VPN Jobs in England

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 209 219 314
Rank change year-on-year +10 +95 -76
Permanent jobs citing VPN 1,221 1,504 1,745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.42% 1.70% 1.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.13% 10.73% 9.70%
Number of salaries quoted 960 1,157 1,412
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,070 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,715 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,050 14,014 17,998
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.03% 15.80% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,523 7,180 10,349
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,394 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in England

VPN
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for VPN in England

VPN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VPN in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the England region over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. 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
London -9 359 £55,000 -8.33% 86
South East +5 280 £46,500 +9.41% 41
North of England +19 226 £40,000 -11.11% 60
Midlands +27 166 £39,750 -11.67% 52
Yorkshire +94 115 £37,500 -25.00% 21
South West -24 110 £37,500 +1.35% 29
West Midlands +18 98 £39,875 -11.63% 24
North West -38 89 £45,000 - 32
East of England +9 80 £37,500 -25.00% 19
East Midlands +14 67 £39,000 +11.43% 28
North East +10 28 £35,250 -11.27% 7
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UK

VPN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 218 (17.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 176 (14.41%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.11%) Apache
4 33 (2.70%) IIS
5 32 (2.62%) Exchange Server 2010
6 9 (0.74%) Skype for Business
6 9 (0.74%) WordPress
7 7 (0.57%) Confluence
7 7 (0.57%) nginx
7 7 (0.57%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2007
8 6 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2013
8 6 (0.49%) SAS
8 6 (0.49%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.16%) CMS
9 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (0.16%) Resin
10 1 (0.082%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.082%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 165 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.74%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.16%) Trello
6 1 (0.082%) 1Password
6 1 (0.082%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.41%) Carpe Diem
3 4 (0.33%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.25%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.16%) Eikon
5 2 (0.16%) Shopify
6 1 (0.082%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 573 (46.93%) Azure
2 520 (42.59%) Microsoft 365
3 162 (13.27%) AWS
4 159 (13.02%) Entra ID
5 77 (6.31%) OneDrive
6 67 (5.49%) IaaS
7 59 (4.83%) PaaS
8 56 (4.59%) SaaS
9 45 (3.69%) Amazon S3
10 43 (3.52%) GCP
11 32 (2.62%) Cloud Computing
12 31 (2.54%) Azure Monitor
12 31 (2.54%) Mimecast
13 25 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
14 21 (1.72%) GitHub
15 16 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
15 16 (1.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 16 (1.31%) Power Platform
15 16 (1.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 14 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 795 (65.11%) Firewall
2 434 (35.54%) WAN
3 418 (34.23%) LAN
4 388 (31.78%) DNS
5 299 (24.49%) DHCP
6 249 (20.39%) VLAN
7 228 (18.67%) TCP/IP
8 190 (15.56%) Wi-Fi
9 181 (14.82%) Wireless
10 170 (13.92%) Network Security
11 132 (10.81%) Internet
12 126 (10.32%) IPsec
13 116 (9.50%) BGP
13 116 (9.50%) MPLS
14 110 (9.01%) SAN
15 108 (8.85%) VoIP
16 101 (8.27%) OSPF
17 98 (8.03%) SD-WAN
18 78 (6.39%) SSL
19 51 (4.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (6.06%) SQL Server
2 47 (3.85%) MongoDB
3 40 (3.28%) Elasticsearch
4 38 (3.11%) Amazon RDS
5 28 (2.29%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.15%) Power BI
7 13 (1.06%) MySQL
8 8 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (0.57%) Redis
10 6 (0.49%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.41%) DB2
11 5 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.33%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.16%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.16%) InfluxDB
13 2 (0.16%) Looker
13 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 1 (0.082%) Data Warehouse
14 1 (0.082%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 31 (2.54%) JIRA
2 25 (2.05%) Git
3 20 (1.64%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.90%) GitLab
5 10 (0.82%) Trac
6 7 (0.57%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.41%) Subversion
8 3 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.082%) Selenium
General
1 374 (30.63%) Social Skills
2 139 (11.38%) Finance
3 97 (7.94%) Telecoms
4 85 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (5.41%) Retail
6 51 (4.18%) Law
7 30 (2.46%) Manufacturing
8 28 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (1.72%) Banking
9 21 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (1.56%) Legal
10 19 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (1.15%) Billing
11 14 (1.15%) German Language
12 12 (0.98%) Back Office
13 11 (0.90%) Games
13 11 (0.90%) Public Sector
14 7 (0.57%) Investment Banking
14 7 (0.57%) Marketing
14 7 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 228 (18.67%) Network Engineer
2 173 (14.17%) IT Support
3 160 (13.10%) Senior
4 156 (12.78%) Support Engineer
5 155 (12.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 146 (11.96%) IT Engineer
7 144 (11.79%) Analyst
8 102 (8.35%) Architect
9 94 (7.70%) IT Support Engineer
10 68 (5.57%) IT Analyst
11 58 (4.75%) Infrastructure Architect
12 57 (4.67%) Consultant
13 56 (4.59%) Support Analyst
14 53 (4.34%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 53 (4.34%) Service Analyst
15 50 (4.10%) IT Support Analyst
15 50 (4.10%) Service Desk Analyst
16 47 (3.85%) Lead
17 46 (3.77%) 3rd Line Support
18 43 (3.52%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (4.91%) YAML
2 38 (3.11%) 802.1X
3 34 (2.78%) RabbitMQ
4 32 (2.62%) JSON
5 25 (2.05%) HTML
5 25 (2.05%) XML
6 24 (1.97%) LDAP
7 21 (1.72%) SOAP
8 17 (1.39%) Web Services
9 14 (1.15%) REST
10 13 (1.06%) ARM Templates
11 12 (0.98%) CSS
12 11 (0.90%) LAMP
12 11 (0.90%) NETCONF
12 11 (0.90%) RESTCONF
12 11 (0.90%) YANG
13 8 (0.66%) .NET
13 8 (0.66%) SAML
14 7 (0.57%) ADSI
14 7 (0.57%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 196 (16.05%) Data Centre
2 64 (5.24%) Driving Licence
3 56 (4.59%) Public Cloud
4 53 (4.34%) Management Information System
5 52 (4.26%) Replication
6 45 (3.69%) PKI
7 34 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
8 29 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
9 28 (2.29%) Onboarding
10 24 (1.97%) Clustering
11 20 (1.64%) Client/Server
11 20 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
12 16 (1.31%) Private Cloud
12 16 (1.31%) Product Ownership
13 13 (1.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 12 (0.98%) Security Posture
15 11 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
16 10 (0.82%) CMDB
17 9 (0.74%) IoT
17 9 (0.74%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 664 (54.38%) Windows
2 348 (28.50%) Windows Server
3 251 (20.56%) Linux
4 128 (10.48%) Windows 10
5 75 (6.14%) Windows Server 2019
6 66 (5.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 63 (5.16%) Ubuntu
8 59 (4.83%) Windows Server 2012
9 50 (4.10%) VMS
10 42 (3.44%) Apple iOS
11 38 (3.11%) Mac OS
12 36 (2.95%) Unix
13 34 (2.78%) Android
13 34 (2.78%) Data ONTAP
14 20 (1.64%) Windows 7
15 18 (1.47%) Windows Server 2008
16 17 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 16 (1.31%) CentOS
18 14 (1.15%) Mac OS X
19 11 (0.90%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
2 196 (16.05%) ITIL
3 194 (15.89%) Customer Service
4 189 (15.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 129 (10.57%) Agile
6 127 (10.40%) Cybersecurity
7 110 (9.01%) Project Management
8 99 (8.11%) DevOps
9 94 (7.70%) Service Management
10 92 (7.53%) Service Delivery
11 88 (7.21%) Disaster Recovery
12 84 (6.88%) Actionable Insight
13 80 (6.55%) Roadmaps
14 79 (6.47%) Mentoring
15 77 (6.31%) Computer Science
15 77 (6.31%) Project Delivery
16 72 (5.90%) Load Balancing
16 72 (5.90%) Migration
17 68 (5.57%) Infrastructure Management
18 59 (4.83%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 194 (15.89%) PowerShell
2 126 (10.32%) Python
3 123 (10.07%) SQL
4 34 (2.78%) Bash
5 16 (1.31%) C#
6 15 (1.23%) JavaScript
7 10 (0.82%) Java
8 7 (0.57%) Perl
9 6 (0.49%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.41%) JSX
10 5 (0.41%) R
10 5 (0.41%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.25%) Groovy
11 3 (0.25%) Ruby
11 3 (0.25%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.16%) Korn
12 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.16%) PHP
13 1 (0.082%) Rust
13 1 (0.082%) VBA
Qualifications
1 181 (14.82%) Cisco Certification
2 147 (12.04%) Degree
3 124 (10.16%) Security Cleared
4 115 (9.42%) CCNA
5 104 (8.52%) CCNP
6 82 (6.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 73 (5.98%) SC Cleared
8 47 (3.85%) Azure Certification
9 43 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
10 41 (3.36%) MCSE
11 40 (3.28%) CISSP
12 35 (2.87%) DV Cleared
13 34 (2.78%) MCSA
14 27 (2.21%) CCIE
15 21 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 18 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
17 17 (1.39%) A+ Certification
18 16 (1.31%) APMP
18 16 (1.31%) AWS Certification
18 16 (1.31%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (9.09%) SLA
2 40 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (2.78%) GDPR
4 23 (1.88%) NIST
5 19 (1.56%) PCI DSS
6 14 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.74%) HIPAA
8 7 (0.57%) NCSC
9 6 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (0.41%) QA
11 4 (0.33%) GRC
12 3 (0.25%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.16%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.082%) COBIT
14 1 (0.082%) FISMA
14 1 (0.082%) HITRUST
14 1 (0.082%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 1 (0.082%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 555 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 256 (20.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 223 (18.26%) Hyper-V
4 81 (6.63%) Docker
5 75 (6.14%) vSphere
6 63 (5.16%) VMware ESXi
7 61 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
8 29 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
9 21 (1.72%) pfSense
10 17 (1.39%) Virtual Servers
11 15 (1.23%) vCloud
12 14 (1.15%) NFS
13 11 (0.90%) Firmware
14 10 (0.82%) Terminal Services
15 6 (0.49%) VMware NSX
16 5 (0.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 4 (0.33%) XenDesktop
18 3 (0.25%) Terminal Server
18 3 (0.25%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 178 (14.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 112 (9.17%) Ansible
3 88 (7.21%) Terraform
4 78 (6.39%) Kubernetes
4 78 (6.39%) SCCM
5 51 (4.18%) WSUS
6 43 (3.52%) Prometheus
6 43 (3.52%) vCenter Server
7 30 (2.46%) FortiGate
7 30 (2.46%) ZABBIX
8 25 (2.05%) Jamf Pro
9 24 (1.97%) Grafana
10 22 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
11 19 (1.56%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 17 (1.39%) Puppet
13 16 (1.31%) SCDPM
14 15 (1.23%) Autotask
15 14 (1.15%) AirWatch
16 13 (1.06%) Failover Clustering
17 11 (0.90%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 564 (46.19%) Microsoft
2 365 (29.89%) VMware
3 341 (27.93%) Cisco
4 117 (9.58%) Palo Alto
5 113 (9.25%) Veeam
6 103 (8.44%) Juniper
7 101 (8.27%) Citrix
8 98 (8.03%) Meraki
9 78 (6.39%) Fortinet
10 62 (5.08%) HP
11 56 (4.59%) Red Hat
12 55 (4.50%) SolarWinds
13 46 (3.77%) CheckPoint
13 46 (3.77%) F5
14 44 (3.60%) Apple
14 44 (3.60%) Aruba
15 41 (3.36%) Sophos
16 39 (3.19%) NetApp
17 36 (2.95%) Dell
18 34 (2.78%) Google