VPN Jobs in Wales

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 98 98
Rank change year-on-year +25 0 +31
Permanent jobs citing VPN 8 24 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.66% 1.09% 2.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.32% 9.09% 15.29%
Number of salaries quoted 8 17 12
10th Percentile - £35,360 -
25th Percentile £25,438 £37,500 £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,188 £44,886 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.97% -0.25% +7.78%
75th Percentile £43,362 £45,780 £73,500
90th Percentile £62,425 £58,250 £78,750
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
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 606 264 255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 49.67% 11.99% 15.15%
Number of salaries quoted 369 152 78
10th Percentile £15,052 £26,250 £25,575
25th Percentile £23,504 £28,290 £30,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £40,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.06% +5.19% -14.44%
75th Percentile - £47,688 £57,500
90th Percentile £54,000 £59,750 £70,525
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Wales

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Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for VPN in Wales

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Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in Wales over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VPN in Wales

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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 31 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 Wales +7 4 £25,875 -22.76%
South Wales +17 2 £61,750 +37.57% 7
Mid Wales - 1 £32,500 -
West Wales - 1 £37,733 -
VPN
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
2 6 (75.00%) VoIP
3 5 (62.50%) DNS
3 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
4 4 (50.00%) Broadband
4 4 (50.00%) IP Telephony
5 3 (37.50%) WAN
5 3 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (37.50%) Wireless
6 2 (25.00%) LAN
6 2 (25.00%) Network Security
6 2 (25.00%) VLAN
7 1 (12.50%) BGP
7 1 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (12.50%) Cisco Wireless
7 1 (12.50%) DHCP
7 1 (12.50%) Internet
7 1 (12.50%) IPsec
7 1 (12.50%) OSPF
7 1 (12.50%) VXLAN
General
1 5 (62.50%) Telecoms
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Technical Support
2 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) Technical Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Customer Service
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Time Management
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) Email Migration
4 1 (12.50%) High Availability
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
4 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) CCNP
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) CCIE
2 1 (12.50%) CCNA
2 1 (12.50%) CCSA
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) F5
2 1 (12.50%) Juniper
2 1 (12.50%) LogRhythm
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto
2 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds
2 1 (12.50%) Tufin