VPN Jobs in the Midlands

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 186 198
Rank change year-on-year +26 +12 -40
Permanent jobs citing VPN 173 136 169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.36% 1.53% 1.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.93% 8.04% 9.69%
Number of salaries quoted 142 103 149
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,850 £22,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +5.88% +0.95%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £69,875 £75,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,583 1,691 1,744
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.48% 19.07% 15.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,288 716 1,087
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for VPN in the Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VPN in the Midlands

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Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
West Midlands +8 100 £39,750 -11.91% 23
East Midlands +17 72 £39,000 +11.43% 15
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 22 (12.72%) SharePoint
2 21 (12.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (5.78%) IIS
4 5 (2.89%) Apache
5 4 (2.31%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (1.16%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (1.16%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (1.16%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 47 (27.17%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.16%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.31%) Sage 200
2 2 (1.16%) Shopify
3 1 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.58%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 88 (50.87%) Azure
2 78 (45.09%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (16.18%) Entra ID
4 14 (8.09%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (8.09%) IaaS
4 14 (8.09%) PaaS
5 13 (7.51%) AWS
6 7 (4.05%) Amazon S3
7 6 (3.47%) OneDrive
8 5 (2.89%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.89%) Google Workspace
8 5 (2.89%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.31%) Mimecast
10 3 (1.73%) SaaS
11 2 (1.16%) GCP
11 2 (1.16%) Nutanix
11 2 (1.16%) OpenDNS
11 2 (1.16%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.16%) Rubrik
12 1 (0.58%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 119 (68.79%) Firewall
2 57 (32.95%) DNS
3 40 (23.12%) VLAN
4 38 (21.97%) DHCP
5 37 (21.39%) WAN
6 35 (20.23%) LAN
7 29 (16.76%) SAN
7 29 (16.76%) TCP/IP
8 26 (15.03%) Wi-Fi
9 25 (14.45%) Network Security
10 23 (13.29%) MPLS
11 21 (12.14%) Wireless
12 20 (11.56%) IPsec
13 16 (9.25%) Internet
14 13 (7.51%) VoIP
14 13 (7.51%) WLAN
15 11 (6.36%) OSPF
15 11 (6.36%) SD-WAN
16 9 (5.20%) BGP
17 8 (4.62%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.56%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.89%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (2.89%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.31%) Power BI
4 2 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.16%) MySQL
4 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (2.89%) Git
2 3 (1.73%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 36 (20.81%) Social Skills
2 19 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (10.98%) Finance
3 13 (7.51%) Retail
4 12 (6.94%) Law
5 10 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (5.78%) Telecoms
6 8 (4.62%) German Language
7 6 (3.47%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.31%) Local Government
9 3 (1.73%) Legal
9 3 (1.73%) Marketing
10 2 (1.16%) Back Office
11 1 (0.58%) Advertising
11 1 (0.58%) Banking
11 1 (0.58%) Games
11 1 (0.58%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (18.50%) Network Engineer
2 29 (16.76%) Analyst
3 21 (12.14%) IT Support
4 19 (10.98%) Senior
5 14 (8.09%) Architect
5 14 (8.09%) Support Engineer
6 12 (6.94%) Senior Network Engineer
7 11 (6.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (6.36%) IT Analyst
7 11 (6.36%) Support Analyst
8 10 (5.78%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 10 (5.78%) 3rd Line Support
8 10 (5.78%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 10 (5.78%) IT Manager
8 10 (5.78%) IT Support Analyst
8 10 (5.78%) Network Manager
8 10 (5.78%) Operations Engineer
8 10 (5.78%) Systems Engineer
9 8 (4.62%) Citrix Architect
9 8 (4.62%) Security Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (10.40%) YAML
2 13 (7.51%) JSON
3 8 (4.62%) ARM Templates
4 5 (2.89%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (1.73%) Kafka
6 2 (1.16%) LAMP
6 2 (1.16%) V-Ray
6 2 (1.16%) Web Services
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.67%) Data Centre
2 14 (8.09%) Clustering
3 13 (7.51%) Driving Licence
4 9 (5.20%) PKI
5 8 (4.62%) Private Cloud
5 8 (4.62%) Public Cloud
5 8 (4.62%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (2.31%) CCTV
6 4 (2.31%) FMCG
6 4 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.73%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.16%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.16%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.16%) Wiki
9 1 (0.58%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.58%) IoT
9 1 (0.58%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 79 (45.66%) Windows
2 51 (29.48%) Windows Server
3 20 (11.56%) Windows 10
4 18 (10.40%) Linux
5 10 (5.78%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (5.20%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (4.05%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (3.47%) Mac OS X
9 5 (2.89%) Data ONTAP
9 5 (2.89%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (2.31%) Mac OS
11 2 (1.16%) Android
11 2 (1.16%) Apple iOS
11 2 (1.16%) VMS
11 2 (1.16%) Windows 8
11 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.58%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.58%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (24.86%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (10.98%) Customer Service
3 17 (9.83%) Agile
3 17 (9.83%) DevOps
3 17 (9.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 17 (9.83%) ITIL
4 14 (8.09%) CI/CD
4 14 (8.09%) Infrastructure as Code
4 14 (8.09%) Mentoring
5 13 (7.51%) Cybersecurity
5 13 (7.51%) Kalman Filter
5 13 (7.51%) Network Virtualisation
5 13 (7.51%) Server Management
6 12 (6.94%) Cost Reduction
6 12 (6.94%) Migration
7 11 (6.36%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (6.36%) Project Delivery
7 11 (6.36%) Service Management
8 10 (5.78%) High Availability
8 10 (5.78%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 36 (20.81%) PowerShell
2 24 (13.87%) SQL
3 5 (2.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (13.87%) Degree
2 20 (11.56%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (9.25%) CCNA
4 12 (6.94%) CCNP
4 12 (6.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (5.78%) Azure Certification
6 7 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (4.05%) MCSE
6 7 (4.05%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.89%) JNCIA
8 4 (2.31%) A+ Certification
8 4 (2.31%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (2.31%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.73%) CCDA
9 3 (1.73%) MCSA
10 2 (1.16%) CCIE
10 2 (1.16%) CCIE Data Center
11 1 (0.58%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.58%) CCA
11 1 (0.58%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.36%) GDPR
2 9 (5.20%) NIST
3 4 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.31%) SLA
4 1 (0.58%) COBIT
4 1 (0.58%) GRC
4 1 (0.58%) ISO 31000
4 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (0.58%) NCSC
4 1 (0.58%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.58%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.58%) SOC 2
System Software
1 78 (45.09%) Active Directory
2 54 (31.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (26.01%) Hyper-V
4 11 (6.36%) vSphere
5 10 (5.78%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (5.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (4.05%) Docker
8 4 (2.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 4 (2.31%) pfSense
9 3 (1.73%) Terminal Services
9 3 (1.73%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (1.16%) XenApp
10 2 (1.16%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 24 (13.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (8.67%) Terraform
3 13 (7.51%) SCCM
4 11 (6.36%) SmoothWall
5 10 (5.78%) Microsoft Clustering
6 5 (2.89%) Ansible
6 5 (2.89%) Autotask
6 5 (2.89%) Kubernetes
6 5 (2.89%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.89%) vCenter Server
7 4 (2.31%) AirWatch
7 4 (2.31%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (2.31%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.16%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.58%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.58%) SCOM
9 1 (0.58%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 83 (47.98%) Microsoft
2 57 (32.95%) VMware
3 43 (24.86%) Cisco
4 21 (12.14%) Veeam
5 20 (11.56%) Meraki
6 19 (10.98%) Citrix
6 19 (10.98%) Juniper
7 18 (10.40%) SonicWALL
8 17 (9.83%) HP
9 14 (8.09%) Palo Alto
10 13 (7.51%) CheckPoint
11 12 (6.94%) Sophos
12 11 (6.36%) Apple
13 9 (5.20%) Aruba
14 8 (4.62%) Fortinet
15 7 (4.05%) Avaya
15 7 (4.05%) Dell
15 7 (4.05%) Sage
16 6 (3.47%) WatchGuard
17 5 (2.89%) Draytek