VPN Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 205 205
Rank change year-on-year +55 0 +118
Permanent jobs citing VPN 475 500 572
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.25% 1.58% 1.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.26% 10.52% 14.25%
Number of salaries quoted 162 323 463
10th Percentile £29,300 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,375 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,875 £68,375
90th Percentile £88,625 £75,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,750 4,755 4,014
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.28% 14.99% 11.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,016 2,847 3,180
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,569
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -47.62% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £74,258 £81,250 £88,750
UK median annual salary £33,000 £47,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -30.53% -7.77% -1.90%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VPN trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing VPN.

VPN salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing VPN over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

VPN salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 32 (6.74%) SharePoint
2 30 (6.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.05%) IIS
4 1 (0.21%) CMS
4 1 (0.21%) Confluence
4 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.21%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 10 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.21%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 122 (25.68%) Azure
2 74 (15.58%) Microsoft 365
3 71 (14.95%) AWS
4 48 (10.11%) Entra ID
5 26 (5.47%) SaaS
6 23 (4.84%) IaaS
7 20 (4.21%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 20 (4.21%) Power Platform
8 19 (4.00%) Azure Monitor
9 18 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (3.58%) Azure Key Vault
10 17 (3.58%) PaaS
11 16 (3.37%) Azure AI
11 16 (3.37%) Azure Service Bus
11 16 (3.37%) GCP
11 16 (3.37%) Power Automate
12 13 (2.74%) OneDrive
13 10 (2.11%) AWS Direct Connect
14 9 (1.89%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (1.89%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 267 (56.21%) Cisco IOS
2 149 (31.37%) Firewall
3 94 (19.79%) WAN
4 78 (16.42%) DNS
5 59 (12.42%) LAN
6 51 (10.74%) SD-WAN
7 48 (10.11%) DHCP
8 43 (9.05%) VLAN
9 37 (7.79%) Wi-Fi
10 35 (7.37%) Network Security
10 35 (7.37%) TCP/IP
11 33 (6.95%) BGP
11 33 (6.95%) OSPF
12 22 (4.63%) Cisco ASA
13 21 (4.42%) Wireless
14 20 (4.21%) Cisco Firepower
15 19 (4.00%) WLAN
16 17 (3.58%) IPsec
16 17 (3.58%) MPLS
17 16 (3.37%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.79%) Data Lake
1 18 (3.79%) MySQL
2 16 (3.37%) Power BI
3 14 (2.95%) Amazon RDS
4 13 (2.74%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.42%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.21%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (3.79%) Git
2 4 (0.84%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.84%) JIRA
3 1 (0.21%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.21%) Hudson
3 1 (0.21%) Snyk
3 1 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 283 (59.58%) Analytical Skills
2 275 (57.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 53 (11.16%) Social Skills
4 36 (7.58%) Finance
5 10 (2.11%) Telecoms
6 7 (1.47%) Law
7 6 (1.26%) Banking
7 6 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (1.26%) Legal
7 6 (1.26%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.05%) Marketing
9 4 (0.84%) Local Government
10 3 (0.63%) Back Office
10 3 (0.63%) Electronics
10 3 (0.63%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.63%) Retail
11 2 (0.42%) Police
12 1 (0.21%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.21%) Games
Job Titles
1 287 (60.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 48 (10.11%) Network Engineer
3 36 (7.58%) Architect
4 34 (7.16%) IT Support
5 28 (5.89%) Analyst
6 24 (5.05%) Lead
6 24 (5.05%) Senior
7 22 (4.63%) Support Analyst
8 20 (4.21%) Cloud Architect
9 17 (3.58%) 2nd Line Support
9 17 (3.58%) IT Analyst
9 17 (3.58%) IT Support Analyst
9 17 (3.58%) Support Engineer
10 16 (3.37%) IT Engineer
11 13 (2.74%) Cloud Engineer
12 11 (2.32%) Cisco Engineer
12 11 (2.32%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 10 (2.11%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (1.89%) IT Support Engineer
15 8 (1.68%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 262 (55.16%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (0.63%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.42%) JSON
3 2 (0.42%) LDAP
4 1 (0.21%) Ajax
4 1 (0.21%) boto
4 1 (0.21%) CSS
4 1 (0.21%) FreeSWITCH
4 1 (0.21%) HTML
4 1 (0.21%) Middleware
4 1 (0.21%) SOAP
4 1 (0.21%) Web Services
4 1 (0.21%) XML
4 1 (0.21%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 262 (55.16%) Cyberattack
2 50 (10.53%) Data Centre
3 23 (4.84%) Onboarding
4 20 (4.21%) NHS
5 18 (3.79%) Driving Licence
6 11 (2.32%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.47%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.47%) PKI
10 6 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.84%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.84%) Security Posture
11 4 (0.84%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.63%) Clustering
12 3 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.63%) Public Cloud
13 2 (0.42%) Data Protection Act
13 2 (0.42%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 356 (74.95%) Windows
2 295 (62.11%) Linux
3 266 (56.00%) Android
4 55 (11.58%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.53%) Windows 10
6 11 (2.32%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.26%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.42%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.21%) Check Point GAiA
11 1 (0.21%) Debian
11 1 (0.21%) Solaris
11 1 (0.21%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (70.11%) Problem-Solving
2 301 (63.37%) DevOps
3 296 (62.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 273 (57.47%) Task Automation
5 269 (56.63%) Risk Management
6 265 (55.79%) Platform Engineering
7 263 (55.37%) Line Management
8 262 (55.16%) Mathematics
8 262 (55.16%) Storage Management
9 52 (10.95%) ITIL
10 42 (8.84%) Cybersecurity
11 35 (7.37%) Infrastructure as Code
12 29 (6.11%) Disaster Recovery
13 28 (5.89%) Roadmaps
14 27 (5.68%) Service Management
15 26 (5.47%) Change Management
16 25 (5.26%) CI/CD
16 25 (5.26%) Project Delivery
17 24 (5.05%) Migration
18 23 (4.84%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 314 (66.11%) PowerShell
2 285 (60.00%) Python
3 270 (56.84%) Bash
4 24 (5.05%) SQL
5 16 (3.37%) Bicep
6 2 (0.42%) R
7 1 (0.21%) Groovy
7 1 (0.21%) Java
7 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 39 (8.21%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (6.74%) Azure Certification
2 32 (6.74%) Security Cleared
3 28 (5.89%) Degree
4 27 (5.68%) SC Cleared
5 23 (4.84%) CCNA
6 22 (4.63%) CCNP
7 21 (4.42%) DBS Check
7 21 (4.42%) Network+ Certification
8 17 (3.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (2.74%) JNCIA
10 12 (2.53%) AWS Certification
11 11 (2.32%) A+ Certification
12 9 (1.89%) CCIE
13 8 (1.68%) CISSP
13 8 (1.68%) DV Cleared
14 6 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (1.05%) CISM
15 5 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
15 5 (1.05%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (2.32%) NIST
3 10 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (2.11%) GDPR
4 8 (1.68%) SLA
5 7 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.63%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.63%) NCSC
6 3 (0.63%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.42%) COBIT
7 2 (0.42%) GRC
7 2 (0.42%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.42%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 285 (60.00%) Hyper-V
2 266 (56.00%) vSphere
3 263 (55.37%) Docker
4 262 (55.16%) VMware NSX
5 66 (13.89%) Active Directory
6 30 (6.32%) VMware Infrastructure
7 27 (5.68%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (2.11%) Firmware
9 3 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.21%) Kamailio
10 1 (0.21%) KVM
10 1 (0.21%) NFS
10 1 (0.21%) pfSense
10 1 (0.21%) SRDF
10 1 (0.21%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.21%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.21%) Xen
Systems Management
1 286 (60.21%) Ansible
2 280 (58.95%) Terraform
3 39 (8.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (4.63%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.26%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.26%) SCCM
6 5 (1.05%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.63%) Puppet
8 2 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.21%) Autotask
9 1 (0.21%) CASB
9 1 (0.21%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.21%) HP UCMDB
9 1 (0.21%) Plesk
9 1 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 333 (70.11%) Cisco
2 286 (60.21%) Juniper
3 263 (55.37%) Splunk
4 262 (55.16%) 3PAR
5 93 (19.58%) Microsoft
6 35 (7.37%) VMware
7 33 (6.95%) Meraki
8 27 (5.68%) CheckPoint
9 19 (4.00%) Palo Alto
10 18 (3.79%) SolarWinds
11 16 (3.37%) Databricks
11 16 (3.37%) Fortinet
12 12 (2.53%) HP
13 10 (2.11%) Dynatrace
13 10 (2.11%) Infoblox
14 8 (1.68%) F5
14 8 (1.68%) Google
15 6 (1.26%) ServiceNow
16 5 (1.05%) Apple
16 5 (1.05%) SAP