VPN Job Trends in Worcester

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Worcestershire > Worcester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Worcester requiring VPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 16 16
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +4
Permanent jobs citing VPN 1 6 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Worcester 1.41% 10.53% 4.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.50% 42.86% 7.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £42,705 £58,300
25th Percentile - £43,756 £59,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £45,507 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +53.82% -27.77% +48.24%
75th Percentile - £47,257 £64,750
90th Percentile - £48,308 £64,900
Worcestershire median annual salary £35,000 £42,005 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.68% -39.99% +76.10%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Worcester

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 Worcester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8 14 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcester 11.27% 24.56% 59.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 39
10th Percentile £25,800 £35,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £38,531 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £42,628 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.28% -12.11% +27.05%
75th Percentile £50,500 £47,781 £50,250
90th Percentile £62,200 £48,879 £58,500
Worcestershire median annual salary £31,500 £42,005 £32,500
% change year-on-year -25.01% +29.25% -21.21%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Worcester

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

VPN job vacancy trend in Worcester

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Salary Trend in Worcester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcester citing VPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcester citing VPN

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcester 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco