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 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 70 134
Rank change year-on-year -58 +64 +45
Permanent jobs citing VPN 53 87 92
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.89% 3.37% 1.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.83% 24.72% 9.20%
Number of salaries quoted 42 64 87
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £23,250
25th Percentile £35,340 £27,875 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% -19.19%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,806 £53,750
90th Percentile £89,625 £64,850 £62,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +7.53% -7.00%

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 776 352 1,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 13.07% 13.63% 17.02%
Number of salaries quoted 276 266 770
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,125 £24,984
25th Percentile £30,875 £33,399 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £51,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -17.48% +8.42% -5.00%

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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 11 April 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 11 April 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 -29 14 £42,750 -31.05% 10
Cambridgeshire -22 11 £86,250 +109.09% 3
Suffolk +12 10 £40,000 -20.00% 1
Essex -24 10 £41,000 +36.67% 3
Norfolk -23 5 £40,000 +42.86% 2
Bedfordshire -8 4 £48,250 +37.86% 4
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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 15 (28.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (24.53%) SharePoint
3 3 (5.66%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (3.77%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 37 (69.81%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (47.17%) Azure
3 20 (37.74%) Entra ID
4 4 (7.55%) AWS
5 3 (5.66%) OneDrive
5 3 (5.66%) Power Automate
6 2 (3.77%) IaaS
6 2 (3.77%) PaaS
6 2 (3.77%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.77%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.89%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.89%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (67.92%) Firewall
2 22 (41.51%) DNS
2 22 (41.51%) LAN
3 19 (35.85%) DHCP
3 19 (35.85%) WAN
4 14 (26.42%) VLAN
5 13 (24.53%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (22.64%) TCP/IP
7 10 (18.87%) Wireless
8 6 (11.32%) Network Security
9 5 (9.43%) EIGRP
9 5 (9.43%) IMAP
9 5 (9.43%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (9.43%) OSPF
9 5 (9.43%) POP3
9 5 (9.43%) SMTP
9 5 (9.43%) Wireshark
10 4 (7.55%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (7.55%) WLAN
11 2 (3.77%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.66%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (5.66%) JIRA
General
1 23 (43.40%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (13.21%) Telecoms
4 6 (11.32%) Marketing
5 5 (9.43%) Retail
6 4 (7.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (5.66%) Legal
8 2 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.77%) Finance
9 1 (1.89%) Police
9 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (33.96%) Support Engineer
2 15 (28.30%) IT Support
3 11 (20.75%) IT Engineer
3 11 (20.75%) IT Support Engineer
4 9 (16.98%) 2nd Line Support
4 9 (16.98%) Network Engineer
5 8 (15.09%) Lead
6 7 (13.21%) Desktop Support
7 6 (11.32%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 6 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 5 (9.43%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) 3rd Line Support
8 5 (9.43%) Infrastructure Support
8 5 (9.43%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 5 (9.43%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (7.55%) Administrator
9 4 (7.55%) Desktop Team Leader
9 4 (7.55%) Head of Infrastructure
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.89%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.87%) Driving Licence
2 5 (9.43%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (7.55%) Client/Server
4 3 (5.66%) Replication
5 2 (3.77%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.89%) Clustering
6 1 (1.89%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.89%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.89%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.89%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 41 (77.36%) Windows
2 23 (43.40%) Windows Server
3 15 (28.30%) Windows 10
4 4 (7.55%) Android
4 4 (7.55%) Apple iOS
4 4 (7.55%) Linux
5 2 (3.77%) Debian
5 2 (3.77%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (35.85%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (30.19%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (22.64%) Customer Service
4 11 (20.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 11 (20.75%) Service Delivery
5 9 (16.98%) Network Monitoring
5 9 (16.98%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (15.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (15.09%) ITIL
7 7 (13.21%) Asset Management
7 7 (13.21%) ERP
7 7 (13.21%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 6 (11.32%) Time Management
9 5 (9.43%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (9.43%) Network Design
9 5 (9.43%) Network Virtualisation
9 5 (9.43%) Strategic Thinking
10 4 (7.55%) Cloud Security
10 4 (7.55%) Roadmaps
10 4 (7.55%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.09%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.66%) SQL
3 1 (1.89%) Bash
3 1 (1.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (18.87%) CCNA
1 10 (18.87%) CCNP
1 10 (18.87%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (9.43%) DBS Check
2 5 (9.43%) Security Cleared
3 4 (7.55%) Azure Certification
3 4 (7.55%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (7.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.89%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) GRC
2 1 (1.89%) QA
System Software
1 36 (67.92%) Active Directory
2 7 (13.21%) Hyper-V
3 5 (9.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.89%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (16.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.77%) SCCM
3 1 (1.89%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (1.89%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 40 (75.47%) Microsoft
2 13 (24.53%) Cisco
3 6 (11.32%) Palo Alto
4 5 (9.43%) Fortinet
4 5 (9.43%) SolarWinds
4 5 (9.43%) VMware
5 4 (7.55%) Apple
5 4 (7.55%) Aruba
5 4 (7.55%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (7.55%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.77%) CheckPoint
6 2 (3.77%) F5
6 2 (3.77%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.89%) Blue Coat
7 1 (1.89%) Google
7 1 (1.89%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.89%) Qualys
7 1 (1.89%) Sophos
7 1 (1.89%) Splunk
7 1 (1.89%) Veeam