VPN Jobs in Manchester

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 163 169
Rank change year-on-year +82 +6 +19
Permanent jobs citing VPN 91 50 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 3.98% 0.96% 1.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 32.16% 8.73% 7.81%
Number of salaries quoted 14 40 58
10th Percentile £26,250 - -
25th Percentile £27,875 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £43,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -13.95% -11.79% +39.29%
75th Percentile £56,161 £55,625 £58,000
90th Percentile £63,875 £65,000 £74,300
North West median annual salary £34,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -24.44% - +38.46%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 283 573 922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 12.37% 10.95% 19.19%
Number of salaries quoted 145 445 401
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £29,285
25th Percentile £31,500 £35,112 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -2.91% +8.42%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £75,000
North West median annual salary £33,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -26.67% -5.26% -

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Manchester

VPN
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for VPN in Manchester

VPN
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in Manchester over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VPN in Manchester

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Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 17 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
Wigan +5 8 £41,000 -5.75%
Bury +4 7 £60,000 +41.18%
Bolton - 5 - - 3
Stockport - 5 £27,500 - 3
Rochdale +10 4 - - 1
Sale - 4 - -
Oldham - 4 - -
Cheadle - 3 - -
Dukinfield - 3 - -
Heywood - 3 - -
Littleborough - 2 - -
Altrincham - 2 - -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 - - 2
Stalybridge - 2 - -
VPN
North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (3.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.20%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.89%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (7.69%) AWS
3 6 (6.59%) Azure
4 5 (5.49%) SaaS
5 4 (4.40%) Nutanix
6 2 (2.20%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (2.20%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.10%) Azure AI
7 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.10%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (1.10%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.10%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (1.10%) GCP
7 1 (1.10%) IaaS
7 1 (1.10%) OCI
7 1 (1.10%) PaaS
7 1 (1.10%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.10%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 47 (51.65%) Cisco IOS
2 35 (38.46%) DNS
3 12 (13.19%) Firewall
4 7 (7.69%) WAN
5 5 (5.49%) SD-WAN
6 4 (4.40%) HTTP
6 4 (4.40%) LAN
6 4 (4.40%) Network Security
6 4 (4.40%) SSH
7 3 (3.30%) TCP/IP
8 2 (2.20%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (2.20%) DMZ
8 2 (2.20%) IPsec
8 2 (2.20%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (2.20%) TACACS
8 2 (2.20%) VLAN
8 2 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (2.20%) Wireless
9 1 (1.10%) Broadband
9 1 (1.10%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.20%) MySQL
1 2 (2.20%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.10%) Big Data
2 1 (1.10%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.10%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (1.10%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (6.59%) Git
2 4 (4.40%) JIRA
3 1 (1.10%) Jenkins
General
1 70 (76.92%) Analytical Skills
2 69 (75.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 27 (29.67%) Finance
4 12 (13.19%) Social Skills
5 2 (2.20%) Local Government
5 2 (2.20%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.20%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.10%) Electronics
6 1 (1.10%) Marketing
6 1 (1.10%) Retail
6 1 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (48.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 26 (28.57%) Developer
2 26 (28.57%) Software Developer
3 5 (5.49%) Architect
4 4 (4.40%) IT Support
5 3 (3.30%) Network Engineer
5 3 (3.30%) Security Architect
6 2 (2.20%) Cloud Architect
6 2 (2.20%) Operations Engineer
7 1 (1.10%) Azure Engineer
7 1 (1.10%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
7 1 (1.10%) IT Architect
7 1 (1.10%) Lead
7 1 (1.10%) Network Architect
7 1 (1.10%) Network Manager
7 1 (1.10%) Network Security Architect
7 1 (1.10%) Network Technician
7 1 (1.10%) Oracle Architect
7 1 (1.10%) Security Engineer
7 1 (1.10%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (48.35%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (4.40%) LDAP
3 2 (2.20%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 69 (75.82%) Cyberattack
2 4 (4.40%) Anti-Spyware
3 3 (3.30%) CCTV
3 3 (3.30%) Smartphone
4 2 (2.20%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.20%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.10%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.10%) NHS
5 1 (1.10%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 79 (86.81%) Android
2 71 (78.02%) Linux
3 56 (61.54%) Windows
4 4 (4.40%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.20%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.10%) CentOS
6 1 (1.10%) Debian
6 1 (1.10%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (75.82%) Line Management
1 69 (75.82%) Mathematics
2 54 (59.34%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (50.55%) DevOps
4 44 (48.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 43 (47.25%) Platform Engineering
5 43 (47.25%) Risk Management
5 43 (47.25%) Storage Management
5 43 (47.25%) Task Automation
6 29 (31.87%) Agile
7 26 (28.57%) Android Development
7 26 (28.57%) Design Patterns
7 26 (28.57%) OO
7 26 (28.57%) OOP
8 8 (8.79%) Customer Service
9 7 (7.69%) Service Management
10 6 (6.59%) Identity Management
10 6 (6.59%) Information Security
10 6 (6.59%) ITSM
11 5 (5.49%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 70 (76.92%) Python
2 45 (49.45%) PowerShell
3 44 (48.35%) Bash
4 26 (28.57%) C++
4 26 (28.57%) Go
4 26 (28.57%) Java
5 1 (1.10%) Bicep
5 1 (1.10%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 27 (29.67%) DV Cleared
3 5 (5.49%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (4.40%) CISSP
5 3 (3.30%) CCNA
5 3 (3.30%) CCNP
6 2 (2.20%) CCIE
6 2 (2.20%) CISM
6 2 (2.20%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.20%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.20%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.20%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.10%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.10%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.10%) Degree
7 1 (1.10%) JNCIA
7 1 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.40%) PCI DSS
2 2 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.20%) NCSC
2 2 (2.20%) NIST
2 2 (2.20%) SLA
3 1 (1.10%) GDPR
System Software
1 70 (76.92%) Docker
2 44 (48.35%) Hyper-V
3 43 (47.25%) VMware NSX
3 43 (47.25%) vSphere
4 5 (5.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (4.40%) Active Directory
6 1 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 76 (83.52%) Ansible
2 46 (50.55%) Terraform
3 5 (5.49%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.20%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.10%) Grafana
5 1 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.10%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.10%) Proxmox
5 1 (1.10%) SCCM
Vendors
1 51 (56.04%) Cisco
2 44 (48.35%) Juniper
3 43 (47.25%) 3PAR
3 43 (47.25%) Splunk
4 8 (8.79%) Microsoft
5 6 (6.59%) ServiceNow
6 5 (5.49%) VMware
7 4 (4.40%) Okta
7 4 (4.40%) Perforce
8 3 (3.30%) Apple
8 3 (3.30%) Avaya
8 3 (3.30%) Citrix
9 2 (2.20%) Meraki
10 1 (1.10%) Databricks
10 1 (1.10%) Oracle
10 1 (1.10%) SAP
10 1 (1.10%) Ubiquiti