VPN Job Trends in Glasgow

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Scotland > Glasgow

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 62 117
Rank change year-on-year +15 +55 -23
Permanent jobs citing VPN 6 8 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.91% 1.16% 1.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.52% 12.90% 8.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 10
10th Percentile - £30,575 £31,125
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,813 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -34.78% +43.75%
75th Percentile £45,625 £46,250 £63,625
90th Percentile £51,250 £53,000 £65,000
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -34.78% +41.10%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 63 62 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 9.52% 8.96% 11.90%
Number of salaries quoted 42 32 115
10th Percentile - £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,202 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,250 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.78% -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £37,000 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,875 £68,750 £66,500
Scotland median annual salary £30,500 £47,500 £28,000
% change year-on-year -35.79% +69.64% -44.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

VPN job vacancy trend in Glasgow

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Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing VPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing VPN

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Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in Glasgow over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for VPN in Glasgow

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
2 4 (66.67%) DHCP
2 4 (66.67%) DNS
2 4 (66.67%) WAN
3 3 (50.00%) LAN
3 3 (50.00%) SD-WAN
3 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (33.33%) MPLS
4 2 (33.33%) Softphone
4 2 (33.33%) VLAN
4 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (16.67%) Network Security
5 1 (16.67%) Wireless
General
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) IT Support
1 2 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) CCTV
2 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Change Control
3 1 (16.67%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (16.67%) Coaching
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Bash
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CCNP
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) CCIE
2 2 (33.33%) HND
3 1 (16.67%) CCNA
3 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
2 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (16.67%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Dell
2 2 (33.33%) HP
2 2 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
3 1 (16.67%) Datto
3 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
3 1 (16.67%) Juniper
3 1 (16.67%) Veeam