VPN Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring VPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 157 123
Rank change year-on-year +20 -34 +26
Permanent jobs citing VPN 44 41 69
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.22% 0.95% 2.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.29% 7.59% 12.39%
Number of salaries quoted 33 21 59
10th Percentile £30,550 £27,500 £35,320
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -5.26% +39.71%
75th Percentile £66,250 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £89,000 £63,750 £65,000
South East median annual salary £46,000 £47,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year -3.16% +2.15% +16.25%

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 358 540 557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.89% 12.49% 16.52%
Number of salaries quoted 241 255 427
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £28,290
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £35,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.53%
75th Percentile £63,158 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £77,200
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +2.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VPN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

VPN job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing VPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing VPN

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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 14 November 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 14 November 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 -2 20 £58,750 +12.98% 20
Oxfordshire +34 16 £45,500 -0.64% 8
Buckinghamshire +2 8 £60,000 +52.87% 4
VPN
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (15.91%) IIS
2 3 (6.82%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (36.36%) Azure
2 12 (27.27%) AWS
3 7 (15.91%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (11.36%) Mimecast
5 3 (6.82%) Amazon EC2
5 3 (6.82%) Amazon S3
5 3 (6.82%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (6.82%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (6.82%) Entra ID
5 3 (6.82%) GCP
5 3 (6.82%) Serverless
5 3 (6.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.27%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 30 (68.18%) Firewall
2 26 (59.09%) DNS
3 20 (45.45%) DHCP
4 19 (43.18%) WAN
5 14 (31.82%) LAN
6 11 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (20.45%) VoIP
8 7 (15.91%) VLAN
9 6 (13.64%) TCP/IP
9 6 (13.64%) Wireless
10 5 (11.36%) DECT
10 5 (11.36%) DSL
10 5 (11.36%) PBX
10 5 (11.36%) Unified Communications
10 5 (11.36%) Wireshark
11 4 (9.09%) Network Security
12 2 (4.55%) Junos
12 2 (4.55%) SD-WAN
13 1 (2.27%) InfiniBand
13 1 (2.27%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.82%) Amazon RDS
General
1 20 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 8 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 5 (11.36%) Marketing
4 4 (9.09%) Retail
5 3 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.82%) Finance
6 1 (2.27%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (27.27%) Senior
2 9 (20.45%) IT Support
3 6 (13.64%) Infrastructure Manager
4 5 (11.36%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (11.36%) IT Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) Junior
4 5 (11.36%) Lead
4 5 (11.36%) Support Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) IT Support Technician
5 4 (9.09%) IT Technician
5 4 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Support Technician
6 3 (6.82%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (6.82%) Analyst
6 3 (6.82%) Architect
6 3 (6.82%) AWS Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Network Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Platform Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) Data Centre
1 5 (11.36%) Web Conferencing
2 4 (9.09%) Virtual Team
3 3 (6.82%) Driving Licence
4 2 (4.55%) Clustering
4 2 (4.55%) Replication
4 2 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.27%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.27%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (2.27%) PKI
5 1 (2.27%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.27%) Smartcard
5 1 (2.27%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (52.27%) Windows
2 9 (20.45%) Windows Server
3 5 (11.36%) Android
3 5 (11.36%) Apple iOS
3 5 (11.36%) Mac OS
4 4 (9.09%) Windows 10
5 3 (6.82%) Linux
6 2 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (18.18%) Project Delivery
2 7 (15.91%) Technical Leadership
3 6 (13.64%) Collaborative Culture
4 5 (11.36%) Case Management
4 5 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (11.36%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (11.36%) Infrastructure as Code
4 5 (11.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (11.36%) Mentoring
4 5 (11.36%) Presales
4 5 (11.36%) Time Management
5 4 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (9.09%) Load Balancing
5 4 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (9.09%) Service Delivery
6 3 (6.82%) High Availability
6 3 (6.82%) Performance Tuning
6 3 (6.82%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (6.82%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.64%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.82%) Bash
2 3 (6.82%) Python
3 2 (4.55%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 11 (25.00%) Degree
2 8 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (13.64%) Security Cleared
4 5 (11.36%) CCNA
4 5 (11.36%) CCNP
4 5 (11.36%) SC Cleared
5 4 (9.09%) CISSP
6 3 (6.82%) CISM
6 3 (6.82%) MCSE
6 3 (6.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (4.55%) DBS Check
7 2 (4.55%) JNCIA
7 2 (4.55%) MCP
7 2 (4.55%) MCSA
8 1 (2.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (2.27%) A+ Certification
8 1 (2.27%) CCIE
8 1 (2.27%) CCSP
8 1 (2.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.64%) SLA
2 4 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (6.82%) GDPR
3 3 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (4.55%) NIST
5 1 (2.27%) HIPAA
5 1 (2.27%) NIST 800
5 1 (2.27%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (40.91%) Active Directory
2 6 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (11.36%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.55%) Docker
5 1 (2.27%) NFS
Systems Management
1 8 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (11.36%) Ansible
2 5 (11.36%) Terraform
3 2 (4.55%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (2.27%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (61.36%) Microsoft
2 11 (25.00%) Cisco
2 11 (25.00%) VMware
3 6 (13.64%) HP
4 5 (11.36%) Barracuda Networks
4 5 (11.36%) Dell
4 5 (11.36%) Sophos
4 5 (11.36%) Ubiquiti
5 4 (9.09%) ServiceNow
6 3 (6.82%) Juniper
7 1 (2.27%) Aruba
7 1 (2.27%) McAfee
7 1 (2.27%) Oracle
7 1 (2.27%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.27%) Qualys
7 1 (2.27%) Splunk
7 1 (2.27%) Tenable
7 1 (2.27%) Thales