VPN Job Trends in Yorkshire

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring VPN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 106 117
Rank change year-on-year -35 +11 +37
Permanent jobs citing VPN 52 61 102
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.76% 1.78% 1.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.16% 10.87% 13.82%
Number of salaries quoted 40 41 68
10th Percentile £30,200 £27,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £42,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% +10.39% -12.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,625 £82,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -10.45%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 512 561 738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 7.45% 16.40% 12.22%
Number of salaries quoted 313 368 538
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,087 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £32,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% -23.53% -3.48%
75th Percentile £57,239 £48,750 £60,352
90th Percentile £69,878 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

VPN job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

VPN
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing VPN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing VPN

VPN
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for VPN in Yorkshire

VPN
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 11 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Yorkshire -38 19 £45,000 +0.67% 9
South Yorkshire -36 13 £50,000 +53.85% 7
North Yorkshire +13 4 £26,250 -50.00%
East Yorkshire -27 1 £32,500 -7.80% 5
VPN
England

VPN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 24 (46.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (40.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (21.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 35 (67.31%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (57.69%) Azure
3 24 (46.15%) Entra ID
4 8 (15.38%) AWS
5 5 (9.62%) OneDrive
6 3 (5.77%) IaaS
6 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (5.77%) PaaS
6 3 (5.77%) Power Platform
7 2 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (3.85%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (3.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (3.85%) Cloudflare
7 2 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (3.85%) GitHub
7 2 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (3.85%) Kong
8 1 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 32 (61.54%) WAN
2 30 (57.69%) Firewall
2 30 (57.69%) LAN
3 27 (51.92%) DNS
4 25 (48.08%) DHCP
5 19 (36.54%) VLAN
6 13 (25.00%) TCP/IP
7 10 (19.23%) SD-WAN
8 9 (17.31%) BGP
9 7 (13.46%) MPLS
9 7 (13.46%) VoIP
10 6 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (7.69%) Asterisk PBX
11 4 (7.69%) HTTP
11 4 (7.69%) Software-Defined Networking
11 4 (7.69%) SSL
11 4 (7.69%) VPLS
12 3 (5.77%) ADSL
12 3 (5.77%) WebEx
13 2 (3.85%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.77%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.92%) MySQL
2 1 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (7.69%) GitLab
2 2 (3.85%) Jenkins
General
1 28 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (1.92%) Aerospace
3 1 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (1.92%) Law
3 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.92%) Public Sector
3 1 (1.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (25.00%) Senior
2 11 (21.15%) Support Engineer
3 10 (19.23%) IT Support
4 8 (15.38%) IT Engineer
4 8 (15.38%) IT Manager
5 7 (13.46%) Analyst
5 7 (13.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) Help Desk Adviser
6 5 (9.62%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) IT Support Technician
6 5 (9.62%) IT Technician
6 5 (9.62%) Support Technician
6 5 (9.62%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (7.69%) Service Analyst
7 4 (7.69%) Service Desk Analyst
8 3 (5.77%) 3rd Line Support
8 3 (5.77%) Junior
8 3 (5.77%) Network Support Analyst
8 3 (5.77%) Support Analyst
8 3 (5.77%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.62%) Web Services
2 4 (7.69%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.92%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.92%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.38%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (13.46%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (11.54%) Driving Licence
4 5 (9.62%) PKI
5 3 (5.77%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (5.77%) Data Centre
6 2 (3.85%) Cloud Native
6 2 (3.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 33 (63.46%) Windows
2 21 (40.38%) Windows Server
3 7 (13.46%) Linux
4 3 (5.77%) Mac OS
4 3 (5.77%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (3.85%) VMS
5 2 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.92%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (21.15%) Customer Service
2 11 (21.15%) Disaster Recovery
2 11 (21.15%) ERP
2 11 (21.15%) ITIL
3 10 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (17.31%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (15.38%) Incident Management
5 8 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 8 (15.38%) IT Strategy
5 8 (15.38%) Project Delivery
5 8 (15.38%) Service Delivery
6 6 (11.54%) Decision-Making
6 6 (11.54%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (11.54%) Time Management
7 5 (9.62%) Coaching
7 5 (9.62%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (9.62%) Roadmaps
7 5 (9.62%) Strategic Thinking
7 5 (9.62%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 10 (19.23%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.85%) Bicep
2 2 (3.85%) Groovy
2 2 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (17.31%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (15.38%) CCNA
3 6 (11.54%) Security Cleared
4 4 (7.69%) DV Cleared
5 3 (5.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (5.77%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.92%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.92%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.92%) CCNP
6 1 (1.92%) Degree
6 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (19.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.77%) GDPR
2 3 (5.77%) SLA
3 2 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 30 (57.69%) Active Directory
2 14 (26.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (15.38%) vSphere
4 7 (13.46%) Hyper-V
5 6 (11.54%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (7.69%) VMware NSX
7 2 (3.85%) Docker
7 2 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (30.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (7.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (7.69%) Ansible
2 4 (7.69%) Terraform
2 4 (7.69%) WSUS
3 3 (5.77%) Autotask
4 2 (3.85%) Kubernetes
4 2 (3.85%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 14 (26.92%) VMware
3 12 (23.08%) Cisco
4 5 (9.62%) Fortinet
5 4 (7.69%) HP
5 4 (7.69%) ServiceNow
5 4 (7.69%) Splunk
5 4 (7.69%) Veeam
6 3 (5.77%) ConnectWise
6 3 (5.77%) Huawei
6 3 (5.77%) Meraki
6 3 (5.77%) Polycom
6 3 (5.77%) Remedy
6 3 (5.77%) SAP
7 2 (3.85%) Datto
7 2 (3.85%) SonicWALL
7 2 (3.85%) WatchGuard
8 1 (1.92%) SolarWinds