VPN Job Trends in the Midlands

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > Midlands

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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 130 164
Rank change year-on-year -3 +34 +4
Permanent jobs citing VPN 130 107 183
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.99% 1.92% 1.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.23% 12.49% 11.38%
Number of salaries quoted 113 67 143
10th Percentile £26,600 £27,650 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £63,750 £48,375 £53,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £55,250 £63,400
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
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 676 857 1,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.16% 15.40% 12.07%
Number of salaries quoted 540 521 1,184
10th Percentile £27,674 £26,875 £25,245
25th Percentile £30,500 £30,750 £30,243
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% +3.75% -8.05%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £73,823 £71,622 £65,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

VPN job vacancy trend in the Midlands

VPN
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing VPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing VPN

VPN
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in the Midlands over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Salary histogram for VPN in the Midlands

VPN
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 10 July 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
West Midlands +9 78 £50,000 +17.65% 28
East Midlands -21 52 £32,500 -16.13% 17
VPN
England

VPN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 33 (25.38%) SharePoint
2 28 (21.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.77%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.77%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 73 (56.15%) Microsoft 365
2 65 (50.00%) Azure
3 41 (31.54%) Entra ID
4 11 (8.46%) OneDrive
5 7 (5.38%) AWS
6 5 (3.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (3.08%) Azure AKS
8 3 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.31%) GitHub
8 3 (2.31%) SaaS
9 2 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.54%) GCP
9 2 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.54%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.77%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.77%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.77%) IaaS
10 1 (0.77%) PaaS
10 1 (0.77%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 68 (52.31%) Firewall
2 65 (50.00%) DNS
3 55 (42.31%) DHCP
4 43 (33.08%) WAN
5 37 (28.46%) TCP/IP
6 35 (26.92%) LAN
7 26 (20.00%) VLAN
8 23 (17.69%) Wi-Fi
8 23 (17.69%) Wireless
9 22 (16.92%) BGP
10 21 (16.15%) OSPF
11 20 (15.38%) Cisco ASA
12 19 (14.62%) EIGRP
13 17 (13.08%) VoIP
14 15 (11.54%) Network Security
14 15 (11.54%) SD-WAN
15 8 (6.15%) MQTT
16 4 (3.08%) LoRaWAN
16 4 (3.08%) SSL
16 4 (3.08%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.08%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (3.08%) MongoDB
2 4 (3.08%) MySQL
2 4 (3.08%) Neo4j
3 2 (1.54%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (1.54%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.54%) KNIME
3 2 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.08%) JIRA
2 3 (2.31%) Git
3 1 (0.77%) Carbide.c++
General
1 62 (47.69%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 9 (6.92%) Law
5 8 (6.15%) Legal
6 6 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.62%) Finance
7 5 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.85%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.54%) Automotive
9 2 (1.54%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.77%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.77%) Retail
Job Titles
1 42 (32.31%) IT Support
2 33 (25.38%) IT Engineer
3 31 (23.85%) Support Engineer
4 30 (23.08%) Network Engineer
5 25 (19.23%) IT Support Engineer
5 25 (19.23%) Senior
6 18 (13.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (11.54%) Senior Network Engineer
8 13 (10.00%) Analyst
9 9 (6.92%) IT Analyst
10 8 (6.15%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
10 8 (6.15%) 3rd Line Support
10 8 (6.15%) IT Support Analyst
10 8 (6.15%) Support Analyst
11 7 (5.38%) IT Technician
12 6 (4.62%) Architect
12 6 (4.62%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (4.62%) Operations Engineer
13 5 (3.85%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 5 (3.85%) Junior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.54%) Middleware
1 2 (1.54%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (0.77%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (14.62%) Driving Licence
2 15 (11.54%) Onboarding
3 8 (6.15%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (6.15%) IoT
4 6 (4.62%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.85%) Replication
5 5 (3.85%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.54%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.54%) Clustering
7 2 (1.54%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.54%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.54%) SCADA
8 1 (0.77%) CCTV
8 1 (0.77%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.77%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 66 (50.77%) Windows
2 28 (21.54%) Linux
3 27 (20.77%) Windows Server
4 24 (18.46%) Windows 10
5 15 (11.54%) Mac OS
6 5 (3.85%) Ubuntu
7 4 (3.08%) VMS
8 1 (0.77%) Android
8 1 (0.77%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (21.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 25 (19.23%) ITSM
4 20 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
5 19 (14.62%) High Availability
6 18 (13.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (13.85%) ITIL
7 15 (11.54%) Service Delivery
8 14 (10.77%) Customer Service
8 14 (10.77%) Network Monitoring
9 12 (9.23%) CRM
10 11 (8.46%) Cloud Security
10 11 (8.46%) Logistics
11 10 (7.69%) ERP
11 10 (7.69%) Identity Management
11 10 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
11 10 (7.69%) Task Automation
12 9 (6.92%) E-Commerce
12 9 (6.92%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 15 (11.54%) Python
3 6 (4.62%) Bicep
3 6 (4.62%) SQL
4 2 (1.54%) Bash
5 1 (0.77%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 22 (16.92%) CCNP
1 22 (16.92%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (11.54%) Degree
3 15 (11.54%) Security Cleared
4 13 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 8 (6.15%) A+ Certification
6 5 (3.85%) Azure Certification
6 5 (3.85%) CCNA
6 5 (3.85%) CISSP
6 5 (3.85%) DBS Check
6 5 (3.85%) MCITP
7 4 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (3.08%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.31%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.54%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.77%) CISM
10 1 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.77%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (17.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (6.92%) GDPR
4 7 (5.38%) PCI DSS
5 6 (4.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (3.08%) SLA
7 1 (0.77%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.77%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.77%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.77%) NIST
System Software
1 58 (44.62%) Active Directory
2 29 (22.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (16.15%) Hyper-V
4 6 (4.62%) Firmware
5 5 (3.85%) Docker
6 4 (3.08%) vSphere
7 2 (1.54%) BitLocker
7 2 (1.54%) Samba
7 2 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.77%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 22 (16.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (6.92%) Kubernetes
3 8 (6.15%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (5.38%) Terraform
5 4 (3.08%) Galera Cluster
5 4 (3.08%) vCenter Server
6 3 (2.31%) FortiGate
7 2 (1.54%) Ansible
7 2 (1.54%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (1.54%) Grafana
7 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (1.54%) Nagios
7 2 (1.54%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.77%) CASB
8 1 (0.77%) Podman
Vendors
1 91 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 42 (32.31%) Cisco
3 30 (23.08%) VMware
4 15 (11.54%) Meraki
5 13 (10.00%) Fortinet
6 9 (6.92%) Logitech
6 9 (6.92%) Yealink
7 8 (6.15%) Apple
8 5 (3.85%) Veeam
9 4 (3.08%) Palo Alto
9 4 (3.08%) ServiceNow
10 3 (2.31%) ConnectWise
10 3 (2.31%) Kaseya
11 2 (1.54%) Dell
11 2 (1.54%) Epicor
11 2 (1.54%) Google
11 2 (1.54%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.54%) SolarWinds
11 2 (1.54%) TP-LINK
11 2 (1.54%) Zoho