VPN Jobs in the UK excluding London

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 215 213
Rank change year-on-year +117 -2 +38
Permanent jobs citing VPN 1,173 947 981
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.96% 1.32% 1.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.33% 9.71% 9.04%
Number of salaries quoted 371 760 731
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,770 9,754 10,849
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.08% 13.62% 18.34%
Number of salaries quoted 3,215 7,061 4,721
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,500 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,733 £43,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.26% -3.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,250
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.47% -4.29%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the UK excluding London

VPN
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VPN in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for VPN in the UK excluding London

VPN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VPN in the UK excluding London

VPN
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 VPN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 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
North of England +141 746 £40,000 - 128
North West +175 674 £33,000 -26.67% 58
South East -15 149 £52,500 +12.90% 143
Midlands +3 96 £37,500 -5.66% 80
South West +91 82 £47,500 +26.67% 67
East of England +36 74 £42,500 +9.68% 75
Yorkshire +10 59 £42,500 +13.33% 62
West Midlands +10 50 £37,500 -5.66% 56
East Midlands +14 46 £40,000 +2.56% 24
Scotland +95 25 £40,000 -20.00% 35
North East +24 13 £48,750 +38.30% 13
Wales +29 7 £32,500 -27.59% 10
Northern Ireland +30 2 - - 11
Isle of Man +12 2 £34,500 -25.81%
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 72 (6.14%) SharePoint
2 63 (5.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.53%) IIS
4 4 (0.34%) Confluence
5 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.17%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.17%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.085%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.085%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (0.085%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.085%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 41 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.77%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.17%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.085%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (0.94%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.51%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.26%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.17%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 2 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 179 (15.26%) Azure
2 174 (14.83%) Microsoft 365
3 93 (7.93%) AWS
4 81 (6.91%) Entra ID
5 37 (3.15%) SaaS
6 32 (2.73%) OneDrive
7 25 (2.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 25 (2.13%) IaaS
8 24 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (2.05%) Azure Monitor
9 20 (1.71%) Azure Key Vault
10 19 (1.62%) Power Platform
11 18 (1.53%) PaaS
12 16 (1.36%) GCP
13 14 (1.19%) Azure AI
13 14 (1.19%) Azure Service Bus
13 14 (1.19%) Power Automate
14 12 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
15 9 (0.77%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 577 (49.19%) DNS
2 319 (27.20%) Firewall
3 267 (22.76%) Cisco IOS
4 177 (15.09%) TCP/IP
5 167 (14.24%) WAN
6 151 (12.87%) LAN
7 124 (10.57%) DHCP
8 96 (8.18%) VLAN
9 84 (7.16%) Network Security
10 61 (5.20%) Wi-Fi
11 43 (3.67%) BGP
11 43 (3.67%) MPLS
12 42 (3.58%) OSPF
12 42 (3.58%) SD-WAN
13 38 (3.24%) VoIP
14 36 (3.07%) IPsec
15 35 (2.98%) Wireless
16 31 (2.64%) Cisco Firepower
17 20 (1.71%) Cisco ASA
17 20 (1.71%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (3.15%) SQL Server
2 17 (1.45%) MySQL
2 17 (1.45%) Power BI
3 16 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
4 14 (1.19%) Data Lake
5 7 (0.60%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.34%) Metabase
7 3 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.26%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.17%) Big Data
8 2 (0.17%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.17%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Exadata
8 2 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.085%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.085%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 63 (5.37%) Robot Framework
2 62 (5.29%) Cucumber
3 22 (1.88%) Git
4 11 (0.94%) JIRA
4 11 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (0.51%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.34%) GitLab
7 1 (0.085%) TeamCity
General
1 739 (63.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 698 (59.51%) Analytical Skills
3 422 (35.98%) Finance
4 211 (17.99%) Social Skills
5 80 (6.82%) Telecoms
6 20 (1.71%) Manufacturing
7 14 (1.19%) Retail
8 9 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
9 7 (0.60%) Aerospace
9 7 (0.60%) Electronics
10 6 (0.51%) Back Office
10 6 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (0.51%) Law
10 6 (0.51%) Legal
10 6 (0.51%) Public Sector
11 4 (0.34%) Local Government
12 3 (0.26%) Aviation
12 3 (0.26%) Marketing
12 3 (0.26%) Police
12 3 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 391 (33.33%) Developer
1 391 (33.33%) Software Developer
2 297 (25.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 91 (7.76%) Network Engineer
4 76 (6.48%) IT Support
5 62 (5.29%) Support Engineer
5 62 (5.29%) Test Automation Engineer
5 62 (5.29%) Test Engineer
6 57 (4.86%) Analyst
7 48 (4.09%) Lead
7 48 (4.09%) Senior
8 36 (3.07%) Security Engineer
8 36 (3.07%) Support Analyst
9 35 (2.98%) IT Engineer
10 34 (2.90%) Cloud Engineer
11 32 (2.73%) Technical Support
12 31 (2.64%) IT Analyst
13 29 (2.47%) 2nd Line Support
13 29 (2.47%) Architect
13 29 (2.47%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 262 (22.34%) Elastic Stack
2 16 (1.36%) LDAP
3 11 (0.94%) YAML
4 9 (0.77%) 802.1X
5 5 (0.43%) JSON
6 2 (0.17%) Middleware
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.17%) XMPP
7 1 (0.085%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.085%) Jinja
7 1 (0.085%) OpenConfig
7 1 (0.085%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 651 (55.50%) Cyberattack
2 74 (6.31%) Linux Command Line
3 61 (5.20%) Data Centre
4 46 (3.92%) Driving Licence
5 19 (1.62%) Onboarding
6 18 (1.53%) Security Operations Centre
7 17 (1.45%) Security Posture
8 16 (1.36%) NHS
9 14 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
10 13 (1.11%) Clustering
10 13 (1.11%) Operational Technology
11 12 (1.02%) Management Information System
11 12 (1.02%) Replication
12 10 (0.85%) Client/Server
13 7 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (0.60%) Private Cloud
13 7 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (0.51%) CCTV
14 6 (0.51%) PKI
15 5 (0.43%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 781 (66.58%) Linux
2 666 (56.78%) Android
3 546 (46.55%) Windows
4 146 (12.45%) Windows Server
5 43 (3.67%) Windows 10
6 33 (2.81%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (2.13%) Mac OS
8 18 (1.53%) Windows Server 2019
9 12 (1.02%) VMS
10 11 (0.94%) Apple iOS
11 6 (0.51%) CentOS
11 6 (0.51%) Unix
12 5 (0.43%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.26%) Rocky
14 2 (0.17%) Debian
14 2 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
14 2 (0.17%) Solaris
14 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.085%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 662 (56.44%) Line Management
2 651 (55.50%) Mathematics
3 459 (39.13%) Problem-Solving
4 417 (35.55%) Agile
5 393 (33.50%) Design Patterns
6 391 (33.33%) Android Development
6 391 (33.33%) OO
6 391 (33.33%) OOP
7 362 (30.86%) DevOps
8 305 (26.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 280 (23.87%) Task Automation
10 270 (23.02%) Risk Management
11 267 (22.76%) Platform Engineering
12 261 (22.25%) Storage Management
13 119 (10.14%) Mentoring
14 92 (7.84%) ITIL
15 74 (6.31%) Customer Service
16 70 (5.97%) Coaching
17 65 (5.54%) Test Automation
18 63 (5.37%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 760 (64.79%) Python
2 416 (35.46%) PowerShell
3 401 (34.19%) C++
4 393 (33.50%) Java
5 391 (33.33%) Go
6 342 (29.16%) Bash
7 62 (5.29%) JavaScript
8 50 (4.26%) SQL
9 20 (1.71%) Bicep
10 6 (0.51%) Perl
11 5 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.26%) R
13 1 (0.085%) Scala
Qualifications
1 486 (41.43%) Security Cleared
2 422 (35.98%) DV Cleared
3 108 (9.21%) Degree
4 66 (5.63%) Cisco Certification
5 55 (4.69%) SC Cleared
6 50 (4.26%) CCNP
7 46 (3.92%) CCNA
8 39 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 33 (2.81%) A+ Certification
10 30 (2.56%) CISSP
11 29 (2.47%) Azure Certification
12 28 (2.39%) CISM
13 19 (1.62%) Network+ Certification
14 18 (1.53%) DBS Check
15 16 (1.36%) JNCIS
16 13 (1.11%) MCP
17 12 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
18 11 (0.94%) MCSA
19 9 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
19 9 (0.77%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (5.37%) QA
2 31 (2.64%) NIST
3 25 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
5 19 (1.62%) GDPR
6 17 (1.45%) NCSC
7 15 (1.28%) PCI DSS
7 15 (1.28%) SLA
8 13 (1.11%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.43%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.26%) GRC
11 3 (0.26%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.17%) COBIT
12 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.17%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.085%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 657 (56.01%) Docker
2 343 (29.24%) Hyper-V
3 268 (22.85%) vSphere
4 265 (22.59%) VMware NSX
5 150 (12.79%) Active Directory
6 96 (8.18%) VMware Infrastructure
7 35 (2.98%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.43%) Firmware
10 3 (0.26%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.26%) KVM
10 3 (0.26%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.17%) NFS
11 2 (0.17%) SRDF
11 2 (0.17%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (0.17%) Xen
12 1 (0.085%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 701 (59.76%) Ansible
2 290 (24.72%) Terraform
3 63 (5.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (1.45%) FortiGate
6 14 (1.19%) QRadar
7 13 (1.11%) Kubernetes
8 9 (0.77%) SCCM
9 8 (0.68%) Proxmox
10 6 (0.51%) Puppet
11 5 (0.43%) Dell DRAC
12 4 (0.34%) CASB
12 4 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (0.34%) Grafana
12 4 (0.34%) Nessus
12 4 (0.34%) Prometheus
13 3 (0.26%) Backup Exec
13 3 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Clustering
13 3 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 377 (32.14%) Cisco
2 290 (24.72%) Juniper
3 277 (23.61%) Splunk
4 260 (22.17%) 3PAR
5 227 (19.35%) Microsoft
6 110 (9.38%) VMware
7 34 (2.90%) Fortinet
8 29 (2.47%) Meraki
9 27 (2.30%) Palo Alto
10 23 (1.96%) Citrix
11 21 (1.79%) Apple
11 21 (1.79%) F5
12 20 (1.71%) Databricks
13 19 (1.62%) CheckPoint
13 19 (1.62%) Veeam
14 17 (1.45%) SolarWinds
15 16 (1.36%) HP
16 13 (1.11%) ServiceNow
17 12 (1.02%) Dell
18 10 (0.85%) Google