VPN Jobs in Kent

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 89 45
Rank change year-on-year +31 -44 +10
Permanent jobs citing VPN 15 17 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 1.86% 1.14% 5.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.74% 9.04% 16.38%
Number of salaries quoted 15 17 56
10th Percentile - - £32,000
25th Percentile £22,750 £25,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £31,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -21.25% +25.00%
75th Percentile £34,500 £41,750 £45,938
90th Percentile £48,500 £46,250 £68,750
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
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 76 188 348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 9.44% 12.56% 30.96%
Number of salaries quoted 74 149 178
10th Percentile - £23,000 £25,925
25th Percentile £23,731 £29,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.76% +6.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £38,750 £57,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £49,625 £62,500 £64,000
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 Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Kent

VPN
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for VPN in Kent

VPN
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in Kent over the 6 months to 11 May 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 11 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
Maidstone +27 11 £33,000 +4.76%
Canterbury - 1 £42,500 - 1
VPN
South East

VPN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) AutoCAD
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (13.33%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.67%) AWS
3 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) DNS
1 8 (53.33%) Firewall
1 8 (53.33%) TCP/IP
2 7 (46.67%) DHCP
3 6 (40.00%) LAN
4 5 (33.33%) VoIP
5 2 (13.33%) VLAN
6 1 (6.67%) Internet
6 1 (6.67%) Wireless
General
1 6 (40.00%) Back Office
1 6 (40.00%) Retail
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Automotive
3 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Technical Support
2 6 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 6 (40.00%) Technical Engineer
2 6 (40.00%) Technical Support Engineer
3 5 (33.33%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Technical Support
4 1 (6.67%) Administrator
4 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365 Administrator
4 1 (6.67%) IT Administrator
4 1 (6.67%) IT Systems Administrator
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
4 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 14 (93.33%) Windows
2 8 (53.33%) Windows Server
3 6 (40.00%) Windows 10
3 6 (40.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (33.33%) Mac OS
5 1 (6.67%) Linux
5 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Project Delivery
1 6 (40.00%) Server Virtualisation
2 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (6.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (6.67%) ERP
2 1 (6.67%) Incident Management
2 1 (6.67%) IT Strategy
2 1 (6.67%) Load Balancing
2 1 (6.67%) Malware Detection/Protection
2 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (6.67%) Migration
2 1 (6.67%) Proactive Maintenance
2 1 (6.67%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (6.67%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) Hyper-V
2 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Dell DRAC
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco
2 1 (6.67%) Dell
2 1 (6.67%) Fortinet
2 1 (6.67%) Rapid7
2 1 (6.67%) Veeam
2 1 (6.67%) VMware
2 1 (6.67%) Zerto