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

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 213 216 321
Rank change year-on-year +3 +105 -83
Permanent jobs citing VPN 1,215 1,491 1,753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.36% 1.73% 1.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.01% 10.72% 9.41%
Number of salaries quoted 943 1,143 1,401
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,800 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £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 12,136 13,909 18,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.56% 16.10% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 8,540 7,030 10,389
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £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 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +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 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VPN in England

VPN
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 29 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 -26 354 £54,000 -10.00% 87
South East -1 273 £46,500 +9.41% 49
North of England +5 226 £39,750 -11.67% 53
Midlands +12 175 £39,875 -11.39% 37
Yorkshire +80 113 £37,500 -16.67% 22
South West -10 109 £37,500 +4.17% 31
West Midlands +2 101 £40,000 -11.60% 22
North West -38 90 £45,000 -4.76% 28
East of England +7 79 £40,000 -21.95% 25
East Midlands +8 73 £39,000 +11.43% 15
North East +13 29 £34,000 -12.72% 3
VPN
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
1 210 (17.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 171 (14.07%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.13%) Apache
4 32 (2.63%) IIS
5 31 (2.55%) Exchange Server 2010
6 9 (0.74%) Skype for Business
6 9 (0.74%) WordPress
7 8 (0.66%) Confluence
8 7 (0.58%) nginx
8 7 (0.58%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2007
9 6 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2013
9 6 (0.49%) SAS
9 6 (0.49%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.16%) CMS
10 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.16%) Resin
11 1 (0.082%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.082%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 163 (13.42%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.82%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.16%) Trello
6 1 (0.082%) 1Password
6 1 (0.082%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.33%) Carpe Diem
1 4 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
1 4 (0.33%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.16%) Eikon
2 2 (0.16%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.16%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 2 (0.16%) Shopify
3 1 (0.082%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 575 (47.33%) Azure
2 503 (41.40%) Microsoft 365
3 163 (13.42%) AWS
4 160 (13.17%) Entra ID
5 76 (6.26%) OneDrive
6 66 (5.43%) IaaS
7 58 (4.77%) PaaS
8 57 (4.69%) SaaS
9 45 (3.70%) Amazon S3
9 45 (3.70%) GCP
10 35 (2.88%) Cloud Computing
11 30 (2.47%) Azure Monitor
11 30 (2.47%) Mimecast
12 21 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (1.73%) GitHub
13 17 (1.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 15 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
14 15 (1.23%) Power Platform
15 14 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
15 14 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 805 (66.26%) Firewall
2 437 (35.97%) WAN
3 418 (34.40%) LAN
4 378 (31.11%) DNS
5 292 (24.03%) DHCP
6 245 (20.16%) VLAN
7 226 (18.60%) TCP/IP
8 192 (15.80%) Wi-Fi
9 178 (14.65%) Wireless
10 172 (14.16%) Network Security
11 135 (11.11%) Internet
12 132 (10.86%) IPsec
13 120 (9.88%) BGP
14 119 (9.79%) MPLS
15 110 (9.05%) SAN
16 105 (8.64%) VoIP
17 103 (8.48%) OSPF
18 101 (8.31%) SD-WAN
19 78 (6.42%) SSL
20 50 (4.12%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (5.84%) SQL Server
2 47 (3.87%) MongoDB
3 39 (3.21%) Elasticsearch
4 37 (3.05%) Amazon RDS
5 28 (2.30%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.07%) Power BI
7 11 (0.91%) MySQL
8 8 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.58%) Redis
10 6 (0.49%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.41%) DB2
12 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.16%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.16%) Looker
13 2 (0.16%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 1 (0.082%) Data Warehouse
14 1 (0.082%) Electronic Patient Records
14 1 (0.082%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 31 (2.55%) JIRA
2 26 (2.14%) Git
3 20 (1.65%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.91%) GitLab
5 10 (0.82%) Trac
6 6 (0.49%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.33%) Subversion
8 3 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.082%) Selenium
General
1 377 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 132 (10.86%) Finance
3 99 (8.15%) Telecoms
4 80 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
5 70 (5.76%) Retail
6 51 (4.20%) Law
7 30 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (2.39%) Manufacturing
9 22 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (1.56%) Banking
10 19 (1.56%) Legal
10 19 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (1.15%) Billing
11 14 (1.15%) German Language
12 13 (1.07%) Back Office
13 11 (0.91%) Games
14 9 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.58%) Investment Banking
15 7 (0.58%) Public Sector
16 6 (0.49%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 237 (19.51%) Network Engineer
2 167 (13.74%) IT Support
3 162 (13.33%) Support Engineer
4 160 (13.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 153 (12.59%) Senior
6 140 (11.52%) IT Engineer
7 134 (11.03%) Analyst
8 98 (8.07%) Architect
9 95 (7.82%) IT Support Engineer
10 60 (4.94%) IT Analyst
11 57 (4.69%) Consultant
11 57 (4.69%) Infrastructure Architect
12 53 (4.36%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 51 (4.20%) Service Analyst
14 49 (4.03%) Lead
15 48 (3.95%) Service Desk Analyst
15 48 (3.95%) Support Analyst
16 47 (3.87%) 3rd Line Support
17 43 (3.54%) Senior Network Engineer
18 41 (3.37%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (4.77%) YAML
2 38 (3.13%) 802.1X
3 34 (2.80%) RabbitMQ
4 27 (2.22%) JSON
5 24 (1.98%) XML
6 23 (1.89%) LDAP
7 22 (1.81%) HTML
8 20 (1.65%) SOAP
9 16 (1.32%) Web Services
10 14 (1.15%) REST
11 12 (0.99%) NETCONF
11 12 (0.99%) RESTCONF
12 11 (0.91%) CSS
12 11 (0.91%) LAMP
12 11 (0.91%) YANG
13 10 (0.82%) ARM Templates
14 8 (0.66%) SAML
15 7 (0.58%) .NET
15 7 (0.58%) ADSI
15 7 (0.58%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 195 (16.05%) Data Centre
2 65 (5.35%) Driving Licence
3 52 (4.28%) Management Information System
4 49 (4.03%) Public Cloud
4 49 (4.03%) Replication
5 43 (3.54%) PKI
6 34 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
7 28 (2.30%) Onboarding
8 26 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
9 25 (2.06%) Clustering
10 20 (1.65%) Client/Server
11 18 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
12 16 (1.32%) Product Ownership
13 13 (1.07%) Linux Command Line
13 13 (1.07%) Private Cloud
14 12 (0.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 12 (0.99%) Security Posture
15 9 (0.74%) IoT
15 9 (0.74%) Mobile App
16 8 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 650 (53.50%) Windows
2 337 (27.74%) Windows Server
3 256 (21.07%) Linux
4 130 (10.70%) Windows 10
5 71 (5.84%) Windows Server 2019
6 67 (5.51%) Ubuntu
7 62 (5.10%) Windows Server 2016
8 54 (4.44%) VMS
8 54 (4.44%) Windows Server 2012
9 41 (3.37%) Apple iOS
10 39 (3.21%) Mac OS
11 36 (2.96%) Android
11 36 (2.96%) Unix
12 34 (2.80%) Data ONTAP
13 19 (1.56%) Windows 7
14 17 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 16 (1.32%) CentOS
15 16 (1.32%) Windows Server 2008
16 12 (0.99%) Mac OS X
17 10 (0.82%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
2 195 (16.05%) Customer Service
3 194 (15.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 192 (15.80%) ITIL
5 129 (10.62%) Agile
6 123 (10.12%) Cybersecurity
7 106 (8.72%) Project Management
8 93 (7.65%) DevOps
9 90 (7.41%) Service Management
10 86 (7.08%) Disaster Recovery
11 84 (6.91%) Actionable Insight
11 84 (6.91%) Service Delivery
12 80 (6.58%) Mentoring
12 80 (6.58%) Roadmaps
13 78 (6.42%) Computer Science
14 77 (6.34%) Project Delivery
15 71 (5.84%) Migration
16 68 (5.60%) Infrastructure Management
16 68 (5.60%) Load Balancing
17 61 (5.02%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 188 (15.47%) PowerShell
2 125 (10.29%) Python
3 114 (9.38%) SQL
4 34 (2.80%) Bash
5 14 (1.15%) C#
5 14 (1.15%) JavaScript
6 11 (0.91%) Java
7 7 (0.58%) Perl
7 7 (0.58%) Shell Script
8 5 (0.41%) JSX
8 5 (0.41%) R
8 5 (0.41%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.25%) Groovy
9 3 (0.25%) Ruby
9 3 (0.25%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.16%) Korn
10 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.16%) PHP
11 1 (0.082%) Rust
11 1 (0.082%) VBA
Qualifications
1 179 (14.73%) Cisco Certification
2 150 (12.35%) Degree
3 124 (10.21%) Security Cleared
4 118 (9.71%) CCNA
5 105 (8.64%) CCNP
6 80 (6.58%) Microsoft Certification
7 70 (5.76%) SC Cleared
8 45 (3.70%) Azure Certification
9 41 (3.37%) CISSP
9 41 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 40 (3.29%) MCSE
11 39 (3.21%) DV Cleared
12 33 (2.72%) MCSA
13 26 (2.14%) CCIE
14 20 (1.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 18 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
16 16 (1.32%) APMP
16 16 (1.32%) AWS Certification
16 16 (1.32%) MCP
17 15 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (8.56%) SLA
2 42 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (2.88%) GDPR
4 23 (1.89%) NIST
5 19 (1.56%) PCI DSS
6 15 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.74%) HIPAA
8 8 (0.66%) 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 2 (0.16%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.16%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.082%) COBIT
13 1 (0.082%) FISMA
13 1 (0.082%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.082%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.082%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 546 (44.94%) Active Directory
2 245 (20.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 218 (17.94%) Hyper-V
4 80 (6.58%) Docker
5 68 (5.60%) vSphere
6 62 (5.10%) Virtual Machines
7 60 (4.94%) VMware ESXi
8 24 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
9 21 (1.73%) pfSense
10 16 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
11 14 (1.15%) NFS
11 14 (1.15%) vCloud
12 10 (0.82%) Firmware
13 9 (0.74%) Terminal Services
14 6 (0.49%) VMware NSX
15 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 4 (0.33%) XenDesktop
17 3 (0.25%) Terminal Server
17 3 (0.25%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 177 (14.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 114 (9.38%) Ansible
3 91 (7.49%) Terraform
4 78 (6.42%) SCCM
5 76 (6.26%) Kubernetes
6 51 (4.20%) WSUS
7 44 (3.62%) vCenter Server
8 43 (3.54%) Prometheus
9 31 (2.55%) ZABBIX
10 29 (2.39%) FortiGate
11 24 (1.98%) Grafana
11 24 (1.98%) Jamf Pro
11 24 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
12 18 (1.48%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 16 (1.32%) Autotask
13 16 (1.32%) Puppet
13 16 (1.32%) SCDPM
14 13 (1.07%) AirWatch
14 13 (1.07%) Failover Clustering
15 12 (0.99%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 556 (45.76%) Microsoft
2 354 (29.14%) VMware
3 341 (28.07%) Cisco
4 119 (9.79%) Palo Alto
5 110 (9.05%) Veeam
6 104 (8.56%) Juniper
7 99 (8.15%) Meraki
8 95 (7.82%) Citrix
9 80 (6.58%) Fortinet
10 59 (4.86%) HP
11 58 (4.77%) Red Hat
12 56 (4.61%) SolarWinds
13 47 (3.87%) F5
14 45 (3.70%) CheckPoint
15 44 (3.62%) Apple
16 43 (3.54%) Aruba
17 41 (3.37%) Sophos
18 39 (3.21%) NetApp
19 35 (2.88%) Dell
20 34 (2.80%) Google