VPN Job Trends in England

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring VPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 88 218
Rank change year-on-year -108 +130 -4
Permanent jobs citing VPN 853 1,400 1,159
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.04% 3.55% 1.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.39% 23.35% 9.94%
Number of salaries quoted 661 550 959
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,563 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,188 £58,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -10.00%

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 8,211 5,996 11,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.99% 15.22% 13.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3,745 3,406 8,517
10th Percentile £27,694 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,938 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £86,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.47%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

VPN job vacancy trend in England

VPN
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing VPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing VPN

VPN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

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 20 May 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
London +28 293 £70,000 +12.00% 56
South East +14 185 £45,000 -14.29% 83
North of England -166 141 £35,000 -12.50% 33
Midlands -36 92 £42,500 +13.33% 44
North West -136 81 £35,000 +2.94% 16
South West -77 65 £40,000 -15.79% 27
East of England -27 62 £40,000 +6.67% 21
West Midlands -24 58 £52,500 +40.00% 30
Yorkshire -62 42 £37,500 -9.09% 15
East Midlands -43 34 £32,500 -18.75% 14
North East -35 18 £45,000 +1.41% 3
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UK

VPN
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
1 154 (18.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 140 (16.41%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.76%) IIS
4 14 (1.64%) Confluence
5 6 (0.70%) Apache
6 4 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.35%) nginx
8 2 (0.23%) SAS
8 2 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 59 (6.92%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (3.63%) MS Visio
3 9 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.59%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.35%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.59%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.47%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.12%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.12%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.12%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 451 (52.87%) Azure
2 439 (51.47%) Microsoft 365
3 220 (25.79%) Entra ID
4 162 (18.99%) AWS
5 57 (6.68%) OneDrive
6 50 (5.86%) SaaS
7 48 (5.63%) IaaS
8 47 (5.51%) Datadog
9 45 (5.28%) GCP
10 43 (5.04%) PaaS
11 31 (3.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 30 (3.52%) Google Workspace
13 29 (3.40%) Azure Monitor
14 25 (2.93%) GitHub
14 25 (2.93%) Mimecast
15 24 (2.81%) Azure Sentinel
16 23 (2.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 22 (2.58%) GitHub Actions
18 20 (2.34%) AWS Direct Connect
19 14 (1.64%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 586 (68.70%) Firewall
2 346 (40.56%) DNS
3 339 (39.74%) WAN
4 281 (32.94%) DHCP
5 252 (29.54%) LAN
6 231 (27.08%) VLAN
7 184 (21.57%) Wi-Fi
8 164 (19.23%) TCP/IP
9 128 (15.01%) Network Security
10 123 (14.42%) BGP
11 118 (13.83%) SD-WAN
12 106 (12.43%) Wireless
13 95 (11.14%) OSPF
14 77 (9.03%) VoIP
15 53 (6.21%) Cisco ISE
16 52 (6.10%) Cisco ASA
17 51 (5.98%) SAN
18 50 (5.86%) MPLS
19 39 (4.57%) Cisco Firepower
20 35 (4.10%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (9.03%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.11%) MySQL
3 9 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (0.70%) Electronic Patient Records
5 6 (0.70%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.47%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.35%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (0.35%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.35%) Neo4j
8 3 (0.35%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.23%) Power BI
10 1 (0.12%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 31 (3.63%) JIRA
2 21 (2.46%) Chocolatey
3 10 (1.17%) Git
4 6 (0.70%) GitLab
5 5 (0.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.23%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.12%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
General
1 304 (35.64%) Social Skills
2 121 (14.19%) Finance
3 116 (13.60%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (4.22%) Telecoms
5 34 (3.99%) Banking
5 34 (3.99%) Organisational Skills
6 31 (3.63%) Documentation Skills
7 28 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (3.28%) Manufacturing
8 27 (3.17%) Retail
9 25 (2.93%) Legal
10 23 (2.70%) Law
11 15 (1.76%) Marketing
12 14 (1.64%) Public Sector
13 11 (1.29%) Aerospace
14 10 (1.17%) Retail Banking
15 8 (0.94%) Advertising
15 8 (0.94%) Electronics
16 6 (0.70%) Health Technology
17 5 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 192 (22.51%) IT Support
2 182 (21.34%) IT Engineer
3 172 (20.16%) Network Engineer
3 172 (20.16%) Support Engineer
4 171 (20.05%) Senior
5 125 (14.65%) IT Support Engineer
6 122 (14.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 88 (10.32%) 2nd Line Support
8 70 (8.21%) Analyst
9 59 (6.92%) Senior Network Engineer
10 58 (6.80%) Azure Engineer
11 56 (6.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 50 (5.86%) Cloud Engineer
13 44 (5.16%) Architect
14 38 (4.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 38 (4.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 38 (4.45%) Support Analyst
15 34 (3.99%) IT Analyst
16 33 (3.87%) Support Technician
17 32 (3.75%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.76%) 802.1X
2 13 (1.52%) SAML
3 12 (1.41%) OAuth
4 10 (1.17%) ADO
4 10 (1.17%) LDAP
4 10 (1.17%) YAML
5 9 (1.06%) ARM Templates
6 8 (0.94%) REST
7 6 (0.70%) FHIR
7 6 (0.70%) JSON
8 5 (0.59%) FreeSWITCH
9 4 (0.47%) OpenTelemetry
10 3 (0.35%) Apache NiFi
10 3 (0.35%) Middleware
10 3 (0.35%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (0.35%) RESTful
10 3 (0.35%) SAP Basis
11 2 (0.23%) OpenID
11 2 (0.23%) SailPoint
11 2 (0.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 112 (13.13%) Driving Licence
2 103 (12.08%) Data Centre
3 49 (5.74%) Onboarding
4 39 (4.57%) PKI
5 36 (4.22%) Security Posture
6 26 (3.05%) Cyber Threat
7 23 (2.70%) Client/Server
7 23 (2.70%) Replication
8 21 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (2.23%) Management Information System
11 18 (2.11%) Cloud Native
12 14 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
14 12 (1.41%) IoT
14 12 (1.41%) NHS
15 11 (1.29%) Mobile App
15 11 (1.29%) Web Conferencing
16 9 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
16 9 (1.06%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 426 (49.94%) Windows
2 200 (23.45%) Windows Server
3 106 (12.43%) Windows 10
4 105 (12.31%) Linux
5 48 (5.63%) Mac OS
6 35 (4.10%) Apple iOS
7 26 (3.05%) VMS
8 16 (1.88%) Windows Server 2019
9 14 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
10 12 (1.41%) Android
11 9 (1.06%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.59%) Debian
12 5 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
13 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.23%) AIX
14 2 (0.23%) CentOS
14 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.12%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.12%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (28.72%) Problem-Solving
2 157 (18.41%) Disaster Recovery
3 155 (18.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 146 (17.12%) ITIL
5 144 (16.88%) Cybersecurity
6 132 (15.47%) Customer Service
7 110 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 95 (11.14%) ITSM
9 80 (9.38%) Incident Response
10 79 (9.26%) Migration
10 79 (9.26%) Service Delivery
11 72 (8.44%) Infrastructure as Code
12 71 (8.32%) Root Cause Analysis
13 68 (7.97%) High Availability
14 67 (7.85%) Cloud Security
15 66 (7.74%) Zero Trust
16 59 (6.92%) Network Monitoring
17 58 (6.80%) SIEM
18 56 (6.57%) Mentoring
19 55 (6.45%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 132 (15.47%) PowerShell
2 121 (14.19%) Python
3 56 (6.57%) SQL
4 42 (4.92%) Bash
5 19 (2.23%) Bicep
6 13 (1.52%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.52%) Kusto Query Language
7 11 (1.29%) Go
8 7 (0.82%) C++
8 7 (0.82%) Perl
8 7 (0.82%) PHP
9 5 (0.59%) Google Apps Script
10 4 (0.47%) Delphi
10 4 (0.47%) Pascal
11 3 (0.35%) C
11 3 (0.35%) Java
11 3 (0.35%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 149 (17.47%) Cisco Certification
2 124 (14.54%) CCNP
3 101 (11.84%) Degree
4 91 (10.67%) Security Cleared
5 62 (7.27%) CCNA
6 58 (6.80%) SC Cleared
7 55 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 54 (6.33%) Azure Certification
9 41 (4.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 33 (3.87%) DV Cleared
11 24 (2.81%) CCIE
12 20 (2.34%) Network+ Certification
13 18 (2.11%) CompTIA Security+
14 17 (1.99%) AWS Certification
15 16 (1.88%) CISSP
16 15 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
17 14 (1.64%) A+ Certification
18 13 (1.52%) CREST Certified
19 12 (1.41%) DBS Check
20 9 (1.06%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (10.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (8.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 70 (8.21%) SLA
4 57 (6.68%) GDPR
5 50 (5.86%) NIST
6 31 (3.63%) PCI DSS
7 23 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 20 (2.34%) SOC 2
9 16 (1.88%) PMO
10 8 (0.94%) QA
11 6 (0.70%) HL7
12 5 (0.59%) GRC
13 3 (0.35%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.35%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.23%) NCSC
15 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 386 (45.25%) Active Directory
2 112 (13.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 109 (12.78%) Hyper-V
4 25 (2.93%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (2.81%) Docker
6 23 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (1.99%) vSphere
8 16 (1.88%) ProxySG
9 12 (1.41%) Firmware
9 12 (1.41%) VMware NSX
10 11 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
11 7 (0.82%) KVM
12 5 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.47%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.35%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 2 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.23%) Samba
15 2 (0.23%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 159 (18.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 76 (8.91%) Terraform
3 64 (7.50%) Ansible
4 40 (4.69%) Kubernetes
5 34 (3.99%) SCCM
6 32 (3.75%) FortiGate
6 32 (3.75%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (1.99%) Proxmox
8 15 (1.76%) Grafana
9 13 (1.52%) Jamf Pro
10 12 (1.41%) Prometheus
11 9 (1.06%) Backup Exec
11 9 (1.06%) Check_MK
11 9 (1.06%) Cisco Prime
12 7 (0.82%) Endace
12 7 (0.82%) QRadar
13 6 (0.70%) CASB
13 6 (0.70%) Graylog
13 6 (0.70%) Nagios
13 6 (0.70%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 533 (62.49%) Microsoft
2 216 (25.32%) Cisco
3 181 (21.22%) VMware
4 81 (9.50%) SolarWinds
5 80 (9.38%) Meraki
6 72 (8.44%) Palo Alto
7 70 (8.21%) Fortinet
8 52 (6.10%) ServiceNow
9 44 (5.16%) CheckPoint
9 44 (5.16%) Google
10 38 (4.45%) Splunk
11 37 (4.34%) F5
12 36 (4.22%) Dynatrace
13 35 (4.10%) Zscaler
14 32 (3.75%) Infoblox
15 29 (3.40%) Veeam
16 27 (3.17%) Apple
17 26 (3.05%) Tenable
18 23 (2.70%) Citrix
19 21 (2.46%) CrowdStrike