VPN Jobs in the North of England

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 186 252
Rank change year-on-year -6 +66 -54
Permanent jobs citing VPN 188 222 239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.15% 1.71% 1.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.56% 9.05% 9.31%
Number of salaries quoted 131 170 223
10th Percentile £25,500 £30,688 £24,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £51,250 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.85% +36.67% -21.05%
75th Percentile £50,375 £66,016 £45,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £82,548 £62,500
England median annual salary £46,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.00% +5.26% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,781 2,453 2,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 10.93% 18.90% 13.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,262 1,110 1,843
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -1.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,000 £62,833 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,675
England median annual salary £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VPN in the North of England.

Salary trend for VPN in the North of England

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Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in the North of England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for VPN in the North of England

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Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the North of England region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Yorkshire +43 92 £37,500 -6.25% 13
North West -18 86 £45,000 -22.41% 19
North East -8 16 £34,000 -18.81% 8
VPN
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 26 (13.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (13.30%) SharePoint
3 15 (7.98%) Apache
4 2 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.06%) Resin
5 1 (0.53%) Confluence
5 1 (0.53%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 25 (13.30%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 82 (43.62%) Azure
2 74 (39.36%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (14.36%) Entra ID
4 20 (10.64%) AWS
5 15 (7.98%) Amazon S3
6 12 (6.38%) Cloud Computing
6 12 (6.38%) OneDrive
7 8 (4.26%) IaaS
8 7 (3.72%) GCP
9 6 (3.19%) Mimecast
10 5 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.66%) Snowflake
11 4 (2.13%) PaaS
11 4 (2.13%) SaaS
12 3 (1.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (1.06%) Google App Engine
14 1 (0.53%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 117 (62.23%) Firewall
2 69 (36.70%) WAN
3 65 (34.57%) LAN
4 59 (31.38%) DNS
5 47 (25.00%) DHCP
6 45 (23.94%) TCP/IP
7 40 (21.28%) Network Security
8 33 (17.55%) IPsec
9 32 (17.02%) VLAN
10 31 (16.49%) Wi-Fi
11 30 (15.96%) SSL
12 27 (14.36%) Internet
13 23 (12.23%) OSPF
13 23 (12.23%) VoIP
14 22 (11.70%) BGP
15 19 (10.11%) SNMP
16 18 (9.57%) WLAN
17 17 (9.04%) MPLS
18 14 (7.45%) SD-WAN
19 13 (6.91%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (10.64%) Elasticsearch
2 15 (7.98%) MongoDB
3 10 (5.32%) SQL Server
4 7 (3.72%) Redis
5 5 (2.66%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.60%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.06%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.06%) Looker
8 2 (1.06%) MySQL
9 1 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.53%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.60%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.06%) Git
3 1 (0.53%) JIRA
3 1 (0.53%) TeamCity
General
1 37 (19.68%) Social Skills
2 31 (16.49%) Finance
3 20 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.85%) Retail
5 6 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.66%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.13%) Agriculture
8 3 (1.60%) French Language
8 3 (1.60%) German Language
8 3 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.60%) Italian Language
8 3 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.60%) Portuguese Language
8 3 (1.60%) Spanish Language
8 3 (1.60%) Swedish Language
8 3 (1.60%) Turkish Language
9 2 (1.06%) Law
9 2 (1.06%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.53%) Police
10 1 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (28.19%) Network Engineer
2 21 (11.17%) IT Engineer
2 21 (11.17%) IT Support
3 18 (9.57%) Support Engineer
4 17 (9.04%) Analyst
4 17 (9.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 15 (7.98%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 15 (7.98%) Consultant
5 15 (7.98%) NetApp Consultant
6 12 (6.38%) 2nd Line Support
6 12 (6.38%) Senior
7 10 (5.32%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 10 (5.32%) Lead
8 9 (4.79%) Head of IT
9 8 (4.26%) IT Technician
10 7 (3.72%) Architect
10 7 (3.72%) Head of IT Operations
10 7 (3.72%) Head of Operations
10 7 (3.72%) IT Manager
11 6 (3.19%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.98%) RabbitMQ
1 15 (7.98%) YAML
2 5 (2.66%) Middleware
3 3 (1.60%) Ajax
3 3 (1.60%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.60%) CSS
3 3 (1.60%) CSS3
3 3 (1.60%) HTML
3 3 (1.60%) HTML5
3 3 (1.60%) LDAP
3 3 (1.60%) SOAP
3 3 (1.60%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 3 (1.60%) Web Services
3 3 (1.60%) XML
4 1 (0.53%) .NET
4 1 (0.53%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.53%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.53%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.53%) React
4 1 (0.53%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 32 (17.02%) Data Centre
2 15 (7.98%) Driving Licence
3 10 (5.32%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.79%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.26%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.72%) Clustering
6 7 (3.72%) PMI
6 7 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (3.19%) Public Cloud
8 4 (2.13%) Replication
8 4 (2.13%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.60%) PKI
10 2 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.06%) Tandem
10 2 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.53%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.53%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.53%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 106 (56.38%) Windows
2 52 (27.66%) Windows Server
3 36 (19.15%) Linux
4 28 (14.89%) Windows 10
5 15 (7.98%) Data ONTAP
6 11 (5.85%) Apple iOS
7 10 (5.32%) Android
7 10 (5.32%) Mac OS
8 7 (3.72%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (3.72%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (2.66%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (1.06%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (28.19%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (19.68%) Customer Service
3 30 (15.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 27 (14.36%) Computer Science
5 24 (12.77%) ITIL
6 21 (11.17%) Project Management
7 20 (10.64%) Infrastructure Management
8 19 (10.11%) Release Management
9 16 (8.51%) Service Management
10 15 (7.98%) Actionable Insight
10 15 (7.98%) Project Planning
10 15 (7.98%) Storage Management
11 13 (6.91%) Migration
11 13 (6.91%) Patch Management
12 12 (6.38%) Agile
12 12 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
12 12 (6.38%) Mobile Device Management
12 12 (6.38%) Service Delivery
13 11 (5.85%) Incident Management
13 11 (5.85%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 30 (15.96%) PowerShell
2 20 (10.64%) Python
2 20 (10.64%) SQL
3 5 (2.66%) Bash
4 4 (2.13%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.06%) Java
6 1 (0.53%) C#
Qualifications
1 53 (28.19%) Cisco Certification
2 37 (19.68%) CCNA
3 35 (18.62%) CCNP
4 34 (18.09%) Degree
5 22 (11.70%) CISSP
6 17 (9.04%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (8.51%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (6.38%) Azure Certification
9 11 (5.85%) CCIE
10 9 (4.79%) MCSE
11 7 (3.72%) PMI Certification
11 7 (3.72%) Security Cleared
12 6 (3.19%) MCSA
13 5 (2.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (2.66%) MCP
13 5 (2.66%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (2.13%) CCNA CyberOps
14 4 (2.13%) CISM
14 4 (2.13%) Citrix Certification
14 4 (2.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.70%) SLA
2 7 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.06%) GDPR
3 2 (1.06%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.53%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 86 (45.74%) Active Directory
2 46 (24.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (13.83%) Hyper-V
4 18 (9.57%) Docker
5 8 (4.26%) vSphere
6 7 (3.72%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (3.19%) VMware NSX
8 4 (2.13%) vCloud
8 4 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (1.06%) Firmware
9 2 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.53%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 35 (18.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (11.70%) Kubernetes
3 20 (10.64%) Prometheus
4 17 (9.04%) Ansible
4 17 (9.04%) SCCM
4 17 (9.04%) vCenter Server
5 9 (4.79%) Terraform
6 8 (4.26%) WSUS
7 7 (3.72%) Failover Clustering
8 6 (3.19%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (3.19%) SCOM
9 5 (2.66%) Autotask
9 5 (2.66%) Grafana
10 4 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (1.60%) FortiGate
12 2 (1.06%) Progress Chef
12 2 (1.06%) Puppet
13 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 1 (0.53%) SCVMM
13 1 (0.53%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 82 (43.62%) Microsoft
2 78 (41.49%) VMware
3 59 (31.38%) Cisco
4 31 (16.49%) Palo Alto
5 22 (11.70%) Citrix
6 21 (11.17%) Veeam
7 20 (10.64%) Meraki
8 17 (9.04%) Fortinet
9 16 (8.51%) SolarWinds
10 15 (7.98%) NetApp
10 15 (7.98%) Red Hat
10 15 (7.98%) SolidFire
11 12 (6.38%) Juniper
12 8 (4.26%) Oracle
13 7 (3.72%) SAP
14 6 (3.19%) Apple
14 6 (3.19%) Google
14 6 (3.19%) ServiceNow
15 5 (2.66%) CheckPoint
15 5 (2.66%) Dell