VPN Jobs with Work from Home Options

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > Work from Home

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 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 195 224 315
Rank change year-on-year +29 +91 -66
Permanent jobs citing VPN 556 671 763
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.65% 1.56% 1.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.55% 13.82% 10.47%
Number of salaries quoted 377 515 639
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,600 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,375 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £80,250
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 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,272 4,857 7,288
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.62% 11.26% 10.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,412 3,588 4,891
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £56,150
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +2.40% +6.95%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,688 £73,675
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,852 £87,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +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 27 April 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 74 (13.31%) SharePoint
2 64 (11.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 58 (10.43%) Apache
4 8 (1.44%) nginx
5 6 (1.08%) Confluence
5 6 (1.08%) IIS
6 5 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2010
7 4 (0.72%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.18%) CMS
8 1 (0.18%) Gunicorn
8 1 (0.18%) uWSGI
Applications
1 50 (8.99%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.72%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.36%) Trello
4 1 (0.18%) 1Password
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.72%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 219 (39.39%) Azure
2 153 (27.52%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (13.31%) AWS
4 67 (12.05%) Amazon S3
5 52 (9.35%) Entra ID
6 37 (6.65%) SaaS
7 36 (6.47%) IaaS
8 30 (5.40%) PaaS
9 28 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (4.14%) GCP
11 20 (3.60%) Amazon EC2
11 20 (3.60%) GitHub
12 16 (2.88%) OneDrive
13 14 (2.52%) Serverless
14 11 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (1.80%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
15 10 (1.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 9 (1.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 9 (1.62%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 408 (73.38%) Firewall
2 217 (39.03%) WAN
3 209 (37.59%) LAN
4 140 (25.18%) DNS
5 121 (21.76%) Internet
6 114 (20.50%) DHCP
7 101 (18.17%) IPsec
8 93 (16.73%) Wi-Fi
9 91 (16.37%) VLAN
10 88 (15.83%) TCP/IP
11 82 (14.75%) Network Security
12 68 (12.23%) MPLS
13 64 (11.51%) Wireless
14 58 (10.43%) SNMP
15 53 (9.53%) BGP
16 51 (9.17%) OSPF
17 48 (8.63%) SD-WAN
18 45 (8.09%) VoIP
19 32 (5.76%) Remote Desktop
20 29 (5.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (10.61%) Elasticsearch
2 54 (9.71%) MongoDB
3 32 (5.76%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (2.70%) NoSQL
4 15 (2.70%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.62%) MySQL
6 6 (1.08%) BigQuery
6 6 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (0.90%) Power BI
7 5 (0.90%) Redis
8 4 (0.72%) DB2
9 2 (0.36%) SQLPlus
10 1 (0.18%) Big Data
10 1 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 16 (2.88%) JIRA
2 15 (2.70%) Jenkins
3 14 (2.52%) Git
4 10 (1.80%) Trac
5 6 (1.08%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.72%) Subversion
7 3 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.18%) GitLab
General
1 161 (28.96%) Social Skills
2 82 (14.75%) Finance
3 39 (7.01%) Retail
4 38 (6.83%) Telecoms
5 22 (3.96%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (3.06%) Legal
7 14 (2.52%) German Language
7 14 (2.52%) Law
8 8 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.08%) Advertising
9 6 (1.08%) French Language
9 6 (1.08%) Italian Language
9 6 (1.08%) Portuguese Language
9 6 (1.08%) Spanish Language
9 6 (1.08%) Swedish Language
9 6 (1.08%) Turkish Language
10 5 (0.90%) Banking
10 5 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.72%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 111 (19.96%) Senior
2 101 (18.17%) Network Engineer
3 76 (13.67%) Consultant
4 74 (13.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 72 (12.95%) Architect
6 54 (9.71%) NetApp Consultant
7 50 (8.99%) Infrastructure Architect
8 40 (7.19%) Analyst
9 38 (6.83%) IT Support
10 36 (6.47%) IT Engineer
11 34 (6.12%) Senior Network Engineer
12 31 (5.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 25 (4.50%) Support Analyst
14 24 (4.32%) Lead
14 24 (4.32%) Support Engineer
15 22 (3.96%) Cloud Architect
15 22 (3.96%) IT Analyst
16 21 (3.78%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
16 21 (3.78%) IT Support Analyst
17 19 (3.42%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (12.23%) YAML
2 54 (9.71%) RabbitMQ
3 17 (3.06%) HTML
3 17 (3.06%) Web Services
4 16 (2.88%) ARM Templates
4 16 (2.88%) CSS
4 16 (2.88%) JSON
5 13 (2.34%) LDAP
5 13 (2.34%) SOAP
6 12 (2.16%) XML
7 10 (1.80%) Ajax
8 5 (0.90%) GraphQL
8 5 (0.90%) gRPC
8 5 (0.90%) Knex.js
8 5 (0.90%) LEMP Stack
8 5 (0.90%) Middleware
8 5 (0.90%) Node.js
8 5 (0.90%) React
8 5 (0.90%) React Native
8 5 (0.90%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 148 (26.62%) Data Centre
2 42 (7.55%) Public Cloud
3 18 (3.24%) PKI
3 18 (3.24%) Private Cloud
4 15 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (2.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 14 (2.52%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.34%) Client/Server
7 12 (2.16%) CMDB
7 12 (2.16%) Driving Licence
7 12 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.44%) Cloud Native
8 8 (1.44%) iPad
9 7 (1.26%) IoT
10 5 (0.90%) Algorithms
10 5 (0.90%) Data Structures
10 5 (0.90%) Mobile App
10 5 (0.90%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.72%) iPhone
11 4 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 261 (46.94%) Windows
2 157 (28.24%) Linux
3 102 (18.35%) Windows Server
4 54 (9.71%) Data ONTAP
5 38 (6.83%) Ubuntu
5 38 (6.83%) VMS
6 27 (4.86%) Windows 10
7 19 (3.42%) Windows Server 2012
8 16 (2.88%) Windows Server 2019
9 15 (2.70%) Apple iOS
10 14 (2.52%) Windows Server 2016
11 11 (1.98%) Unix
12 8 (1.44%) Android
12 8 (1.44%) Windows 7
13 7 (1.26%) Windows Server 2008
14 6 (1.08%) Mac OS
15 5 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.18%) CentOS
16 1 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
16 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (19.06%) Actionable Insight
2 105 (18.88%) Problem-Solving
3 97 (17.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 92 (16.55%) Agile
5 82 (14.75%) Project Management
6 69 (12.41%) Infrastructure Management
7 67 (12.05%) DevOps
8 64 (11.51%) ITIL
9 59 (10.61%) Release Management
9 59 (10.61%) Storage Management
10 55 (9.89%) Project Planning
11 44 (7.91%) Infrastructure as Code
12 42 (7.55%) Collaborative Culture
13 41 (7.37%) Application Security
13 41 (7.37%) Customer Service
13 41 (7.37%) Roadmaps
14 37 (6.65%) CI/CD
14 37 (6.65%) DevSecOps
15 36 (6.47%) Cybersecurity
16 32 (5.76%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 90 (16.19%) Python
2 69 (12.41%) PowerShell
3 39 (7.01%) SQL
4 18 (3.24%) JavaScript
5 10 (1.80%) Bash
6 6 (1.08%) C#
7 5 (0.90%) JSX
7 5 (0.90%) R
7 5 (0.90%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.72%) Java
9 3 (0.54%) Groovy
9 3 (0.54%) Ruby
10 2 (0.36%) Korn
10 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.36%) PHP
11 1 (0.18%) C
11 1 (0.18%) C++
11 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 91 (16.37%) Cisco Certification
2 85 (15.29%) Security Cleared
3 55 (9.89%) CCNP
4 54 (9.71%) CCNA
5 51 (9.17%) Degree
6 41 (7.37%) SC Cleared
7 33 (5.94%) DV Cleared
8 28 (5.04%) CISSP
9 24 (4.32%) CCIE
10 21 (3.78%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (3.42%) Azure Certification
12 17 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (2.88%) APMP
14 10 (1.80%) MCSE
15 9 (1.62%) TOGAF Certification
16 6 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 6 (1.08%) CCIE Security
16 6 (1.08%) CCSP
16 6 (1.08%) DBS Check
16 6 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.29%) SLA
2 17 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.62%) NIST
4 6 (1.08%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.72%) GDPR
5 4 (0.72%) ISO 22301
5 4 (0.72%) QA
6 3 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.54%) GRC
7 2 (0.36%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.18%) COBIT
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 189 (33.99%) Active Directory
2 138 (24.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 94 (16.91%) Hyper-V
4 83 (14.93%) Docker
5 48 (8.63%) Virtual Machines
5 48 (8.63%) VMware ESXi
6 29 (5.22%) vSphere
7 23 (4.14%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (2.88%) pfSense
9 11 (1.98%) NFS
10 4 (0.72%) vCloud
10 4 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.36%) Firmware
11 2 (0.36%) Terminal Server
11 2 (0.36%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.36%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.18%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 122 (21.94%) Ansible
2 90 (16.19%) Terraform
3 79 (14.21%) Kubernetes
4 63 (11.33%) Prometheus
5 56 (10.07%) vCenter Server
6 52 (9.35%) Microsoft Intune
7 38 (6.83%) WSUS
8 24 (4.32%) Grafana
9 17 (3.06%) ZABBIX
10 13 (2.34%) FortiGate
11 10 (1.80%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 10 (1.80%) SCDPM
12 8 (1.44%) HP UCMDB
13 7 (1.26%) SCCM
14 6 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
14 6 (1.08%) SCOM
15 4 (0.72%) AirWatch
15 4 (0.72%) EMC NetWorker
15 4 (0.72%) Puppet
15 4 (0.72%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 180 (32.37%) Cisco
2 176 (31.65%) Microsoft
3 172 (30.94%) VMware
4 106 (19.06%) Palo Alto
5 75 (13.49%) Meraki
6 58 (10.43%) Red Hat
7 55 (9.89%) Juniper
8 54 (9.71%) NetApp
8 54 (9.71%) SolidFire
9 43 (7.73%) Fortinet
10 35 (6.29%) Citrix
11 31 (5.58%) Veeam
12 29 (5.22%) HP
13 22 (3.96%) SolarWinds
14 21 (3.78%) CheckPoint
15 20 (3.60%) Ruckus Wireless
16 17 (3.06%) Aruba
17 16 (2.88%) Zscaler
18 14 (2.52%) F5
19 13 (2.34%) ServiceNow