VPN Jobs in England

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 215 179 320
Rank change year-on-year -36 +141 -74
Permanent jobs citing VPN 1,032 1,416 1,862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.32% 1.99% 1.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.36% 12.32% 9.81%
Number of salaries quoted 757 1,145 1,467
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £33,053
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,500 £82,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £46,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.00% +5.26% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,962 11,495 18,987
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.71% 16.17% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 6,437 6,665 10,966
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for VPN in England

VPN
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VPN in England.

Salary trend for VPN in England

VPN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for VPN in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the England region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
London -68 290 £55,000 -6.70% 33
South East -16 243 £47,500 +4.40% 55
North of England -6 188 £38,000 -25.85% 39
Midlands +10 157 £40,000 -4.19% 31
South West -10 96 £34,500 -15.85% 22
Yorkshire +43 92 £37,500 -6.25% 13
North West -18 86 £45,000 -22.41% 19
West Midlands -11 83 £41,250 -8.33% 21
East Midlands +21 73 £40,000 +16.79% 10
East of England -12 63 £42,500 -15.00% 12
North East -8 16 £34,000 -18.81% 8
VPN
UK

VPN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 168 (16.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 136 (13.18%) SharePoint
3 37 (3.59%) Apache
4 24 (2.33%) Exchange Server 2010
5 22 (2.13%) IIS
6 8 (0.78%) Confluence
6 8 (0.78%) Skype for Business
7 7 (0.68%) nginx
8 5 (0.48%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.48%) SAS
8 5 (0.48%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.48%) WordPress
9 4 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2007
9 4 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
10 3 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.19%) Resin
11 2 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.097%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.097%) CMS
12 1 (0.097%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 130 (12.60%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.87%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.19%) Trello
7 1 (0.097%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 4 (0.39%) Carpe Diem
1 4 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (0.39%) PeopleSoft HCM
1 4 (0.39%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.19%) Eikon
2 2 (0.19%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.19%) Shopify
3 1 (0.097%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.097%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 469 (45.45%) Azure
2 397 (38.47%) Microsoft 365
3 140 (13.57%) AWS
4 133 (12.89%) Entra ID
5 55 (5.33%) IaaS
6 51 (4.94%) OneDrive
7 49 (4.75%) SaaS
8 45 (4.36%) Cloud Computing
9 44 (4.26%) PaaS
10 42 (4.07%) Amazon S3
11 39 (3.78%) GCP
12 22 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
12 22 (2.13%) Mimecast
13 21 (2.03%) GitHub
14 17 (1.65%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 16 (1.55%) Power Platform
15 16 (1.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 13 (1.26%) Google Workspace
17 12 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
17 12 (1.16%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 672 (65.12%) Firewall
2 365 (35.37%) WAN
3 352 (34.11%) LAN
4 315 (30.52%) DNS
5 236 (22.87%) DHCP
6 211 (20.45%) VLAN
7 206 (19.96%) TCP/IP
8 166 (16.09%) Wi-Fi
9 159 (15.41%) Network Security
10 139 (13.47%) Wireless
11 136 (13.18%) IPsec
12 128 (12.40%) BGP
13 111 (10.76%) MPLS
14 110 (10.66%) Internet
15 97 (9.40%) OSPF
16 85 (8.24%) SD-WAN
17 74 (7.17%) SAN
18 72 (6.98%) VoIP
19 70 (6.78%) SSL
20 47 (4.55%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (4.94%) SQL Server
2 48 (4.65%) MongoDB
3 39 (3.78%) Elasticsearch
4 26 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
4 26 (2.52%) NoSQL
5 15 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (1.45%) Power BI
6 13 (1.26%) MySQL
7 7 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (0.68%) Redis
8 5 (0.48%) DB2
9 3 (0.29%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.19%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.19%) Looker
10 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.097%) Amazon Aurora
11 1 (0.097%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.097%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.097%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 38 (3.68%) JIRA
2 28 (2.71%) Git
3 23 (2.23%) Jenkins
4 12 (1.16%) GitLab
5 9 (0.87%) Trac
6 5 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.097%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.097%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.097%) Selenium
7 1 (0.097%) Subversion
7 1 (0.097%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.097%) Visual Studio
General
1 327 (31.69%) Social Skills
2 122 (11.82%) Finance
3 109 (10.56%) Telecoms
4 80 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (5.52%) Retail
6 38 (3.68%) Law
7 33 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 28 (2.71%) Manufacturing
9 23 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (1.45%) Banking
10 15 (1.45%) Legal
10 15 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.07%) Public Sector
12 9 (0.87%) Mandarin Language
13 8 (0.78%) Investment Banking
14 7 (0.68%) Back Office
14 7 (0.68%) Financial Institution
14 7 (0.68%) Local Government
15 6 (0.58%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 218 (21.12%) Network Engineer
2 137 (13.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 128 (12.40%) Support Engineer
4 126 (12.21%) Senior
5 99 (9.59%) IT Support
6 98 (9.50%) Analyst
7 95 (9.21%) IT Engineer
8 58 (5.62%) Architect
9 56 (5.43%) Consultant
10 55 (5.33%) IT Support Engineer
11 46 (4.46%) IT Analyst
12 45 (4.36%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 44 (4.26%) Service Analyst
14 39 (3.78%) Service Desk Analyst
15 35 (3.39%) Lead
16 34 (3.29%) IT Manager
16 34 (3.29%) NetApp Consultant
17 33 (3.20%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 32 (3.10%) Network Manager
19 30 (2.91%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (5.14%) YAML
2 37 (3.59%) 802.1X
3 36 (3.49%) RabbitMQ
4 22 (2.13%) XML
5 21 (2.03%) JSON
6 19 (1.84%) LDAP
7 18 (1.74%) SOAP
8 16 (1.55%) HTML
9 14 (1.36%) REST
10 13 (1.26%) Web Services
11 12 (1.16%) NETCONF
11 12 (1.16%) RESTCONF
12 11 (1.07%) RESTful
12 11 (1.07%) YANG
13 9 (0.87%) CSS
13 9 (0.87%) React
13 9 (0.87%) SAML
14 8 (0.78%) Node.js
15 7 (0.68%) GraphQL
15 7 (0.68%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 178 (17.25%) Data Centre
2 62 (6.01%) Driving Licence
3 50 (4.84%) Management Information System
4 35 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
5 34 (3.29%) PKI
6 33 (3.20%) Public Cloud
7 26 (2.52%) Clustering
7 26 (2.52%) Replication
7 26 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
7 26 (2.52%) Video Conferencing
8 18 (1.74%) Onboarding
9 16 (1.55%) Product Ownership
10 15 (1.45%) Client/Server
11 12 (1.16%) Cloud Native
11 12 (1.16%) Security Posture
12 11 (1.07%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (0.78%) Blackberry
13 8 (0.78%) CCTV
14 7 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (0.68%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 523 (50.68%) Windows
2 243 (23.55%) Windows Server
3 212 (20.54%) Linux
4 137 (13.28%) Windows 10
5 53 (5.14%) Windows Server 2019
6 45 (4.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 40 (3.88%) Ubuntu
8 39 (3.78%) Apple iOS
8 39 (3.78%) Windows Server 2012
9 36 (3.49%) VMS
10 35 (3.39%) Android
11 34 (3.29%) Data ONTAP
12 27 (2.62%) Unix
13 26 (2.52%) Mac OS
14 19 (1.84%) CentOS
15 18 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 14 (1.36%) Windows 7
16 14 (1.36%) Windows Server 2008
17 12 (1.16%) Debian
18 8 (0.78%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (20.06%) Problem-Solving
2 180 (17.44%) Customer Service
3 170 (16.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 156 (15.12%) ITIL
5 112 (10.85%) Agile
6 107 (10.37%) Cybersecurity
7 101 (9.79%) Project Management
8 88 (8.53%) Computer Science
9 71 (6.88%) Actionable Insight
10 66 (6.40%) Service Management
11 64 (6.20%) Infrastructure Management
12 63 (6.10%) DevOps
13 60 (5.81%) Project Delivery
14 58 (5.62%) Service Delivery
15 57 (5.52%) Disaster Recovery
16 56 (5.43%) Patch Management
17 55 (5.33%) Kalman Filter
17 55 (5.33%) Mentoring
18 53 (5.14%) Roadmaps
19 51 (4.94%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 147 (14.24%) PowerShell
2 124 (12.02%) Python
3 81 (7.85%) SQL
4 38 (3.68%) Bash
5 17 (1.65%) Java
6 15 (1.45%) JavaScript
7 14 (1.36%) C#
8 8 (0.78%) Perl
8 8 (0.78%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.68%) Go
10 6 (0.58%) VBScript
11 5 (0.48%) JSX
11 5 (0.48%) R
11 5 (0.48%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.19%) Korn
12 2 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.19%) PHP
12 2 (0.19%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.097%) C++
13 1 (0.097%) VBA
Qualifications
1 187 (18.12%) Cisco Certification
2 147 (14.24%) Degree
3 130 (12.60%) CCNA
4 124 (12.02%) Security Cleared
5 113 (10.95%) CCNP
6 66 (6.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 66 (6.40%) SC Cleared
7 50 (4.84%) DV Cleared
8 44 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 42 (4.07%) CISSP
10 40 (3.88%) Azure Certification
11 25 (2.42%) MCSE
12 22 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
13 21 (2.03%) CCIE
14 20 (1.94%) MCSA
15 19 (1.84%) ITIL Certification
16 18 (1.74%) JNCIA
17 17 (1.65%) AWS Certification
17 17 (1.65%) MCP
18 16 (1.55%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (6.69%) SLA
2 37 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (3.49%) GDPR
4 19 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (1.65%) NIST
6 16 (1.55%) PCI DSS
7 9 (0.87%) NCSC
8 8 (0.78%) HIPAA
9 6 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.48%) GRC
10 5 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (0.48%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.19%) FedRAMP
11 2 (0.19%) QA
12 1 (0.097%) COBIT
12 1 (0.097%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.097%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.097%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.097%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.097%) PMO
System Software
1 437 (42.34%) Active Directory
2 206 (19.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 157 (15.21%) Hyper-V
4 72 (6.98%) Docker
5 49 (4.75%) Virtual Machines
6 46 (4.46%) VMware ESXi
7 37 (3.59%) vSphere
8 19 (1.84%) pfSense
9 14 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
10 13 (1.26%) Virtual Servers
11 11 (1.07%) NFS
12 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 7 (0.68%) VMware NSX
13 6 (0.58%) Firmware
14 5 (0.48%) Terminal Server
14 5 (0.48%) vCloud
15 2 (0.19%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.19%) XenDesktop
16 1 (0.097%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 161 (15.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 101 (9.79%) Ansible
3 68 (6.59%) SCCM
4 67 (6.49%) Terraform
5 66 (6.40%) Kubernetes
6 55 (5.33%) WSUS
7 44 (4.26%) vCenter Server
8 42 (4.07%) Prometheus
9 30 (2.91%) FortiGate
10 29 (2.81%) Single Sign-On
11 28 (2.71%) ZABBIX
12 23 (2.23%) Grafana
13 18 (1.74%) Puppet
14 16 (1.55%) Jamf Pro
14 16 (1.55%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 15 (1.45%) SCDPM
16 14 (1.36%) Progress Chef
17 13 (1.26%) Autotask
17 13 (1.26%) Microsoft Clustering
18 11 (1.07%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 479 (46.41%) Microsoft
2 312 (30.23%) Cisco
3 295 (28.59%) VMware
4 121 (11.72%) Palo Alto
5 102 (9.88%) Juniper
6 85 (8.24%) Veeam
7 79 (7.66%) Fortinet
8 77 (7.46%) Meraki
9 62 (6.01%) Citrix
10 59 (5.72%) Red Hat
11 44 (4.26%) HP
12 40 (3.88%) CheckPoint
13 39 (3.78%) SolarWinds
14 37 (3.59%) NetApp
15 34 (3.29%) SolidFire
16 33 (3.20%) Google
17 31 (3.00%) Apple
18 30 (2.91%) Dell
19 29 (2.81%) Aruba
19 29 (2.81%) Sophos