VPN Job Trends in Wales

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring VPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 57 74
Rank change year-on-year -57 +17 -9
Permanent jobs citing VPN 26 9 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.83% 1.09% 1.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.40% 4.50% 13.18%
Number of salaries quoted 24 9 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 £25,438 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £25,875 £28,750
Median % change year-on-year +93.24% -10.00% -11.54%
75th Percentile £65,000 £33,750 £45,034
90th Percentile £72,000 £40,500 £47,407
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,142 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.22% -4.96% -5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 194 200 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 6.21% 24.13% 8.50%
Number of salaries quoted 103 159 72
10th Percentile £28,100 £21,620 £23,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £24,296 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £25,087 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +79.38% -28.32% -12.50%
75th Percentile £67,077 £32,375 £50,625
90th Percentile £76,201 £53,750 £60,000
UK median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -1.96%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VPN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

VPN job vacancy trend in Wales

VPN
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing VPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing VPN

VPN
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in Wales over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for VPN in Wales

VPN
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Wales region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
West Wales - 15 £50,000 - 1
South Wales -35 10 £65,000 -
Dyfed - 2 £45,000 - 2
North Wales -6 1 £35,000 +35.27%
VPN
UK

VPN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.85%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (84.62%) WAN
2 18 (69.23%) LAN
3 16 (61.54%) DHCP
3 16 (61.54%) DNS
4 15 (57.69%) WLAN
5 10 (38.46%) Firewall
5 10 (38.46%) Network Security
6 7 (26.92%) BGP
6 7 (26.92%) MPLS
7 6 (23.08%) IPsec
7 6 (23.08%) SSH
7 6 (23.08%) SSL
7 6 (23.08%) TCP/IP
8 3 (11.54%) HSRP
8 3 (11.54%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (11.54%) SD-WAN
8 3 (11.54%) VoIP
8 3 (11.54%) VPLS
8 3 (11.54%) VRRP
9 1 (3.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) MySQL
1 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (15.38%) Finance
1 4 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 22 (84.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 22 (84.62%) Senior
1 22 (84.62%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 18 (69.23%) Network Engineer
2 18 (69.23%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 18 (69.23%) Senior Network Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Service Desk Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) ICT Technician
5 1 (3.85%) IT Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Service Desk Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 10 (38.46%) PKI
2 3 (11.54%) CMDB
2 3 (11.54%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.85%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 14 (53.85%) Windows
2 10 (38.46%) Windows Server
3 5 (19.23%) Linux
4 4 (15.38%) Unix
5 3 (11.54%) Android
6 1 (3.85%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (84.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (38.46%) ITIL
3 7 (26.92%) Computer Science
3 7 (26.92%) SIEM
4 6 (23.08%) BCP
4 6 (23.08%) Business Continuity
4 6 (23.08%) Business Continuity Planning
4 6 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (23.08%) Incident Response
5 4 (15.38%) Change Advisory Board
5 4 (15.38%) Task Automation
6 3 (11.54%) Boundary Protection
6 3 (11.54%) Customer Service
6 3 (11.54%) Customer-Centricity
6 3 (11.54%) High Availability
6 3 (11.54%) ITSM
6 3 (11.54%) Service Management
7 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (3.85%) Mathematics
7 1 (3.85%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) PowerShell
2 3 (11.54%) Python
3 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) Degree
2 9 (34.62%) CCIE
2 9 (34.62%) CCNP
2 9 (34.62%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (26.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (26.92%) DV Cleared
3 7 (26.92%) SC Cleared
3 7 (26.92%) Security Cleared
4 6 (23.08%) JNCIP
5 3 (11.54%) A+ Certification
5 3 (11.54%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (11.54%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (11.54%) NIST
2 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (53.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (42.31%) vSphere
3 8 (30.77%) Active Directory
4 7 (26.92%) VMware NSX
5 4 (15.38%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (26.92%) Ansible
2 4 (15.38%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 14 (53.85%) VMware
2 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 4 (15.38%) Cisco
3 4 (15.38%) Splunk
4 1 (3.85%) Acronis
4 1 (3.85%) Synology
4 1 (3.85%) Veeam