VPN Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire requiring VPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 69 52
Rank change year-on-year +17 -17 +36
Permanent jobs citing VPN 7 8 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 1.13% 0.96% 0.86%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.50% 15.69% 5.71%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 3
10th Percentile £26,250 - -
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £69,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £73,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -52.38% +33.64%
75th Percentile £38,750 £39,750 £77,750
90th Percentile - £41,100 -
East Midlands median annual salary £36,250 £41,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -11.59% +17.14% -22.22%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 56 51 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 9.02% 6.11% 15.12%
Number of salaries quoted 36 25 67
10th Percentile £26,125 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £42,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -45.45% +29.41% -15.00%
75th Percentile £39,688 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £57,250 - £64,250
East Midlands median annual salary £30,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -25.00% -5.88% -10.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

VPN job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

VPN
Salary Trend in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing VPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing VPN

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Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Nottingham 0 1 £27,500 -21.43% 4
Mansfield - 1 £27,500 -
VPN
East Midlands

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) DHCP
1 6 (85.71%) TCP/IP
2 5 (71.43%) DNS
2 5 (71.43%) Firewall
3 1 (14.29%) Internet
3 1 (14.29%) VLAN
3 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
1 5 (71.43%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Consultant
1 5 (71.43%) 3rd Line Support
1 5 (71.43%) Consultant
1 5 (71.43%) Support Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft