VPN Job Trends in Lincolnshire

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
East Midlands > Lincolnshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lincolnshire requiring VPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 29 35
Rank change year-on-year -11 +6 -7
Permanent jobs citing VPN 10 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Lincolnshire 2.04% 0.54% 1.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.23% 4.55% 12.12%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £33,750 - £54,688
90th Percentile £35,000 - £63,125
East Midlands median annual salary £32,500 £40,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year -18.75% +11.11% +2.86%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Lincolnshire

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 Lincolnshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 52 22 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 10.63% 11.83% 9.79%
Number of salaries quoted 36 5 32
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,950 £32,100
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £34,834
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £34,695 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% -10.46% -18.42%
75th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £50,000
90th Percentile - £45,500 £61,025
East Midlands median annual salary £30,000 £45,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year -33.33% +20.81% -15.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Lincolnshire

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

VPN job vacancy trend in Lincolnshire

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Salary Trend in Lincolnshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lincolnshire citing VPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lincolnshire citing VPN

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Job Locations in Lincolnshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Lincolnshire region over the 6 months to 19 February 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
Spalding - 5 £32,500 - 2
Grimsby - 2 £35,000 -
VPN
East Midlands

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincolnshire 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 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) DHCP
1 10 (100.00%) DNS
1 10 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 5 (50.00%) VLAN
2 5 (50.00%) VoIP
2 5 (50.00%) WAN
2 5 (50.00%) Wireless
3 2 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Legal
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Automotive
4 2 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
1 5 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 3 (30.00%) IT Support
2 3 (30.00%) IT Support Technician
2 3 (30.00%) IT Technician
2 3 (30.00%) Support Technician
3 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (30.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (50.00%) Mac OS
2 5 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) ITSM
2 5 (50.00%) Application Packaging
2 5 (50.00%) CRM
2 5 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 5 (50.00%) ERP
2 5 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 5 (50.00%) Logistics
2 5 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 5 (50.00%) Task Automation
3 3 (30.00%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (30.00%) Problem Management
3 3 (30.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (30.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 2 (20.00%) ITIL
4 2 (20.00%) Patch Management
4 2 (20.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (50.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) Jamf Pro
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (20.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) Apple
2 5 (50.00%) Logitech
2 5 (50.00%) Yealink
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco
3 2 (20.00%) Epicor
3 2 (20.00%) SolarWinds
3 2 (20.00%) TP-LINK