VPN Jobs in the Midlands

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for VPN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VPN over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 165 207 177
Rank change year-on-year +42 -30 -13
Permanent jobs citing VPN 167 124 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.43% 1.29% 1.74%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.52% 7.21% 10.98%
Number of salaries quoted 138 94 167
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £22,500
25th Percentile £30,125 £32,500 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,000 £63,500
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 is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,588 1,721 1,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.64% 17.88% 15.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,290 728 1,089
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,283 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,375 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.02% -0.29% -3.33%
75th Percentile £54,750 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,850
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +28 100 £39,750 -12.15% 28
East Midlands +23 66 £39,000 +11.43% 16
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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 (13.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (11.98%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.59%) IIS
4 5 (2.99%) Apache
5 4 (2.40%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (1.20%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (1.20%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (1.20%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 46 (27.54%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.20%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.40%) Sage 200
2 2 (1.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 82 (49.10%) Azure
2 78 (46.71%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (16.17%) Entra ID
4 16 (9.58%) IaaS
5 15 (8.98%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (8.98%) PaaS
6 14 (8.38%) AWS
7 7 (4.19%) Amazon S3
8 6 (3.59%) OneDrive
9 5 (2.99%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (2.99%) Google Workspace
10 4 (2.40%) Mimecast
10 4 (2.40%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.80%) SaaS
12 2 (1.20%) GCP
12 2 (1.20%) OpenDNS
12 2 (1.20%) Rubrik
13 1 (0.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 1 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.60%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 112 (67.07%) Firewall
2 56 (33.53%) DNS
3 40 (23.95%) VLAN
4 39 (23.35%) DHCP
5 36 (21.56%) WAN
6 33 (19.76%) LAN
7 28 (16.77%) TCP/IP
8 27 (16.17%) Network Security
8 27 (16.17%) SAN
8 27 (16.17%) Wi-Fi
9 23 (13.77%) MPLS
10 20 (11.98%) Wireless
11 18 (10.78%) Internet
11 18 (10.78%) IPsec
12 13 (7.78%) VoIP
13 12 (7.19%) WLAN
14 11 (6.59%) OSPF
15 10 (5.99%) NGFW
16 9 (5.39%) BGP
17 8 (4.79%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.38%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.99%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (2.99%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.80%) Power BI
5 2 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.60%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.40%) Git
2 2 (1.20%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 31 (18.56%) Social Skills
2 19 (11.38%) Finance
3 15 (8.98%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (7.78%) Retail
5 11 (6.59%) Telecoms
6 8 (4.79%) German Language
6 8 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (4.79%) Law
7 5 (2.99%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.40%) Local Government
9 3 (1.80%) Marketing
10 2 (1.20%) Legal
10 2 (1.20%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.60%) Advertising
11 1 (0.60%) Back Office
11 1 (0.60%) Banking
11 1 (0.60%) Games
Job Titles
1 28 (16.77%) Analyst
1 28 (16.77%) Network Engineer
2 23 (13.77%) IT Support
3 18 (10.78%) Senior
4 16 (9.58%) Architect
5 13 (7.78%) Support Engineer
6 11 (6.59%) Senior Network Engineer
6 11 (6.59%) Support Analyst
7 10 (5.99%) Citrix Architect
7 10 (5.99%) Cloud Architect
7 10 (5.99%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
7 10 (5.99%) DevOps Architect
7 10 (5.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (5.99%) IT Analyst
7 10 (5.99%) IT Manager
7 10 (5.99%) IT Support Analyst
7 10 (5.99%) IT Technician
7 10 (5.99%) Network Manager
8 9 (5.39%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 9 (5.39%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.38%) YAML
2 14 (8.38%) JSON
3 10 (5.99%) ARM Templates
4 5 (2.99%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (1.80%) Kafka
6 2 (1.20%) LAMP
6 2 (1.20%) V-Ray
6 2 (1.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.38%) Data Centre
2 13 (7.78%) Driving Licence
3 10 (5.99%) Clustering
3 10 (5.99%) Private Cloud
3 10 (5.99%) Public Cloud
4 9 (5.39%) PKI
5 8 (4.79%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (2.40%) CCTV
6 4 (2.40%) FMCG
6 4 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.80%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.20%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.20%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.60%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.60%) Social Media
9 1 (0.60%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 79 (47.31%) Windows
2 52 (31.14%) Windows Server
3 19 (11.38%) Windows 10
4 16 (9.58%) Linux
5 9 (5.39%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (5.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (3.59%) Mac OS X
6 6 (3.59%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (3.59%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (2.99%) Data ONTAP
8 4 (2.40%) Mac OS
9 3 (1.80%) Apple iOS
10 2 (1.20%) Android
10 2 (1.20%) VMS
10 2 (1.20%) Windows 7
10 2 (1.20%) Windows 8
10 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (23.95%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (11.98%) Customer Service
3 18 (10.78%) Agile
3 18 (10.78%) DevOps
3 18 (10.78%) ITIL
4 15 (8.98%) CI/CD
4 15 (8.98%) Infrastructure as Code
4 15 (8.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 15 (8.98%) Network Virtualisation
5 13 (7.78%) Cybersecurity
6 12 (7.19%) Kalman Filter
6 12 (7.19%) Mentoring
7 11 (6.59%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (6.59%) Cost Reduction
7 11 (6.59%) Project Delivery
7 11 (6.59%) Server Management
8 10 (5.99%) Load Balancing
8 10 (5.99%) Network Design
8 10 (5.99%) Roadmaps
8 10 (5.99%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 39 (23.35%) PowerShell
2 18 (10.78%) SQL
3 5 (2.99%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (14.37%) Degree
2 19 (11.38%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (9.58%) CCNA
4 13 (7.78%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (6.59%) CCNP
6 10 (5.99%) Security Cleared
7 9 (5.39%) Azure Certification
8 7 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (4.19%) MCSE
8 7 (4.19%) SC Cleared
9 6 (3.59%) A+ Certification
10 5 (2.99%) JNCIA
11 4 (2.40%) MCSA
11 4 (2.40%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (1.80%) CCDA
13 2 (1.20%) CCIE
13 2 (1.20%) CCIE Data Center
13 2 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (1.20%) CTC Cleared
14 1 (0.60%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.59%) GDPR
2 9 (5.39%) NIST
3 6 (3.59%) SLA
4 4 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.20%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.60%) COBIT
7 1 (0.60%) GRC
7 1 (0.60%) ISO 31000
7 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.60%) NCSC
7 1 (0.60%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.60%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.60%) SOC 2
System Software
1 76 (45.51%) Active Directory
2 54 (32.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (25.75%) Hyper-V
4 13 (7.78%) vSphere
5 12 (7.19%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (5.99%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (4.19%) Docker
8 4 (2.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 4 (2.40%) pfSense
9 3 (1.80%) Terminal Services
10 2 (1.20%) Firmware
10 2 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (1.20%) XenApp
10 2 (1.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 24 (14.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (8.98%) Terraform
3 13 (7.78%) SCCM
4 11 (6.59%) SmoothWall
5 6 (3.59%) Microsoft Clustering
6 5 (2.99%) Ansible
6 5 (2.99%) Autotask
6 5 (2.99%) Kubernetes
6 5 (2.99%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.99%) vCenter Server
7 4 (2.40%) AirWatch
7 4 (2.40%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (2.40%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.20%) Backup Exec
8 2 (1.20%) Nessus
9 1 (0.60%) SCOM
Vendors
1 80 (47.90%) Microsoft
2 58 (34.73%) VMware
3 43 (25.75%) Cisco
4 21 (12.57%) Veeam
5 20 (11.98%) Citrix
5 20 (11.98%) Meraki
6 18 (10.78%) Juniper
6 18 (10.78%) SonicWALL
7 16 (9.58%) HP
8 14 (8.38%) Palo Alto
9 12 (7.19%) CheckPoint
9 12 (7.19%) Sophos
10 11 (6.59%) Apple
11 9 (5.39%) Aruba
12 7 (4.19%) Avaya
12 7 (4.19%) Dell
12 7 (4.19%) Fortinet
12 7 (4.19%) Sage
13 6 (3.59%) WatchGuard
14 5 (2.99%) Draytek