VPN Jobs in Yorkshire

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 110 198
Rank change year-on-year +21 +88 -4
Permanent jobs citing VPN 58 121 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 2.16% 2.10% 1.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.29% 15.41% 8.55%
Number of salaries quoted 41 84 71
10th Percentile £29,250 £23,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,563 £32,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -28.57% +23.53%
75th Percentile £72,500 £50,000 £65,313
90th Percentile £82,500 £63,375 £77,715
England median annual salary £50,000 £46,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% +5.26%

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 406 785 1,299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 15.15% 13.63% 15.75%
Number of salaries quoted 291 574 505
10th Percentile £25,087 £25,825 £25,425
25th Percentile £27,375 £31,250 £32,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.35% - -14.14%
75th Percentile £53,750 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,886 £72,500 £71,588
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for VPN in Yorkshire

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Salary Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VPN in Yorkshire.

Salary trend for VPN in Yorkshire

VPN
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VPN in Yorkshire

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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 1 May 2025. 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 +6 25 £47,350 +11.41% 19
South Yorkshire +55 16 £60,000 +86.05% 9
North Yorkshire -17 4 £37,500 +31.58% 9
East Yorkshire +3 3 £42,500 +6.25% 7
VPN
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (6.90%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.45%) Confluence
3 2 (3.45%) Tomcat
3 2 (3.45%) WebSphere
3 2 (3.45%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 9 (15.52%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (10.34%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 21 (36.21%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (27.59%) Azure
3 6 (10.34%) Entra ID
3 6 (10.34%) GitHub
4 5 (8.62%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (6.90%) Mimecast
6 3 (5.17%) AWS
6 3 (5.17%) OneDrive
6 3 (5.17%) SaaS
7 2 (3.45%) GCP
7 2 (3.45%) IaaS
7 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (3.45%) Nutanix
7 2 (3.45%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.72%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 38 (65.52%) Firewall
2 30 (51.72%) DNS
3 27 (46.55%) LAN
4 26 (44.83%) WAN
5 21 (36.21%) TCP/IP
6 12 (20.69%) DHCP
6 12 (20.69%) Network Security
7 10 (17.24%) Cisco Nexus
8 7 (12.07%) SAN
8 7 (12.07%) Wireless
9 6 (10.34%) DWDM
9 6 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (8.62%) NAS
11 4 (6.90%) HTTP
12 3 (5.17%) BGP
12 3 (5.17%) Cisco Firepower
12 3 (5.17%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (5.17%) OSPF
12 3 (5.17%) SD-WAN
12 3 (5.17%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.62%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.45%) NoSQL
2 2 (3.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (13.79%) Sonatype Nexus
2 6 (10.34%) Jenkins
3 4 (6.90%) Spinnaker
4 3 (5.17%) JIRA
General
1 15 (25.86%) Analytical Skills
1 15 (25.86%) Finance
2 11 (18.97%) Social Skills
3 10 (17.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (6.90%) Banking
4 4 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (3.45%) Automotive
5 2 (3.45%) Local Government
5 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 13 (22.41%) Network Engineer
2 9 (15.52%) Developer
2 9 (15.52%) Software Developer
3 8 (13.79%) Senior
4 7 (12.07%) IT Support
5 5 (8.62%) Architect
5 5 (8.62%) Support Engineer
6 4 (6.90%) Cloud Specialist
6 4 (6.90%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 4 (6.90%) Lead
7 3 (5.17%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) 3rd Line Support
7 3 (5.17%) Help Desk Team Lead
7 3 (5.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) Network Architect
7 3 (5.17%) Security Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) Senior Technician
7 3 (5.17%) Team Leader
8 2 (3.45%) Infrastructure Manager
8 2 (3.45%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.90%) HTML
1 4 (6.90%) SOAP
1 4 (6.90%) XML
1 4 (6.90%) XSLT
2 2 (3.45%) LDAP
2 2 (3.45%) Middleware
3 1 (1.72%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.52%) Cyberattack
2 8 (13.79%) Onboarding
3 5 (8.62%) Management Information System
3 5 (8.62%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (6.90%) Data Centre
5 3 (5.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (5.17%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (3.45%) Clustering
6 2 (3.45%) Driving Licence
6 2 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.45%) HP Storage
6 2 (3.45%) PKI
6 2 (3.45%) Replication
7 1 (1.72%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.72%) Fat Client
7 1 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.72%) Tandem
7 1 (1.72%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 28 (48.28%) Windows
2 22 (37.93%) Linux
3 12 (20.69%) Windows Server
4 9 (15.52%) Android
5 6 (10.34%) Windows 10
6 5 (8.62%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (6.90%) Unix
8 2 (3.45%) Mac OS
8 2 (3.45%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (20.69%) Line Management
3 9 (15.52%) Agile
3 9 (15.52%) Android Development
3 9 (15.52%) Design Patterns
3 9 (15.52%) ITIL
3 9 (15.52%) Mathematics
3 9 (15.52%) Mentoring
3 9 (15.52%) Network Architecture
3 9 (15.52%) OO
3 9 (15.52%) OOP
4 8 (13.79%) Migration
4 8 (13.79%) Technical Leadership
5 6 (10.34%) Computer Science
5 6 (10.34%) Full-Stack Development
5 6 (10.34%) Runbook
5 6 (10.34%) Task Automation
5 6 (10.34%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 5 (8.62%) Observability
6 5 (8.62%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (37.93%) Python
2 11 (18.97%) Java
2 11 (18.97%) SQL
3 9 (15.52%) C++
3 9 (15.52%) Go
4 6 (10.34%) Bash
4 6 (10.34%) PowerShell
5 4 (6.90%) C
5 4 (6.90%) JavaScript
5 4 (6.90%) Jython
5 4 (6.90%) Perl
Qualifications
1 13 (22.41%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (20.69%) Security Cleared
3 10 (17.24%) CCNA
4 9 (15.52%) DV Cleared
5 8 (13.79%) Degree
6 7 (12.07%) CCNP
7 6 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (10.34%) JNCIA
7 6 (10.34%) JNCIS
8 4 (6.90%) A+ Certification
9 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.72%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.72%) CCSA
10 1 (1.72%) CCSE
10 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (6.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.45%) NIST
2 2 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (31.03%) Active Directory
2 16 (27.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (20.69%) Hyper-V
4 9 (15.52%) Docker
5 3 (5.17%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (3.45%) Firmware
6 2 (3.45%) KVM
6 2 (3.45%) NFS
6 2 (3.45%) SRDF
6 2 (3.45%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 2 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (3.45%) vSphere
6 2 (3.45%) Xen
7 1 (1.72%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 20 (34.48%) Ansible
2 10 (17.24%) Terraform
3 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (6.90%) FortiGate
5 3 (5.17%) Backup Exec
5 3 (5.17%) Kubernetes
5 3 (5.17%) SCCM
6 2 (3.45%) NetBackup
6 2 (3.45%) Puppet
7 1 (1.72%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 25 (43.10%) Microsoft
2 23 (39.66%) VMware
3 17 (29.31%) Cisco
4 6 (10.34%) Arista
5 5 (8.62%) Veeam
5 5 (8.62%) Veritas
6 4 (6.90%) Dynatrace
7 3 (5.17%) CheckPoint
7 3 (5.17%) Meraki
7 3 (5.17%) ServiceNow
7 3 (5.17%) Zscaler
8 2 (3.45%) Avaya
8 2 (3.45%) Dell
8 2 (3.45%) EMC
8 2 (3.45%) F5
8 2 (3.45%) Google
8 2 (3.45%) HP
8 2 (3.45%) NetApp
8 2 (3.45%) Oracle
8 2 (3.45%) Varonis