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

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 160 171
Rank change year-on-year +56 +11 +7
Permanent jobs citing VPN 74 95 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.19% 1.42% 1.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.60% 9.89% 9.47%
Number of salaries quoted 34 61 68
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £32,375 £37,500 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £66,825
South East median annual salary £52,500 £46,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year +12.90% +12.05% -12.63%

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 544 961 950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.07% 14.34% 15.87%
Number of salaries quoted 218 677 534
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £34,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,000 £58,438
90th Percentile £76,250 £70,000 £74,138
South East median annual salary £47,500 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -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 14 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 14 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
Buckinghamshire +31 29 £45,000 -30.77% 7
Berkshire +18 29 £52,500 - 12
Oxfordshire +26 16 £35,750 -28.50% 18
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 (10.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.41%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.05%) IIS
Business Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 15 (20.27%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (13.51%) Azure
3 9 (12.16%) AWS
4 8 (10.81%) SaaS
5 3 (4.05%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.70%) Azure AI
6 2 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (2.70%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (2.70%) IaaS
6 2 (2.70%) PaaS
6 2 (2.70%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 50 (67.57%) TCP/IP
2 22 (29.73%) Firewall
3 19 (25.68%) DNS
4 12 (16.22%) VLAN
5 11 (14.86%) DHCP
6 8 (10.81%) Network Security
6 8 (10.81%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (8.11%) WAN
8 5 (6.76%) BGP
8 5 (6.76%) OSPF
8 5 (6.76%) SD-WAN
9 4 (5.41%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (5.41%) Cisco Firepower
9 4 (5.41%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (5.41%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (5.41%) HSRP
9 4 (5.41%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (5.41%) IPsec
9 4 (5.41%) Spanning Tree
9 4 (5.41%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.11%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (5.41%) Metabase
3 2 (2.70%) Data Lake
3 2 (2.70%) MySQL
3 2 (2.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 34 (45.95%) Cucumber
1 34 (45.95%) Robot Framework
2 2 (2.70%) Git
General
1 51 (68.92%) Social Skills
2 35 (47.30%) Telecoms
3 34 (45.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (6.76%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.70%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.70%) Retail
7 1 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 34 (45.95%) Test Automation Engineer
1 34 (45.95%) Test Engineer
2 17 (22.97%) Support Engineer
3 9 (12.16%) Senior
4 8 (10.81%) IT Engineer
5 7 (9.46%) Senior Support Engineer
6 6 (8.11%) Infrastructure Manager
6 6 (8.11%) IT Support
6 6 (8.11%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (8.11%) Network Engineer
6 6 (8.11%) Technical Support
7 5 (6.76%) Analyst
7 5 (6.76%) Desktop Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) Desktop Support
7 5 (6.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) IT Manager
8 4 (5.41%) Senior Technical Support
8 4 (5.41%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.41%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 38 (51.35%) Linux Command Line
2 11 (14.86%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.76%) Operational Technology
4 4 (5.41%) Security Posture
5 3 (4.05%) Clustering
5 3 (4.05%) Driving Licence
5 3 (4.05%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.05%) Replication
6 2 (2.70%) NHS
7 1 (1.35%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.35%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 57 (77.03%) Windows
2 39 (52.70%) Linux
3 11 (14.86%) Windows Server
4 8 (10.81%) Mac OS
4 8 (10.81%) Windows 10
5 3 (4.05%) Android
5 3 (4.05%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (72.97%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (51.35%) Mentoring
3 36 (48.65%) DevOps
4 34 (45.95%) Coaching
4 34 (45.95%) System Testing
4 34 (45.95%) Test Automation
4 34 (45.95%) Test Management
5 10 (13.51%) Project Delivery
6 7 (9.46%) Server Management
6 7 (9.46%) Service Delivery
7 6 (8.11%) Analytics
7 6 (8.11%) Customer Service
7 6 (8.11%) High Availability
8 5 (6.76%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (6.76%) Data Entry
8 5 (6.76%) Risk Management
9 4 (5.41%) Business Analytics
9 4 (5.41%) Business Continuity
9 4 (5.41%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (5.41%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 40 (54.05%) PowerShell
2 38 (51.35%) Python
3 34 (45.95%) Bash
3 34 (45.95%) JavaScript
4 6 (8.11%) SQL
5 4 (5.41%) C++
6 2 (2.70%) Bicep
7 1 (1.35%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 39 (52.70%) Degree
2 9 (12.16%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (9.46%) CCNP
3 7 (9.46%) MCP
3 7 (9.46%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (8.11%) SC Cleared
4 6 (8.11%) Security Cleared
5 5 (6.76%) A+ Certification
5 5 (6.76%) DBS Check
6 4 (5.41%) Dell Certification
7 3 (4.05%) CCNA
7 3 (4.05%) MCSA
8 2 (2.70%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (1.35%) CCIE
9 1 (1.35%) CCSP
9 1 (1.35%) CISM
9 1 (1.35%) CISSP
9 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.35%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (45.95%) QA
2 4 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.35%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.35%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (14.86%) Active Directory
1 11 (14.86%) Hyper-V
2 9 (12.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.35%) Docker
4 1 (1.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (6.76%) FortiGate
2 3 (4.05%) Failover Clustering
3 2 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (25.68%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.51%) Cisco
3 9 (12.16%) VMware
4 5 (6.76%) Dell
4 5 (6.76%) Fortinet
4 5 (6.76%) Juniper
5 4 (5.41%) Apple
5 4 (5.41%) F5
6 3 (4.05%) SonicWALL
7 2 (2.70%) Databricks
7 2 (2.70%) Meraki
8 1 (1.35%) HP
8 1 (1.35%) Sophos
8 1 (1.35%) Veeam