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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 175 155
Rank change year-on-year +74 -20 +5
Permanent jobs citing VPN 82 111 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.29% 1.20% 1.67%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.57% 8.89% 8.79%
Number of salaries quoted 68 94 86
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £27,500 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £37,500 £37,250
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% +0.67% -19.02%
75th Percentile £58,125 £50,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £61,250 £60,000
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 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 495 1,248 1,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.80% 13.44% 19.06%
Number of salaries quoted 331 923 548
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,625 £32,500 £32,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,057 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £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 11 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 11 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 +42 20 £80,000 +113.33% 13
Dorset +57 18 £50,000 +17.65% 5
Somerset +20 18 £40,000 +17.65% 4
Wiltshire +49 10 £49,279 +40.80% 6
Gloucestershire +47 7 £53,750 +65.38% 15
Cornwall +12 6 £31,750 +5.83%
Devon +8 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 (12.20%) IIS
2 6 (7.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (7.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.44%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 40 (48.78%) Azure
2 37 (45.12%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (25.61%) AWS
4 11 (13.41%) Entra ID
5 6 (7.32%) OneDrive
6 5 (6.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (4.88%) IaaS
7 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (4.88%) SaaS
8 3 (3.66%) GCP
9 2 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.44%) Google Workspace
9 2 (2.44%) Serverless
10 1 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.22%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.22%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (1.22%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 55 (67.07%) Firewall
2 37 (45.12%) DNS
3 32 (39.02%) WAN
4 30 (36.59%) DHCP
4 30 (36.59%) VLAN
5 28 (34.15%) LAN
6 18 (21.95%) Network Security
6 18 (21.95%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (19.51%) MPLS
8 12 (14.63%) ADSL
9 11 (13.41%) VoIP
10 8 (9.76%) Cisco Firepower
10 8 (9.76%) SD-WAN
10 8 (9.76%) TCP/IP
11 7 (8.54%) IPsec
11 7 (8.54%) OSPF
11 7 (8.54%) VPLS
12 6 (7.32%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (7.32%) PBX
12 6 (7.32%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (18.29%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (15.85%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.66%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (2.44%) MySQL
5 1 (1.22%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.22%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (1.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Git
1 2 (2.44%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.44%) JIRA
1 2 (2.44%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.22%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.22%) GitLab
2 1 (1.22%) Robot Framework
General
1 28 (34.15%) Social Skills
2 13 (15.85%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (10.98%) Finance
4 8 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.88%) Retail
5 4 (4.88%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.22%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.22%) Electronics
8 1 (1.22%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.22%) Marketing
8 1 (1.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (25.61%) IT Support
1 21 (25.61%) Network Engineer
2 17 (20.73%) Analyst
3 15 (18.29%) IT Analyst
3 15 (18.29%) IT Support Analyst
3 15 (18.29%) Support Analyst
4 12 (14.63%) 2nd Line Support
5 11 (13.41%) 3rd Line Support
5 11 (13.41%) Security Engineer
6 10 (12.20%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 9 (10.98%) Cloud Engineer
8 8 (9.76%) IT Engineer
8 8 (9.76%) Lead
8 8 (9.76%) Lead Cloud Engineer
9 6 (7.32%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 6 (7.32%) Cloud Security Lead
9 6 (7.32%) Support Engineer
10 5 (6.10%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
10 5 (6.10%) Architect
10 5 (6.10%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.22%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.63%) Driving Licence
2 6 (7.32%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (7.32%) Data Centre
3 4 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (4.88%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (4.88%) Security Posture
4 3 (3.66%) Public Cloud
5 2 (2.44%) CCTV
5 2 (2.44%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.44%) Cyberattack
5 2 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.44%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.22%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.22%) NHS
6 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 39 (47.56%) Windows
2 34 (41.46%) Linux
3 29 (35.37%) Windows Server
4 8 (9.76%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (6.10%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (4.88%) Windows 10
7 2 (2.44%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (31.71%) ITIL
2 22 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (21.95%) Disaster Recovery
4 16 (19.51%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (18.29%) Roadmaps
6 13 (15.85%) Cloud Security
6 13 (15.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (15.85%) Customer Service
6 13 (15.85%) Mentoring
7 9 (10.98%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (10.98%) Network Design
8 8 (9.76%) Agile
8 8 (9.76%) DevOps
8 8 (9.76%) Threat Modelling
9 7 (8.54%) Proactive Monitoring
10 6 (7.32%) Data Loss Prevention
10 6 (7.32%) Infrastructure as Code
10 6 (7.32%) Security Operations
10 6 (7.32%) Strategic Roadmap
10 6 (7.32%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 23 (28.05%) PowerShell
2 14 (17.07%) SQL
3 9 (10.98%) Python
4 4 (4.88%) Bash
5 2 (2.44%) C++
5 2 (2.44%) Go
5 2 (2.44%) Java
5 2 (2.44%) R
6 1 (1.22%) Bicep
6 1 (1.22%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 32 (39.02%) Security Cleared
2 16 (19.51%) SC Cleared
3 13 (15.85%) A+ Certification
4 11 (13.41%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (12.20%) CISM
5 10 (12.20%) CISSP
5 10 (12.20%) Network+ Certification
6 9 (10.98%) CCNA
6 9 (10.98%) CCNP
7 7 (8.54%) Degree
7 7 (8.54%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.44%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.44%) CCDA
8 2 (2.44%) CCDP
8 2 (2.44%) CCIE
8 2 (2.44%) CEH
8 2 (2.44%) CISA
8 2 (2.44%) DBS Check
8 2 (2.44%) GIAC
8 2 (2.44%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.76%) NIST
2 6 (7.32%) Accessibility
2 6 (7.32%) NCSC
3 5 (6.10%) PCI DSS
4 4 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (3.66%) GDPR
6 2 (2.44%) COBIT
6 2 (2.44%) SOC 2
7 1 (1.22%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.22%) QA
System Software
1 28 (34.15%) Active Directory
2 19 (23.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (7.32%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.66%) Docker
4 3 (3.66%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (3.66%) vSphere
5 1 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (23.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (13.41%) Ansible
3 6 (7.32%) Terraform
4 2 (2.44%) CASB
4 2 (2.44%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.44%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.44%) Puppet
4 2 (2.44%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 25 (30.49%) VMware
3 23 (28.05%) Cisco
4 13 (15.85%) Fortinet
4 13 (15.85%) SolarWinds
5 10 (12.20%) Palo Alto
5 10 (12.20%) Veeam
6 9 (10.98%) Meraki
7 7 (8.54%) Citrix
7 7 (8.54%) HP
8 6 (7.32%) CheckPoint
9 5 (6.10%) Extreme Networks
9 5 (6.10%) Google
9 5 (6.10%) Juniper
10 3 (3.66%) F5
10 3 (3.66%) Ubiquiti
10 3 (3.66%) Zscaler
11 2 (2.44%) Aerohive Networks
11 2 (2.44%) ServiceNow
11 2 (2.44%) Sophos