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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 172 185
Rank change year-on-year +11 +13 +25
Permanent jobs citing VPN 86 175 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.25% 1.37% 1.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.72% 11.02% 8.01%
Number of salaries quoted 46 142 104
10th Percentile £26,375 £26,250 £25,900
25th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £39,875 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -11.39% +5.88%
75th Percentile £47,125 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £48,750 £69,875 £76,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +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 885 1,588 1,710
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.91% 12.39% 19.27%
Number of salaries quoted 459 1,284 716
10th Percentile £26,960 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,125 £30,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,750 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% -3.47% -3.89%
75th Percentile £57,500 £54,063 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

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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 30 May 2025.

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 30 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
West Midlands +4 45 £30,500 -23.75% 155
East Midlands +15 41 £38,750 -0.64% 120
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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 13 (15.12%) SharePoint
2 8 (9.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 17 (19.77%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (6.98%) Dynamics NAV
1 6 (6.98%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.16%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.16%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 32 (37.21%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (33.72%) Azure
3 16 (18.60%) Entra ID
4 12 (13.95%) AWS
5 8 (9.30%) IaaS
6 6 (6.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 6 (6.98%) PaaS
7 4 (4.65%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (4.65%) Azure AI
7 4 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (4.65%) Azure Key Vault
7 4 (4.65%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (4.65%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (4.65%) Azure Service Bus
7 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (4.65%) Power Automate
7 4 (4.65%) Power Platform
7 4 (4.65%) Route 53
7 4 (4.65%) SaaS
8 2 (2.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 48 (55.81%) Firewall
2 41 (47.67%) WAN
3 33 (38.37%) LAN
4 29 (33.72%) TCP/IP
5 24 (27.91%) DNS
6 23 (26.74%) DHCP
7 11 (12.79%) SD-WAN
8 10 (11.63%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (10.47%) Cisco IOS
9 9 (10.47%) Network Security
10 8 (9.30%) VLAN
11 5 (5.81%) Wireless
12 4 (4.65%) HTTPS
12 4 (4.65%) MPLS
13 3 (3.49%) BGP
13 3 (3.49%) OSPF
13 3 (3.49%) SAN
13 3 (3.49%) VoIP
14 2 (2.33%) Cisco ASA
14 2 (2.33%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.14%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.65%) Data Lake
2 4 (4.65%) MySQL
2 4 (4.65%) Power BI
3 1 (1.16%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.16%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 16 (18.60%) Robot Framework
2 15 (17.44%) Cucumber
3 5 (5.81%) Git
4 1 (1.16%) GitLab
4 1 (1.16%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 29 (33.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 24 (27.91%) Telecoms
4 18 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (8.14%) Manufacturing
6 6 (6.98%) Finance
7 2 (2.33%) Electronics
7 2 (2.33%) Law
7 2 (2.33%) Legal
8 1 (1.16%) Local Government
8 1 (1.16%) Marketing
8 1 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.16%) Police
8 1 (1.16%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.16%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (29.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 15 (17.44%) Test Automation Engineer
2 15 (17.44%) Test Engineer
3 12 (13.95%) IT Support
4 11 (12.79%) Network Engineer
4 11 (12.79%) Support Engineer
5 10 (11.63%) Analyst
6 7 (8.14%) Azure Engineer
6 7 (8.14%) IT Engineer
7 6 (6.98%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (6.98%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (6.98%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (6.98%) Infrastructure Support
7 6 (6.98%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 6 (6.98%) IT Analyst
7 6 (6.98%) IT Support Analyst
7 6 (6.98%) Support Analyst
8 5 (5.81%) Architect
8 5 (5.81%) Senior
9 4 (4.65%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.30%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.16%) Jinja
2 1 (1.16%) OpenConfig
2 1 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.16%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (18.60%) Linux Command Line
2 11 (12.79%) Driving Licence
3 9 (10.47%) Cyberattack
4 6 (6.98%) Data Centre
4 6 (6.98%) NHS
4 6 (6.98%) Operational Technology
5 3 (3.49%) Clustering
5 3 (3.49%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.16%) CCTV
6 1 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.16%) IoT
6 1 (1.16%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.16%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.16%) PKI
6 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.16%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 65 (75.58%) Windows
2 35 (40.70%) Windows Server
3 31 (36.05%) Linux
4 11 (12.79%) Android
5 9 (10.47%) Windows 10
6 8 (9.30%) Apple iOS
7 6 (6.98%) Mac OS
7 6 (6.98%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (3.49%) CentOS
8 3 (3.49%) Rocky
8 3 (3.49%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.16%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (1.16%) VMS
9 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (46.51%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (36.05%) DevOps
3 26 (30.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 22 (25.58%) ITIL
5 20 (23.26%) Mentoring
6 16 (18.60%) Coaching
6 16 (18.60%) Customer Service
6 16 (18.60%) Test Automation
7 15 (17.44%) System Testing
7 15 (17.44%) Test Management
8 10 (11.63%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (11.63%) Line Management
9 9 (10.47%) Mathematics
9 9 (10.47%) Migration
10 8 (9.30%) Identity Management
10 8 (9.30%) Platform Engineering
10 8 (9.30%) Risk Management
10 8 (9.30%) Storage Management
10 8 (9.30%) Task Automation
11 7 (8.14%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 38 (44.19%) PowerShell
2 24 (27.91%) Python
3 23 (26.74%) Bash
4 15 (17.44%) JavaScript
5 10 (11.63%) SQL
6 4 (4.65%) Bicep
7 1 (1.16%) C++
7 1 (1.16%) Go
7 1 (1.16%) Java
Qualifications
1 26 (30.23%) Degree
2 13 (15.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (11.63%) Azure Certification
4 9 (10.47%) A+ Certification
5 8 (9.30%) MCSA
5 8 (9.30%) Security Cleared
6 6 (6.98%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (6.98%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (6.98%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (6.98%) MCP
7 5 (5.81%) AWS Certification
7 5 (5.81%) SC Cleared
8 4 (4.65%) CCNA
8 4 (4.65%) DBS Check
8 4 (4.65%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (3.49%) DV Cleared
10 2 (2.33%) CCNP
10 2 (2.33%) JNCIA
11 1 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (17.44%) QA
2 4 (4.65%) SLA
3 1 (1.16%) GDPR
3 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 38 (44.19%) Active Directory
2 12 (13.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (11.63%) Docker
3 10 (11.63%) Hyper-V
4 9 (10.47%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (9.30%) VMware NSX
5 8 (9.30%) vSphere
6 2 (2.33%) Firmware
7 1 (1.16%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 13 (15.12%) Ansible
2 10 (11.63%) Terraform
3 9 (10.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (5.81%) FortiGate
4 5 (5.81%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (2.33%) SCCM
6 1 (1.16%) AirWatch
6 1 (1.16%) Autotask
6 1 (1.16%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.16%) WSUS
Vendors
1 42 (48.84%) Microsoft
2 25 (29.07%) Cisco
3 15 (17.44%) VMware
4 14 (16.28%) Juniper
5 9 (10.47%) Apple
6 8 (9.30%) 3PAR
6 8 (9.30%) Meraki
6 8 (9.30%) Splunk
7 7 (8.14%) SAP
8 6 (6.98%) HP
9 5 (5.81%) Sophos
10 4 (4.65%) Databricks
10 4 (4.65%) Veeam
11 3 (3.49%) Aruba
11 3 (3.49%) Dell
11 3 (3.49%) Google
12 2 (2.33%) CheckPoint
12 2 (2.33%) Citrix
12 2 (2.33%) Fortinet
12 2 (2.33%) Nexthink