OpenVPN Job Trends in the UK excluding London

OpenVPN
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring OpenVPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 537 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing OpenVPN 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.038% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £20,000 - -
75th Percentile £20,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £20,000 £70,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -71.43% -12.50% +166.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

OpenVPN 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,803 4,094 8,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.82% 14.59% 14.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,853 2,501 6,804
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £43,040
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +16.17% -4.36%
75th Percentile £55,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,500 £53,300 £48,500
% change year-on-year -24.02% +9.90% -7.62%

OpenVPN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OpenVPN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

OpenVPN job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

OpenVPN
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing OpenVPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing OpenVPN

OpenVPN
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenVPN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 March 2026. 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
North West - 2 - -
North of England - 2 - -
East of England - 1 £20,000 - 1
OpenVPN
UK

OpenVPN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) SSH
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) L2TP
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Electronics Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Node.js
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Energy Management
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Veeam