VPN Jobs in Hampshire

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 105 93
Rank change year-on-year +24 -12 +103
Permanent jobs citing VPN 44 90 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 2.17% 2.25% 2.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.15% 13.85% 14.13%
Number of salaries quoted 35 89 69
10th Percentile £34,800 £26,250 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £27,000 £23,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £37,500 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% +10.29% -28.42%
75th Percentile £66,250 £53,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £73,500 £61,250 £55,000
South East median annual salary £53,750 £46,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year +15.59% +12.05% -12.63%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 362 650 566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 17.85% 16.24% 19.91%
Number of salaries quoted 295 585 409
10th Percentile £31,550 £26,850 £26,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £32,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% +8.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £71,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -5.26%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Hampshire

VPN
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for VPN in Hampshire

VPN
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in Hampshire over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VPN in Hampshire

VPN
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 10 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
Basingstoke -3 12 £62,000 +77.14% 4
Portsmouth +12 9 £52,500 - 6
Southampton +28 8 £55,000 -4.35% 2
Farnborough +4 6 £62,500 +123.21%
Gosport - 2 - - 7
Winchester - 1 - - 1
VPN
South East

VPN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.27%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (2.27%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (2.27%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.27%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (2.27%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.00%) AWS
2 8 (18.18%) Azure
3 6 (13.64%) SaaS
4 4 (9.09%) AWS CloudFormation
4 4 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 4 (9.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 3 (6.82%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (6.82%) GCP
6 2 (4.55%) Azure AI
6 2 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (4.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (4.55%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (4.55%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (4.55%) IaaS
6 2 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (4.55%) PaaS
6 2 (4.55%) Power Automate
6 2 (4.55%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.27%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 21 (47.73%) Firewall
2 14 (31.82%) Cisco Firepower
3 13 (29.55%) TCP/IP
4 12 (27.27%) BGP
4 12 (27.27%) OSPF
5 10 (22.73%) DNS
5 10 (22.73%) Ethernet VPN
5 10 (22.73%) IPsec
6 9 (20.45%) SSL
7 8 (18.18%) VXLAN
8 7 (15.91%) DHCP
8 7 (15.91%) WAN
9 5 (11.36%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (11.36%) EIGRP
9 5 (11.36%) Network Security
9 5 (11.36%) RIP
10 4 (9.09%) MPLS
10 4 (9.09%) VoIP
10 4 (9.09%) WebEx
11 3 (6.82%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) Data Lake
1 2 (4.55%) MySQL
1 2 (4.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Git
2 1 (2.27%) TeamCity
General
1 12 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.27%) Advertising
3 1 (2.27%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.27%) Finance
3 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.27%) Local Government
3 1 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (36.36%) Network Engineer
2 10 (22.73%) Senior
3 8 (18.18%) Designer
3 8 (18.18%) Network Designer
4 7 (15.91%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 5 (11.36%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) 1st Line Support
6 3 (6.82%) Analyst
6 3 (6.82%) Architect
6 3 (6.82%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Security Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) AWS Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Cloud Architect
7 2 (4.55%) Cloud Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Head of IT
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (4.55%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.09%) JSON
1 4 (9.09%) XMPP
1 4 (9.09%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (40.91%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.82%) Clustering
2 3 (6.82%) Driving Licence
2 3 (6.82%) Security Posture
3 2 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (4.55%) NHS
3 2 (4.55%) PKI
3 2 (4.55%) Replication
3 2 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.27%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.91%) Windows
2 5 (11.36%) Linux
2 5 (11.36%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (4.55%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.27%) CentOS
4 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (20.45%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (15.91%) Agile
3 6 (13.64%) Project Management
3 6 (13.64%) SIEM
4 5 (11.36%) Incident Response
4 5 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (9.09%) Change Management
5 4 (9.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 4 (9.09%) DevOps
5 4 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 4 (9.09%) Presales
5 4 (9.09%) Threat Detection
5 4 (9.09%) Threat Intelligence
6 3 (6.82%) CI/CD
6 3 (6.82%) Forensic Analysis
6 3 (6.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (6.82%) IT Strategy
6 3 (6.82%) ITIL
6 3 (6.82%) Network Virtualisation
6 3 (6.82%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.45%) PowerShell
2 4 (9.09%) Python
3 3 (6.82%) Bash
3 3 (6.82%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (4.55%) Bicep
4 2 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (61.36%) Security Cleared
2 19 (43.18%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (40.91%) CCNP
4 14 (31.82%) CCNA
5 12 (27.27%) DV Cleared
5 12 (27.27%) SC Cleared
6 11 (25.00%) JNCIS
7 4 (9.09%) Degree
7 4 (9.09%) OSCP
8 3 (6.82%) CEH
8 3 (6.82%) CISM
8 3 (6.82%) CISSP
8 3 (6.82%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (4.55%) Azure Certification
9 2 (4.55%) DBS Check
10 1 (2.27%) CCIE
10 1 (2.27%) GCIA
10 1 (2.27%) GCIH
10 1 (2.27%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.09%) GDPR
1 4 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (9.09%) SLA
2 3 (6.82%) HIPAA
2 3 (6.82%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 6 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (6.82%) Hyper-V
4 3 (6.82%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (6.82%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (4.55%) BitLocker
5 2 (4.55%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (4.55%) Terminal Services
5 2 (4.55%) vSphere
6 1 (2.27%) ISA Server
6 1 (2.27%) KVM
6 1 (2.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (25.00%) Ansible
2 3 (6.82%) QRadar
3 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (4.55%) SCCM
3 2 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (4.55%) Terraform
3 2 (4.55%) vCenter Server
3 2 (4.55%) vMotion
4 1 (2.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 23 (52.27%) Cisco
2 13 (29.55%) Juniper
2 13 (29.55%) Microsoft
3 9 (20.45%) F5
4 7 (15.91%) Citrix
4 7 (15.91%) VMware
5 5 (11.36%) Splunk
6 4 (9.09%) Palo Alto
6 4 (9.09%) ServiceNow
7 2 (4.55%) Databricks
7 2 (4.55%) Mellanox
7 2 (4.55%) Meraki
7 2 (4.55%) NVIDIA
8 1 (2.27%) Broadcom
8 1 (2.27%) CheckPoint
8 1 (2.27%) Dell
8 1 (2.27%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.27%) Veeam