Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for VPN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VPN over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 145 245 243
Rank change year-on-year +100 -2 -28
Permanent jobs citing VPN 1,210 1,859 1,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.31% 1.52% 1.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.25% 12.26% 11.76%
Number of salaries quoted 990 1,464 1,580
10th Percentile £30,750 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,997 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £67,469 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £41,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +3.66% -3.53% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

VPN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,935 15,167 16,426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.18% 12.41% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 6,194 10,320 11,502
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,528 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the UK

VPN
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VPN.

Salary trend for VPN in the UK

VPN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for VPN in the UK

VPN
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the UK over the 6 months to 10 December 2023. 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
England +97 1,086 £47,500 - 383
UK excluding London +82 740 £42,500 +3.66% 300
Work from Home +51 454 £52,500 +5.00% 150
London +113 441 £60,000 +9.09% 105
South East +84 207 £44,500 +17.11% 80
North of England +80 155 £45,000 +9.76% 59
South West +35 123 £37,500 -9.64% 40
Midlands +84 102 £42,500 -1.16% 79
Yorkshire +95 88 £37,500 - 23
West Midlands +91 87 £42,750 -0.58% 60
Wales +33 60 £33,500 -25.56% 13
North West +37 57 £48,500 +18.29% 28
East of England +110 54 £40,000 +23.08% 23
Scotland +35 34 £60,500 +48.47% 14
East Midlands +41 15 £34,500 -13.75% 19
Northern Ireland +29 13 £60,000 +45.45%
North East +36 10 £47,375 +17.39% 12

VPN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 75 (6.20%) SharePoint
2 53 (4.38%) MS Exchange
3 35 (2.89%) IIS
4 13 (1.07%) Apache
5 5 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (0.41%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.33%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.17%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.17%) WordPress
8 1 (0.083%) CMS
8 1 (0.083%) Gunicorn
8 1 (0.083%) nginx
8 1 (0.083%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.083%) uWSGI
Applications
1 67 (5.54%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.74%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.33%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.25%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 23 (1.90%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.33%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.25%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.17%) Carpe Diem
Cloud Services
1 528 (43.64%) Azure
2 487 (40.25%) Microsoft 365
3 188 (15.54%) AWS
4 145 (11.98%) Entra ID
5 91 (7.52%) PaaS
6 86 (7.11%) IaaS
7 69 (5.70%) SaaS
8 48 (3.97%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (3.31%) GCP
10 35 (2.89%) OneDrive
11 28 (2.31%) Datadog
12 24 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
13 21 (1.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 18 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
15 16 (1.32%) Mimecast
15 16 (1.32%) WhatsApp
16 15 (1.24%) Power Platform
17 13 (1.07%) AWS Direct Connect
18 12 (0.99%) Azure AKS
18 12 (0.99%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 659 (54.46%) Firewall
2 442 (36.53%) WAN
3 424 (35.04%) LAN
4 361 (29.83%) DNS
5 317 (26.20%) DHCP
6 254 (20.99%) VLAN
7 241 (19.92%) Wireless
8 233 (19.26%) TCP/IP
9 205 (16.94%) Network Security
10 174 (14.38%) Wi-Fi
11 155 (12.81%) BGP
11 155 (12.81%) Internet
12 137 (11.32%) SAN
13 124 (10.25%) OSPF
14 110 (9.09%) IPsec
15 105 (8.68%) MPLS
16 97 (8.02%) SD-WAN
17 69 (5.70%) VoIP
18 63 (5.21%) Cisco ASA
19 61 (5.04%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (7.77%) SQL Server
2 57 (4.71%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (1.32%) MySQL
4 14 (1.16%) Power BI
5 10 (0.83%) Data Lake
6 8 (0.66%) Oracle Database
6 8 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (0.58%) Big Data
8 6 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.41%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.33%) MariaDB
10 4 (0.33%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.25%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.17%) Couchbase
12 2 (0.17%) InfluxDB
12 2 (0.17%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.17%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 19 (1.57%) JIRA
2 11 (0.91%) Spinnaker
3 10 (0.83%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.58%) Git
5 6 (0.50%) GitLab
6 4 (0.33%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.33%) Subversion
7 3 (0.25%) Maven
7 3 (0.25%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.25%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.25%) Vagrant
8 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.17%) Chocolatey
8 2 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.083%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.083%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.083%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.083%) Xcode
General
1 351 (29.01%) Social Skills
2 174 (14.38%) Finance
3 170 (14.05%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (8.76%) Telecoms
5 51 (4.21%) Public Sector
6 48 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 47 (3.88%) Retail
8 36 (2.98%) Legal
9 34 (2.81%) Games
10 33 (2.73%) Banking
11 31 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (1.57%) Law
13 16 (1.32%) Billing
13 16 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
13 16 (1.32%) Financial Institution
14 15 (1.24%) Aerospace
15 11 (0.91%) Manufacturing
15 11 (0.91%) Marketing
16 10 (0.83%) Advertising
17 7 (0.58%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 235 (19.42%) Network Engineer
2 188 (15.54%) Analyst
3 180 (14.88%) Senior
4 132 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 127 (10.50%) IT Support
6 124 (10.25%) Support Engineer
7 107 (8.84%) IT Engineer
8 106 (8.76%) IT Analyst
9 96 (7.93%) Support Analyst
10 90 (7.44%) Architect
11 72 (5.95%) 2nd Line Support
12 69 (5.70%) IT Support Analyst
13 67 (5.54%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 59 (4.88%) Consultant
15 58 (4.79%) Senior Network Engineer
16 50 (4.13%) 3rd Line Support
17 46 (3.80%) Administrator
17 46 (3.80%) Security Engineer
18 43 (3.55%) IT Support Engineer
19 42 (3.47%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (5.95%) LDAP
2 31 (2.56%) HTML
2 31 (2.56%) JSON
3 29 (2.40%) XML
4 27 (2.23%) ARM Templates
5 26 (2.15%) 802.1X
5 26 (2.15%) Web Services
6 24 (1.98%) CSS
6 24 (1.98%) SOAP
7 23 (1.90%) Ajax
7 23 (1.90%) YAML
8 18 (1.49%) SAML
9 11 (0.91%) AWS CDK
10 10 (0.83%) Kafka
11 7 (0.58%) Middleware
12 6 (0.50%) Apache NiFi
13 5 (0.41%) Elastic Stack
14 4 (0.33%) Node.js
15 3 (0.25%) LAMP
15 3 (0.25%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 147 (12.15%) Data Centre
2 90 (7.44%) Public Cloud
3 59 (4.88%) PKI
4 53 (4.38%) Driving Licence
5 45 (3.72%) Analytical Mindset
6 39 (3.22%) Management Information System
7 37 (3.06%) Replication
8 34 (2.81%) Private Cloud
9 33 (2.73%) Cyber Threat
9 33 (2.73%) Security Operations Centre
10 32 (2.64%) Onboarding
11 29 (2.40%) Clustering
12 25 (2.07%) CMDB
13 21 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
14 20 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
15 16 (1.32%) Hedge funds
15 16 (1.32%) iPhone
16 15 (1.24%) Security Posture
17 14 (1.16%) Cloud Native
18 13 (1.07%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 611 (50.50%) Windows
2 311 (25.70%) Windows Server
3 162 (13.39%) Linux
4 125 (10.33%) Windows 10
5 73 (6.03%) Windows Server 2016
6 72 (5.95%) Windows Server 2012
6 72 (5.95%) Windows Server 2019
7 67 (5.54%) Apple iOS
8 45 (3.72%) Ubuntu
9 38 (3.14%) Mac OS
10 26 (2.15%) VMS
11 25 (2.07%) Unix
12 24 (1.98%) Android
13 15 (1.24%) SUSE
14 11 (0.91%) Windows 7
15 9 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 8 (0.66%) Mac OS X
16 8 (0.66%) Windows Server 2008
17 7 (0.58%) CentOS
17 7 (0.58%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (22.56%) ITIL
2 260 (21.49%) Problem-Solving
3 208 (17.19%) Customer Service
4 184 (15.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 157 (12.98%) Cybersecurity
6 144 (11.90%) Agile
7 117 (9.67%) Project Delivery
8 114 (9.42%) Disaster Recovery
9 103 (8.51%) DevOps
10 90 (7.44%) Network Monitoring
11 89 (7.36%) SIEM
12 85 (7.02%) Project Management
13 84 (6.94%) Network Design
14 83 (6.86%) Infrastructure as Code
15 79 (6.53%) Migration
16 74 (6.12%) Service Management
17 73 (6.03%) Kalman Filter
18 72 (5.95%) Change Management
18 72 (5.95%) High Availability
18 72 (5.95%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 188 (15.54%) PowerShell
2 105 (8.68%) SQL
3 70 (5.79%) Python
4 52 (4.30%) Bash
5 26 (2.15%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.07%) C#
7 11 (0.91%) Groovy
8 10 (0.83%) Perl
9 6 (0.50%) Java
10 5 (0.41%) DataFlex
11 4 (0.33%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.25%) Bicep
12 3 (0.25%) Go
13 2 (0.17%) C++
13 2 (0.17%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.17%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.17%) VBScript
14 1 (0.083%) C
14 1 (0.083%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.083%) Swift
Qualifications
1 230 (19.01%) Cisco Certification
2 180 (14.88%) Security Cleared
3 170 (14.05%) Degree
4 149 (12.31%) CCNP
5 147 (12.15%) CCNA
6 110 (9.09%) SC Cleared
7 69 (5.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 44 (3.64%) Azure Certification
9 36 (2.98%) MCSE
10 34 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
11 32 (2.64%) DV Cleared
12 27 (2.23%) A+ Certification
13 26 (2.15%) MCSA
14 25 (2.07%) CCIE
15 24 (1.98%) AWS Certification
16 19 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
16 19 (1.57%) Network+ Certification
17 17 (1.40%) CISSP
18 16 (1.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 14 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (7.27%) SLA
2 58 (4.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (2.40%) NIST
4 22 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (1.32%) GDPR
6 12 (0.99%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (0.58%) ISO 22301
9 6 (0.50%) QA
9 6 (0.50%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.33%) NCSC
10 4 (0.33%) PMO
11 3 (0.25%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.25%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.25%) DICOM
11 3 (0.25%) HL7
12 2 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.17%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.083%) FISMA
System Software
1 496 (40.99%) Active Directory
2 252 (20.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 142 (11.74%) Hyper-V
4 70 (5.79%) vSphere
5 54 (4.46%) Docker
5 54 (4.46%) VMware ESXi
6 44 (3.64%) Virtual Machines
7 39 (3.22%) Virtual Desktop
8 32 (2.64%) Firmware
9 25 (2.07%) vCloud
10 12 (0.99%) Terminal Services
11 9 (0.74%) Terminal Server
12 7 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.50%) XenDesktop
14 5 (0.41%) Ceph
14 5 (0.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 5 (0.41%) KVM
14 5 (0.41%) NFS
14 5 (0.41%) VMware Workstation
14 5 (0.41%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 140 (11.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 106 (8.76%) FortiGate
3 95 (7.85%) Terraform
4 83 (6.86%) Ansible
4 83 (6.86%) SCCM
5 64 (5.29%) Kubernetes
6 40 (3.31%) Puppet
7 25 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
8 23 (1.90%) HP UCMDB
9 21 (1.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 18 (1.49%) Nessus
11 16 (1.32%) SCOM
11 16 (1.32%) ServiceCenter
12 15 (1.24%) Failover Clustering
12 15 (1.24%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 14 (1.16%) Istio
13 14 (1.16%) Jamf Pro
14 13 (1.07%) Cisco CUCM
15 12 (0.99%) Icinga
16 11 (0.91%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 503 (41.57%) Microsoft
2 450 (37.19%) Cisco
3 370 (30.58%) VMware
4 157 (12.98%) HP
5 153 (12.64%) Juniper
6 133 (10.99%) CheckPoint
7 129 (10.66%) Palo Alto
8 116 (9.59%) Citrix
9 97 (8.02%) Meraki
10 95 (7.85%) Fortinet
11 88 (7.27%) Veeam
12 82 (6.78%) SolarWinds
13 70 (5.79%) Aruba
14 69 (5.70%) F5
15 59 (4.88%) ServiceNow
16 55 (4.55%) Dell
17 46 (3.80%) Oracle
17 46 (3.80%) Splunk
18 35 (2.89%) Bloomberg
19 34 (2.81%) Remedy