VPN Jobs in the North West

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 200 171
Rank change year-on-year +155 -29 +49
Permanent jobs citing VPN 427 90 136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.64% 0.93% 1.72%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 39.00% 7.84% 8.41%
Number of salaries quoted 32 73 116
10th Percentile £24,500 £30,100 £26,750
25th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +23.29%
75th Percentile £56,161 £55,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £64,625 £69,000 £75,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £46,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% +5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,095 1,148 1,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.46% 11.81% 20.49%
Number of salaries quoted 458 876 680
10th Percentile - £26,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £45,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% -4.26% +3.87%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for VPN in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VPN in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Lancashire +57 315 £25,000 -44.44% 14
Manchester +68 48 £41,000 -3.53% 31
Cheshire +58 32 £34,000 -2.86% 7
Merseyside +45 31 £53,250 +9.79% 5
Cumbria - 1 - - 1
VPN
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (2.81%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.47%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 22 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (3.28%) Azure
3 6 (1.41%) AWS
3 6 (1.41%) OneDrive
4 4 (0.94%) Nutanix
4 4 (0.94%) SaaS
5 3 (0.70%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.47%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.23%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.23%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.23%) GCP
7 1 (0.23%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 396 (92.74%) DNS
2 25 (5.85%) Firewall
3 21 (4.92%) WAN
4 15 (3.51%) LAN
5 13 (3.04%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.64%) Network Security
7 6 (1.41%) VLAN
8 5 (1.17%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.94%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (0.94%) DHCP
9 4 (0.94%) HTTP
9 4 (0.94%) IPsec
9 4 (0.94%) MPLS
9 4 (0.94%) SSH
9 4 (0.94%) VoIP
10 3 (0.70%) Skype
10 3 (0.70%) Wireless
11 2 (0.47%) DMZ
11 2 (0.47%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.47%) Power BI
1 2 (0.47%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.23%) Big Data
2 1 (0.23%) MySQL
2 1 (0.23%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 5 (1.17%) Git
2 4 (0.94%) Cucumber
2 4 (0.94%) JIRA
2 4 (0.94%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
General
1 383 (89.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 382 (89.46%) Finance
3 381 (89.23%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (5.62%) Social Skills
5 7 (1.64%) Telecoms
6 3 (0.70%) Banking
6 3 (0.70%) Investment Banking
7 2 (0.47%) Electronics
7 2 (0.47%) Local Government
7 2 (0.47%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (0.47%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.23%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.23%) Marketing
8 1 (0.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 379 (88.76%) Developer
1 379 (88.76%) Software Developer
2 10 (2.34%) Analyst
3 9 (2.11%) IT Support
4 6 (1.41%) Network Engineer
5 5 (1.17%) IT Analyst
5 5 (1.17%) IT Support Analyst
5 5 (1.17%) Junior
5 5 (1.17%) Support Analyst
5 5 (1.17%) Support Engineer
6 4 (0.94%) Junior Support Engineer
6 4 (0.94%) Junior Technical Engineer
6 4 (0.94%) Junior Technical Support
6 4 (0.94%) Junior Technical Support Engineer
6 4 (0.94%) Service Desk Engineer
6 4 (0.94%) Technical Engineer
6 4 (0.94%) Technical Support
6 4 (0.94%) Technical Support Engineer
6 4 (0.94%) Test Automation Engineer
6 4 (0.94%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.94%) LDAP
2 2 (0.47%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.23%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 379 (88.76%) Cyberattack
2 7 (1.64%) Onboarding
3 4 (0.94%) Anti-Spyware
3 4 (0.94%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (0.94%) Private Cloud
4 3 (0.70%) CCTV
4 3 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (0.70%) Smartphone
5 2 (0.47%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.23%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.23%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.23%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.23%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.23%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.23%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.23%) PropTech
6 1 (0.23%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.23%) Shadow IT
6 1 (0.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 389 (91.10%) Android
2 386 (90.40%) Linux
3 32 (7.49%) Windows
4 8 (1.87%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.64%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.70%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.23%) CentOS
8 1 (0.23%) Debian
8 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 381 (89.23%) Agile
2 379 (88.76%) Android Development
2 379 (88.76%) Design Patterns
2 379 (88.76%) Line Management
2 379 (88.76%) Mathematics
2 379 (88.76%) OO
2 379 (88.76%) OOP
3 28 (6.56%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (3.75%) Customer Service
5 12 (2.81%) Mentoring
6 9 (2.11%) ITSM
7 8 (1.87%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (1.64%) Customer Experience
8 7 (1.64%) ITIL
9 6 (1.41%) Data Protection
9 6 (1.41%) DevOps
9 6 (1.41%) Identity Management
9 6 (1.41%) Information Security
9 6 (1.41%) Service Management
10 5 (1.17%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 384 (89.93%) Python
2 379 (88.76%) C++
2 379 (88.76%) Go
2 379 (88.76%) Java
3 6 (1.41%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.17%) Bash
5 4 (0.94%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 382 (89.46%) Security Cleared
2 380 (88.99%) DV Cleared
3 8 (1.87%) Degree
4 6 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (0.94%) CCNA
6 4 (0.94%) CCNP
6 4 (0.94%) CISSP
7 3 (0.70%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.47%) CCIE
8 2 (0.47%) CISM
8 2 (0.47%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.23%) JNCIA
9 1 (0.23%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.17%) PCI DSS
2 4 (0.94%) QA
3 2 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.47%) NCSC
3 2 (0.47%) NIST
3 2 (0.47%) SLA
4 1 (0.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 380 (88.99%) Docker
2 13 (3.04%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.41%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 386 (90.40%) Ansible
2 7 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.17%) Proxmox
4 4 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.70%) Terraform
6 2 (0.47%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.23%) Grafana
7 1 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.23%) SCCM
7 1 (0.23%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 24 (5.62%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.75%) Cisco
3 10 (2.34%) VMware
4 6 (1.41%) Citrix
4 6 (1.41%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.17%) Apple
6 4 (0.94%) Okta
6 4 (0.94%) Perforce
7 3 (0.70%) Avaya
7 3 (0.70%) Remedy
8 2 (0.47%) ConnectWise
8 2 (0.47%) Juniper
8 2 (0.47%) Kaseya
8 2 (0.47%) Meraki
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle
9 1 (0.23%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.23%) SAP
9 1 (0.23%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.23%) Ubiquiti