Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 27 January 2022

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 27 January 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
27 Jan 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 242 185 194
Rank change year-on-year -57 +9 +3
Permanent jobs citing VPN 383 169 91
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.29% 1.51% 1.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.50% 11.28% 8.89%
Number of salaries quoted 287 145 68
10th Percentile £35,500 £25,750 £33,200
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,065 1,498 1,024
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.34% 13.40% 14.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2,355 1,322 895
10th Percentile £35,750 £33,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,875 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +1.00% +5.26% -

VPN
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VPN trend for jobs with a WFH option

VPN
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing VPN.

VPN salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

VPN
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing VPN over the 6 months to 27 January 2022.

VPN salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 27 January 2022, VPN job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for VPN.

1 215 (56.14%) Firewall
2 190 (49.61%) Windows
3 180 (47.00%) Microsoft
4 178 (46.48%) Azure
5 151 (39.43%) Windows Server
6 149 (38.90%) Active Directory
7 136 (35.51%) Microsoft 365
8 113 (29.50%) WAN
9 112 (29.24%) DNS
10 109 (28.46%) VMware
11 102 (26.63%) Cisco
12 101 (26.37%) Linux
13 99 (25.85%) AWS
14 86 (22.45%) SCCM
14 86 (22.45%) LAN
15 84 (21.93%) VMware Infrastructure
16 82 (21.41%) Microsoft Intune
17 78 (20.37%) Windows 10
18 75 (19.58%) DevOps
18 75 (19.58%) DHCP
19 74 (19.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 72 (18.80%) ITIL
20 72 (18.80%) Security Cleared
21 71 (18.54%) Network Security
21 71 (18.54%) Finance
21 71 (18.54%) Public Cloud
22 70 (18.28%) SC Cleared
23 68 (17.75%) Presales
24 64 (16.71%) Social Skills
24 64 (16.71%) Migration

VPN
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 33 (8.62%) SharePoint
2 23 (6.01%) MS Exchange
3 17 (4.44%) Elasticsearch
4 14 (3.66%) IIS
5 13 (3.39%) Apache
6 11 (2.87%) Confluence
7 8 (2.09%) Oracle Workflow
7 8 (2.09%) WordPress
8 7 (1.83%) Exchange Server 2010
9 6 (1.57%) CMS
9 6 (1.57%) Sitecore CMS
9 6 (1.57%) Umbraco
10 5 (1.31%) Skype for Business
10 5 (1.31%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.52%) nginx
12 1 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.26%) JBoss
12 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.26%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 20 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.44%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (2.09%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (1.57%) Sage 200
3 4 (1.04%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.26%) Sentinel
Cloud Services
1 178 (46.48%) Azure
2 136 (35.51%) Microsoft 365
3 99 (25.85%) AWS
4 60 (15.67%) Azure Active Directory
5 57 (14.88%) SaaS
6 30 (7.83%) IaaS
7 28 (7.31%) PaaS
8 21 (5.48%) AWS Direct Connect
9 20 (5.22%) Amazon EC2
10 19 (4.96%) GCP
10 19 (4.96%) OneDrive
11 15 (3.92%) Serverless
12 14 (3.66%) AWS Lambda
12 14 (3.66%) Azure Service Bus
13 13 (3.39%) Amazon ElastiCache
14 11 (2.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 6 (1.57%) Amazon S3
15 6 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
15 6 (1.57%) CloudFront
15 6 (1.57%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 215 (56.14%) Firewall
2 113 (29.50%) WAN
3 112 (29.24%) DNS
4 86 (22.45%) LAN
5 75 (19.58%) DHCP
6 71 (18.54%) Network Security
7 63 (16.45%) TCP/IP
8 62 (16.19%) BGP
9 51 (13.32%) Unified Communications
10 50 (13.05%) MPLS
11 49 (12.79%) SSL
12 47 (12.27%) IPsec
13 45 (11.75%) OSPF
14 43 (11.23%) Wi-Fi
15 34 (8.88%) VoIP
15 34 (8.88%) Wireless
16 33 (8.62%) VLAN
17 25 (6.53%) Broadband
18 21 (5.48%) SNMP
19 19 (4.96%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.57%) SQL Server
2 24 (6.27%) MySQL
3 18 (4.70%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (3.39%) Amazon Aurora
5 13 (3.39%) Amazon DynamoDB
5 13 (3.39%) MariaDB
5 13 (3.39%) Redis
6 5 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.52%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.52%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.26%) SQL Server 2005
9 1 (0.26%) SQL Server 2008
9 1 (0.26%) SQL Server 2016
Development Applications
1 20 (5.22%) Jenkins
2 12 (3.13%) Octopus Deploy
2 12 (3.13%) TeamCity
3 11 (2.87%) JIRA
4 7 (1.83%) Selenium
5 6 (1.57%) GitLab
5 6 (1.57%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.31%) Git (software)
7 4 (1.04%) Oracle APEX
7 4 (1.04%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (1.04%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 3 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.26%) Maven
General
1 71 (18.54%) Finance
2 64 (16.71%) Social Skills
3 25 (6.53%) Telecoms
4 21 (5.48%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (4.18%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.87%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.09%) Pharmaceutical
8 8 (2.09%) Retail
9 7 (1.83%) Advertising
10 4 (1.04%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.04%) Electronics
10 4 (1.04%) Marketing
11 3 (0.78%) Banking
11 3 (0.78%) Law
11 3 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.52%) Front Office
12 2 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 84 (21.93%) Consultant
2 60 (15.67%) Technical Consultant
3 51 (13.32%) Network Engineer
4 49 (12.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 46 (12.01%) DevOps Engineer
6 45 (11.75%) Cloud Consultant
7 32 (8.36%) Architect
7 32 (8.36%) Support Engineer
8 28 (7.31%) Analyst
9 21 (5.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 19 (4.96%) Support Analyst
11 18 (4.70%) 3rd Line Support
12 16 (4.18%) Cloud Engineer
12 16 (4.18%) Junior
12 16 (4.18%) Linux Engineer
13 15 (3.92%) IT Support
14 14 (3.66%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
15 13 (3.39%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 13 (3.39%) Junior DevOps
15 13 (3.39%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.44%) LDAP
2 15 (3.92%) Web Services
2 15 (3.92%) XML
3 13 (3.39%) HTML
4 12 (3.13%) Ajax
4 12 (3.13%) CSS
5 8 (2.09%) SOAP
6 4 (1.04%) ARM Templates
6 4 (1.04%) OAuth
7 3 (0.78%) OpenID
7 3 (0.78%) Regular Expression
7 3 (0.78%) REST
8 2 (0.52%) React
8 2 (0.52%) SAML
8 2 (0.52%) Software Packaging
9 1 (0.26%) .NET
9 1 (0.26%) Hibernate
9 1 (0.26%) J2EE
9 1 (0.26%) LAMP
9 1 (0.26%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 71 (18.54%) Public Cloud
2 61 (15.93%) Data Centre
3 17 (4.44%) Management Information System
4 11 (2.87%) Driving Licence
4 11 (2.87%) e-Learning
5 8 (2.09%) CMDB
6 7 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.83%) User Experience
7 6 (1.57%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (1.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.04%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.04%) Clustering
9 4 (1.04%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.04%) PKI
10 3 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.78%) Internet of Things
10 3 (0.78%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.78%) Smartphone
10 3 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 190 (49.61%) Windows
2 151 (39.43%) Windows Server
3 101 (26.37%) Linux
4 78 (20.37%) Windows 10
5 36 (9.40%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (7.31%) Windows Server 2012
7 20 (5.22%) CentOS
7 20 (5.22%) Unix
8 18 (4.70%) Debian
8 18 (4.70%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (4.44%) Apple iOS
10 14 (3.66%) Android
10 14 (3.66%) Ubuntu
11 10 (2.61%) Windows Server 2003
12 9 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (2.35%) Windows 7
12 9 (2.35%) Windows Server 2008
13 8 (2.09%) Solaris
14 7 (1.83%) VyOS
15 5 (1.31%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (19.58%) DevOps
2 74 (19.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 72 (18.80%) ITIL
4 68 (17.75%) Presales
5 64 (16.71%) Migration
6 45 (11.75%) High Availability
7 43 (11.23%) Requirements Gathering
8 40 (10.44%) Project Management
9 39 (10.18%) Problem-Solving
10 37 (9.66%) Disaster Recovery
11 33 (8.62%) ITSM
12 31 (8.09%) Network Management
12 31 (8.09%) Network Monitoring
13 30 (7.83%) Infrastructure as Code
14 26 (6.79%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 26 (6.79%) Technical Architecture
15 25 (6.53%) Agile Software Development
15 25 (6.53%) Network Design
16 24 (6.27%) Load Balancing
17 22 (5.74%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (15.40%) PowerShell
2 57 (14.88%) Python
3 36 (9.40%) SQL
4 17 (4.44%) PHP
5 15 (3.92%) JavaScript
6 12 (3.13%) Bash
7 11 (2.87%) Shell Script
8 8 (2.09%) Java
9 5 (1.31%) Bicep
9 5 (1.31%) Perl
10 4 (1.04%) C#
11 3 (0.78%) Go
11 3 (0.78%) VB
12 2 (0.52%) Ruby
12 2 (0.52%) VBA
13 1 (0.26%) C
13 1 (0.26%) C++
13 1 (0.26%) Korn
Qualifications
1 72 (18.80%) Security Cleared
2 70 (18.28%) SC Cleared
3 61 (15.93%) Cisco Certification
4 47 (12.27%) Degree
5 35 (9.14%) CCNA
6 31 (8.09%) CCNP
7 16 (4.18%) CCIE
7 16 (4.18%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.83%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 6 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.57%) MCSE
11 5 (1.31%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.31%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.78%) JNCIA
13 3 (0.78%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.05%) SLA
2 13 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.57%) GDPR
3 6 (1.57%) PCI DSS
3 6 (1.57%) QA
4 3 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.52%) NIST
6 1 (0.26%) COBIT
6 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.26%) NCSC
6 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 149 (38.90%) Active Directory
2 84 (21.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (10.44%) Hyper-V
4 29 (7.57%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (5.22%) Docker
6 15 (3.92%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (3.66%) iptables
8 11 (2.87%) KVM
8 11 (2.87%) Virtual Servers
8 11 (2.87%) VMware ESXi
9 10 (2.61%) XenDesktop
10 9 (2.35%) NFS
10 9 (2.35%) vSphere
11 5 (1.31%) VMware NSX
11 5 (1.31%) VMware Server
11 5 (1.31%) XenApp
12 4 (1.04%) ProxySG
13 2 (0.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.52%) Squid
13 2 (0.52%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 86 (22.45%) SCCM
2 82 (21.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 62 (16.19%) Terraform
4 34 (8.88%) Ansible
5 14 (3.66%) Nagios
6 13 (3.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 13 (3.39%) Kubernetes
6 13 (3.39%) ZABBIX
7 12 (3.13%) Icinga
7 12 (3.13%) Packer
8 11 (2.87%) Puppet
8 11 (2.87%) WSUS
9 10 (2.61%) Rancher
10 8 (2.09%) Failover Clustering
10 8 (2.09%) HP UCMDB
10 8 (2.09%) Red Hat Spacewalk
11 6 (1.57%) Opscode Chef
12 5 (1.31%) Grafana
12 5 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.78%) CASB
Vendors
1 180 (47.00%) Microsoft
2 109 (28.46%) VMware
3 102 (26.63%) Cisco
4 41 (10.70%) Citrix
5 35 (9.14%) SolarWinds
6 30 (7.83%) HP
7 27 (7.05%) Juniper
7 27 (7.05%) ServiceNow
8 25 (6.53%) Palo Alto
9 21 (5.48%) Red Hat
10 20 (5.22%) CheckPoint
10 20 (5.22%) Oracle
11 18 (4.70%) Meraki
12 17 (4.44%) Google
13 16 (4.18%) Fortinet
14 13 (3.39%) F5
15 11 (2.87%) Apple
15 11 (2.87%) Veeam
16 10 (2.61%) Dell
17 8 (2.09%) BMC