VPN Jobs in the South West

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 178 167
Rank change year-on-year +76 -11 -19
Permanent jobs citing VPN 79 112 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.27% 1.21% 1.65%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.71% 8.91% 8.62%
Number of salaries quoted 66 95 87
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,750 £27,500 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £37,500 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% +1.35% -17.78%
75th Percentile £59,375 £50,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £61,250 £60,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £46,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% +5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 446 1,257 1,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.80% 13.63% 19.15%
Number of salaries quoted 313 937 564
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £32,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.53% +7.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £77,500
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for VPN in the South West

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VPN in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Bristol +49 19 £80,000 +113.33% 15
Dorset +57 18 £50,000 +17.65% 7
Somerset +20 17 £40,000 +17.65% 4
Wiltshire +55 10 £49,279 +40.80% 6
Cornwall +13 7 £32,000 -5.19%
Gloucestershire +45 5 £57,500 +64.29% 18
Devon +1 3 £32,500 -43.48% 12
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 (12.66%) IIS
2 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (7.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 40 (50.63%) Azure
2 37 (46.84%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (25.32%) AWS
4 10 (12.66%) Entra ID
5 6 (7.59%) OneDrive
6 4 (5.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (3.80%) GCP
7 3 (3.80%) IaaS
7 3 (3.80%) SaaS
8 2 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (2.53%) Google Workspace
8 2 (2.53%) Serverless
9 1 (1.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.27%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 52 (65.82%) Firewall
2 37 (46.84%) DNS
3 30 (37.97%) DHCP
4 29 (36.71%) VLAN
4 29 (36.71%) WAN
5 28 (35.44%) LAN
6 18 (22.78%) Network Security
7 16 (20.25%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (17.72%) MPLS
9 11 (13.92%) VoIP
10 10 (12.66%) ADSL
11 9 (11.39%) TCP/IP
12 7 (8.86%) IPsec
12 7 (8.86%) OSPF
12 7 (8.86%) SD-WAN
12 7 (8.86%) VPLS
13 6 (7.59%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (7.59%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (7.59%) PBX
13 6 (7.59%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (18.99%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (16.46%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.27%) MySQL
4 1 (1.27%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 3 (3.80%) JIRA
2 2 (2.53%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.27%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.27%) Git
3 1 (1.27%) GitLab
3 1 (1.27%) Robot Framework
General
1 29 (36.71%) Social Skills
2 14 (17.72%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (11.39%) Finance
4 6 (7.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.06%) Retail
5 4 (5.06%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.27%) Electronics
8 1 (1.27%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.27%) Marketing
8 1 (1.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (25.32%) IT Support
2 19 (24.05%) Network Engineer
3 18 (22.78%) Analyst
4 15 (18.99%) IT Analyst
4 15 (18.99%) IT Support Analyst
4 15 (18.99%) Support Analyst
5 12 (15.19%) 2nd Line Support
6 11 (13.92%) 3rd Line Support
6 11 (13.92%) Security Engineer
7 10 (12.66%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
8 9 (11.39%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (10.13%) IT Engineer
9 8 (10.13%) Lead
9 8 (10.13%) Lead Cloud Engineer
10 6 (7.59%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 6 (7.59%) Cloud Security Lead
10 6 (7.59%) Support Engineer
11 5 (6.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 5 (6.33%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
11 5 (6.33%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.27%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.92%) Driving Licence
2 6 (7.59%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (6.33%) Data Centre
4 4 (5.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (5.06%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (5.06%) Security Posture
5 3 (3.80%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.53%) CCTV
6 2 (2.53%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.53%) Cyberattack
6 2 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.27%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 39 (49.37%) Windows
2 34 (43.04%) Linux
3 30 (37.97%) Windows Server
4 7 (8.86%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (6.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (3.80%) Windows 10
7 2 (2.53%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (32.91%) ITIL
2 23 (29.11%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (22.78%) Disaster Recovery
4 16 (20.25%) Cybersecurity
5 14 (17.72%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (16.46%) Cloud Security
6 13 (16.46%) Customer Service
7 12 (15.19%) Mentoring
7 12 (15.19%) Roadmaps
8 9 (11.39%) Collaborative Working
9 8 (10.13%) Proactive Monitoring
9 8 (10.13%) Threat Modelling
10 7 (8.86%) Agile
10 7 (8.86%) DevOps
10 7 (8.86%) Network Design
11 6 (7.59%) API Integration
11 6 (7.59%) Data Loss Prevention
11 6 (7.59%) Information Security
11 6 (7.59%) ITSM
11 6 (7.59%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 22 (27.85%) PowerShell
2 13 (16.46%) SQL
3 9 (11.39%) Python
4 4 (5.06%) Bash
5 2 (2.53%) C++
5 2 (2.53%) Go
5 2 (2.53%) Java
5 2 (2.53%) R
6 1 (1.27%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 32 (40.51%) Security Cleared
2 16 (20.25%) SC Cleared
3 13 (16.46%) A+ Certification
4 10 (12.66%) CISM
4 10 (12.66%) CISSP
4 10 (12.66%) Network+ Certification
5 9 (11.39%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (8.86%) CCNA
6 7 (8.86%) CCNP
6 7 (8.86%) Degree
6 7 (8.86%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.53%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.53%) CCIE
7 2 (2.53%) CEH
7 2 (2.53%) CISA
7 2 (2.53%) GIAC
7 2 (2.53%) ISSAP
7 2 (2.53%) SANS
8 1 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.27%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.13%) NIST
2 6 (7.59%) Accessibility
2 6 (7.59%) NCSC
3 5 (6.33%) PCI DSS
4 4 (5.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (5.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (3.80%) GDPR
6 2 (2.53%) COBIT
6 2 (2.53%) SOC 2
7 1 (1.27%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.27%) QA
System Software
1 29 (36.71%) Active Directory
2 19 (24.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (7.59%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.80%) Docker
4 3 (3.80%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (3.80%) vSphere
5 1 (1.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (24.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (11.39%) Ansible
3 6 (7.59%) Terraform
4 2 (2.53%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.53%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.53%) Puppet
Vendors
1 39 (49.37%) Microsoft
2 25 (31.65%) VMware
3 21 (26.58%) Cisco
4 11 (13.92%) Fortinet
4 11 (13.92%) SolarWinds
5 10 (12.66%) Veeam
6 8 (10.13%) Palo Alto
7 7 (8.86%) Citrix
7 7 (8.86%) HP
8 6 (7.59%) CheckPoint
8 6 (7.59%) Meraki
9 5 (6.33%) Google
10 3 (3.80%) Extreme Networks
10 3 (3.80%) F5
10 3 (3.80%) Juniper
10 3 (3.80%) ServiceNow
10 3 (3.80%) Zscaler
11 2 (2.53%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (2.53%) Sophos
11 2 (2.53%) Ubiquiti