VPN Job Trends in London

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring VPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 193 213
Rank change year-on-year +34 +20 -12
Permanent jobs citing VPN 302 238 343
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.48% 1.88% 1.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.15% 17.91% 10.67%
Number of salaries quoted 207 197 267
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,300 £33,400
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £101,500 £95,000 £96,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,993 1,329 3,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 9.77% 10.50% 13.75%
Number of salaries quoted 997 956 2,015
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

VPN job vacancy trend in London

VPN
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing VPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing VPN

VPN
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in London over the 6 months to 10 May 2026.

Salary histogram for VPN in London

VPN
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the London region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Central London +13 46 £76,250 +1.67% 11
East London -10 5 £105,000 +9.09% 4
South London +15 2 £47,500 -5.00%
West London -35 2 £33,500 -31.28%
North London - 2 £55,000 - 1
VPN
England

VPN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 45 (14.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (10.60%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.66%) Confluence
4 4 (1.32%) Apache
4 4 (1.32%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (1.32%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (1.32%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 15 (4.97%) MS Visio
2 12 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.99%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.99%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Alphatax
1 1 (0.33%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.33%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 182 (60.26%) Azure
2 133 (44.04%) Microsoft 365
3 64 (21.19%) Entra ID
4 60 (19.87%) AWS
5 48 (15.89%) Datadog
6 43 (14.24%) SaaS
7 30 (9.93%) Azure Monitor
7 30 (9.93%) IaaS
7 30 (9.93%) PaaS
8 27 (8.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 24 (7.95%) OneDrive
10 21 (6.95%) Mimecast
10 21 (6.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 20 (6.62%) AWS Direct Connect
12 16 (5.30%) GCP
13 15 (4.97%) GitHub
13 15 (4.97%) GitHub Actions
14 14 (4.64%) Azure AKS
15 12 (3.97%) Azure DevOps
15 12 (3.97%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 213 (70.53%) Firewall
2 132 (43.71%) DNS
3 108 (35.76%) WAN
4 107 (35.43%) DHCP
5 96 (31.79%) Wi-Fi
6 73 (24.17%) VLAN
7 70 (23.18%) SD-WAN
8 66 (21.85%) TCP/IP
9 59 (19.54%) Network Security
10 58 (19.21%) LAN
11 47 (15.56%) Cisco ISE
12 44 (14.57%) BGP
13 42 (13.91%) SAN
14 39 (12.91%) OSPF
15 28 (9.27%) Wireless
16 26 (8.61%) Cisco Firepower
17 23 (7.62%) VXLAN
18 21 (6.95%) MPLS
19 18 (5.96%) Cisco ASA
20 17 (5.63%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (13.91%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.32%) MySQL
3 6 (1.99%) Electronic Patient Records
4 4 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.32%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (6.62%) Chocolatey
2 15 (4.97%) JIRA
3 7 (2.32%) Git
4 2 (0.66%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.33%) GitLab
General
1 99 (32.78%) Finance
2 95 (31.46%) Social Skills
3 41 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (11.26%) Banking
5 12 (3.97%) Legal
6 10 (3.31%) Retail Banking
7 8 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.65%) Law
8 6 (1.99%) Health Technology
8 6 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.99%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.66%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.32%) Retail
11 3 (0.99%) Back Office
11 3 (0.99%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.66%) Electronics
12 2 (0.66%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.66%) Marketing
13 1 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 85 (28.15%) Network Engineer
2 69 (22.85%) Senior
3 50 (16.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 45 (14.90%) Azure Engineer
5 41 (13.58%) IT Engineer
6 40 (13.25%) Support Engineer
7 35 (11.59%) Cloud Engineer
8 28 (9.27%) Senior IT Engineer
9 26 (8.61%) Analyst
10 23 (7.62%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 22 (7.28%) IT Support
11 22 (7.28%) Platform Engineer
12 19 (6.29%) Cisco Engineer
13 18 (5.96%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 16 (5.30%) Senior Network Engineer
15 15 (4.97%) Cloud Network Engineer
15 15 (4.97%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 15 (4.97%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
16 14 (4.64%) Lead
16 14 (4.64%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.30%) SAML
2 12 (3.97%) ADO
2 12 (3.97%) OAuth
2 12 (3.97%) YAML
3 10 (3.31%) 802.1X
4 6 (1.99%) FHIR
4 6 (1.99%) JSON
5 4 (1.32%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.99%) RESTful
6 3 (0.99%) SAP Basis
7 2 (0.66%) Middleware
7 2 (0.66%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.33%) LDAP
8 1 (0.33%) OpenID
8 1 (0.33%) REST
8 1 (0.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 54 (17.88%) Data Centre
2 27 (8.94%) Security Posture
3 21 (6.95%) Cyber Threat
4 19 (6.29%) Onboarding
5 15 (4.97%) Management Information System
6 14 (4.64%) PKI
7 12 (3.97%) Cloud Native
8 10 (3.31%) NHS
9 7 (2.32%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.32%) Linux Command Line
9 7 (2.32%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.66%) CCTV
11 5 (1.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.66%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.66%) iPhone
11 5 (1.66%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 139 (46.03%) Windows
2 42 (13.91%) Windows Server
3 38 (12.58%) Windows 10
4 32 (10.60%) Linux
5 20 (6.62%) Apple iOS
6 18 (5.96%) VMS
7 16 (5.30%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.99%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.66%) Android
9 5 (1.66%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (1.66%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (1.32%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.32%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.66%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (31.46%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (28.81%) Disaster Recovery
3 60 (19.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 59 (19.54%) ITSM
5 57 (18.87%) ITIL
6 52 (17.22%) Zero Trust
7 49 (16.23%) Incident Response
8 44 (14.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 44 (14.57%) Migration
9 43 (14.24%) Infrastructure as Code
10 34 (11.26%) Network Segmentation
11 33 (10.93%) Business Continuity
11 33 (10.93%) High Availability
12 32 (10.60%) Network Monitoring
13 28 (9.27%) Cybersecurity
13 28 (9.27%) DevOps
13 28 (9.27%) Identity Management
13 28 (9.27%) Load Balancing
13 28 (9.27%) RBAC
13 28 (9.27%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 42 (13.91%) PowerShell
2 41 (13.58%) Python
3 26 (8.61%) SQL
4 14 (4.64%) Kusto Query Language
5 9 (2.98%) Bash
5 9 (2.98%) Bicep
6 6 (1.99%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.32%) Delphi
7 4 (1.32%) Pascal
7 4 (1.32%) PHP
8 3 (0.99%) Go
8 3 (0.99%) Google Apps Script
8 3 (0.99%) Java
Qualifications
1 64 (21.19%) Cisco Certification
2 57 (18.87%) CCNP
3 34 (11.26%) Azure Certification
4 33 (10.93%) Degree
5 27 (8.94%) CCNA
6 15 (4.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (3.97%) Security Cleared
8 7 (2.32%) CISSP
9 6 (1.99%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.99%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.99%) SC Cleared
10 5 (1.66%) CCIE
10 5 (1.66%) CISM
11 3 (0.99%) A+ Certification
11 3 (0.99%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 2 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.66%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (15.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (12.25%) GDPR
3 30 (9.93%) NIST
3 30 (9.93%) SLA
4 22 (7.28%) PCI DSS
5 21 (6.95%) SOC 2
6 15 (4.97%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (3.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (1.99%) HL7
9 3 (0.99%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.66%) NCSC
10 2 (0.66%) QA
11 1 (0.33%) GRC
11 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 139 (46.03%) Active Directory
2 35 (11.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.63%) Virtual Desktop
3 17 (5.63%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (3.31%) Docker
5 6 (1.99%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.66%) vSphere
7 4 (1.32%) Firmware
8 2 (0.66%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.66%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.33%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.33%) Xen
Systems Management
1 62 (20.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (14.57%) Terraform
3 36 (11.92%) Ansible
4 26 (8.61%) SCCM
5 16 (5.30%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.31%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (2.98%) Check_MK
7 9 (2.98%) Cisco Prime
8 7 (2.32%) FortiGate
8 7 (2.32%) Grafana
9 4 (1.32%) Argo
9 4 (1.32%) Docker Swarm
9 4 (1.32%) Istio
9 4 (1.32%) linkerd
9 4 (1.32%) Mesos
9 4 (1.32%) Nagios
9 4 (1.32%) Prometheus
9 4 (1.32%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.32%) VxRail
10 2 (0.66%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 176 (58.28%) Microsoft
2 92 (30.46%) Cisco
3 67 (22.19%) VMware
4 56 (18.54%) SolarWinds
5 55 (18.21%) Palo Alto
6 44 (14.57%) Meraki
7 35 (11.59%) Dynatrace
8 33 (10.93%) Fortinet
9 31 (10.26%) Zscaler
10 24 (7.95%) CheckPoint
11 23 (7.62%) Tenable
12 21 (6.95%) ServiceNow
12 21 (6.95%) Splunk
13 20 (6.62%) AppDynamics
14 17 (5.63%) Arista
15 13 (4.30%) Infoblox
16 12 (3.97%) ForeScout
16 12 (3.97%) SevOne
17 11 (3.64%) Google
17 11 (3.64%) Sophos