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 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 195 189
Rank change year-on-year +155 -6 +70
Permanent jobs citing VPN 769 205 225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.79% 1.14% 1.64%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.20% 10.10% 8.81%
Number of salaries quoted 101 150 171
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -23.81% +40.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £50,438 £65,782
90th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £82,548
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +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 3,627 2,030 2,553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 27.30% 11.24% 18.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,791 1,491 1,142
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,000 £27,775
25th Percentile - £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £43,742 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -42.65% -7.91% -
75th Percentile £33,750 £61,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £53,750 £70,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £36,000 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -24.21% -5.94% -3.81%

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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 19 July 2025.

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 19 July 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
North West +169 689 £37,000 -17.78% 32
Yorkshire +4 63 £35,000 -6.67% 35
North East +34 17 £48,750 +52.34% 3
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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 17 (2.21%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.26%) Confluence
3 2 (0.26%) IIS
4 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.78%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 55 (7.15%) Azure
2 51 (6.63%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (2.86%) AWS
4 16 (2.08%) Entra ID
5 11 (1.43%) OneDrive
6 10 (1.30%) SaaS
7 9 (1.17%) GCP
8 8 (1.04%) IaaS
9 7 (0.91%) OCI
10 6 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.65%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (0.52%) Azure AI
12 4 (0.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 4 (0.52%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (0.52%) Azure Service Bus
12 4 (0.52%) Nutanix
12 4 (0.52%) PaaS
12 4 (0.52%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.52%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.26%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 452 (58.78%) DNS
2 255 (33.16%) Cisco IOS
3 89 (11.57%) Firewall
4 52 (6.76%) WAN
5 50 (6.50%) TCP/IP
6 42 (5.46%) LAN
7 40 (5.20%) DHCP
8 37 (4.81%) Network Security
9 31 (4.03%) VLAN
10 15 (1.95%) BGP
11 14 (1.82%) OSPF
11 14 (1.82%) SD-WAN
12 12 (1.56%) VoIP
12 12 (1.56%) Wireless
13 10 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
13 10 (1.30%) MPLS
13 10 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (1.17%) Cisco Nexus
15 7 (0.91%) Remote Desktop
16 6 (0.78%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.65%) MySQL
1 5 (0.65%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.52%) Data Lake
2 4 (0.52%) Power BI
3 1 (0.13%) Big Data
3 1 (0.13%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 10 (1.30%) Git
2 8 (1.04%) JIRA
3 7 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.52%) Cucumber
4 4 (0.52%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.26%) Jenkins
General
1 646 (84.01%) Analytical Skills
2 643 (83.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 397 (51.63%) Finance
4 56 (7.28%) Social Skills
5 12 (1.56%) Manufacturing
5 12 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
6 10 (1.30%) Telecoms
7 5 (0.65%) Retail
8 4 (0.52%) Local Government
9 2 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.26%) Police
9 2 (0.26%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.13%) Electronics
10 1 (0.13%) Legal
10 1 (0.13%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 388 (50.46%) Developer
1 388 (50.46%) Software Developer
2 265 (34.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 35 (4.55%) Network Engineer
4 16 (2.08%) IT Support
4 16 (2.08%) Support Engineer
5 15 (1.95%) Architect
6 14 (1.82%) Analyst
6 14 (1.82%) Security Engineer
7 13 (1.69%) Support Analyst
7 13 (1.69%) Technical Support
8 11 (1.43%) Junior
8 11 (1.43%) Technical Engineer
8 11 (1.43%) Technical Support Engineer
9 10 (1.30%) 2nd Line Support
9 10 (1.30%) IT Analyst
9 10 (1.30%) IT Support Analyst
9 10 (1.30%) Lead
9 10 (1.30%) Network Security Engineer
10 7 (0.91%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 252 (32.77%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (0.65%) LDAP
3 2 (0.26%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.26%) FreeSWITCH
4 1 (0.13%) Middleware
4 1 (0.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 639 (83.09%) Cyberattack
2 15 (1.95%) Data Centre
3 12 (1.56%) Onboarding
4 7 (0.91%) Driving Licence
5 6 (0.78%) Private Cloud
6 4 (0.52%) Anti-Spyware
6 4 (0.52%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (0.52%) Management Information System
6 4 (0.52%) NHS
6 4 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (0.39%) Cloud Native
7 3 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.26%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.26%) Handset
8 2 (0.26%) PKI
9 1 (0.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.13%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.13%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.13%) PropTech
9 1 (0.13%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 665 (86.48%) Linux
2 648 (84.27%) Android
3 322 (41.87%) Windows
4 39 (5.07%) Windows Server
5 16 (2.08%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.52%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.52%) Unix
6 4 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.39%) Debian
8 2 (0.26%) Check Point GAiA
8 2 (0.26%) VMS
9 1 (0.13%) CentOS
9 1 (0.13%) Solaris
9 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 639 (83.09%) Line Management
1 639 (83.09%) Mathematics
2 394 (51.24%) Agile
3 388 (50.46%) Android Development
3 388 (50.46%) Design Patterns
3 388 (50.46%) OO
3 388 (50.46%) OOP
4 313 (40.70%) Problem-Solving
5 265 (34.46%) DevOps
5 265 (34.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 263 (34.20%) Task Automation
7 254 (33.03%) Risk Management
8 251 (32.64%) Platform Engineering
8 251 (32.64%) Storage Management
9 42 (5.46%) Customer Service
10 28 (3.64%) Mentoring
11 22 (2.86%) Disaster Recovery
11 22 (2.86%) ITIL
12 18 (2.34%) Technical Leadership
13 15 (1.95%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 662 (86.09%) Python
2 389 (50.59%) Java
3 388 (50.46%) C++
3 388 (50.46%) Go
4 268 (34.85%) PowerShell
5 260 (33.81%) Bash
6 7 (0.91%) SQL
7 4 (0.52%) Bicep
7 4 (0.52%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 398 (51.76%) Security Cleared
2 391 (50.85%) DV Cleared
3 28 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
4 22 (2.86%) CCNA
5 20 (2.60%) Degree
6 14 (1.82%) CCNP
7 13 (1.69%) JNCIA
8 10 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.17%) CISSP
9 9 (1.17%) SC Cleared
10 8 (1.04%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (0.91%) JNCIS
12 6 (0.78%) CCIE
12 6 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.65%) A+ Certification
13 5 (0.65%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.52%) DBS Check
15 3 (0.39%) CCSA
15 3 (0.39%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (1.82%) NIST
3 11 (1.43%) GDPR
4 10 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (0.65%) QA
5 5 (0.65%) SLA
6 4 (0.52%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.26%) NCSC
8 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.13%) GRC
System Software
1 640 (83.22%) Docker
2 279 (36.28%) Hyper-V
3 253 (32.90%) vSphere
4 251 (32.64%) VMware NSX
5 38 (4.94%) Active Directory
6 29 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
7 11 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.26%) Kamailio
9 1 (0.13%) Firmware
9 1 (0.13%) KVM
9 1 (0.13%) NFS
9 1 (0.13%) SRDF
9 1 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 663 (86.22%) Ansible
2 264 (34.33%) Terraform
3 18 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.91%) FortiGate
5 7 (0.91%) Proxmox
6 5 (0.65%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.26%) SCCM
8 1 (0.13%) Grafana
8 1 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 291 (37.84%) Cisco
2 259 (33.68%) Juniper
3 251 (32.64%) 3PAR
3 251 (32.64%) Splunk
4 63 (8.19%) Microsoft
5 30 (3.90%) VMware
6 11 (1.43%) Fortinet
7 9 (1.17%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.04%) Apple
9 6 (0.78%) Arista
9 6 (0.78%) Meraki
10 5 (0.65%) CheckPoint
11 4 (0.52%) Avaya
11 4 (0.52%) Citrix
11 4 (0.52%) Databricks
11 4 (0.52%) Okta
11 4 (0.52%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.52%) Perforce
11 4 (0.52%) Sage
11 4 (0.52%) SonicWALL