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

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 160 194
Rank change year-on-year +7 +34 +3
Permanent jobs citing VPN 99 166 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.41% 1.40% 1.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.06% 10.59% 7.66%
Number of salaries quoted 53 138 99
10th Percentile - £26,025 £25,700
25th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £39,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% -11.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £48,000 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £75,500
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 895 1,568 1,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.77% 13.20% 18.61%
Number of salaries quoted 474 1,286 727
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -1.73% -3.89%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -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 15 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 15 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 +11 51 £37,500 -5.96% 62
East Midlands +18 48 £40,000 +2.56% 32
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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 12 (12.12%) SharePoint
2 9 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (4.04%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (16.16%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.01%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (6.06%) Dynamics NAV
1 6 (6.06%) SAP ERP
2 2 (2.02%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (2.02%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (2.02%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 35 (35.35%) Azure
2 31 (31.31%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (15.15%) Entra ID
4 14 (14.14%) AWS
5 9 (9.09%) IaaS
6 7 (7.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 7 (7.07%) PaaS
7 5 (5.05%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (5.05%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (5.05%) SaaS
8 4 (4.04%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (4.04%) Azure AI
8 4 (4.04%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (4.04%) Azure Key Vault
8 4 (4.04%) Azure Service Bus
8 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (4.04%) Power Automate
8 4 (4.04%) Power Platform
8 4 (4.04%) Route 53
9 2 (2.02%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 56 (56.57%) Firewall
2 38 (38.38%) WAN
3 30 (30.30%) LAN
3 30 (30.30%) TCP/IP
4 28 (28.28%) DNS
5 26 (26.26%) DHCP
6 12 (12.12%) Network Security
7 11 (11.11%) SD-WAN
8 9 (9.09%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (9.09%) VLAN
9 8 (8.08%) SAN
10 6 (6.06%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (6.06%) Wireless
11 4 (4.04%) HTTPS
11 4 (4.04%) MPLS
12 3 (3.03%) BGP
12 3 (3.03%) IPsec
12 3 (3.03%) OSPF
12 3 (3.03%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.10%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.04%) Data Lake
2 4 (4.04%) MySQL
2 4 (4.04%) Power BI
3 2 (2.02%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.01%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (16.16%) Robot Framework
2 15 (15.15%) Cucumber
3 5 (5.05%) Git
4 1 (1.01%) GitLab
4 1 (1.01%) Jenkins
General
1 34 (34.34%) Social Skills
2 31 (31.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (23.23%) Telecoms
4 21 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (7.07%) Finance
6 6 (6.06%) Law
7 5 (5.05%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.03%) Electronics
8 3 (3.03%) Legal
9 1 (1.01%) Marketing
9 1 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.01%) Police
9 1 (1.01%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.01%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (29.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 15 (15.15%) Test Automation Engineer
2 15 (15.15%) Test Engineer
3 11 (11.11%) Analyst
3 11 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 10 (10.10%) Network Engineer
5 9 (9.09%) IT Support
6 8 (8.08%) IT Engineer
7 7 (7.07%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (7.07%) Cloud Engineer
7 7 (7.07%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (7.07%) Senior
8 6 (6.06%) Architect
8 6 (6.06%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (6.06%) Infrastructure Support
8 6 (6.06%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 6 (6.06%) IT Analyst
8 6 (6.06%) IT Support Analyst
8 6 (6.06%) Support Analyst
9 5 (5.05%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.08%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (2.02%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.01%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.01%) Jinja
3 1 (1.01%) LDAP
3 1 (1.01%) OpenConfig
3 1 (1.01%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.17%) Linux Command Line
2 10 (10.10%) Driving Licence
3 9 (9.09%) Cyberattack
4 6 (6.06%) Data Centre
4 6 (6.06%) NHS
5 5 (5.05%) Clustering
6 4 (4.04%) Operational Technology
7 3 (3.03%) IoT
7 3 (3.03%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (2.02%) CCTV
8 2 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (2.02%) Management Information System
8 2 (2.02%) Video\Live Streaming
9 1 (1.01%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.01%) PKI
9 1 (1.01%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.01%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 72 (72.73%) Windows
2 43 (43.43%) Windows Server
3 31 (31.31%) Linux
4 11 (11.11%) Android
5 9 (9.09%) Windows 10
6 8 (8.08%) Apple iOS
7 7 (7.07%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (6.06%) Mac OS
9 3 (3.03%) CentOS
9 3 (3.03%) Rocky
9 3 (3.03%) Ubuntu
10 2 (2.02%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (2.02%) VMS
11 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (32.32%) DevOps
3 30 (30.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 26 (26.26%) ITIL
5 20 (20.20%) Mentoring
6 18 (18.18%) Coaching
7 16 (16.16%) Test Automation
8 15 (15.15%) Customer Service
8 15 (15.15%) System Testing
8 15 (15.15%) Test Management
9 13 (13.13%) Disaster Recovery
10 10 (10.10%) Line Management
11 9 (9.09%) Mathematics
11 9 (9.09%) Migration
12 8 (8.08%) ERP
12 8 (8.08%) Platform Engineering
12 8 (8.08%) Project Management
12 8 (8.08%) Risk Management
12 8 (8.08%) Storage Management
12 8 (8.08%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 38 (38.38%) PowerShell
2 24 (24.24%) Python
3 23 (23.23%) Bash
4 15 (15.15%) JavaScript
5 11 (11.11%) SQL
6 4 (4.04%) Bicep
7 1 (1.01%) C++
7 1 (1.01%) Go
7 1 (1.01%) Java
Qualifications
1 26 (26.26%) Degree
2 15 (15.15%) Security Cleared
3 13 (13.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (12.12%) SC Cleared
5 11 (11.11%) Azure Certification
6 8 (8.08%) A+ Certification
6 8 (8.08%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (8.08%) MCSA
7 6 (6.06%) CCNA
7 6 (6.06%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (6.06%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (6.06%) MCP
8 5 (5.05%) AWS Certification
8 5 (5.05%) CCNP
9 4 (4.04%) DBS Check
10 3 (3.03%) CISA
10 3 (3.03%) CISM
10 3 (3.03%) CISSP
10 3 (3.03%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (3.03%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (15.15%) QA
2 4 (4.04%) SLA
3 3 (3.03%) GRC
3 3 (3.03%) JSP 440
3 3 (3.03%) NCSC
4 2 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.01%) GDPR
5 1 (1.01%) NIST
System Software
1 41 (41.41%) Active Directory
2 14 (14.14%) Hyper-V
2 14 (14.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (10.10%) Docker
5 8 (8.08%) VMware NSX
5 8 (8.08%) vSphere
6 2 (2.02%) Firmware
7 1 (1.01%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 17 (17.17%) Ansible
2 11 (11.11%) Terraform
3 8 (8.08%) FortiGate
4 7 (7.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (6.06%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Clustering
7 3 (3.03%) Nessus
8 2 (2.02%) SCCM
9 1 (1.01%) Autotask
9 1 (1.01%) Kubernetes
9 1 (1.01%) WSUS
Vendors
1 47 (47.47%) Microsoft
2 31 (31.31%) Cisco
3 16 (16.16%) VMware
4 15 (15.15%) Juniper
5 10 (10.10%) Apple
6 8 (8.08%) 3PAR
6 8 (8.08%) Meraki
6 8 (8.08%) Splunk
7 7 (7.07%) SAP
8 6 (6.06%) HP
8 6 (6.06%) Sophos
9 5 (5.05%) Fortinet
9 5 (5.05%) Veeam
10 4 (4.04%) Databricks
10 4 (4.04%) F5
11 3 (3.03%) Aruba
11 3 (3.03%) Dell
11 3 (3.03%) Google
11 3 (3.03%) Tenable
12 2 (2.02%) Citrix