VPN Job Trends in Kent

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring VPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 62 22
Rank change year-on-year +1 -40 +28
Permanent jobs citing VPN 27 14 42
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 2.61% 1.90% 7.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.34% 15.22% 42.00%
Number of salaries quoted 24 3 38
10th Percentile £27,950 £33,850 £26,600
25th Percentile £29,750 £38,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £47,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.37% -1.04% +28.00%
75th Percentile £42,813 £48,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £50,000 - £76,250
South East median annual salary £46,000 £55,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year -16.36% +27.91% +14.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 238 92 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 22.97% 12.48% 17.21%
Number of salaries quoted 63 36 89
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,625 -
25th Percentile £27,500 £33,625 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £53,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.40% +34.38% -5.88%
75th Percentile £44,438 £70,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £50,200 £75,000 £76,250
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

VPN job vacancy trend in Kent

VPN
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing VPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing VPN

VPN
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in Kent over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for VPN in Kent

VPN
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Kent region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Dartford - 2 £50,000 - 4
Snodland - 2 £29,000 -
Tunbridge Wells - 2 - -
Maidstone - 1 £28,000 - 6
Sittingbourne - 1 £37,500 - 1
VPN
South East

VPN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 13 (48.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (44.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.41%) AutoCAD
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 21 (77.78%) Azure
2 19 (70.37%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (62.96%) Entra ID
4 3 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (7.41%) AWS
5 2 (7.41%) Google Workspace
5 2 (7.41%) Nutanix
5 2 (7.41%) OVHcloud
6 1 (3.70%) Azure API Management
6 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (70.37%) TCP/IP
2 18 (66.67%) DNS
3 17 (62.96%) Firewall
3 17 (62.96%) VLAN
4 16 (59.26%) DHCP
5 12 (44.44%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (18.52%) WAN
6 5 (18.52%) Wireless
7 4 (14.81%) LAN
8 3 (11.11%) HTTP
9 2 (7.41%) Internet
9 2 (7.41%) SD-WAN
10 1 (3.70%) Cisco Firepower
10 1 (3.70%) DMZ
10 1 (3.70%) IPv4
10 1 (3.70%) MPLS
10 1 (3.70%) SAN
10 1 (3.70%) VoIP
10 1 (3.70%) VRRP
10 1 (3.70%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Snyk
2 2 (7.41%) JIRA
General
1 18 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 2 (7.41%) Automotive
3 2 (7.41%) Legal
3 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Electronics
4 1 (3.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) IT Support
2 10 (37.04%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (18.52%) 3rd Line Support
4 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (14.81%) Security Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) IT Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) IT Support Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) Support Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Administrator
6 2 (7.41%) IT Administrator
6 2 (7.41%) IT Systems Administrator
6 2 (7.41%) Network Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Systems Administrator
7 1 (3.70%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 1 (3.70%) Active Directory Analyst
7 1 (3.70%) Active Directory Support
7 1 (3.70%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) .NET
1 1 (3.70%) 802.1X
1 1 (3.70%) OAuth
1 1 (3.70%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Cloud Native
1 3 (11.11%) Cloud Security Posture
1 3 (11.11%) Security Posture
2 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.41%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (3.70%) CCTV
3 1 (3.70%) FMCG
3 1 (3.70%) iPhone
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 20 (74.07%) Windows
2 18 (66.67%) Windows Server
3 12 (44.44%) Windows 10
4 2 (7.41%) Linux
4 2 (7.41%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (3.70%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (62.96%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (18.52%) Cloud Security
2 5 (18.52%) Customer Service
3 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (14.81%) Mentoring
4 3 (11.11%) CI/CD
4 3 (11.11%) Data Protection
4 3 (11.11%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 3 (11.11%) Information Security
4 3 (11.11%) Migration
4 3 (11.11%) Observability
4 3 (11.11%) OWASP
4 3 (11.11%) Software Delivery
4 3 (11.11%) Static Application Security Testing
4 3 (11.11%) Test Automation
5 2 (7.41%) Inventory Management
5 2 (7.41%) Project Delivery
5 2 (7.41%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) A+ Certification
1 2 (7.41%) NVQ Level 3
1 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) CCNP
2 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) GRC
System Software
1 21 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 16 (59.26%) Hyper-V
3 2 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (62.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.41%) Terraform
3 1 (3.70%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 19 (70.37%) Microsoft
2 14 (51.85%) Cisco
3 13 (48.15%) Meraki
4 4 (14.81%) VMware
5 3 (11.11%) Checkmarx
5 3 (11.11%) Qualys
5 3 (11.11%) Salesforce
6 2 (7.41%) Google
7 1 (3.70%) Dell
7 1 (3.70%) Fortinet
7 1 (3.70%) NetApp
7 1 (3.70%) SolarWinds
7 1 (3.70%) Splunk