VPN Jobs in the South East

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 173 157
Rank change year-on-year +15 -16 +80
Permanent jobs citing VPN 161 277 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.68% 1.48% 2.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.93% 9.76% 11.58%
Number of salaries quoted 110 212 224
10th Percentile £28,925 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £32,375 £32,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £46,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% +8.14% -4.44%
75th Percentile £66,250 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £61,250
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
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,473 2,837 2,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.33% 15.18% 17.92%
Number of salaries quoted 741 1,897 1,395
10th Percentile £25,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% -4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VPN in the South East.

Salary trend for VPN in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in the South East over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

Salary histogram for VPN in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Thames Valley +46 79 £52,500 - 58
Hampshire +34 37 £57,750 +54.00% 34
Berkshire +30 32 £52,500 -0.94% 43
Buckinghamshire +27 28 £45,000 -30.77% 11
Kent +40 23 £33,000 -12.00% 17
Surrey +43 20 £66,750 +16.09% 15
Oxfordshire +46 19 £37,000 -26.00% 6
West Sussex +35 2 - - 5
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (7.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.11%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.24%) IIS
4 1 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.62%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (0.62%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.62%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.62%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.11%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 30 (18.63%) Azure
2 28 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (16.15%) AWS
4 16 (9.94%) Entra ID
4 16 (9.94%) SaaS
5 11 (6.83%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (6.83%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (5.59%) Azure Key Vault
7 7 (4.35%) AWS CloudFormation
7 7 (4.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 6 (3.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 6 (3.73%) IaaS
8 6 (3.73%) PaaS
9 5 (3.11%) GitHub
10 4 (2.48%) Azure AI
10 4 (2.48%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (2.48%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (2.48%) GCP
10 4 (2.48%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.48%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 86 (53.42%) TCP/IP
2 81 (50.31%) Firewall
3 56 (34.78%) DNS
4 34 (21.12%) DHCP
5 29 (18.01%) LAN
5 29 (18.01%) VLAN
6 28 (17.39%) WAN
7 22 (13.66%) BGP
7 22 (13.66%) OSPF
8 15 (9.32%) MPLS
8 15 (9.32%) VoIP
9 14 (8.70%) IPsec
9 14 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (8.07%) Network Security
10 13 (8.07%) SD-WAN
11 9 (5.59%) Cisco ASA
11 9 (5.59%) Cisco Firepower
11 9 (5.59%) Ethernet VPN
11 9 (5.59%) Intrusion Detection
11 9 (5.59%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.48%) Data Lake
1 4 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (2.48%) Metabase
1 4 (2.48%) MySQL
1 4 (2.48%) Power BI
2 3 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 34 (21.12%) Cucumber
1 34 (21.12%) Robot Framework
2 4 (2.48%) Git
General
1 88 (54.66%) Social Skills
2 37 (22.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 36 (22.36%) Telecoms
4 19 (11.80%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.97%) Retail
6 7 (4.35%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.73%) Back Office
7 6 (3.73%) Finance
8 2 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.24%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.62%) Advertising
9 1 (0.62%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.62%) Automotive
9 1 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.62%) Legal
9 1 (0.62%) Marketing
9 1 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (21.12%) Test Automation Engineer
1 34 (21.12%) Test Engineer
2 30 (18.63%) Support Engineer
3 29 (18.01%) Senior
4 27 (16.77%) Network Engineer
5 18 (11.18%) Technical Support
6 15 (9.32%) Analyst
7 13 (8.07%) IT Engineer
8 12 (7.45%) IT Support
9 11 (6.83%) IT Support Engineer
10 10 (6.21%) Technical Engineer
10 10 (6.21%) Technical Support Engineer
11 9 (5.59%) Architect
11 9 (5.59%) Cloud Engineer
12 8 (4.97%) Lead
12 8 (4.97%) Senior Network Engineer
13 7 (4.35%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 7 (4.35%) Senior Support Engineer
14 6 (3.73%) 3rd Line Support
14 6 (3.73%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.59%) YAML
2 5 (3.11%) 802.1X
3 4 (2.48%) JSON
4 1 (0.62%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 39 (24.22%) Linux Command Line
2 35 (21.74%) Data Centre
3 11 (6.83%) Driving Licence
4 8 (4.97%) Security Posture
5 7 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (3.11%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (3.11%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.48%) NHS
8 3 (1.86%) Clustering
8 3 (1.86%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.86%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.24%) PKI
10 1 (0.62%) iPhone
10 1 (0.62%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.62%) Replication
10 1 (0.62%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.62%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 78 (48.45%) Windows
2 42 (26.09%) Linux
3 24 (14.91%) Windows Server
4 15 (9.32%) Windows 10
5 13 (8.07%) Mac OS
6 6 (3.73%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.48%) Android
8 3 (1.86%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (1.24%) VMS
9 2 (1.24%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.62%) CentOS
10 1 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (46.58%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (31.06%) Mentoring
3 45 (27.95%) DevOps
4 35 (21.74%) Coaching
5 34 (21.12%) System Testing
5 34 (21.12%) Test Automation
5 34 (21.12%) Test Management
6 24 (14.91%) Project Delivery
7 19 (11.80%) Disaster Recovery
8 16 (9.94%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (9.32%) Analytics
10 13 (8.07%) Incident Response
11 12 (7.45%) Infrastructure as Code
12 11 (6.83%) CI/CD
12 11 (6.83%) Customer Service
12 11 (6.83%) Log Analytics
12 11 (6.83%) SIEM
12 11 (6.83%) Threat Detection
13 10 (6.21%) Business Continuity
13 10 (6.21%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 54 (33.54%) PowerShell
2 51 (31.68%) Python
3 41 (25.47%) Bash
4 34 (21.12%) JavaScript
5 13 (8.07%) SQL
6 9 (5.59%) Bicep
7 6 (3.73%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (2.48%) C++
9 1 (0.62%) R
Qualifications
1 47 (29.19%) Degree
2 35 (21.74%) Security Cleared
3 29 (18.01%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (14.29%) CCNP
5 18 (11.18%) SC Cleared
6 17 (10.56%) CCNA
7 16 (9.94%) DV Cleared
8 8 (4.97%) DBS Check
9 7 (4.35%) MCP
9 7 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (4.35%) OSCP
10 6 (3.73%) A+ Certification
10 6 (3.73%) Azure Certification
10 6 (3.73%) CISM
10 6 (3.73%) CISSP
10 6 (3.73%) JNCIA
11 4 (2.48%) CEH
11 4 (2.48%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (2.48%) Dell Certification
12 3 (1.86%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (21.12%) QA
2 5 (3.11%) GDPR
3 4 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.48%) HIPAA
3 4 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.48%) NIST
3 4 (2.48%) SLA
4 1 (0.62%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.62%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 24 (14.91%) Hyper-V
2 21 (13.04%) Active Directory
3 19 (11.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (5.59%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.24%) BitLocker
5 2 (1.24%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (1.24%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.24%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.24%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.62%) ISA Server
6 1 (0.62%) KVM
6 1 (0.62%) NFS
Systems Management
1 6 (3.73%) Terraform
2 5 (3.11%) Ansible
2 5 (3.11%) FortiGate
2 5 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.48%) QRadar
3 4 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.24%) SCCM
4 2 (1.24%) vCenter Server
4 2 (1.24%) vMotion
5 1 (0.62%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 44 (27.33%) Microsoft
2 33 (20.50%) Cisco
3 22 (13.66%) VMware
4 16 (9.94%) Juniper
5 9 (5.59%) Databricks
5 9 (5.59%) Splunk
6 8 (4.97%) Fortinet
7 7 (4.35%) Dell
8 6 (3.73%) CheckPoint
9 5 (3.11%) Atlassian
9 5 (3.11%) F5
9 5 (3.11%) Palo Alto
10 4 (2.48%) Apple
10 4 (2.48%) Citrix
10 4 (2.48%) Meraki
10 4 (2.48%) SonicWALL
11 2 (1.24%) Veeam
12 1 (0.62%) Broadcom
12 1 (0.62%) Riverbed
12 1 (0.62%) ServiceNow