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 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 92 200
Rank change year-on-year -53 +108 -42
Permanent jobs citing VPN 73 110 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.21% 2.84% 1.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.58% 14.40% 10.79%
Number of salaries quoted 33 89 105
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,400
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £59,750 £64,600 £63,750
England median annual salary £46,500 £48,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.13% +1.05% +1.60%

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 762 764 1,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.60% 19.75% 11.96%
Number of salaries quoted 360 569 725
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,750 £44,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.91% -11.50% +12.36%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,789 £73,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +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 20 September 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 20 September 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 -22 21 £60,000 +4.35% 10
Warwickshire -19 15 £40,000 -33.33% 7
Worcestershire -16 9 £45,503 -32.59% 4
Solihull - 8 £48,800 - 1
Shropshire -3 7 £39,750 -6.47% 1
Staffordshire -35 6 £51,250 +25.00% 6
Herefordshire -1 4 £27,500 -42.11% 6
Sutton Coldfield - 3 - -
Coventry +9 1 £27,000 -28.95% 1
Stourbridge - 1 £40,000 -
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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 11 (15.07%) SharePoint
2 8 (10.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (21.92%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.74%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (5.48%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (5.48%) PeopleSoft HCM
1 4 (5.48%) Sage 200
2 3 (4.11%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 45 (61.64%) Azure
2 26 (35.62%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (15.07%) AWS
4 9 (12.33%) Entra ID
5 7 (9.59%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (9.59%) IaaS
5 7 (9.59%) PaaS
6 4 (5.48%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (5.48%) OCI
7 3 (4.11%) Google Workspace
8 2 (2.74%) Cloudflare
8 2 (2.74%) OneDrive
8 2 (2.74%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.37%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (1.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (1.37%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.37%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 52 (71.23%) Firewall
2 31 (42.47%) WAN
3 25 (34.25%) LAN
4 22 (30.14%) DNS
5 17 (23.29%) DHCP
5 17 (23.29%) VLAN
6 14 (19.18%) Network Security
7 13 (17.81%) IPsec
7 13 (17.81%) MPLS
8 12 (16.44%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (12.33%) BGP
9 9 (12.33%) NetScaler
10 8 (10.96%) SD-WAN
10 8 (10.96%) TCP/IP
10 8 (10.96%) Wireless
10 8 (10.96%) WLAN
11 7 (9.59%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (9.59%) VoIP
12 4 (5.48%) SAN
12 4 (5.48%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.48%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.37%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (9.59%) Git
2 5 (6.85%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 21 (28.77%) Social Skills
2 12 (16.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (9.59%) Local Government
4 6 (8.22%) Retail
5 5 (6.85%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.85%) Finance
5 5 (6.85%) Legal
5 5 (6.85%) Telecoms
6 4 (5.48%) Back Office
7 3 (4.11%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.11%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.37%) Advertising
8 1 (1.37%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (23.29%) Network Engineer
2 10 (13.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (13.70%) IT Support
3 7 (9.59%) IT Manager
3 7 (9.59%) WAN Engineer
4 6 (8.22%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 6 (8.22%) Architect
4 6 (8.22%) IT Technician
5 5 (6.85%) Analyst
5 5 (6.85%) Consultant
5 5 (6.85%) IT Analyst
5 5 (6.85%) Senior
5 5 (6.85%) Support Technician
6 4 (5.48%) Infrastructure Architect
6 4 (5.48%) IT Support Technician
6 4 (5.48%) JDE CNC Consultant
6 4 (5.48%) JDE Consultant
6 4 (5.48%) Service Analyst
6 4 (5.48%) Service Desk Analyst
7 3 (4.11%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.59%) JSON
1 7 (9.59%) YAML
2 4 (5.48%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.33%) Driving Licence
2 8 (10.96%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.85%) PKI
4 4 (5.48%) CCTV
4 4 (5.48%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (5.48%) FMCG
4 4 (5.48%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (5.48%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (5.48%) Wiki
5 3 (4.11%) IoT
6 2 (2.74%) iPhone
7 1 (1.37%) CMDB
7 1 (1.37%) Handset
7 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.37%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (30.14%) Windows
2 11 (15.07%) Windows Server
3 7 (9.59%) Linux
3 7 (9.59%) Windows Server 2012
3 7 (9.59%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (6.85%) Windows 10
5 4 (5.48%) Mac OS
5 4 (5.48%) Oracle Linux
6 2 (2.74%) Mac OS X
7 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (23.29%) ITIL
2 16 (21.92%) Load Balancing
3 14 (19.18%) Customer Service
4 13 (17.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 12 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (15.07%) ERP
6 11 (15.07%) Service Management
7 8 (10.96%) Analytics
7 8 (10.96%) ITSM
8 7 (9.59%) Agile
8 7 (9.59%) CI/CD
8 7 (9.59%) Cloud Security
8 7 (9.59%) Continuous Integration
8 7 (9.59%) Dependency Management
8 7 (9.59%) DevOps
8 7 (9.59%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (9.59%) Performance Monitoring
8 7 (9.59%) Platform Engineering
9 6 (8.22%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (8.22%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 14 (19.18%) PowerShell
2 12 (16.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (27.40%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (26.03%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (21.92%) CCNA
4 12 (16.44%) MCSE
5 11 (15.07%) Security Cleared
6 9 (12.33%) CCNP
7 7 (9.59%) Degree
7 7 (9.59%) MCP
8 4 (5.48%) A+ Certification
8 4 (5.48%) MCSA
8 4 (5.48%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (5.48%) Oracle Certification
8 4 (5.48%) SC Cleared
9 3 (4.11%) ACSP
9 3 (4.11%) CCDA
10 2 (2.74%) AWS Certification
10 2 (2.74%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.59%) SLA
2 5 (6.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.37%) NCSC
System Software
1 26 (35.62%) Active Directory
2 19 (26.03%) Hyper-V
2 19 (26.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (1.37%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (15.07%) Terraform
2 4 (5.48%) AirWatch
2 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (4.11%) FortiGate
3 3 (4.11%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.74%) ZABBIX
5 1 (1.37%) Nagios
5 1 (1.37%) SCCM
5 1 (1.37%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 35 (47.95%) Microsoft
2 29 (39.73%) Cisco
3 20 (27.40%) VMware
4 11 (15.07%) Citrix
4 11 (15.07%) Juniper
5 8 (10.96%) HP
5 8 (10.96%) Palo Alto
6 7 (9.59%) Avaya
6 7 (9.59%) Zscaler
7 6 (8.22%) Apple
7 6 (8.22%) CheckPoint
8 5 (6.85%) F5
8 5 (6.85%) Meraki
9 4 (5.48%) Fortinet
9 4 (5.48%) Hyperion
9 4 (5.48%) JD Edwards
9 4 (5.48%) Oracle
9 4 (5.48%) Ruckus Wireless
9 4 (5.48%) Sage
9 4 (5.48%) WatchGuard