VPN Jobs in England

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for VPN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VPN over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 198 229 299
Rank change year-on-year +31 +70 -56
Permanent jobs citing VPN 1,264 1,527 1,791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.49% 1.64% 1.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.42% 10.59% 10.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,000 1,179 1,462
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,285 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,500 £77,500
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 is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,134 14,414 17,659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.31% 15.46% 13.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8,588 7,484 10,465
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 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 +13 389 £55,000 -8.33% 77
South East +25 273 £46,500 +14.81% 57
North of England +37 234 £40,000 -11.11% 52
Midlands +42 167 £39,000 -13.33% 44
Yorkshire +95 122 £37,500 -28.57% 16
South West -6 112 £37,500 +1.35% 28
West Midlands +28 100 £39,750 -12.15% 28
North West -24 90 £45,000 - 30
East of England +23 88 £40,000 -19.60% 24
East Midlands +23 66 £39,000 +11.43% 16
North East +8 28 £35,250 -12.96% 6
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
1 231 (18.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 173 (13.69%) SharePoint
3 39 (3.09%) Apache
4 34 (2.69%) IIS
5 31 (2.45%) Exchange Server 2010
6 10 (0.79%) WordPress
7 9 (0.71%) Skype for Business
8 8 (0.63%) nginx
9 7 (0.55%) Confluence
9 7 (0.55%) OpenStack
10 6 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2007
10 6 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2013
10 6 (0.47%) WebSphere
11 5 (0.40%) SAS
12 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
12 2 (0.16%) CMS
12 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2003
12 2 (0.16%) Resin
13 1 (0.079%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.079%) uWSGI
Applications
1 163 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.71%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.16%) Trello
6 1 (0.079%) 1Password
6 1 (0.079%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.40%) Carpe Diem
3 4 (0.32%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.24%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.16%) Eikon
5 2 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 600 (47.47%) Azure
2 554 (43.83%) Microsoft 365
3 171 (13.53%) Entra ID
4 167 (13.21%) AWS
5 79 (6.25%) OneDrive
6 76 (6.01%) IaaS
7 68 (5.38%) PaaS
8 59 (4.67%) SaaS
9 45 (3.56%) Amazon S3
10 44 (3.48%) GCP
11 38 (3.01%) Mimecast
12 33 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
13 32 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
14 27 (2.14%) Azure Monitor
15 21 (1.66%) GitHub
16 17 (1.34%) Amazon EC2
16 17 (1.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 16 (1.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
18 14 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
18 14 (1.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 826 (65.35%) Firewall
2 445 (35.21%) WAN
3 429 (33.94%) LAN
4 410 (32.44%) DNS
5 319 (25.24%) DHCP
6 271 (21.44%) VLAN
7 231 (18.28%) TCP/IP
8 200 (15.82%) Wi-Fi
9 185 (14.64%) Wireless
10 169 (13.37%) Network Security
11 133 (10.52%) Internet
12 127 (10.05%) IPsec
13 122 (9.65%) BGP
13 122 (9.65%) SAN
14 119 (9.41%) MPLS
15 112 (8.86%) VoIP
16 104 (8.23%) OSPF
17 100 (7.91%) SD-WAN
18 83 (6.57%) SSL
19 53 (4.19%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (6.57%) SQL Server
2 47 (3.72%) MongoDB
3 44 (3.48%) Amazon RDS
4 40 (3.16%) Elasticsearch
5 28 (2.22%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.11%) MySQL
7 12 (0.95%) Power BI
8 8 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (0.55%) Redis
10 6 (0.47%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.40%) DB2
11 5 (0.40%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.16%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.16%) InfluxDB
12 2 (0.16%) Looker
12 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.16%) SQLPlus
13 1 (0.079%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 31 (2.45%) JIRA
2 24 (1.90%) Git
3 19 (1.50%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.87%) GitLab
5 10 (0.79%) Trac
6 7 (0.55%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.40%) Subversion
8 3 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.079%) Selenium
General
1 382 (30.22%) Social Skills
2 147 (11.63%) Finance
3 97 (7.67%) Telecoms
4 89 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
5 63 (4.98%) Retail
6 50 (3.96%) Law
7 29 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 28 (2.22%) Manufacturing
9 20 (1.58%) Banking
9 20 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
9 20 (1.58%) Legal
9 20 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (1.34%) Billing
11 15 (1.19%) Public Sector
12 14 (1.11%) German Language
13 13 (1.03%) Games
14 12 (0.95%) Back Office
15 8 (0.63%) Marketing
16 7 (0.55%) Advertising
16 7 (0.55%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 233 (18.43%) Network Engineer
2 179 (14.16%) Senior
3 177 (14.00%) IT Support
4 161 (12.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 156 (12.34%) Support Engineer
6 154 (12.18%) IT Engineer
7 148 (11.71%) Analyst
8 109 (8.62%) Architect
9 90 (7.12%) IT Support Engineer
10 72 (5.70%) IT Analyst
11 65 (5.14%) Infrastructure Architect
12 62 (4.91%) Support Analyst
13 61 (4.83%) Consultant
14 57 (4.51%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 56 (4.43%) IT Support Analyst
16 50 (3.96%) Service Analyst
17 48 (3.80%) 3rd Line Support
17 48 (3.80%) Lead
18 47 (3.72%) Senior Network Engineer
18 47 (3.72%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (4.98%) YAML
2 39 (3.09%) JSON
3 38 (3.01%) 802.1X
4 34 (2.69%) RabbitMQ
5 28 (2.22%) HTML
6 27 (2.14%) LDAP
6 27 (2.14%) XML
7 23 (1.82%) SOAP
8 18 (1.42%) Web Services
9 16 (1.27%) ARM Templates
10 14 (1.11%) CSS
10 14 (1.11%) REST
11 12 (0.95%) LAMP
12 11 (0.87%) NETCONF
12 11 (0.87%) RESTCONF
12 11 (0.87%) YANG
13 8 (0.63%) .NET
13 8 (0.63%) Ajax
13 8 (0.63%) SAML
14 7 (0.55%) ADSI
Miscellaneous
1 205 (16.22%) Data Centre
2 67 (5.30%) Driving Licence
3 66 (5.22%) Public Cloud
4 58 (4.59%) Replication
5 51 (4.03%) Management Information System
6 47 (3.72%) PKI
7 33 (2.61%) Hybrid Cloud
8 31 (2.45%) Onboarding
9 27 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
10 24 (1.90%) Clustering
11 20 (1.58%) Client/Server
11 20 (1.58%) Private Cloud
12 19 (1.50%) Video Conferencing
13 16 (1.27%) Product Ownership
14 13 (1.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 12 (0.95%) CMDB
15 12 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
16 10 (0.79%) Security Posture
17 9 (0.71%) IoT
17 9 (0.71%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 699 (55.30%) Windows
2 376 (29.75%) Windows Server
3 260 (20.57%) Linux
4 129 (10.21%) Windows 10
5 77 (6.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 67 (5.30%) Ubuntu
7 66 (5.22%) Windows Server 2012
7 66 (5.22%) Windows Server 2016
8 53 (4.19%) VMS
9 46 (3.64%) Apple iOS
10 39 (3.09%) Mac OS
11 35 (2.77%) Android
11 35 (2.77%) Unix
12 34 (2.69%) Data ONTAP
13 22 (1.74%) Windows 7
14 21 (1.66%) Windows Server 2008
15 16 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 15 (1.19%) CentOS
17 14 (1.11%) Mac OS X
17 14 (1.11%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (18.91%) Problem-Solving
2 214 (16.93%) ITIL
3 199 (15.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 198 (15.66%) Customer Service
5 139 (11.00%) Agile
6 135 (10.68%) Cybersecurity
7 117 (9.26%) Project Management
8 107 (8.47%) DevOps
9 101 (7.99%) Service Delivery
9 101 (7.99%) Service Management
10 93 (7.36%) Disaster Recovery
11 87 (6.88%) Actionable Insight
12 83 (6.57%) Project Delivery
12 83 (6.57%) Roadmaps
13 81 (6.41%) Mentoring
14 77 (6.09%) Computer Science
15 76 (6.01%) Migration
16 74 (5.85%) Load Balancing
17 67 (5.30%) Infrastructure Management
18 62 (4.91%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 217 (17.17%) PowerShell
2 135 (10.68%) SQL
3 125 (9.89%) Python
4 38 (3.01%) Bash
5 17 (1.34%) C#
5 17 (1.34%) JavaScript
6 10 (0.79%) Java
7 6 (0.47%) Perl
7 6 (0.47%) Shell Script
8 5 (0.40%) JSX
8 5 (0.40%) R
8 5 (0.40%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.24%) Groovy
9 3 (0.24%) Ruby
9 3 (0.24%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.16%) Korn
10 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.16%) PHP
11 1 (0.079%) C
11 1 (0.079%) VBA
Qualifications
1 178 (14.08%) Cisco Certification
2 148 (11.71%) Degree
3 129 (10.21%) Security Cleared
4 111 (8.78%) CCNA
5 102 (8.07%) CCNP
6 89 (7.04%) Microsoft Certification
7 75 (5.93%) SC Cleared
8 49 (3.88%) Azure Certification
9 46 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 44 (3.48%) MCSE
11 39 (3.09%) MCSA
12 38 (3.01%) CISSP
13 35 (2.77%) DV Cleared
14 27 (2.14%) CCIE
15 24 (1.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 22 (1.74%) A+ Certification
17 16 (1.27%) APMP
17 16 (1.27%) MCP
18 15 (1.19%) CISM
19 14 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (9.49%) SLA
2 41 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (2.69%) GDPR
4 21 (1.66%) NIST
5 16 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (1.27%) PCI DSS
6 8 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (0.63%) HIPAA
7 7 (0.55%) NCSC
8 5 (0.40%) QA
9 4 (0.32%) GRC
9 4 (0.32%) ISO 22301
10 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.16%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.079%) COBIT
12 1 (0.079%) HITRUST
12 1 (0.079%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.079%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 587 (46.44%) Active Directory
2 283 (22.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 240 (18.99%) Hyper-V
4 86 (6.80%) Docker
5 85 (6.72%) vSphere
6 68 (5.38%) VMware ESXi
7 65 (5.14%) Virtual Machines
8 35 (2.77%) Virtual Desktop
9 21 (1.66%) pfSense
10 18 (1.42%) vCloud
11 17 (1.34%) Virtual Servers
12 14 (1.11%) Firmware
13 13 (1.03%) NFS
14 10 (0.79%) Terminal Services
15 6 (0.47%) VMware NSX
16 5 (0.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
17 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 4 (0.32%) XenDesktop
18 3 (0.24%) Terminal Server
18 3 (0.24%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 186 (14.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 116 (9.18%) Ansible
3 95 (7.52%) Terraform
4 85 (6.72%) SCCM
5 83 (6.57%) Kubernetes
6 53 (4.19%) WSUS
7 43 (3.40%) Prometheus
8 42 (3.32%) vCenter Server
9 32 (2.53%) FortiGate
10 29 (2.29%) Jamf Pro
11 28 (2.22%) ZABBIX
12 26 (2.06%) Grafana
13 22 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
14 21 (1.66%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 17 (1.34%) Puppet
16 16 (1.27%) SCDPM
17 15 (1.19%) Autotask
17 15 (1.19%) Failover Clustering
18 13 (1.03%) AirWatch
19 12 (0.95%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 584 (46.20%) Microsoft
2 403 (31.88%) VMware
3 354 (28.01%) Cisco
4 125 (9.89%) Veeam
5 119 (9.41%) Palo Alto
6 114 (9.02%) Citrix
7 106 (8.39%) Juniper
7 106 (8.39%) Meraki
8 78 (6.17%) Fortinet
9 77 (6.09%) HP
10 61 (4.83%) SolarWinds
11 56 (4.43%) Red Hat
12 50 (3.96%) Aruba
13 48 (3.80%) CheckPoint
14 47 (3.72%) F5
15 46 (3.64%) Sophos
16 45 (3.56%) Apple
17 40 (3.16%) Dell
18 39 (3.09%) NetApp
19 37 (2.93%) Google