VPN Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire citing VPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	49	44	76
Rank change year-on-year	-5	+32	-37
Permanent jobs citing VPN	55	16	10
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire	2.75%	2.64%	0.92%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	23.40%	16.00%	8.47%
Number of salaries quoted	46	16	10
10^th Percentile	£32,500	£27,000	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£45,110	£35,000	£41,732
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£51,000	£45,500	£45,794
Median % change year-on-year	+12.09%	-0.64%	-3.59%
75^th Percentile	£61,250	£65,938	£48,750
90^th Percentile	£73,750	£91,875	£70,000
South East median annual salary	£51,750	£46,000	£47,500
% change year-on-year	+12.50%	-3.16%	+2.15%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Oxfordshire

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 citing communications or computer networking skills in Oxfordshire.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills	235	100	118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire	11.77%	16.53%	10.91%
Number of salaries quoted	124	84	63
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,250	£25,750
25^th Percentile	£32,000	£30,500	£31,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,000	£41,500	£45,096
Median % change year-on-year	+8.43%	-7.97%	-9.81%
75^th Percentile	£61,250	£60,000	£63,750
90^th Percentile	£73,750	£67,500	£80,000
South East median annual salary	£47,500	£45,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+5.56%	-18.18%	+10.00%

VPN Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

VPN Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing VPN.

VPN Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 13 November 2026.

VPN Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 13 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Oxford	-22	20	£47,166	-26.01%	6
Abingdon	-	4	£35,000	-	4
Henley-on-Thames	-	4	£43,750	-
Bicester	-	3	£50,000	-
Wallingford	-	2	-	-
Witney	-	1	-	-	1
Kidlington	-	1	£50,000	-	1
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VPN Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 13 November 2026, job vacancies citing VPN also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Oxfordshire region citing VPN.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	81.8%	45
2	DNS	72.7%	40
3	VLAN	69.1%	38
4	DHCP	67.3%	37
5	Firewall	52.7%	29
6	Active Directory	49.1%	27
6	Azure	49.1%	27
6	Cisco	49.1%	27
9	PowerShell	43.6%	24
9	WAN	43.6%	24
11	Network Security	41.8%	23
12	Windows	38.2%	21
13	Microsoft 365	36.4%	20
13	Wi-Fi	36.4%	20
15	Problem-Solving	34.5%	19
15	TCP/IP	34.5%	19
15	VMware	34.5%	19
18	Disaster Recovery	32.7%	18
18	FortiGate	32.7%	18
20	Fortinet	30.9%	17
21	Customer Service	29.1%	16
21	Entra ID	29.1%	16
21	Wireless	29.1%	16
24	BGP	27.3%	15
24	Cybersecurity	27.3%	15
24	Hyper-V	27.3%	15
24	SD-WAN	27.3%	15
28	Palo Alto	25.5%	14
29	Infrastructure Engineering	23.6%	13
29	LAN	23.6%	13

VPN Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	DNS	72.7%	40
2	VLAN	69.1%	38
3	DHCP	67.3%	37
4	Firewall	52.7%	29
5	WAN	43.6%	24
6	Network Security	41.8%	23
7	Wi-Fi	36.4%	20
8	TCP/IP	34.5%	19
9	Wireless	29.1%	16
10	BGP	27.3%	15
10	SD-WAN	27.3%	15
12	LAN	23.6%	13
13	FTP	18.2%	10
13	HTTP	18.2%	10
13	ICMP	18.2%	10
13	IPsec	18.2%	10
13	MPLS	18.2%	10
13	SNMP	18.2%	10
13	SSH	18.2%	10
13	SSL	18.2%	10