VPN Job Trends in West Sussex

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring VPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 21 43
Rank change year-on-year -18 +22 +58
Permanent jobs citing VPN 6 25 24
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 1.52% 5.75% 4.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.29% 36.23% 19.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3 12 20
10th Percentile - £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £26,500 £40,625 £32,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £47,500 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -43.16% +6.74% -40.67%
75th Percentile £30,750 £51,250 £49,063
90th Percentile £32,700 - £57,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £45,500
% change year-on-year - +4.40% +7.06%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 42 69 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 10.66% 15.86% 23.12%
Number of salaries quoted 19 44 94
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,625 £32,000
25th Percentile £30,375 £43,750 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £48,750 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +15.38% -15.50%
75th Percentile £47,250 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £51,750 £71,250 £63,750
South East median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +5.00% +4.17%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

VPN job vacancy trend in West Sussex

VPN
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing VPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing VPN

VPN
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 12 October 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
Haywards Heath - 2 - - 1
Worthing - 2 £27,000 - 2
Crawley 0 1 - - 2
Selsey - 1 £32,000 - 3
VPN
South East

VPN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (16.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) DHCP
1 3 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Wireless
2 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) IP Telephony
2 2 (33.33%) IPsec
2 2 (33.33%) LAN
2 2 (33.33%) MPLS
2 2 (33.33%) Spanning Tree
2 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (33.33%) VLAN
2 2 (33.33%) WAN
2 2 (33.33%) Wireless
2 2 (33.33%) Wireless Security
2 2 (33.33%) Wireshark
2 2 (33.33%) WLAN
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (16.67%) German Language
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) IT Support
1 3 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Network Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Build Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Junior
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Build Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Deployment Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Customer-Centric Approach
2 2 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security
2 2 (33.33%) Network Planning
2 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) Innovative Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Server Management
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CCNP
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) Riverbed
3 1 (16.67%) Snow