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 requiring VPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	46	55	74
Rank change year-on-year	+9	+19	-38
Permanent jobs citing VPN	54	14	13
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire	2.86%	2.06%	1.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	28.13%	10.77%	10.40%
Number of salaries quoted	45	13	13
10^th Percentile	£32,500	-	£26,850
25^th Percentile	£44,750	£35,000	£31,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£52,000	£55,000	£44,089
Median % change year-on-year	-5.45%	+24.75%	-7.18%
75^th Percentile	£61,250	£68,750	£48,750
90^th Percentile	£73,750	£93,000	£69,500
South East median annual salary	£50,000	£46,000	£47,500
% change year-on-year	+8.70%	-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 requiring communications or computer networking skills in Oxfordshire.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills	192	130	125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire	10.15%	19.12%	11.26%
Number of salaries quoted	114	80	73
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,250	£25,750
25^th Percentile	£32,500	£35,000	£37,500
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	£57,500	£60,000	£62,500
90^th Percentile	£73,750	£67,500	£69,500
South East median annual salary	£47,500	£42,500	£52,500
% change year-on-year	+11.76%	-19.05%	+5.00%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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
Oxford	-24	19	£47,166	-26.01%	5
Abingdon	-	4	£35,000	-	1
Henley-on-Thames	-	4	£43,750	-
Bicester	-	3	£50,000	-
Wallingford	-	2	-	-
Witney	-	1	-	-
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VPN Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 16 October 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 with a requirement for VPN.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	79.6%	43
2	DNS	72.2%	39
3	DHCP	68.5%	37
3	VLAN	68.5%	37
5	Firewall	55.6%	30
6	Cisco	50.0%	27
7	Azure	48.1%	26
8	Active Directory	46.3%	25
9	WAN	44.4%	24
10	Network Security	42.6%	23
11	PowerShell	40.7%	22
12	Wi-Fi	37.0%	20
13	Problem-Solving	35.2%	19
13	TCP/IP	35.2%	19
13	Windows	35.2%	19
16	FortiGate	33.3%	18
16	Microsoft 365	33.3%	18
16	VMware	33.3%	18
19	Disaster Recovery	31.5%	17
19	Fortinet	31.5%	17
21	Wireless	29.6%	16
22	BGP	27.8%	15
22	Customer Service	27.8%	15
22	Cybersecurity	27.8%	15
22	Hyper-V	27.8%	15
22	SD-WAN	27.8%	15
27	Entra ID	25.9%	14
27	Palo Alto	25.9%	14
29	CCNP	24.1%	13
29	Cisco Certification	24.1%	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	72.2%	39
2	DHCP	68.5%	37
2	VLAN	68.5%	37
4	Firewall	55.6%	30
5	WAN	44.4%	24
6	Network Security	42.6%	23
7	Wi-Fi	37.0%	20
8	TCP/IP	35.2%	19
9	Wireless	29.6%	16
10	BGP	27.8%	15
10	SD-WAN	27.8%	15
12	LAN	24.1%	13
13	FTP	18.5%	10
13	HTTP	18.5%	10
13	ICMP	18.5%	10
13	IPsec	18.5%	10
13	MPLS	18.5%	10
13	SNMP	18.5%	10
13	SSH	18.5%	10
13	SSL	18.5%	10