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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 206 167
Rank change year-on-year +177 -39 +66
Permanent jobs citing VPN 677 89 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.41% 0.90% 1.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 49.49% 7.66% 8.66%
Number of salaries quoted 28 73 118
10th Percentile £24,500 £30,600 £26,925
25th Percentile £26,125 £31,250 £37,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% - +38.46%
75th Percentile £55,197 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,375 £69,000 £79,700
England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +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 1,368 1,162 1,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 17.00% 11.69% 20.88%
Number of salaries quoted 453 885 679
10th Percentile - £26,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £23,504 £31,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £59,000
90th Percentile £73,608 £73,250 £74,000
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 17 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 17 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 +64 477 £25,000 -44.44% 12
Manchester +82 91 £37,000 -13.95% 27
Cheshire +57 71 £34,000 -2.86% 6
Merseyside +47 37 £53,250 +9.79% 3
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 10 (1.48%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.30%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (2.36%) Azure
3 8 (1.18%) AWS
4 6 (0.89%) OneDrive
4 6 (0.89%) SaaS
5 5 (0.74%) Entra ID
6 4 (0.59%) Nutanix
7 3 (0.44%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (0.44%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.30%) Azure AI
8 2 (0.30%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (0.30%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (0.30%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (0.30%) IaaS
8 2 (0.30%) PaaS
8 2 (0.30%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.15%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.15%) GCP
9 1 (0.15%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 398 (58.79%) DNS
2 254 (37.52%) Cisco IOS
3 25 (3.69%) Firewall
4 22 (3.25%) WAN
5 12 (1.77%) LAN
6 10 (1.48%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.03%) Network Security
8 6 (0.89%) MPLS
8 6 (0.89%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.59%) HTTP
9 4 (0.59%) SSH
9 4 (0.59%) VLAN
10 3 (0.44%) DHCP
10 3 (0.44%) IPsec
10 3 (0.44%) Skype
10 3 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.44%) Wireless
11 2 (0.30%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (0.30%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.30%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.44%) MySQL
1 3 (0.44%) Power BI
2 2 (0.30%) Data Lake
2 2 (0.30%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.15%) Big Data
3 1 (0.15%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 7 (1.03%) Git
2 4 (0.59%) Cucumber
2 4 (0.59%) JIRA
2 4 (0.59%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
General
1 633 (93.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 630 (93.06%) Analytical Skills
3 382 (56.43%) Finance
4 25 (3.69%) Social Skills
5 6 (0.89%) Telecoms
6 3 (0.44%) Banking
6 3 (0.44%) Investment Banking
7 2 (0.30%) Electronics
7 2 (0.30%) Local Government
7 2 (0.30%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (0.30%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.15%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.15%) Marketing
8 1 (0.15%) Retail
Job Titles
1 379 (55.98%) Developer
1 379 (55.98%) Software Developer
2 251 (37.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (1.33%) IT Support
4 8 (1.18%) Analyst
5 7 (1.03%) Junior
5 7 (1.03%) Support Engineer
6 6 (0.89%) Architect
6 6 (0.89%) Junior Support Engineer
6 6 (0.89%) Junior Technical Engineer
6 6 (0.89%) Junior Technical Support
6 6 (0.89%) Junior Technical Support Engineer
6 6 (0.89%) Technical Engineer
6 6 (0.89%) Technical Support
6 6 (0.89%) Technical Support Engineer
7 5 (0.74%) IT Analyst
7 5 (0.74%) IT Support Analyst
7 5 (0.74%) Network Engineer
7 5 (0.74%) Support Analyst
8 4 (0.59%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (37.08%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (0.59%) LDAP
3 2 (0.30%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 629 (92.91%) Cyberattack
2 6 (0.89%) Onboarding
2 6 (0.89%) Private Cloud
3 4 (0.59%) Anti-Spyware
3 4 (0.59%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (0.44%) CCTV
4 3 (0.44%) Data Centre
4 3 (0.44%) Smartphone
5 2 (0.30%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.30%) NHS
5 2 (0.30%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.15%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.15%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.15%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.15%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.15%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.15%) PropTech
6 1 (0.15%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 639 (94.39%) Android
2 635 (93.80%) Linux
3 283 (41.80%) Windows
4 9 (1.33%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.03%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.30%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.15%) CentOS
7 1 (0.15%) Debian
7 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 629 (92.91%) Line Management
1 629 (92.91%) Mathematics
2 383 (56.57%) Agile
3 379 (55.98%) Android Development
3 379 (55.98%) Design Patterns
3 379 (55.98%) OO
3 379 (55.98%) OOP
4 279 (41.21%) Problem-Solving
5 258 (38.11%) DevOps
6 251 (37.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 250 (36.93%) Platform Engineering
7 250 (36.93%) Risk Management
7 250 (36.93%) Storage Management
7 250 (36.93%) Task Automation
8 18 (2.66%) Customer Service
9 13 (1.92%) Mentoring
10 11 (1.62%) ITIL
11 9 (1.33%) Customer Experience
11 9 (1.33%) ITSM
12 8 (1.18%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 634 (93.65%) Python
2 379 (55.98%) C++
2 379 (55.98%) Go
2 379 (55.98%) Java
3 258 (38.11%) PowerShell
4 255 (37.67%) Bash
5 4 (0.59%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.30%) Bicep
6 2 (0.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 381 (56.28%) Security Cleared
2 380 (56.13%) DV Cleared
3 8 (1.18%) Degree
4 5 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (0.59%) CISSP
6 3 (0.44%) CCNA
6 3 (0.44%) CCNP
7 2 (0.30%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.30%) CCIE
7 2 (0.30%) CISM
7 2 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (0.30%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.30%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.15%) JNCIA
8 1 (0.15%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (0.59%) PCI DSS
1 4 (0.59%) QA
2 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.30%) NCSC
2 2 (0.30%) NIST
2 2 (0.30%) SLA
3 1 (0.15%) GDPR
System Software
1 630 (93.06%) Docker
2 258 (38.11%) Hyper-V
3 250 (36.93%) VMware NSX
3 250 (36.93%) vSphere
4 12 (1.77%) Active Directory
4 12 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 636 (93.94%) Ansible
2 253 (37.37%) Terraform
3 7 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.03%) Proxmox
4 6 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.30%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.15%) Grafana
6 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.15%) SCCM
6 1 (0.15%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 267 (39.44%) Cisco
2 252 (37.22%) Juniper
3 250 (36.93%) 3PAR
3 250 (36.93%) Splunk
4 23 (3.40%) Microsoft
5 12 (1.77%) VMware
6 6 (0.89%) Citrix
6 6 (0.89%) ServiceNow
7 4 (0.59%) Apple
7 4 (0.59%) Okta
7 4 (0.59%) Perforce
8 3 (0.44%) Avaya
8 3 (0.44%) Meraki
8 3 (0.44%) Remedy
9 2 (0.30%) Databricks
10 1 (0.15%) ConnectWise
10 1 (0.15%) Kaseya
10 1 (0.15%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.15%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.15%) Ubiquiti