VPN Jobs in the West Midlands

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 146 135 224
Rank change year-on-year -11 +89 -67
Permanent jobs citing VPN 83 92 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.19% 1.81% 1.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.52% 10.54% 9.32%
Number of salaries quoted 56 88 83
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,250 £23,985
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,500 £33,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £54,500
90th Percentile £62,875 £63,901 £63,750
England median annual salary £46,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.00% +5.26% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 872 873 1,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.46% 17.20% 12.05%
Number of salaries quoted 555 496 742
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £28,125
25th Percentile £31,125 £33,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,375 £76,000
England median annual salary £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for VPN in the West Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for VPN in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Birmingham -7 25 £62,250 +7.79% 5
Warwickshire +17 14 £57,500 -4.17% 1
Staffordshire -30 13 £40,000 -5.88% 3
Solihull +13 9 £46,900 -6.20% 1
Worcestershire -20 9 £35,000 -22.22% 5
Shropshire -1 5 £39,750 +50.00% 1
Herefordshire +6 4 £27,500 -42.11% 2
Sutton Coldfield - 3 - -
Coventry +13 1 £27,000 -28.95% 2
Halesowen - 1 £42,500 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 8 (9.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.02%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (20.48%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.61%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (4.82%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (4.82%) PeopleSoft HCM
1 4 (4.82%) Sage 200
2 1 (1.20%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 36 (43.37%) Azure
2 31 (37.35%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (16.87%) Entra ID
4 9 (10.84%) AWS
5 8 (9.64%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (9.64%) IaaS
5 8 (9.64%) PaaS
6 5 (6.02%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (4.82%) OCI
7 4 (4.82%) OneDrive
8 3 (3.61%) Google Workspace
9 2 (2.41%) GCP
9 2 (2.41%) Power Platform
9 2 (2.41%) Rubrik
9 2 (2.41%) SaaS
10 1 (1.20%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (1.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (1.20%) Cloudflare
10 1 (1.20%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 58 (69.88%) Firewall
2 27 (32.53%) WAN
3 23 (27.71%) DNS
4 22 (26.51%) LAN
5 20 (24.10%) MPLS
5 20 (24.10%) Network Security
6 17 (20.48%) VLAN
6 17 (20.48%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (19.28%) IPsec
8 13 (15.66%) DHCP
9 11 (13.25%) BGP
10 10 (12.05%) OSPF
10 10 (12.05%) TCP/IP
10 10 (12.05%) VoIP
10 10 (12.05%) Wireless
11 6 (7.23%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (7.23%) SD-WAN
11 6 (7.23%) WLAN
12 3 (3.61%) DMZ
12 3 (3.61%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.82%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (2.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.20%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (8.43%) Git
2 5 (6.02%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 19 (22.89%) Social Skills
2 12 (14.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (13.25%) Retail
4 10 (12.05%) Finance
5 8 (9.64%) Telecoms
6 5 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (6.02%) Manufacturing
7 4 (4.82%) Legal
7 4 (4.82%) Local Government
8 3 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.41%) Marketing
10 1 (1.20%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 24 (28.92%) Network Engineer
2 15 (18.07%) Senior
3 10 (12.05%) Senior Network Engineer
4 9 (10.84%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 9 (10.84%) Analyst
5 8 (9.64%) Architect
5 8 (9.64%) IT Technician
6 7 (8.43%) WAN Engineer
7 6 (7.23%) IT Manager
7 6 (7.23%) Operations Analyst
7 6 (7.23%) Security Analyst
7 6 (7.23%) Security Operations Analyst
8 5 (6.02%) Consultant
8 5 (6.02%) Firewall Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) Support Technician
9 4 (4.82%) IT Support
9 4 (4.82%) JDE CNC Consultant
9 4 (4.82%) JDE Consultant
9 4 (4.82%) Senior IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.64%) JSON
1 8 (9.64%) YAML
2 4 (4.82%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.20%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.64%) Data Centre
1 8 (9.64%) PKI
2 6 (7.23%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (6.02%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (4.82%) CCTV
4 4 (4.82%) Driving Licence
4 4 (4.82%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (4.82%) FMCG
4 4 (4.82%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (3.61%) Clustering
6 2 (2.41%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.20%) CMDB
7 1 (1.20%) IoT
7 1 (1.20%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.20%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.20%) Social Media
7 1 (1.20%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 24 (28.92%) Windows
2 10 (12.05%) Linux
2 10 (12.05%) Windows Server
3 9 (10.84%) Windows 10
4 7 (8.43%) Windows Server 2012
4 7 (8.43%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (7.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (4.82%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (2.41%) Mac OS X
7 2 (2.41%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (1.20%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (13.25%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (13.25%) ITIL
3 10 (12.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 10 (12.05%) Load Balancing
4 9 (10.84%) ERP
5 8 (9.64%) Agile
5 8 (9.64%) CI/CD
5 8 (9.64%) Customer Service
5 8 (9.64%) DevOps
5 8 (9.64%) Infrastructure as Code
6 7 (8.43%) Analytics
6 7 (8.43%) Cloud Security
6 7 (8.43%) Continuous Integration
6 7 (8.43%) Dependency Management
6 7 (8.43%) Migration
6 7 (8.43%) Performance Monitoring
6 7 (8.43%) Platform Engineering
7 6 (7.23%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (7.23%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 16 (19.28%) PowerShell
2 11 (13.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (16.87%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (13.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (12.05%) CCNA
3 10 (12.05%) Degree
4 9 (10.84%) CCNP
4 9 (10.84%) Security Cleared
5 6 (7.23%) MCSE
6 4 (4.82%) A+ Certification
6 4 (4.82%) Azure Certification
6 4 (4.82%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (4.82%) Oracle Certification
6 4 (4.82%) SC Cleared
7 3 (3.61%) CCDA
8 2 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.41%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.20%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.20%) CCIE
9 1 (1.20%) CCIE Data Center
9 1 (1.20%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.23%) GDPR
1 6 (7.23%) NIST
2 5 (6.02%) SLA
3 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 26 (31.33%) Active Directory
2 18 (21.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (19.28%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.41%) vSphere
5 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (14.46%) Terraform
2 8 (9.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (8.43%) SCCM
4 4 (4.82%) AirWatch
5 3 (3.61%) Autotask
5 3 (3.61%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (3.61%) FortiGate
5 3 (3.61%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (2.41%) ZABBIX
7 1 (1.20%) Nagios
Vendors
1 36 (43.37%) Microsoft
2 29 (34.94%) Cisco
3 19 (22.89%) VMware
4 18 (21.69%) Juniper
5 13 (15.66%) HP
6 12 (14.46%) CheckPoint
6 12 (14.46%) Meraki
7 9 (10.84%) Palo Alto
8 8 (9.64%) Aruba
9 7 (8.43%) Avaya
9 7 (8.43%) Sage
9 7 (8.43%) Sophos
10 6 (7.23%) Citrix
10 6 (7.23%) Fortinet
11 5 (6.02%) F5
11 5 (6.02%) Ruckus Wireless
11 5 (6.02%) Veeam
12 4 (4.82%) Apple
12 4 (4.82%) SolarWinds
12 4 (4.82%) WatchGuard