VPN Job Trends in North Wales

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Wales > North Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in North Wales requiring VPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 13 26
Rank change year-on-year -1 +13 +24
Permanent jobs citing VPN 1 5 6
As % of all permanent jobs in North Wales 0.85% 5.81% 2.93%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.33% 50.00% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - £25,050 -
25th Percentile £36,250 £25,125 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £25,250 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year +48.51% -24.63% -25.56%
75th Percentile £38,750 £36,625 £34,250
90th Percentile - £43,450 -
Wales median annual salary £41,250 £28,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +47.32% -30.00% -11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North Wales

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 North Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3 10 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in North Wales 2.54% 11.63% 14.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 30
10th Percentile £27,347 £25,150 -
25th Percentile £29,842 £29,625 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £40,000 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +42.86% -30.00%
75th Percentile £36,375 - £35,563
90th Percentile £37,800 £43,200 £36,000
Wales median annual salary £29,000 £48,000 £40,500
% change year-on-year -39.58% +18.52% -10.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in North Wales

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

VPN job vacancy trend in North Wales

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Salary Trend in North Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in North Wales citing VPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in North Wales citing VPN

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Job Locations in North Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the North Wales region over the 6 months to 19 February 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
Gwynedd - 1 £37,500 - 1
VPN
Wales

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Wales 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 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Handset
1 1 (100.00%) iPad
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft