VPN Jobs with Work from Home 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 204 202 319
Rank change year-on-year -2 +117 -62
Permanent jobs citing VPN 446 553 894
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.60% 1.68% 1.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.64% 14.25% 9.50%
Number of salaries quoted 278 452 688
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £87,375 £78,750
UK median annual salary £46,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.00% +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 4,190 3,882 9,409
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.00% 11.83% 11.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,346 3,097 5,593
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £56,456
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +1.85% +2.65%
75th Percentile £67,968 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

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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

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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

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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 26 July 2024.

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 67 (15.02%) SharePoint
2 56 (12.56%) Apache
3 55 (12.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.57%) nginx
5 4 (0.90%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.67%) Confluence
7 1 (0.22%) CMS
7 1 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.22%) IIS
7 1 (0.22%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 32 (7.17%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.45%) Trello
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (0.90%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 3 (0.67%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.22%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 153 (34.30%) Azure
2 116 (26.01%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (13.45%) Amazon S3
4 49 (10.99%) AWS
5 43 (9.64%) Entra ID
6 18 (4.04%) SaaS
7 16 (3.59%) GitHub
8 15 (3.36%) OneDrive
9 13 (2.91%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (2.47%) GCP
11 10 (2.24%) IaaS
12 9 (2.02%) PaaS
13 8 (1.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 7 (1.57%) Power Platform
15 6 (1.35%) Amazon EC2
15 6 (1.35%) WhatsApp
16 5 (1.12%) Amazon ELB
16 5 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
16 5 (1.12%) Slack
16 5 (1.12%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 342 (76.68%) Firewall
2 184 (41.26%) WAN
3 177 (39.69%) LAN
4 117 (26.23%) IPsec
5 114 (25.56%) DNS
6 102 (22.87%) Internet
7 89 (19.96%) DHCP
7 89 (19.96%) Wi-Fi
8 86 (19.28%) VLAN
9 84 (18.83%) TCP/IP
10 79 (17.71%) Network Security
11 60 (13.45%) Wireless
12 56 (12.56%) SNMP
13 52 (11.66%) BGP
13 52 (11.66%) MPLS
14 46 (10.31%) OSPF
15 40 (8.97%) SD-WAN
16 33 (7.40%) VoIP
17 24 (5.38%) IPv4
18 22 (4.93%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (13.23%) Elasticsearch
2 54 (12.11%) MongoDB
3 16 (3.59%) SQL Server
4 14 (3.14%) Amazon RDS
4 14 (3.14%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.57%) Power BI
6 6 (1.35%) MySQL
7 5 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.12%) Redis
8 4 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.90%) DB2
9 1 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.22%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 13 (2.91%) JIRA
2 11 (2.47%) Git
3 10 (2.24%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.02%) Trac
5 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.22%) Subversion
General
1 129 (28.92%) Social Skills
2 84 (18.83%) Finance
3 36 (8.07%) Telecoms
4 30 (6.73%) Retail
5 22 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (3.14%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (2.47%) Legal
8 10 (2.24%) Law
9 8 (1.79%) Mandarin Language
9 8 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.57%) Banking
11 6 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.12%) Public Sector
13 4 (0.90%) Advertising
14 3 (0.67%) Back Office
14 3 (0.67%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.67%) French Language
14 3 (0.67%) German Language
14 3 (0.67%) Italian Language
14 3 (0.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 101 (22.65%) Network Engineer
2 77 (17.26%) Senior
3 66 (14.80%) Consultant
4 61 (13.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 54 (12.11%) NetApp Consultant
6 33 (7.40%) Architect
7 27 (6.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 24 (5.38%) Lead
9 21 (4.71%) Infrastructure Architect
9 21 (4.71%) IT Engineer
9 21 (4.71%) Senior Network Engineer
10 19 (4.26%) Analyst
10 19 (4.26%) Network Manager
11 18 (4.04%) Project Engineer
12 17 (3.81%) IT Support
13 16 (3.59%) Project Manager
13 16 (3.59%) Team Leader
14 14 (3.14%) Support Engineer
15 12 (2.69%) Data Centre Project Manager
15 12 (2.69%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (12.33%) YAML
2 54 (12.11%) RabbitMQ
3 8 (1.79%) CSS
3 8 (1.79%) HTML
3 8 (1.79%) RESTful
4 6 (1.35%) 802.1X
4 6 (1.35%) Web Services
5 5 (1.12%) GraphQL
5 5 (1.12%) gRPC
5 5 (1.12%) Knex.js
5 5 (1.12%) LEMP Stack
5 5 (1.12%) Middleware
5 5 (1.12%) Node.js
5 5 (1.12%) React
5 5 (1.12%) React Native
5 5 (1.12%) Sequelize
5 5 (1.12%) SOAP
6 4 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (0.90%) WebSphere MQ
7 3 (0.67%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 134 (30.04%) Data Centre
2 22 (4.93%) Public Cloud
3 15 (3.36%) Management Information System
3 15 (3.36%) PKI
4 13 (2.91%) Video Conferencing
5 11 (2.47%) Driving Licence
5 11 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.79%) Blackberry
8 7 (1.57%) Client/Server
9 6 (1.35%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.35%) IoT
10 5 (1.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.12%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.12%) Private Cloud
11 4 (0.90%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.90%) CMDB
11 4 (0.90%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 206 (46.19%) Windows
2 148 (33.18%) Linux
3 74 (16.59%) Windows Server
4 54 (12.11%) Data ONTAP
5 33 (7.40%) Windows 10
6 28 (6.28%) Ubuntu
7 27 (6.05%) VMS
8 21 (4.71%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (3.81%) Windows Server 2016
10 12 (2.69%) Apple iOS
11 11 (2.47%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (1.57%) Android
13 6 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 5 (1.12%) Windows 7
15 4 (0.90%) Oracle Linux
15 4 (0.90%) Windows Server 2008
16 3 (0.67%) Unix
17 2 (0.45%) Mac OS
18 1 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
18 1 (0.22%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
2 92 (20.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 90 (20.18%) Actionable Insight
4 80 (17.94%) Project Management
5 66 (14.80%) Infrastructure Management
6 64 (14.35%) Agile
7 58 (13.00%) Release Management
8 56 (12.56%) Storage Management
9 55 (12.33%) Project Planning
10 48 (10.76%) ITIL
11 45 (10.09%) Computer Science
12 32 (7.17%) Customer Service
13 31 (6.95%) Cybersecurity
14 30 (6.73%) Collaborative Culture
14 30 (6.73%) DevOps
15 28 (6.28%) Mentoring
15 28 (6.28%) Project Delivery
16 27 (6.05%) Application Security
16 27 (6.05%) DevSecOps
16 27 (6.05%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 89 (19.96%) Python
2 35 (7.85%) PowerShell
3 23 (5.16%) SQL
4 11 (2.47%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.79%) Bash
6 7 (1.57%) Java
7 6 (1.35%) C#
8 5 (1.12%) Go
8 5 (1.12%) JSX
8 5 (1.12%) R
8 5 (1.12%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.45%) Korn
9 2 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.45%) PHP
10 1 (0.22%) C
10 1 (0.22%) C++
10 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 99 (22.20%) Cisco Certification
2 69 (15.47%) Security Cleared
3 66 (14.80%) CCNP
4 53 (11.88%) CCNA
4 53 (11.88%) Degree
5 36 (8.07%) DV Cleared
6 33 (7.40%) CISSP
7 29 (6.50%) SC Cleared
8 27 (6.05%) CCIE
9 25 (5.61%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (3.81%) Azure Certification
12 16 (3.59%) APMP
13 9 (2.02%) MCSE
13 9 (2.02%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (1.35%) HND
14 6 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (1.12%) JNCIA
16 4 (0.90%) JNCIP
16 4 (0.90%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (3.81%) SLA
3 9 (2.02%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.35%) NIST
5 5 (1.12%) GDPR
6 4 (0.90%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.67%) GRC
8 1 (0.22%) COBIT
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.22%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.22%) PMO
8 1 (0.22%) QA
System Software
1 140 (31.39%) Active Directory
2 118 (26.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (15.70%) Docker
4 64 (14.35%) Hyper-V
5 31 (6.95%) VMware ESXi
6 29 (6.50%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (3.59%) pfSense
8 13 (2.91%) vSphere
9 11 (2.47%) NFS
10 10 (2.24%) Virtual Desktop
11 4 (0.90%) vCloud
12 3 (0.67%) Firmware
12 3 (0.67%) Terminal Server
12 3 (0.67%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.45%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 105 (23.54%) Ansible
2 61 (13.68%) Kubernetes
3 59 (13.23%) Prometheus
4 58 (13.00%) vCenter Server
5 48 (10.76%) Microsoft Intune
6 47 (10.54%) Terraform
7 34 (7.62%) WSUS
8 20 (4.48%) Grafana
9 18 (4.04%) ZABBIX
10 9 (2.02%) FortiGate
10 9 (2.02%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 9 (2.02%) SCDPM
11 7 (1.57%) SCCM
12 6 (1.35%) SCOM
13 4 (0.90%) Puppet
14 3 (0.67%) AirWatch
14 3 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
15 2 (0.45%) HAProxy
15 2 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
15 2 (0.45%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 158 (35.43%) Cisco
2 148 (33.18%) VMware
3 147 (32.96%) Microsoft
4 105 (23.54%) Palo Alto
5 60 (13.45%) Red Hat
6 56 (12.56%) Meraki
7 54 (12.11%) NetApp
7 54 (12.11%) SolidFire
8 52 (11.66%) Juniper
9 41 (9.19%) Fortinet
10 26 (5.83%) HP
11 24 (5.38%) Veeam
12 19 (4.26%) Citrix
13 17 (3.81%) Aruba
13 17 (3.81%) Ruckus Wireless
14 16 (3.59%) Oracle
14 16 (3.59%) SolarWinds
15 15 (3.36%) CheckPoint
15 15 (3.36%) McAfee
16 13 (2.91%) F5