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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 210 215
Rank change year-on-year +105 +5 +108
Permanent jobs citing VPN 1,407 1,219 1,492
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.85% 1.36% 1.75%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.82% 10.03% 10.77%
Number of salaries quoted 550 942 1,150
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £28,980
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £35,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £67,070
90th Percentile £83,750 £74,875 £77,715
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +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 8,896 12,155 13,849
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.04% 13.53% 16.26%
Number of salaries quoted 3,762 8,542 7,007
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%

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 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VPN in England

VPN
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 31 May 2025. 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 of England +155 754 £39,500 - 116
North West +175 678 £33,000 -26.67% 60
London +23 241 £60,000 +12.15% 207
South East -3 157 £52,500 +12.90% 91
Midlands -11 87 £35,000 -11.95% 49
South West +88 86 £47,500 +26.67% 65
East of England +44 75 £43,000 +7.50% 46
Yorkshire +10 61 £42,500 +13.33% 46
West Midlands +5 45 £30,500 -23.27% 28
East Midlands +14 42 £37,500 -3.85% 21
North East +36 15 £48,750 +43.38% 15
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 91 (6.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 79 (5.61%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.00%) IIS
4 4 (0.28%) Confluence
5 2 (0.14%) nginx
5 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.14%) Traefik
5 2 (0.14%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.14%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.071%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.071%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (0.071%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.071%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 67 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.85%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 5 (0.36%) Blender
3 5 (0.36%) CINEMA 4D
3 5 (0.36%) Maya
4 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.071%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (0.78%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.43%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.36%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.28%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
6 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.071%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.071%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.071%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 325 (23.10%) Azure
2 252 (17.91%) Microsoft 365
3 154 (10.95%) AWS
4 133 (9.45%) Entra ID
5 46 (3.27%) SaaS
6 41 (2.91%) OneDrive
7 39 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (2.70%) IaaS
9 35 (2.49%) GCP
9 35 (2.49%) PaaS
10 31 (2.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 29 (2.06%) Azure Monitor
12 25 (1.78%) Azure Sentinel
13 22 (1.56%) Azure Key Vault
13 22 (1.56%) Power Platform
14 20 (1.42%) GitHub
14 20 (1.42%) Mimecast
15 19 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 15 (1.07%) AWS Direct Connect
16 15 (1.07%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 629 (44.71%) DNS
2 455 (32.34%) Firewall
3 273 (19.40%) Cisco IOS
4 263 (18.69%) WAN
5 226 (16.06%) LAN
5 226 (16.06%) TCP/IP
6 155 (11.02%) DHCP
7 143 (10.16%) Network Security
8 124 (8.81%) VLAN
9 115 (8.17%) Wi-Fi
10 98 (6.97%) BGP
11 91 (6.47%) OSPF
12 84 (5.97%) MPLS
13 77 (5.47%) SD-WAN
14 62 (4.41%) IPsec
15 51 (3.62%) Wireless
16 40 (2.84%) VoIP
17 39 (2.77%) Cisco Firepower
18 38 (2.70%) Cisco ASA
19 32 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (2.70%) SQL Server
2 23 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
3 22 (1.56%) MySQL
4 18 (1.28%) Power BI
5 17 (1.21%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.57%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.36%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.28%) Metabase
9 3 (0.21%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.14%) Big Data
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Exadata
11 1 (0.071%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.071%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 65 (4.62%) Robot Framework
2 64 (4.55%) Cucumber
3 25 (1.78%) Git
4 18 (1.28%) JIRA
5 13 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
6 9 (0.64%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.21%) GitLab
8 1 (0.071%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.071%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.071%) TeamCity
General
1 764 (54.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 747 (53.09%) Analytical Skills
3 501 (35.61%) Finance
4 299 (21.25%) Social Skills
5 88 (6.25%) Telecoms
6 44 (3.13%) Banking
7 23 (1.63%) Law
8 22 (1.56%) Manufacturing
9 21 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
10 20 (1.42%) Retail
11 19 (1.35%) Legal
12 11 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (0.71%) Marketing
14 8 (0.57%) Investment Banking
14 8 (0.57%) Local Government
15 7 (0.50%) Back Office
15 7 (0.50%) Public Sector
16 6 (0.43%) Aerospace
16 6 (0.43%) Front Office
16 6 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 402 (28.57%) Developer
2 397 (28.22%) Software Developer
3 335 (23.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 165 (11.73%) Network Engineer
5 98 (6.97%) Analyst
6 94 (6.68%) IT Support
7 93 (6.61%) Senior
8 73 (5.19%) Support Engineer
9 68 (4.83%) Lead
10 64 (4.55%) Test Automation Engineer
10 64 (4.55%) Test Engineer
11 53 (3.77%) Support Analyst
12 50 (3.55%) IT Engineer
13 46 (3.27%) Architect
14 42 (2.99%) IT Analyst
15 37 (2.63%) Cloud Engineer
16 36 (2.56%) IT Support Analyst
17 35 (2.49%) 2nd Line Support
18 32 (2.27%) Security Engineer
19 31 (2.20%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 265 (18.83%) Elastic Stack
2 18 (1.28%) LDAP
3 15 (1.07%) 802.1X
4 11 (0.78%) YAML
5 5 (0.36%) GraphQL
5 5 (0.36%) gRPC
5 5 (0.36%) JSON
5 5 (0.36%) Node.js
5 5 (0.36%) RabbitMQ
5 5 (0.36%) React
5 5 (0.36%) React Native
5 5 (0.36%) RESTful
5 5 (0.36%) Sequelize
6 3 (0.21%) Jinja
7 2 (0.14%) ARM Templates
7 2 (0.14%) Kafka
7 2 (0.14%) Middleware
7 2 (0.14%) Web Services
7 2 (0.14%) XMPP
8 1 (0.071%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 659 (46.84%) Cyberattack
2 104 (7.39%) Data Centre
3 70 (4.98%) Linux Command Line
4 50 (3.55%) Driving Licence
5 27 (1.92%) Management Information System
6 26 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
7 25 (1.78%) Onboarding
7 25 (1.78%) Security Posture
8 17 (1.21%) Cloud Native
8 17 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
8 17 (1.21%) NHS
8 17 (1.21%) Operational Technology
9 16 (1.14%) PKI
10 12 (0.85%) Client/Server
11 10 (0.71%) Clustering
11 10 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (0.71%) Public Cloud
12 8 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (0.50%) Replication
14 6 (0.43%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 817 (58.07%) Linux
2 678 (48.19%) Android
3 636 (45.20%) Windows
4 177 (12.58%) Windows Server
5 85 (6.04%) Windows 10
6 44 (3.13%) Mac OS
7 31 (2.20%) Windows Server 2016
8 16 (1.14%) Apple iOS
9 15 (1.07%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.43%) CentOS
10 6 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (0.43%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.36%) Mac OS X
11 5 (0.36%) VMS
12 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.21%) Rocky
13 3 (0.21%) Unix
14 2 (0.14%) Debian
14 2 (0.14%) Solaris
14 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 673 (47.83%) Line Management
2 659 (46.84%) Mathematics
3 564 (40.09%) Problem-Solving
4 432 (30.70%) Agile
5 400 (28.43%) Design Patterns
6 397 (28.22%) Android Development
6 397 (28.22%) DevOps
6 397 (28.22%) OO
6 397 (28.22%) OOP
7 353 (25.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 289 (20.54%) Task Automation
9 286 (20.33%) Risk Management
10 280 (19.90%) Platform Engineering
11 264 (18.76%) Storage Management
12 157 (11.16%) ITIL
13 137 (9.74%) Mentoring
14 97 (6.89%) Customer Service
15 90 (6.40%) Disaster Recovery
16 87 (6.18%) Cybersecurity
17 72 (5.12%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 798 (56.72%) Python
2 445 (31.63%) PowerShell
3 407 (28.93%) C++
4 402 (28.57%) Java
5 399 (28.36%) Go
6 363 (25.80%) Bash
7 70 (4.98%) JavaScript
8 53 (3.77%) SQL
9 21 (1.49%) Bicep
10 6 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
10 6 (0.43%) Perl
11 5 (0.36%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.21%) R
13 2 (0.14%) Groovy
14 1 (0.071%) Ruby
14 1 (0.071%) Scala
Qualifications
1 493 (35.04%) Security Cleared
2 433 (30.77%) DV Cleared
3 147 (10.45%) Cisco Certification
4 143 (10.16%) Degree
5 110 (7.82%) CCNA
6 102 (7.25%) CCNP
7 55 (3.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 55 (3.91%) SC Cleared
8 52 (3.70%) Azure Certification
9 38 (2.70%) A+ Certification
10 28 (1.99%) CISSP
11 27 (1.92%) Network+ Certification
12 24 (1.71%) CISM
13 20 (1.42%) CCIE
13 20 (1.42%) DBS Check
14 19 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
15 18 (1.28%) AWS Certification
16 17 (1.21%) JNCIA
17 14 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
18 13 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (4.62%) QA
2 55 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (3.27%) NIST
4 38 (2.70%) SLA
5 37 (2.63%) GDPR
6 26 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (0.85%) HIPAA
7 12 (0.85%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (0.64%) NCSC
10 8 (0.57%) SOC 2
11 7 (0.50%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.21%) COBIT
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 670 (47.62%) Docker
2 347 (24.66%) Hyper-V
3 271 (19.26%) vSphere
4 267 (18.98%) VMware NSX
5 240 (17.06%) Active Directory
6 121 (8.60%) VMware Infrastructure
7 41 (2.91%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
9 15 (1.07%) Firmware
10 4 (0.28%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 3 (0.21%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.21%) KVM
11 3 (0.21%) NFS
11 3 (0.21%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.14%) SRDF
12 2 (0.14%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 2 (0.14%) Xen
13 1 (0.071%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 717 (50.96%) Ansible
2 313 (22.25%) Terraform
3 117 (8.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 33 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
5 26 (1.85%) FortiGate
6 17 (1.21%) SCCM
7 16 (1.14%) Kubernetes
7 16 (1.14%) Nagios
8 14 (1.00%) QRadar
9 11 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
10 8 (0.57%) Proxmox
11 7 (0.50%) CASB
11 7 (0.50%) vCenter Server
12 5 (0.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 4 (0.28%) Autotask
13 4 (0.28%) Cisco CUCM
13 4 (0.28%) Graylog
13 4 (0.28%) Opsgenie
13 4 (0.28%) VxRail
13 4 (0.28%) WSUS
Vendors
1 473 (33.62%) Cisco
2 314 (22.32%) Microsoft
3 299 (21.25%) Juniper
4 288 (20.47%) Splunk
5 262 (18.62%) 3PAR
6 137 (9.74%) VMware
7 83 (5.90%) Meraki
8 68 (4.83%) Fortinet
9 54 (3.84%) CheckPoint
10 53 (3.77%) Palo Alto
11 51 (3.62%) SolarWinds
12 43 (3.06%) Citrix
13 26 (1.85%) Veeam
14 25 (1.78%) HP
15 24 (1.71%) Google
15 24 (1.71%) ServiceNow
16 22 (1.56%) Arista
17 21 (1.49%) Databricks
18 20 (1.42%) F5
19 19 (1.35%) Dell