% +19.40%
75th Percentile £44,000 £46,875 £58,750
90th Percentile £58,500 £63,750 £64,550
England median annual salary £41,000 £51,155 £47,500
% change year-on-year -19.85% +7.69% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 739 655 423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.83% 18.69% 18.73%
Number of salaries quoted 291 332 295
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.79% +4.12% +14.12%
75th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

VPN job vacancy trend in the East of England

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Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing VPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing VPN

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Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in the East of England over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for VPN in the East of England

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Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the East of England region over the 6 months to 5 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
Hertfordshire -7 16 £43,000 -25.22% 14
Essex -4 14 £35,000 +25.00% 2
Cambridgeshire -2 8 £86,250 +169.53% 4
Suffolk -7 8 £40,000 +23.08% 8
Norfolk -20 5 £40,000 +25.00%
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 16 (31.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (19.61%) SharePoint
3 3 (5.88%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.92%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 30 (58.82%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (56.86%) Azure
3 21 (41.18%) Entra ID
4 6 (11.76%) IaaS
4 6 (11.76%) Power Automate
5 5 (9.80%) PaaS
5 5 (9.80%) Power Platform
5 5 (9.80%) PowerApps
6 3 (5.88%) SaaS
7 2 (3.92%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (3.92%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.96%) AWS
8 1 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.96%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 33 (64.71%) Firewall
2 32 (62.75%) DNS
3 24 (47.06%) DHCP
4 15 (29.41%) WAN
5 14 (27.45%) LAN
6 13 (25.49%) TCP/IP
7 11 (21.57%) VLAN
8 9 (17.65%) Network Security
9 6 (11.76%) SMTP
9 6 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (9.80%) EIGRP
10 5 (9.80%) IMAP
10 5 (9.80%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (9.80%) OSPF
10 5 (9.80%) POP3
10 5 (9.80%) Wireless
10 5 (9.80%) Wireshark
11 4 (7.84%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (7.84%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (7.84%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) JIRA
General
1 33 (64.71%) Social Skills
2 9 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (13.73%) Legal
4 2 (3.92%) Finance
4 2 (3.92%) Marketing
5 1 (1.96%) Law
Job Titles
1 13 (25.49%) Support Engineer
2 8 (15.69%) IT Support
2 8 (15.69%) Lead
3 7 (13.73%) Desktop Support
3 7 (13.73%) Network Engineer
4 5 (9.80%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (9.80%) Administrator
4 5 (9.80%) Analyst
4 5 (9.80%) Help Desk Technician
4 5 (9.80%) IT Administrator
4 5 (9.80%) IT Analyst
4 5 (9.80%) IT Technician
5 4 (7.84%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 4 (7.84%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (7.84%) Desktop Support Team Leader
5 4 (7.84%) Desktop Team Leader
5 4 (7.84%) Support Team Leader
5 4 (7.84%) Team Leader
5 4 (7.84%) Technical Engineer
5 4 (7.84%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.96%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.73%) Driving Licence
2 5 (9.80%) Data Centre
2 5 (9.80%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (9.80%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.88%) Client/Server
3 3 (5.88%) Replication
3 3 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.92%) Clustering
5 1 (1.96%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 43 (84.31%) Windows
2 23 (45.10%) Windows Server
3 12 (23.53%) Windows 10
4 7 (13.73%) Android
4 7 (13.73%) Apple iOS
5 6 (11.76%) Linux
6 3 (5.88%) Debian
6 3 (5.88%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 15 (29.41%) Service Delivery
3 13 (25.49%) ITIL
4 11 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (17.65%) Network Monitoring
6 8 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (15.69%) Network Virtualisation
7 6 (11.76%) Mobile Device Management
7 6 (11.76%) Time Management
8 5 (9.80%) AI
8 5 (9.80%) Case Management
8 5 (9.80%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (9.80%) Digital Innovation
8 5 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (9.80%) Strategic Thinking
9 4 (7.84%) Customer-Centricity
9 4 (7.84%) Migration
9 4 (7.84%) Network Management
9 4 (7.84%) Proactive Monitoring
9 4 (7.84%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.76%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.88%) SQL
3 1 (1.96%) Bash
3 1 (1.96%) Bicep
3 1 (1.96%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (19.61%) CCNA
1 10 (19.61%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (17.65%) CCNP
3 8 (15.69%) Security Cleared
4 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (11.76%) A+ Certification
5 6 (11.76%) Azure Certification
6 5 (9.80%) DBS Check
6 5 (9.80%) SC Cleared
7 4 (7.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (3.92%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.96%) Degree
9 1 (1.96%) MCSA
System Software
1 27 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 6 (11.76%) Hyper-V
3 3 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (29.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (7.84%) FortiGate
3 2 (3.92%) Failover Clustering
3 2 (3.92%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (3.92%) Nagios
3 2 (3.92%) SCCM
4 1 (1.96%) Endace
4 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 39 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 13 (25.49%) Cisco
3 8 (15.69%) Palo Alto
4 5 (9.80%) SolarWinds
5 4 (7.84%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (7.84%) Fortinet
5 4 (7.84%) VMware
6 3 (5.88%) Blue Coat
6 3 (5.88%) CheckPoint
6 3 (5.88%) F5
7 2 (3.92%) Darktrace
7 2 (3.92%) Google
7 2 (3.92%) LogRhythm
7 2 (3.92%) Okta
7 2 (3.92%) Salesforce
7 2 (3.92%) ServiceNow
7 2 (3.92%) Splunk
8 1 (1.96%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (1.96%) Veeam
8 1 (1.96%) Zscaler