VPN Jobs in the Thames Valley

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 6 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 113 179
Rank change year-on-year -26 +66 -60
Permanent jobs citing VPN 72 90 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.52% 2.34% 1.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.65% 14.13% 7.38%
Number of salaries quoted 26 73 89
10th Percentile £26,375 £35,620 £27,300
25th Percentile £32,063 £36,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,794 £50,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.41% +47.06% -24.44%
75th Percentile £59,031 £58,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £61,250 £62,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £45,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +4.40% +7.06% -5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 676 637 1,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.28% 16.59% 19.65%
Number of salaries quoted 294 456 694
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,625 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,688 £34,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £66,875 £63,563 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,250 £80,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +4.17% +6.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VPN in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for VPN in the Thames Valley

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 6 October 2024.

Salary histogram for VPN in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 6 October 2024. 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
Buckinghamshire -7 32 £42,500 -19.05% 13
Berkshire +10 28 £52,000 +4.00% 6
Oxfordshire -41 13 £44,089 -7.18% 6
VPN
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 25 (34.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (26.39%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (8.33%) SharePoint
4 3 (4.17%) Apache
4 3 (4.17%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 43 (59.72%) Azure
2 36 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (27.78%) Azure Monitor
4 10 (13.89%) AWS
5 5 (6.94%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (6.94%) Entra ID
6 4 (5.56%) GCP
7 3 (4.17%) Amazon S3
7 3 (4.17%) WhatsApp
8 2 (2.78%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (1.39%) Azure Stack
9 1 (1.39%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 43 (59.72%) Firewall
2 24 (33.33%) Network Security
3 18 (25.00%) WAN
4 16 (22.22%) LAN
5 11 (15.28%) DNS
5 11 (15.28%) VLAN
6 9 (12.50%) MPLS
6 9 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (12.50%) WLAN
7 8 (11.11%) Internet
8 6 (8.33%) IPsec
9 5 (6.94%) DHCP
9 5 (6.94%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (6.94%) TCP/IP
9 5 (6.94%) Wireless
10 4 (5.56%) BGP
10 4 (5.56%) Cisco ISE
10 4 (5.56%) OSPF
11 3 (4.17%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (4.17%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.17%) Elasticsearch
1 3 (4.17%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.78%) Power BI
2 2 (2.78%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.39%) JIRA
General
1 13 (18.06%) Social Skills
2 10 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (5.56%) Finance
4 2 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (2.78%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.78%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.39%) Automotive
5 1 (1.39%) Billing
5 1 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.39%) Games
5 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.39%) Local Government
5 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.39%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (20.83%) Network Engineer
2 9 (12.50%) Field Engineer
3 8 (11.11%) Network Field Engineer
4 6 (8.33%) IT Support
5 5 (6.94%) Architect
5 5 (6.94%) IT Manager
5 5 (6.94%) Security Architect
5 5 (6.94%) Support Engineer
6 4 (5.56%) Consultant
6 4 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (5.56%) IT Engineer
6 4 (5.56%) Senior
6 4 (5.56%) Service Delivery Manager
6 4 (5.56%) Service Manager
7 3 (4.17%) Azure Engineer
7 3 (4.17%) NetApp Consultant
7 3 (4.17%) Network Support
8 2 (2.78%) IT Support Engineer
8 2 (2.78%) IT Support Technician
8 2 (2.78%) Network Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.94%) Web Services
2 3 (4.17%) EDI
2 3 (4.17%) RabbitMQ
2 3 (4.17%) YAML
3 2 (2.78%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.39%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 22 (30.56%) Data Centre
2 6 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (6.94%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.56%) Security Posture
5 3 (4.17%) Algorithms
5 3 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.17%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (2.78%) Clustering
6 2 (2.78%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.78%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.39%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 22 (30.56%) Windows
2 13 (18.06%) Windows Server
3 9 (12.50%) Linux
4 5 (6.94%) Kali Linux
4 5 (6.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (4.17%) Data ONTAP
6 3 (4.17%) Windows 10
7 2 (2.78%) Android
7 2 (2.78%) Mac OS
7 2 (2.78%) Ubuntu
7 2 (2.78%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (1.39%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.39%) Windows 8
8 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.94%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (27.78%) Analytics
2 20 (27.78%) Identity Management
2 20 (27.78%) Log Analytics
3 19 (26.39%) Inventory Management
4 14 (19.44%) Cybersecurity
5 13 (18.06%) Network Monitoring
6 10 (13.89%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (12.50%) Asset Management
7 9 (12.50%) Project Management
8 8 (11.11%) Change Control
8 8 (11.11%) Data Security
8 8 (11.11%) Incident Response
8 8 (11.11%) Network Architecture
8 8 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
9 7 (9.72%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 7 (9.72%) Internal Audit
9 7 (9.72%) Presales
10 6 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
10 6 (8.33%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (18.06%) Python
2 9 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.17%) Bash
4 2 (2.78%) C#
4 2 (2.78%) Go
4 2 (2.78%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (43.06%) Security Cleared
2 29 (40.28%) BPSS Clearance
2 29 (40.28%) SC Cleared
3 19 (26.39%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (22.22%) CCNA
5 15 (20.83%) CCNP
5 15 (20.83%) Degree
6 9 (12.50%) CISSP
7 6 (8.33%) Azure Certification
8 5 (6.94%) AWS Certification
9 4 (5.56%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (4.17%) CEH
10 3 (4.17%) CISM
11 2 (2.78%) DV Cleared
11 2 (2.78%) JNCIA
12 1 (1.39%) CCSA
12 1 (1.39%) CCSE
12 1 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (11.11%) NIST
2 5 (6.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 5 (6.94%) PCI DSS
3 3 (4.17%) GDPR
3 3 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (26.39%) Active Directory
2 9 (12.50%) Hyper-V
3 6 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (6.94%) Firmware
5 3 (4.17%) Docker
6 2 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.39%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 24 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (6.94%) Ansible
2 5 (6.94%) Suricata
3 3 (4.17%) Backup Exec
3 3 (4.17%) Kubernetes
3 3 (4.17%) Prometheus
3 3 (4.17%) vCenter Server
4 2 (2.78%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.78%) Terraform
5 1 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.39%) WSUS
Vendors
1 36 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 24 (33.33%) Cisco
3 20 (27.78%) Palo Alto
4 14 (19.44%) VMware
5 11 (15.28%) Fortinet
6 9 (12.50%) HP
7 8 (11.11%) Juniper
8 6 (8.33%) Veeam
9 5 (6.94%) Splunk
10 3 (4.17%) Citrix
10 3 (4.17%) NetApp
10 3 (4.17%) Red Hat
10 3 (4.17%) SolidFire
11 2 (2.78%) Apple
11 2 (2.78%) Aruba
11 2 (2.78%) CheckPoint
12 1 (1.39%) F5
12 1 (1.39%) Kaspersky
12 1 (1.39%) ProCurve
12 1 (1.39%) SolarWinds