VPN Jobs in the North of England

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 199 204 258
Rank change year-on-year +5 +54 -80
Permanent jobs citing VPN 226 254 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.23% 1.54% 1.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.27% 7.96% 7.45%
Number of salaries quoted 168 190 197
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,750 £24,150
25th Percentile £30,875 £33,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,750 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £50,625 £63,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £77,715 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,200 3,192 2,833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.98% 19.32% 15.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,678 1,220 1,716
10th Percentile £25,838 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,723 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -2.17% +2.22%
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for VPN in the North of England

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Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in the North of England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VPN in the North of England

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Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the North of 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
Yorkshire +80 113 £37,500 -16.67% 22
North West -38 90 £45,000 -4.76% 28
North East +13 29 £34,000 -12.72% 3
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 37 (16.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (11.95%) SharePoint
3 16 (7.08%) Apache
4 3 (1.33%) IIS
5 2 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.88%) Resin
6 1 (0.44%) Confluence
6 1 (0.44%) WebSphere
Applications
1 36 (15.93%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 103 (45.58%) Microsoft 365
2 101 (44.69%) Azure
3 28 (12.39%) Entra ID
4 27 (11.95%) AWS
5 17 (7.52%) Amazon S3
6 11 (4.87%) GCP
6 11 (4.87%) OneDrive
7 10 (4.42%) IaaS
8 8 (3.54%) PaaS
9 6 (2.65%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (2.65%) SaaS
10 5 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.21%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (1.77%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.77%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.77%) Serverless
12 3 (1.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 3 (1.33%) Mimecast
13 2 (0.88%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 139 (61.50%) Firewall
2 104 (46.02%) WAN
3 99 (43.81%) LAN
4 76 (33.63%) DNS
5 65 (28.76%) DHCP
6 47 (20.80%) TCP/IP
7 43 (19.03%) Network Security
7 43 (19.03%) Wi-Fi
8 40 (17.70%) SSL
9 34 (15.04%) VLAN
10 32 (14.16%) IPsec
10 32 (14.16%) VoIP
11 30 (13.27%) Internet
12 21 (9.29%) OSPF
13 20 (8.85%) BGP
14 19 (8.41%) SD-WAN
14 19 (8.41%) SNMP
14 19 (8.41%) WLAN
15 16 (7.08%) MPLS
15 16 (7.08%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.73%) SQL Server
2 20 (8.85%) Elasticsearch
3 15 (6.64%) MongoDB
4 7 (3.10%) Redis
5 5 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (2.21%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.77%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.88%) Looker
8 1 (0.44%) MySQL
8 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.44%) Git
2 1 (0.44%) JIRA
General
1 54 (23.89%) Social Skills
2 32 (14.16%) Finance
3 20 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (4.42%) Retail
5 9 (3.98%) Telecoms
6 8 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.65%) French Language
7 6 (2.65%) German Language
7 6 (2.65%) Italian Language
7 6 (2.65%) Portuguese Language
7 6 (2.65%) Spanish Language
7 6 (2.65%) Swedish Language
7 6 (2.65%) Turkish Language
8 4 (1.77%) Agriculture
8 4 (1.77%) Law
8 4 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.33%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.44%) Police
10 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (25.22%) Network Engineer
2 33 (14.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 27 (11.95%) IT Support
4 26 (11.50%) Analyst
5 19 (8.41%) IT Engineer
5 19 (8.41%) Support Engineer
6 17 (7.52%) Consultant
7 15 (6.64%) NetApp Consultant
8 14 (6.19%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 13 (5.75%) Lead
10 12 (5.31%) IT Technician
10 12 (5.31%) Senior
11 11 (4.87%) 2nd Line Support
12 9 (3.98%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 9 (3.98%) Architect
12 9 (3.98%) Head of IT
12 9 (3.98%) IT Manager
12 9 (3.98%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (3.98%) Service Analyst
12 9 (3.98%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.64%) RabbitMQ
1 15 (6.64%) YAML
2 5 (2.21%) Middleware
3 2 (0.88%) .NET
3 2 (0.88%) Ajax
3 2 (0.88%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.88%) CSS
3 2 (0.88%) CSS3
3 2 (0.88%) HTML
3 2 (0.88%) HTML5
3 2 (0.88%) LDAP
3 2 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (0.88%) SOAP
3 2 (0.88%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 2 (0.88%) Web Services
3 2 (0.88%) XML
4 1 (0.44%) JSON
4 1 (0.44%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 38 (16.81%) Data Centre
2 15 (6.64%) Driving Licence
3 13 (5.75%) Management Information System
4 12 (5.31%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.87%) Replication
6 9 (3.98%) Clustering
7 8 (3.54%) Product Ownership
8 7 (3.10%) PMI
8 7 (3.10%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.77%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.33%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.33%) PKI
12 2 (0.88%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.88%) NHS
13 1 (0.44%) Data Protection Act
13 1 (0.44%) Life Science
13 1 (0.44%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 132 (58.41%) Windows
2 61 (26.99%) Windows Server
3 55 (24.34%) Linux
4 25 (11.06%) Windows 10
5 15 (6.64%) Data ONTAP
6 12 (5.31%) Mac OS
7 11 (4.87%) Apple iOS
7 11 (4.87%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (4.42%) Android
8 10 (4.42%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (2.65%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.88%) Unix
10 2 (0.88%) VMS
10 2 (0.88%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.44%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (25.22%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (21.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 42 (18.58%) Customer Service
4 30 (13.27%) Migration
5 29 (12.83%) ITIL
6 26 (11.50%) Computer Science
6 26 (11.50%) Project Management
7 22 (9.73%) Disaster Recovery
8 21 (9.29%) Infrastructure Management
8 21 (9.29%) Release Management
9 17 (7.52%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (7.52%) Service Management
10 16 (7.08%) Mobile Device Management
11 15 (6.64%) Actionable Insight
11 15 (6.64%) Project Planning
11 15 (6.64%) Storage Management
12 14 (6.19%) Agile
12 14 (6.19%) Patch Management
12 14 (6.19%) Roadmaps
13 13 (5.75%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 26 (11.50%) PowerShell
1 26 (11.50%) SQL
2 20 (8.85%) Python
3 6 (2.65%) Bash
4 2 (0.88%) Java
4 2 (0.88%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 52 (23.01%) Cisco Certification
2 39 (17.26%) Degree
3 36 (15.93%) CCNP
4 35 (15.49%) CCNA
5 23 (10.18%) CISSP
6 19 (8.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (7.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (6.64%) Azure Certification
9 12 (5.31%) MCSE
10 11 (4.87%) CCIE
11 9 (3.98%) MCSA
11 9 (3.98%) Security Cleared
12 7 (3.10%) PMI Certification
13 5 (2.21%) Citrix Certification
13 5 (2.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (2.21%) JNCIA
13 5 (2.21%) SC Cleared
13 5 (2.21%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (2.21%) VCAP
13 5 (2.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (11.50%) SLA
2 13 (5.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.33%) NIST
3 3 (1.33%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.88%) ISO 22301
4 2 (0.88%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.44%) FISMA
5 1 (0.44%) GDPR
5 1 (0.44%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.44%) HITRUST
5 1 (0.44%) QA
5 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 104 (46.02%) Active Directory
2 57 (25.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (14.16%) Hyper-V
4 17 (7.52%) Docker
5 9 (3.98%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (3.54%) vSphere
7 7 (3.10%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (2.65%) VMware NSX
9 4 (1.77%) vCloud
10 3 (1.33%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.88%) Firmware
11 2 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.44%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.44%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 42 (18.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (10.62%) Kubernetes
3 20 (8.85%) Prometheus
4 19 (8.41%) vCenter Server
5 18 (7.96%) SCCM
6 16 (7.08%) Ansible
7 13 (5.75%) Terraform
8 9 (3.98%) Failover Clustering
9 7 (3.10%) Autotask
9 7 (3.10%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (3.10%) SCOM
10 5 (2.21%) FortiGate
10 5 (2.21%) Grafana
11 4 (1.77%) WSUS
12 3 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (1.33%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.88%) Backup Exec
13 2 (0.88%) Host Intrusion Detection System
13 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 1 (0.44%) Puppet
Vendors
1 105 (46.46%) Microsoft
2 91 (40.27%) VMware
3 62 (27.43%) Cisco
4 29 (12.83%) Palo Alto
5 22 (9.73%) Veeam
6 21 (9.29%) Citrix
6 21 (9.29%) Meraki
7 18 (7.96%) SolarWinds
8 17 (7.52%) NetApp
9 16 (7.08%) Fortinet
10 15 (6.64%) Red Hat
10 15 (6.64%) SolidFire
11 12 (5.31%) Juniper
12 10 (4.42%) Google
13 9 (3.98%) Apple
14 7 (3.10%) Aruba
14 7 (3.10%) F5
14 7 (3.10%) Oracle
14 7 (3.10%) SAP
15 6 (2.65%) Datto