VPN Job Trends in Norfolk

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
East of England > Norfolk

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Norfolk requiring VPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 7 -
Rank change year-on-year -20 - -
Permanent jobs citing VPN 5 38 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Norfolk 2.13% 13.57% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.15% 65.52% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 31 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -
East of England median annual salary £40,000 £32,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -14.67% +9.49%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Norfolk

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 Norfolk.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 33 58 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Norfolk 14.04% 20.71% 16.20%
Number of salaries quoted 7 44 23
10th Percentile £29,100 £25,000 £26,850
25th Percentile £30,188 £28,000 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £32,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -28.89% +5.88%
75th Percentile £35,563 £34,875 £50,625
90th Percentile £37,675 £54,850 £54,500
East of England median annual salary £40,000 £51,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -22.33% +6.19% +14.12%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in Norfolk

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

VPN job vacancy trend in Norfolk

VPN
Salary Trend in Norfolk

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Norfolk citing VPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Norfolk citing VPN

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Job Locations in Norfolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Norfolk region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Norwich -9 5 £40,000 +25.00% 1
VPN
East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Norfolk 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 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) DHCP
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) IMAP
1 5 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) Network Security
1 5 (100.00%) OSPF
1 5 (100.00%) POP3
1 5 (100.00%) SMTP
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (100.00%) VLAN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
1 5 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 5 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 5 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CCNA
1 5 (100.00%) CCNP
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (100.00%) DBS Check
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) SolarWinds