VPN Jobs in the South East

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 168 224
Rank change year-on-year +6 +56 -53
Permanent jobs citing VPN 281 282 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.68% 1.96% 1.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.20% 11.24% 9.31%
Number of salaries quoted 224 236 259
10th Percentile £26,325 £24,500 £27,900
25th Percentile £32,188 £32,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £42,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -11.58% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,375 £63,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,755 2,508 3,157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.43% 17.41% 15.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,874 1,473 1,877
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,350 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,719 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,250 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.26% -0.52%
75th Percentile £59,875 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,250 £77,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for VPN in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in the South East over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VPN in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Thames Valley +19 95 £52,500 +5.00% 14
Hampshire -12 91 £37,500 +4.17% 10
Berkshire +35 44 £52,500 -16.00% 4
East Sussex +36 33 £52,500 +15.38% 3
Surrey +5 32 £57,500 +47.44% 3
Buckinghamshire -22 32 £65,000 +30.00% 7
Oxfordshire +8 20 £50,000 +5.26% 3
Kent -40 19 £37,500 -6.25% 4
West Sussex +29 10 £52,500 +32.08% 2
Middlesex - 1 - -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 70 (24.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (15.30%) SharePoint
3 22 (7.83%) Exchange Server 2010
4 12 (4.27%) IIS
5 6 (2.14%) Apache
6 5 (1.78%) nginx
7 4 (1.42%) WordPress
8 2 (0.71%) SAS
9 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
Applications
1 39 (13.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.71%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 141 (50.18%) Microsoft 365
2 136 (48.40%) Azure
3 38 (13.52%) AWS
4 28 (9.96%) Entra ID
5 24 (8.54%) Azure Monitor
6 22 (7.83%) OneDrive
7 20 (7.12%) SaaS
8 17 (6.05%) IaaS
9 15 (5.34%) GitHub
10 13 (4.63%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (3.91%) Mimecast
12 9 (3.20%) Amazon S3
12 9 (3.20%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (3.20%) GCP
13 8 (2.85%) PaaS
14 7 (2.49%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (2.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 6 (2.14%) Power Platform
15 6 (2.14%) Twilio
16 4 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 187 (66.55%) Firewall
2 97 (34.52%) DNS
3 73 (25.98%) DHCP
4 71 (25.27%) VLAN
5 68 (24.20%) TCP/IP
6 54 (19.22%) WAN
7 53 (18.86%) LAN
8 38 (13.52%) Network Security
9 35 (12.46%) Wireless
10 30 (10.68%) BGP
11 28 (9.96%) IPsec
11 28 (9.96%) VoIP
12 27 (9.61%) OSPF
13 24 (8.54%) SAN
14 17 (6.05%) Cisco Firepower
14 17 (6.05%) Wi-Fi
15 16 (5.69%) 5G
15 16 (5.69%) iSCSI
15 16 (5.69%) SSL
16 14 (4.98%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.27%) Amazon RDS
1 12 (4.27%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.20%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.85%) MySQL
4 6 (2.14%) Power BI
5 5 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (1.78%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.07%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.36%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.36%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 13 (4.63%) JIRA
2 12 (4.27%) Git
3 11 (3.91%) Jenkins
4 10 (3.56%) Trac
General
1 100 (35.59%) Social Skills
2 34 (12.10%) Telecoms
3 24 (8.54%) Finance
4 14 (4.98%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.91%) Back Office
5 11 (3.91%) Manufacturing
6 7 (2.49%) Games
7 6 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.78%) Legal
9 3 (1.07%) Advertising
9 3 (1.07%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.71%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.71%) Electronics
10 2 (0.71%) Law
10 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.36%) Marketing
11 1 (0.36%) Military
Job Titles
1 63 (22.42%) Support Engineer
2 54 (19.22%) IT Engineer
3 51 (18.15%) IT Support
4 48 (17.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 38 (13.52%) IT Support Engineer
5 38 (13.52%) Network Engineer
5 38 (13.52%) Senior
6 27 (9.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 19 (6.76%) 3rd Line Support
7 19 (6.76%) Analyst
7 19 (6.76%) Architect
8 17 (6.05%) IT Analyst
9 13 (4.63%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 12 (4.27%) Network Support
11 11 (3.91%) Azure Engineer
11 11 (3.91%) Infrastructure Support
11 11 (3.91%) IT Support Analyst
11 11 (3.91%) Support Analyst
12 10 (3.56%) Infrastructure Architect
13 9 (3.20%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.63%) 802.1X
2 8 (2.85%) Web Services
3 5 (1.78%) RabbitMQ
3 5 (1.78%) YAML
4 4 (1.42%) Azure Blueprints
4 4 (1.42%) CSS
4 4 (1.42%) GraphQL
4 4 (1.42%) gRPC
4 4 (1.42%) HTML
4 4 (1.42%) Knex.js
4 4 (1.42%) LAMP
4 4 (1.42%) LEMP Stack
4 4 (1.42%) Node.js
4 4 (1.42%) React
4 4 (1.42%) React Native
4 4 (1.42%) RESTful
4 4 (1.42%) Sequelize
5 3 (1.07%) REST
5 3 (1.07%) SOAP
6 1 (0.36%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.32%) Data Centre
2 24 (8.54%) Driving Licence
3 13 (4.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (4.27%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.56%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.85%) PKI
6 8 (2.85%) Replication
7 7 (2.49%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.78%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.78%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.78%) IoT
9 4 (1.42%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.42%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.42%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.07%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.07%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.07%) SCADA
11 2 (0.71%) Enterprise Storage
11 2 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 170 (60.50%) Windows
2 101 (35.94%) Windows Server
3 53 (18.86%) Linux
4 43 (15.30%) Windows 10
5 32 (11.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 31 (11.03%) Windows Server 2016
7 18 (6.41%) Apple iOS
8 17 (6.05%) Android
9 10 (3.56%) Unix
10 8 (2.85%) Windows 7
10 8 (2.85%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (2.49%) Mac OS
11 7 (2.49%) Windows 8
12 6 (2.14%) Ubuntu
12 6 (2.14%) VMS
13 5 (1.78%) Data ONTAP
13 5 (1.78%) Kali Linux
14 4 (1.42%) Windows Server 2003
15 3 (1.07%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.71%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (22.42%) Customer Service
2 56 (19.93%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (17.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 38 (13.52%) ITIL
5 31 (11.03%) Cybersecurity
6 29 (10.32%) Project Management
7 28 (9.96%) Analytics
8 25 (8.90%) Customer Experience
9 24 (8.54%) Actionable Insight
10 23 (8.19%) Configuration Management
10 23 (8.19%) Service Delivery
11 22 (7.83%) Identity Management
11 22 (7.83%) Log Analytics
12 21 (7.47%) Computer Science
13 20 (7.12%) DevOps
13 20 (7.12%) Mentoring
14 19 (6.76%) Inventory Management
14 19 (6.76%) Roadmaps
15 18 (6.41%) Service Management
16 17 (6.05%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (22.78%) PowerShell
2 35 (12.46%) Python
3 21 (7.47%) SQL
4 8 (2.85%) Bash
5 4 (1.42%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.42%) JSX
5 4 (1.42%) R
5 4 (1.42%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.36%) C
6 1 (0.36%) C++
6 1 (0.36%) Korn
6 1 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 64 (22.78%) Security Cleared
2 53 (18.86%) SC Cleared
3 42 (14.95%) Degree
4 40 (14.23%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (8.90%) CCNP
6 23 (8.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (6.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (6.41%) CCNA
8 12 (4.27%) MCP
9 10 (3.56%) Azure Certification
10 9 (3.20%) CCIE
11 8 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (2.14%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (2.14%) JNCIS
12 6 (2.14%) MCSA
13 5 (1.78%) AWS Certification
13 5 (1.78%) CISSP
13 5 (1.78%) DBS Check
13 5 (1.78%) JNCIE
14 4 (1.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.83%) SLA
2 15 (5.34%) GDPR
3 8 (2.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (2.85%) NIST
4 7 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 5 (1.78%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.07%) QA
8 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
System Software
1 118 (41.99%) Active Directory
2 89 (31.67%) Hyper-V
3 37 (13.17%) Virtual Machines
4 35 (12.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (8.54%) Docker
6 16 (5.69%) pfSense
7 13 (4.63%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (3.91%) NFS
8 11 (3.91%) vSphere
9 6 (2.14%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.71%) Firmware
12 1 (0.36%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.36%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 50 (17.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (9.25%) Ansible
3 19 (6.76%) Grafana
4 17 (6.05%) ZABBIX
5 16 (5.69%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 16 (5.69%) SCDPM
6 15 (5.34%) SCCM
7 10 (3.56%) Kubernetes
8 6 (2.14%) WSUS
9 5 (1.78%) Prometheus
9 5 (1.78%) Suricata
9 5 (1.78%) vCenter Server
10 4 (1.42%) Autotask
10 4 (1.42%) EMC NetWorker
10 4 (1.42%) NetCrunch
10 4 (1.42%) Terraform
11 3 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.71%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (0.71%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 149 (53.02%) Microsoft
2 74 (26.33%) VMware
3 59 (21.00%) Cisco
4 48 (17.08%) Juniper
5 25 (8.90%) Fortinet
5 25 (8.90%) Veeam
6 24 (8.54%) Palo Alto
7 16 (5.69%) Apple
7 16 (5.69%) Dell
7 16 (5.69%) F5
8 15 (5.34%) Barracuda Networks
9 14 (4.98%) ConnectWise
10 12 (4.27%) Meraki
10 12 (4.27%) Sophos
11 10 (3.56%) McAfee
11 10 (3.56%) Splunk
12 8 (2.85%) Zerto
13 7 (2.49%) Aruba
14 6 (2.14%) Dell Compellent
14 6 (2.14%) HP