VPN Jobs in the West Midlands

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for VPN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VPN over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 154 171 169
Rank change year-on-year +17 -2 -35
Permanent jobs citing VPN 100 98 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.38% 1.49% 1.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.99% 8.63% 10.99%
Number of salaries quoted 80 83 98
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £25,225
25th Percentile £31,813 £35,438 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +5.88% -15.00%
75th Percentile £59,063 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £77,500 £69,875
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 is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,001 1,135 1,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.79% 17.23% 14.77%
Number of salaries quoted 828 523 712
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,875 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,227 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +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 4 May 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 4 May 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 -10 33 £65,000 +4.29% 6
Staffordshire -13 19 £37,500 -9.09% 5
Worcestershire -15 11 £35,000 -20.00% 3
Warwickshire +55 10 £57,500 +7.48% 3
Solihull +10 8 £27,500 -48.11% 6
Shropshire -10 5 £39,750 +52.88% 1
Herefordshire +1 4 £27,500 -42.11% 2
Dudley +9 3 £24,500 -20.97%
Sutton Coldfield - 3 - -
Coventry +28 1 £27,000 -40.00%
Halesowen - 1 £42,500 -
Wednesbury - 1 £30,000 -
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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 12 (12.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (2.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (2.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (2.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 21 (21.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (2.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.00%) Sage 200
2 1 (1.00%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 48 (48.00%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (42.00%) Azure
3 15 (15.00%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (15.00%) Entra ID
4 14 (14.00%) IaaS
4 14 (14.00%) PaaS
5 5 (5.00%) AWS
5 5 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (4.00%) OneDrive
7 3 (3.00%) Google Workspace
8 2 (2.00%) Amazon S3
8 2 (2.00%) GCP
8 2 (2.00%) Mimecast
8 2 (2.00%) OpenDNS
8 2 (2.00%) Rubrik
8 2 (2.00%) SaaS
9 1 (1.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (1.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 62 (62.00%) Firewall
2 29 (29.00%) DNS
3 28 (28.00%) LAN
3 28 (28.00%) WAN
4 20 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (19.00%) DHCP
5 19 (19.00%) MPLS
5 19 (19.00%) Network Security
6 18 (18.00%) TCP/IP
7 15 (15.00%) VLAN
8 13 (13.00%) IPsec
9 11 (11.00%) VoIP
9 11 (11.00%) Wireless
10 10 (10.00%) NGFW
10 10 (10.00%) OSPF
10 10 (10.00%) WLAN
11 8 (8.00%) BGP
12 6 (6.00%) SD-WAN
13 4 (4.00%) SAN
14 3 (3.00%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.00%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.00%) Git
2 2 (2.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 15 (15.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (13.00%) Retail
3 12 (12.00%) Finance
4 10 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 8 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.00%) Manufacturing
7 4 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (4.00%) Local Government
8 2 (2.00%) Law
8 2 (2.00%) Legal
8 2 (2.00%) Marketing
9 1 (1.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 22 (22.00%) Network Engineer
2 17 (17.00%) Analyst
3 16 (16.00%) Architect
4 15 (15.00%) Senior
5 11 (11.00%) Senior Network Engineer
6 10 (10.00%) Citrix Architect
6 10 (10.00%) Cloud Architect
6 10 (10.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
6 10 (10.00%) DevOps Architect
7 9 (9.00%) IT Support
7 9 (9.00%) IT Technician
7 9 (9.00%) Systems Engineer
8 8 (8.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 8 (8.00%) Operations Analyst
8 8 (8.00%) Security Analyst
8 8 (8.00%) Security Operations Analyst
9 7 (7.00%) Support Engineer
10 6 (6.00%) IT Manager
10 6 (6.00%) Service Analyst
10 6 (6.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (14.00%) JSON
1 14 (14.00%) YAML
2 10 (10.00%) ARM Templates
3 2 (2.00%) LAMP
3 2 (2.00%) V-Ray
3 2 (2.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.00%) Private Cloud
1 10 (10.00%) Public Cloud
2 9 (9.00%) PKI
3 8 (8.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (5.00%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.00%) CCTV
5 4 (4.00%) Clustering
5 4 (4.00%) Driving Licence
5 4 (4.00%) FMCG
5 4 (4.00%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (2.00%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.00%) IoT
7 1 (1.00%) Social Media
7 1 (1.00%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 43 (43.00%) Windows
2 27 (27.00%) Windows Server
3 13 (13.00%) Windows 10
4 10 (10.00%) Linux
5 9 (9.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (9.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (7.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (5.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (2.00%) Mac OS
8 2 (2.00%) Mac OS X
8 2 (2.00%) Windows 8
8 2 (2.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (15.00%) Agile
1 15 (15.00%) CI/CD
1 15 (15.00%) DevOps
1 15 (15.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 15 (15.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 15 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (11.00%) Customer Service
4 10 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (10.00%) Network Design
4 10 (10.00%) SDLC
5 9 (9.00%) Load Balancing
6 8 (8.00%) Information Security
6 8 (8.00%) Migration
6 8 (8.00%) Risk Management
6 8 (8.00%) Security Operations
6 8 (8.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 7 (7.00%) Data Security
7 7 (7.00%) Network Architecture
7 7 (7.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 24 (24.00%) PowerShell
2 10 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (15.00%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (13.00%) Degree
3 11 (11.00%) CCNA
3 11 (11.00%) CCNP
4 10 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (8.00%) Security Cleared
6 5 (5.00%) A+ Certification
6 5 (5.00%) MCSE
6 5 (5.00%) SC Cleared
7 4 (4.00%) Azure Certification
7 4 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (4.00%) JNCIA
7 4 (4.00%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (3.00%) CCDA
9 2 (2.00%) CCIE
9 2 (2.00%) CCIE Data Center
10 1 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (1.00%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (1.00%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.00%) GDPR
1 8 (8.00%) NIST
2 4 (4.00%) SLA
3 1 (1.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 39 (39.00%) Active Directory
2 27 (27.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (20.00%) Hyper-V
4 13 (13.00%) vSphere
5 12 (12.00%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (4.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 3 (3.00%) Terminal Services
8 3 (3.00%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (2.00%) Docker
9 2 (2.00%) pfSense
9 2 (2.00%) XenApp
9 2 (2.00%) XenDesktop
10 1 (1.00%) Firmware
10 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 15 (15.00%) Terraform
2 8 (8.00%) SCCM
3 7 (7.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (4.00%) AirWatch
4 4 (4.00%) Autotask
4 4 (4.00%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (4.00%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (2.00%) Backup Exec
6 1 (1.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 43 (43.00%) Microsoft
2 34 (34.00%) Cisco
3 30 (30.00%) VMware
4 17 (17.00%) Juniper
5 16 (16.00%) Citrix
6 15 (15.00%) HP
7 13 (13.00%) CheckPoint
8 12 (12.00%) Meraki
9 10 (10.00%) Sophos
10 9 (9.00%) Aruba
11 8 (8.00%) Palo Alto
11 8 (8.00%) Veeam
12 7 (7.00%) Avaya
12 7 (7.00%) Sage
13 6 (6.00%) WatchGuard
14 5 (5.00%) Apple
14 5 (5.00%) Dell
15 4 (4.00%) Acronis
15 4 (4.00%) Ruckus Wireless
15 4 (4.00%) Veritas