Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 2 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 217 206 240
Rank change year-on-year -11 +34 +49
Permanent jobs citing VPN 687 1,362 1,731
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.36% 1.47% 1.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.81% 10.97% 10.51%
Number of salaries quoted 580 1,119 1,299
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £67,070
90th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,850 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +12.13% -5.88% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,005 12,421 16,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.86% 13.41% 14.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,019 9,421 8,733
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -6.80% -1.90%
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £78,750 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -

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 2 April 2025.

Salary histogram for VPN in the UK

VPN
Top 18 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 2 April 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
England -18 646 £50,000 +10.50% 585
UK excluding London +13 459 £44,850 +12.13% 381
Work from Home -15 213 £46,000 -12.38% 244
London -42 204 £64,500 +17.27% 249
South East +6 112 £55,000 +17.33% 120
North of England -9 101 £40,500 +1.25% 77
South West +65 77 £48,750 +30.00% 39
East of England +39 75 £32,500 -13.33% 65
Midlands -14 68 £40,000 +2.56% 59
Yorkshire +6 47 £45,000 +20.00% 28
North West +4 43 £37,500 -16.67% 37
West Midlands -18 43 £45,000 +13.21% 35
East Midlands +18 25 £40,000 +2.56% 23
Scotland +91 19 £40,000 -20.00% 18
North East +25 11 £35,000 +3.70% 15
Northern Ireland +35 4 - - 7
Wales +14 3 £48,117 +18.71% 12
Isle of Man +8 2 £34,500 -25.81% 1

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 98 (14.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 97 (14.12%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.91%) IIS
4 8 (1.16%) Confluence
5 2 (0.29%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.29%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.29%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
Applications
1 58 (8.44%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.02%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.29%) Blender
3 2 (0.29%) CINEMA 4D
3 2 (0.29%) Maya
3 2 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) 1Password
4 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.73%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.29%) Carpe Diem
3 2 (0.29%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.29%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 1 (0.15%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 344 (50.07%) Azure
2 278 (40.47%) Microsoft 365
3 142 (20.67%) AWS
4 122 (17.76%) Entra ID
5 42 (6.11%) OneDrive
6 40 (5.82%) SaaS
7 31 (4.51%) IaaS
8 28 (4.08%) PaaS
9 26 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (3.64%) GCP
10 25 (3.64%) GitHub
11 24 (3.49%) Mimecast
12 21 (3.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 18 (2.62%) Azure Sentinel
14 15 (2.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 13 (1.89%) Amazon EC2
15 13 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
15 13 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
15 13 (1.89%) Power Platform
16 12 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 445 (64.77%) Firewall
2 237 (34.50%) WAN
3 223 (32.46%) DNS
4 217 (31.59%) LAN
5 163 (23.73%) TCP/IP
6 155 (22.56%) Network Security
7 150 (21.83%) DHCP
8 125 (18.20%) VLAN
9 99 (14.41%) Wi-Fi
10 95 (13.83%) BGP
11 78 (11.35%) OSPF
12 70 (10.19%) SD-WAN
13 63 (9.17%) MPLS
14 62 (9.02%) Wireless
15 60 (8.73%) IPsec
16 46 (6.70%) Cisco Firepower
17 42 (6.11%) VoIP
18 41 (5.97%) SAN
19 32 (4.66%) Cisco ASA
19 32 (4.66%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (6.84%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.77%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (1.46%) MySQL
3 10 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (1.31%) Power BI
4 9 (1.31%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.02%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.73%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.58%) Metabase
9 2 (0.29%) Big Data
9 2 (0.29%) Couchbase
9 2 (0.29%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Exadata
9 2 (0.29%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (2.77%) JIRA
2 13 (1.89%) Sonatype Nexus
3 11 (1.60%) Git
4 10 (1.46%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.16%) GitLab
6 4 (0.58%) Spinnaker
7 2 (0.29%) Apache Archiva
7 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.29%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.15%) Hudson
8 1 (0.15%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.15%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
General
1 217 (31.59%) Social Skills
2 88 (12.81%) Finance
3 75 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (4.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (3.78%) Banking
6 20 (2.91%) Law
7 19 (2.77%) Retail
8 17 (2.47%) Legal
9 14 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.04%) Public Sector
10 13 (1.89%) Manufacturing
11 12 (1.75%) Local Government
11 12 (1.75%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.02%) Electronics
13 7 (1.02%) Marketing
14 6 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.73%) Police
16 4 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.58%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 140 (20.38%) Network Engineer
2 115 (16.74%) Senior
3 92 (13.39%) IT Support
4 81 (11.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 74 (10.77%) Analyst
6 62 (9.02%) Lead
6 62 (9.02%) Support Engineer
7 54 (7.86%) IT Engineer
8 52 (7.57%) Cloud Engineer
9 37 (5.39%) 2nd Line Support
10 34 (4.95%) Security Engineer
11 32 (4.66%) Architect
11 32 (4.66%) IT Analyst
11 32 (4.66%) IT Technician
12 31 (4.51%) IT Support Engineer
12 31 (4.51%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 31 (4.51%) Support Analyst
13 25 (3.64%) IT Support Analyst
14 23 (3.35%) 1st Line Support
14 23 (3.35%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.33%) LDAP
1 16 (2.33%) YAML
2 13 (1.89%) 802.1X
3 7 (1.02%) ARM Templates
3 7 (1.02%) RabbitMQ
4 5 (0.73%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (0.73%) GraphQL
4 5 (0.73%) gRPC
4 5 (0.73%) HTML
4 5 (0.73%) Node.js
4 5 (0.73%) React
4 5 (0.73%) React Native
4 5 (0.73%) RESTful
4 5 (0.73%) Sequelize
4 5 (0.73%) SOAP
4 5 (0.73%) XML
4 5 (0.73%) XMPP
5 4 (0.58%) JSON
5 4 (0.58%) Web Services
5 4 (0.58%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 84 (12.23%) Data Centre
2 41 (5.97%) Driving Licence
3 28 (4.08%) Onboarding
4 25 (3.64%) Management Information System
5 21 (3.06%) Security Operations Centre
5 21 (3.06%) Security Posture
5 21 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (2.62%) Cyber Threat
7 17 (2.47%) Replication
8 13 (1.89%) Cloud Native
8 13 (1.89%) Clustering
8 13 (1.89%) PKI
8 13 (1.89%) Public Cloud
9 11 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
9 11 (1.60%) IoT
10 9 (1.31%) Client/Server
11 8 (1.16%) CCTV
12 7 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
13 6 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (0.87%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 348 (50.66%) Windows
2 195 (28.38%) Windows Server
3 111 (16.16%) Linux
4 67 (9.75%) Windows 10
5 39 (5.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 30 (4.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 29 (4.22%) Mac OS
8 14 (2.04%) Android
8 14 (2.04%) VMS
9 10 (1.46%) Apple iOS
9 10 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.73%) Unix
10 5 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.58%) CentOS
11 4 (0.58%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.29%) Debian
12 2 (0.29%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.29%) Solaris
13 1 (0.15%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (28.68%) Problem-Solving
2 123 (17.90%) ITIL
3 111 (16.16%) Disaster Recovery
4 104 (15.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 87 (12.66%) Cybersecurity
6 70 (10.19%) Customer Service
7 66 (9.61%) High Availability
8 63 (9.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 63 (9.17%) DevOps
9 56 (8.15%) Mentoring
10 49 (7.13%) Infrastructure as Code
11 47 (6.84%) Network Management
12 45 (6.55%) Business Continuity
13 43 (6.26%) Cloud Security
14 42 (6.11%) Network Monitoring
14 42 (6.11%) Roadmaps
15 40 (5.82%) CI/CD
16 37 (5.39%) SIEM
17 35 (5.09%) Load Balancing
18 34 (4.95%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 121 (17.61%) PowerShell
2 75 (10.92%) Python
3 50 (7.28%) SQL
4 37 (5.39%) Bash
5 12 (1.75%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.46%) C++
6 10 (1.46%) Perl
7 8 (1.16%) Bicep
8 5 (0.73%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.58%) C
9 4 (0.58%) Jython
10 3 (0.44%) Java
10 3 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.29%) R
12 1 (0.15%) Groovy
12 1 (0.15%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 139 (20.23%) Cisco Certification
2 107 (15.57%) Security Cleared
3 96 (13.97%) CCNP
4 94 (13.68%) CCNA
5 65 (9.46%) Degree
6 63 (9.17%) SC Cleared
7 53 (7.71%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (5.53%) Azure Certification
9 35 (5.09%) DV Cleared
10 33 (4.80%) CISSP
11 31 (4.51%) A+ Certification
12 26 (3.78%) CISM
13 21 (3.06%) CCIE
13 21 (3.06%) Network+ Certification
14 19 (2.77%) JNCIS
15 16 (2.33%) AWS Certification
16 13 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
17 11 (1.60%) CompTIA Security+
18 10 (1.46%) MCP
19 8 (1.16%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (6.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 41 (5.97%) SLA
3 38 (5.53%) NIST
4 33 (4.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 25 (3.64%) GDPR
6 23 (3.35%) PCI DSS
7 18 (2.62%) NCSC
8 15 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (1.75%) Accessibility
10 7 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (1.02%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.58%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.44%) COBIT
12 3 (0.44%) GRC
12 3 (0.44%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.44%) QA
13 2 (0.29%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.29%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.15%) Government Security Classifications
14 1 (0.15%) NIST 800
System Software
1 264 (38.43%) Active Directory
2 116 (16.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 105 (15.28%) Hyper-V
4 38 (5.53%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (2.91%) Docker
6 19 (2.77%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (2.47%) VMware ESXi
8 16 (2.33%) Firmware
9 12 (1.75%) vSphere
10 7 (1.02%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.44%) KVM
12 2 (0.29%) NFS
12 2 (0.29%) SRDF
12 2 (0.29%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.29%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 2 (0.29%) VirtualBox
12 2 (0.29%) Xen
13 1 (0.15%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.15%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 106 (15.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 67 (9.75%) Ansible
3 61 (8.88%) Terraform
4 33 (4.80%) FortiGate
5 24 (3.49%) Kubernetes
5 24 (3.49%) SCCM
6 17 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (1.75%) Puppet
8 10 (1.46%) Dell DRAC
8 10 (1.46%) Nagios
8 10 (1.46%) QRadar
9 9 (1.31%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (1.02%) Failover Clustering
10 7 (1.02%) Prometheus
11 5 (0.73%) Backup Exec
11 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Clustering
11 5 (0.73%) Nessus
11 5 (0.73%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 4 (0.58%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 316 (46.00%) Microsoft
2 212 (30.86%) Cisco
3 139 (20.23%) VMware
4 62 (9.02%) Palo Alto
5 60 (8.73%) Fortinet
6 54 (7.86%) CheckPoint
7 52 (7.57%) Meraki
8 49 (7.13%) SolarWinds
9 47 (6.84%) Juniper
10 38 (5.53%) Citrix
11 31 (4.51%) Veeam
12 29 (4.22%) F5
13 25 (3.64%) Google
14 24 (3.49%) HP
14 24 (3.49%) ServiceNow
15 20 (2.91%) Dell
16 15 (2.18%) Arista
17 13 (1.89%) Apple
18 11 (1.60%) Sophos
18 11 (1.60%) Splunk