VPN Jobs in West Yorkshire

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 93 172
Rank change year-on-year +16 +79 -5
Permanent jobs citing VPN 30 70 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 2.18% 2.27% 1.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.52% 15.25% 10.07%
Number of salaries quoted 25 46 36
10th Percentile £29,000 £23,500 £28,125
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,438 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,700 £47,500 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year -5.89% -22.36% +43.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £56,250 £67,070
90th Percentile £84,000 £65,625 £77,715
Yorkshire median annual salary £42,500 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -16.67% +5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 162 459 586
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 11.78% 14.88% 12.07%
Number of salaries quoted 107 318 277
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £33,125 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £51,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -22.33% +11.35% -6.57%
75th Percentile £71,875 £65,625 £67,070
90th Percentile £83,500 £78,750 £77,715
Yorkshire median annual salary £31,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -27.06% - -15.00%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in West Yorkshire

VPN
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for VPN in West Yorkshire

VPN
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VPN in West Yorkshire

VPN
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 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
Leeds +25 19 £61,250 +22.50% 29
Bradford -1 4 £39,850 +59.40% 28
Huddersfield +11 2 £31,500 +43.18%
Brighouse - 2 £30,750 -
Sowerby Bridge - 1 - -
Todmorden - 1 - -
Wakefield - 1 £31,000 - 17
VPN
Yorkshire

VPN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 4 (13.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (43.33%) Azure
2 12 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (23.33%) AWS
4 6 (20.00%) GCP
4 6 (20.00%) OCI
5 4 (13.33%) Mimecast
5 4 (13.33%) OneDrive
6 3 (10.00%) Entra ID
6 3 (10.00%) IaaS
6 3 (10.00%) Power Platform
6 3 (10.00%) SaaS
7 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (6.67%) Nutanix
8 1 (3.33%) Azure AI
8 1 (3.33%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (3.33%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (3.33%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (3.33%) PaaS
8 1 (3.33%) Power Automate
8 1 (3.33%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 17 (56.67%) Firewall
1 17 (56.67%) TCP/IP
2 16 (53.33%) DNS
3 10 (33.33%) DHCP
3 10 (33.33%) VLAN
4 9 (30.00%) BGP
4 9 (30.00%) LAN
4 9 (30.00%) OSPF
5 8 (26.67%) Network Security
5 8 (26.67%) WAN
6 7 (23.33%) Wireless
7 5 (16.67%) SAN
8 3 (10.00%) NAS
9 2 (6.67%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (6.67%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (6.67%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (6.67%) IP Telephony
9 2 (6.67%) IPsec
9 2 (6.67%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) Power BI
1 3 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.33%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Git
1 1 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 8 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (13.33%) Finance
4 2 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (6.67%) Local Government
4 2 (6.67%) Police
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (13.33%) IT Support
3 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) Lead
3 3 (10.00%) Lead Network Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (6.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Consultant
4 2 (6.67%) Developer
4 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (6.67%) IT Consultant
4 2 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Security Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Software Developer
4 2 (6.67%) Support Consultant
4 2 (6.67%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (6.67%) Technical Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.67%) Cyberattack
2 2 (6.67%) Driving Licence
2 2 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (6.67%) HP Storage
2 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.67%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.67%) PKI
2 2 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (30.00%) Windows
2 4 (13.33%) Windows Server
3 3 (10.00%) Linux
3 3 (10.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (6.67%) Android
4 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (3.33%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (20.00%) Load Balancing
3 6 (20.00%) Network Design
3 6 (20.00%) Task Automation
3 6 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (16.67%) ITIL
5 4 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (10.00%) Agile
6 3 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (10.00%) Decision-Making
7 2 (6.67%) Cloud Security
7 2 (6.67%) Design Patterns
7 2 (6.67%) Information Security
7 2 (6.67%) Migration
7 2 (6.67%) OOP
7 2 (6.67%) Risk Assessment
7 2 (6.67%) Risk Management
7 2 (6.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 10 (33.33%) Python
2 6 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 4 (13.33%) SQL
4 2 (6.67%) C++
4 2 (6.67%) Go
4 2 (6.67%) Java
5 1 (3.33%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.00%) CCNA
2 3 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (10.00%) Degree
3 2 (6.67%) Azure Certification
3 2 (6.67%) DV Cleared
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.33%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.67%) NIST
1 2 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 5 (16.67%) Hyper-V
3 3 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (6.67%) Docker
4 2 (6.67%) Firmware
4 2 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (3.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (33.33%) Ansible
2 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (10.00%) Backup Exec
3 3 (10.00%) SCCM
3 3 (10.00%) Terraform
4 2 (6.67%) NetBackup
5 1 (3.33%) FortiGate
5 1 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (3.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) Cisco
2 5 (16.67%) Veritas
2 5 (16.67%) VMware
3 4 (13.33%) Veeam
4 2 (6.67%) Avaya
4 2 (6.67%) CheckPoint
4 2 (6.67%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (6.67%) Dell
4 2 (6.67%) HP
4 2 (6.67%) SonicWALL
4 2 (6.67%) Tenable
4 2 (6.67%) Varonis
5 1 (3.33%) Commvault
5 1 (3.33%) Databricks
5 1 (3.33%) Meraki
5 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow