VPN Jobs in the Midlands

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 173 230
Rank change year-on-year +10 +57 -78
Permanent jobs citing VPN 157 117 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.35% 1.54% 1.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.33% 8.14% 9.53%
Number of salaries quoted 116 102 135
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,125 £22,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,500 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,750 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% +0.60% +3.75%
75th Percentile £53,750 £58,750 £53,500
90th Percentile £62,875 £65,703 £63,750
England median annual salary £46,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.00% +5.26% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,386 1,438 1,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.93% 18.94% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 947 710 1,127
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,813 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £44,625 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -6.05% +7.95%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,819 £75,000
England median annual salary £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for VPN in the Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for VPN in the Midlands

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Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
West Midlands -11 83 £41,250 -8.33% 21
East Midlands +21 73 £40,000 +16.79% 10
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 23 (14.65%) Microsoft Exchange
1 23 (14.65%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.37%) IIS
3 5 (3.18%) Apache
4 1 (0.64%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 34 (21.66%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.91%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.64%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.55%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (2.55%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (2.55%) PeopleSoft HCM
1 4 (2.55%) Sage 200
2 2 (1.27%) Shopify
3 1 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 75 (47.77%) Azure
2 74 (47.13%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (15.29%) Entra ID
4 12 (7.64%) AWS
5 9 (5.73%) IaaS
5 9 (5.73%) PaaS
6 8 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (5.10%) Power Platform
7 6 (3.82%) OneDrive
8 5 (3.18%) Amazon S3
8 5 (3.18%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (3.18%) Google Workspace
8 5 (3.18%) PowerApps
9 4 (2.55%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.55%) OCI
10 3 (1.91%) SaaS
11 2 (1.27%) GCP
11 2 (1.27%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.27%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.27%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 114 (72.61%) Firewall
2 51 (32.48%) DNS
3 43 (27.39%) WAN
4 38 (24.20%) VLAN
5 35 (22.29%) LAN
6 32 (20.38%) DHCP
7 29 (18.47%) IPsec
8 24 (15.29%) Network Security
8 24 (15.29%) SAN
8 24 (15.29%) Wi-Fi
9 23 (14.65%) Wireless
10 22 (14.01%) MPLS
11 21 (13.38%) TCP/IP
12 13 (8.28%) VoIP
13 12 (7.64%) BGP
14 11 (7.01%) OSPF
14 11 (7.01%) SD-WAN
15 9 (5.73%) WLAN
16 7 (4.46%) Internet
17 6 (3.82%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.10%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.46%) Power BI
3 5 (3.18%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (3.18%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.91%) MySQL
5 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (4.46%) Git
2 5 (3.18%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (2.55%) JIRA
4 1 (0.64%) Visual Studio
General
1 38 (24.20%) Social Skills
2 18 (11.46%) Finance
3 17 (10.83%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (10.83%) Telecoms
4 12 (7.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (7.01%) Retail
6 10 (6.37%) Law
7 5 (3.18%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.18%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.55%) Legal
8 4 (2.55%) Local Government
9 3 (1.91%) Marketing
10 1 (0.64%) Advertising
10 1 (0.64%) Back Office
10 1 (0.64%) Banking
10 1 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.64%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 33 (21.02%) Network Engineer
2 18 (11.46%) Senior
3 15 (9.55%) Analyst
4 12 (7.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 12 (7.64%) Support Engineer
5 11 (7.01%) Consultant
6 10 (6.37%) IT Manager
6 10 (6.37%) Operations Engineer
6 10 (6.37%) Senior Network Engineer
7 9 (5.73%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 9 (5.73%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 9 (5.73%) Systems Engineer
8 8 (5.10%) Architect
8 8 (5.10%) IT Technician
8 8 (5.10%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (5.10%) Network Manager
9 7 (4.46%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 7 (4.46%) Applications Support Engineer
9 7 (4.46%) IT Engineer
9 7 (4.46%) Operations Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.28%) YAML
2 8 (5.10%) JSON
3 5 (3.18%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (2.55%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.64%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.64%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.83%) Data Centre
2 13 (8.28%) Clustering
3 9 (5.73%) Driving Licence
4 8 (5.10%) PKI
5 6 (3.82%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (3.18%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (2.55%) CCTV
7 4 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.55%) FMCG
7 4 (2.55%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (2.55%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.91%) Replication
9 2 (1.27%) Smartphone
9 2 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.64%) CMDB
10 1 (0.64%) IoT
10 1 (0.64%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.64%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.64%) Social Media
10 1 (0.64%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 70 (44.59%) Windows
2 40 (25.48%) Windows Server
3 24 (15.29%) Linux
3 24 (15.29%) Windows 10
4 10 (6.37%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (5.73%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (5.10%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (3.82%) Mac OS X
8 5 (3.18%) Apple iOS
8 5 (3.18%) Data ONTAP
8 5 (3.18%) Mac OS
8 5 (3.18%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (2.55%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (1.27%) Android
10 2 (1.27%) VMS
11 1 (0.64%) SUSE
11 1 (0.64%) Unix
11 1 (0.64%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (24.84%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (14.65%) Customer Service
3 21 (13.38%) ITIL
4 19 (12.10%) Kalman Filter
5 18 (11.46%) Mentoring
6 16 (10.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 14 (8.92%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (7.64%) Migration
9 11 (7.01%) ERP
9 11 (7.01%) Patch Management
9 11 (7.01%) Service Management
10 10 (6.37%) High Availability
10 10 (6.37%) Load Balancing
10 10 (6.37%) Project Management
11 9 (5.73%) Agile
11 9 (5.73%) Analytics
11 9 (5.73%) Collaborative Working
11 9 (5.73%) Cost Reduction
11 9 (5.73%) IT Strategy
11 9 (5.73%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (17.83%) PowerShell
2 25 (15.92%) SQL
3 5 (3.18%) Python
4 1 (0.64%) C#
Qualifications
1 24 (15.29%) Degree
2 17 (10.83%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (8.28%) CCNA
3 13 (8.28%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (6.37%) CCNP
5 9 (5.73%) Security Cleared
6 8 (5.10%) Azure Certification
6 8 (5.10%) MCSE
7 5 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.55%) A+ Certification
8 4 (2.55%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (2.55%) Oracle Certification
8 4 (2.55%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.91%) CCDA
9 3 (1.91%) JNCIA
9 3 (1.91%) MCSA
10 1 (0.64%) CCIE
10 1 (0.64%) CISM
10 1 (0.64%) CISSP
10 1 (0.64%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (6.37%) GDPR
3 7 (4.46%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (4.46%) NIST
3 7 (4.46%) SLA
4 2 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.64%) COBIT
5 1 (0.64%) GRC
5 1 (0.64%) ISO 31000
5 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (0.64%) NCSC
5 1 (0.64%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.64%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.64%) SOC 2
System Software
1 66 (42.04%) Active Directory
2 48 (30.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (21.66%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.18%) Docker
5 4 (2.55%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (1.27%) pfSense
6 2 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (17.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (8.28%) SCCM
3 12 (7.64%) Terraform
4 10 (6.37%) Microsoft Clustering
5 9 (5.73%) SmoothWall
6 6 (3.82%) vCenter Server
7 5 (3.18%) Ansible
7 5 (3.18%) Kubernetes
7 5 (3.18%) Prometheus
8 4 (2.55%) AirWatch
8 4 (2.55%) Autotask
9 3 (1.91%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (1.91%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.91%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (1.27%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.64%) Nagios
11 1 (0.64%) SCOM
11 1 (0.64%) ServiceCenter
11 1 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 86 (54.78%) Microsoft
2 51 (32.48%) VMware
3 38 (24.20%) Cisco
4 21 (13.38%) Meraki
5 19 (12.10%) Juniper
5 19 (12.10%) Veeam
6 18 (11.46%) HP
7 16 (10.19%) Palo Alto
8 13 (8.28%) Apple
9 12 (7.64%) CheckPoint
9 12 (7.64%) Fortinet
10 11 (7.01%) Sophos
11 10 (6.37%) SonicWALL
12 8 (5.10%) Aruba
12 8 (5.10%) Citrix
13 7 (4.46%) Avaya
13 7 (4.46%) Dell
13 7 (4.46%) Sage
14 6 (3.82%) NetApp
14 6 (3.82%) Red Hat