OpenVPN Job Trends in England

OpenVPN
UK > England

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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 648 631 778
Rank change year-on-year -17 +147 +178
Permanent jobs citing OpenVPN 3 3 7
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.005% 0.008% 0.009%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.032% 0.056% 0.069%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19,500 - £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £20,000 £70,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -71.43% -12.50% +166.67%
75th Percentile £20,500 £83,125 £82,500
90th Percentile - £91,000 -
UK median annual salary £20,000 £70,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -71.43% -12.50% +166.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

OpenVPN 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,281 5,321 10,105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.27% 13.56% 13.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3,600 3,300 8,313
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £53,275 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.16% +9.85% -4.98%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £79,900
UK median annual salary £40,500 £53,300 £48,500
% change year-on-year -24.02% +9.90% -7.62%

OpenVPN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

OpenVPN job vacancy trend in England

OpenVPN
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing OpenVPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing OpenVPN

OpenVPN
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenVPN within the England region over the 6 months to 12 March 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
North West - 2 - -
North of England - 2 - -
East of England - 1 £20,000 - 1
OpenVPN
UK

OpenVPN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) SSH
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) L2TP
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Electronics Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Node.js
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Energy Management
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Veeam