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

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 157 162
Rank change year-on-year +56 +5 +28
Permanent jobs citing VPN 78 93 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.29% 1.32% 1.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.13% 9.55% 10.14%
Number of salaries quoted 38 58 71
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,775 £24,500
25th Percentile £32,375 £39,625 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £67,188 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £83,925 £71,125 £61,250
South East median annual salary £52,500 £46,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +12.90% +9.41% -10.53%

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 552 974 937
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.24% 13.87% 16.02%
Number of salaries quoted 230 681 530
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £30,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £70,000 £73,875
South East median annual salary £46,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.16% +5.56% -5.26%

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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 30 May 2025.

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 30 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
Berkshire +26 32 £52,500 - 89
Buckinghamshire +26 28 £45,000 -30.77% 41
Oxfordshire +39 18 £37,000 -26.00% 24
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 8 (10.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.13%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.28%) IIS
Business Applications
1 4 (5.13%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 14 (17.95%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (12.82%) AWS
3 7 (8.97%) Azure
3 7 (8.97%) SaaS
4 3 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (3.85%) Amazon S3
4 3 (3.85%) AWS CloudFormation
4 3 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (3.85%) Serverless
4 3 (3.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (2.56%) Azure AI
5 2 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (2.56%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (2.56%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (2.56%) IaaS
5 2 (2.56%) PaaS
5 2 (2.56%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 48 (61.54%) TCP/IP
2 26 (33.33%) Firewall
3 22 (28.21%) DNS
4 12 (15.38%) VLAN
5 10 (12.82%) DHCP
6 9 (11.54%) Network Security
6 9 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (8.97%) WAN
8 6 (7.69%) SD-WAN
9 5 (6.41%) BGP
9 5 (6.41%) OSPF
9 5 (6.41%) VoIP
10 4 (5.13%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (5.13%) Cisco ISE
10 4 (5.13%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (5.13%) HSRP
10 4 (5.13%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (5.13%) IPsec
10 4 (5.13%) LAN
10 4 (5.13%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (5.13%) Metabase
1 4 (5.13%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.56%) Data Lake
3 2 (2.56%) MySQL
3 2 (2.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 34 (43.59%) Cucumber
1 34 (43.59%) Robot Framework
2 2 (2.56%) Git
General
1 55 (70.51%) Social Skills
2 35 (44.87%) Telecoms
3 34 (43.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (6.41%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.56%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.56%) Retail
7 1 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 34 (43.59%) Test Automation Engineer
1 34 (43.59%) Test Engineer
2 17 (21.79%) Support Engineer
3 14 (17.95%) Senior
4 8 (10.26%) Network Engineer
5 7 (8.97%) IT Engineer
5 7 (8.97%) Senior Support Engineer
5 7 (8.97%) Technical Support
6 6 (7.69%) Analyst
6 6 (7.69%) IT Support
6 6 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) Desktop Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) Desktop Support
7 5 (6.41%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 4 (5.13%) Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (5.13%) Senior Technical Engineer
8 4 (5.13%) Senior Technical Support
8 4 (5.13%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
8 4 (5.13%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (5.13%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.13%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 39 (50.00%) Linux Command Line
2 12 (15.38%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.41%) Operational Technology
4 4 (5.13%) Security Posture
5 3 (3.85%) Driving Licence
5 3 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.85%) Virtual Team
6 2 (2.56%) NHS
6 2 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.28%) Clustering
7 1 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.28%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 55 (70.51%) Windows
2 39 (50.00%) Linux
3 9 (11.54%) Windows Server
4 8 (10.26%) Mac OS
4 8 (10.26%) Windows 10
5 3 (3.85%) Android
5 3 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (71.79%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (52.56%) Mentoring
3 36 (46.15%) DevOps
4 34 (43.59%) Coaching
4 34 (43.59%) System Testing
4 34 (43.59%) Test Automation
4 34 (43.59%) Test Management
5 11 (14.10%) Project Delivery
6 7 (8.97%) Service Delivery
7 6 (7.69%) Analytics
7 6 (7.69%) Customer Service
7 6 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (7.69%) Load Balancing
7 6 (7.69%) Risk Management
7 6 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (6.41%) Data Entry
8 5 (6.41%) High Availability
8 5 (6.41%) Infrastructure as Code
8 5 (6.41%) Server Management
9 4 (5.13%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 41 (52.56%) Python
2 40 (51.28%) PowerShell
3 37 (47.44%) Bash
4 34 (43.59%) JavaScript
5 6 (7.69%) SQL
6 4 (5.13%) C++
7 2 (2.56%) Bicep
7 2 (2.56%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 41 (52.56%) Degree
2 12 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (11.54%) SC Cleared
3 9 (11.54%) Security Cleared
4 8 (10.26%) CCNP
5 7 (8.97%) MCP
5 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (7.69%) A+ Certification
7 5 (6.41%) CCNA
7 5 (6.41%) DBS Check
8 4 (5.13%) Dell Certification
9 3 (3.85%) MCSA
10 2 (2.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (2.56%) Azure Certification
10 2 (2.56%) CCSP
10 2 (2.56%) CISM
10 2 (2.56%) CISSP
11 1 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.28%) DV Cleared
11 1 (1.28%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (43.59%) QA
2 4 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (11.54%) Active Directory
1 9 (11.54%) Hyper-V
1 9 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.28%) NFS
3 1 (1.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (6.41%) FortiGate
2 3 (3.85%) Ansible
2 3 (3.85%) Terraform
3 2 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.28%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (1.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.54%) VMware
3 7 (8.97%) Cisco
4 5 (6.41%) Dell
4 5 (6.41%) Juniper
5 4 (5.13%) Apple
5 4 (5.13%) F5
5 4 (5.13%) Fortinet
6 3 (3.85%) SonicWALL
7 2 (2.56%) Databricks
7 2 (2.56%) Meraki
8 1 (1.28%) HP
8 1 (1.28%) Sophos
8 1 (1.28%) Veeam