VPN Jobs in the UK excluding London

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 223 217 251
Rank change year-on-year -6 +34 -58
Permanent jobs citing VPN 944 961 1,046
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.27% 1.66% 1.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.58% 8.90% 9.23%
Number of salaries quoted 748 711 919
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +2.25%
75th Percentile £53,750 £58,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,853 10,799 11,336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.21% 18.61% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 7,110 4,617 6,526
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,680
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,250 £61,588
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the UK excluding London

VPN
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VPN in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for VPN in the UK excluding London

VPN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VPN in the UK excluding London

VPN
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the UK excluding London 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
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
Scotland -68 52 £50,000 -9.09% 17
North East +13 29 £34,000 -12.72% 3
Wales -10 23 £44,886 -0.25% 6
Northern Ireland +19 12 £37,500 -16.67% 4
Isle of Man - 6 £46,500 -
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 178 (18.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 142 (15.04%) SharePoint
3 51 (5.40%) Apache
4 31 (3.28%) Exchange Server 2010
5 25 (2.65%) IIS
6 7 (0.74%) OpenStack
7 6 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2007
7 6 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2013
7 6 (0.64%) SAS
8 5 (0.53%) Confluence
8 5 (0.53%) nginx
9 4 (0.42%) WordPress
10 2 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.21%) Resin
11 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 155 (16.42%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.64%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.21%) Trello
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.42%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.21%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 2 (0.21%) Shopify
3 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 463 (49.05%) Azure
2 418 (44.28%) Microsoft 365
3 138 (14.62%) Entra ID
4 123 (13.03%) AWS
5 66 (6.99%) OneDrive
6 61 (6.46%) Amazon S3
7 55 (5.83%) IaaS
8 51 (5.40%) GCP
9 45 (4.77%) PaaS
10 35 (3.71%) SaaS
11 28 (2.97%) Azure Monitor
12 24 (2.54%) Cloud Computing
12 24 (2.54%) Mimecast
13 16 (1.69%) GitHub
14 14 (1.48%) Amazon EC2
14 14 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (1.48%) Azure Sentinel
15 11 (1.17%) Google Workspace
15 11 (1.17%) Power Platform
16 9 (0.95%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 623 (66.00%) Firewall
2 298 (31.57%) DNS
3 291 (30.83%) WAN
4 277 (29.34%) LAN
5 232 (24.58%) DHCP
6 199 (21.08%) TCP/IP
7 193 (20.44%) VLAN
8 143 (15.15%) Network Security
9 125 (13.24%) Wi-Fi
10 123 (13.03%) IPsec
11 112 (11.86%) Wireless
12 90 (9.53%) Internet
13 86 (9.11%) VoIP
14 84 (8.90%) SAN
15 68 (7.20%) SD-WAN
16 66 (6.99%) OSPF
17 62 (6.57%) BGP
18 54 (5.72%) SSL
19 53 (5.61%) MPLS
19 53 (5.61%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (7.73%) SQL Server
2 54 (5.72%) Elasticsearch
3 51 (5.40%) MongoDB
4 36 (3.81%) Amazon RDS
5 16 (1.69%) NoSQL
6 10 (1.06%) MySQL
6 10 (1.06%) Power BI
7 8 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.74%) Redis
9 6 (0.64%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.21%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.21%) Looker
11 2 (0.21%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.11%) Big Data
12 1 (0.11%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.11%) PowerPivot
12 1 (0.11%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (2.12%) Git
2 17 (1.80%) JIRA
3 15 (1.59%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.06%) Trac
5 3 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.11%) GitLab
6 1 (0.11%) Selenium
6 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 271 (28.71%) Social Skills
2 115 (12.18%) Finance
3 83 (8.79%) Telecoms
4 65 (6.89%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (2.75%) Manufacturing
6 25 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (2.65%) Retail
7 24 (2.54%) Law
8 19 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (1.48%) German Language
11 13 (1.38%) Back Office
11 13 (1.38%) Legal
12 10 (1.06%) Local Government
13 9 (0.95%) Games
14 6 (0.64%) French Language
14 6 (0.64%) Italian Language
14 6 (0.64%) Portuguese Language
14 6 (0.64%) Spanish Language
14 6 (0.64%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 154 (16.31%) Network Engineer
2 142 (15.04%) Support Engineer
3 138 (14.62%) IT Support
4 128 (13.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 123 (13.03%) IT Engineer
6 103 (10.91%) Analyst
7 92 (9.75%) Senior
8 77 (8.16%) IT Support Engineer
9 60 (6.36%) Consultant
10 51 (5.40%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 49 (5.19%) NetApp Consultant
12 47 (4.98%) Architect
13 44 (4.66%) Service Analyst
13 44 (4.66%) Service Desk Analyst
14 41 (4.34%) 3rd Line Support
15 38 (4.03%) IT Analyst
16 37 (3.92%) IT Manager
17 36 (3.81%) IT Technician
18 35 (3.71%) Lead
19 34 (3.60%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (6.57%) YAML
2 49 (5.19%) RabbitMQ
3 17 (1.80%) 802.1X
4 15 (1.59%) JSON
5 12 (1.27%) Web Services
6 9 (0.95%) ARM Templates
7 6 (0.64%) .NET
7 6 (0.64%) CSS
7 6 (0.64%) HTML
7 6 (0.64%) LAMP
7 6 (0.64%) Node.js
7 6 (0.64%) React
7 6 (0.64%) RESTful
8 5 (0.53%) Middleware
8 5 (0.53%) SOAP
9 4 (0.42%) Azure Blueprints
9 4 (0.42%) GraphQL
9 4 (0.42%) Knex.js
9 4 (0.42%) LDAP
9 4 (0.42%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 159 (16.84%) Data Centre
2 68 (7.20%) Driving Licence
3 49 (5.19%) Replication
4 39 (4.13%) Management Information System
5 31 (3.28%) Onboarding
6 30 (3.18%) Public Cloud
7 24 (2.54%) Clustering
8 22 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
9 21 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.69%) Product Ownership
11 15 (1.59%) PKI
12 10 (1.06%) Security Operations Centre
13 9 (0.95%) Security Posture
14 8 (0.85%) Client/Server
14 8 (0.85%) Cloud Native
14 8 (0.85%) iPad
14 8 (0.85%) Private Cloud
15 7 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (0.74%) Mobile App
15 7 (0.74%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 549 (58.16%) Windows
2 309 (32.73%) Windows Server
3 191 (20.23%) Linux
4 109 (11.55%) Windows 10
5 65 (6.89%) Windows Server 2019
6 57 (6.04%) Windows Server 2016
7 49 (5.19%) Data ONTAP
8 45 (4.77%) Windows Server 2012
9 36 (3.81%) Apple iOS
10 35 (3.71%) Android
11 30 (3.18%) Mac OS
12 19 (2.01%) Windows 7
13 16 (1.69%) Ubuntu
14 15 (1.59%) Windows Server 2008
15 13 (1.38%) Unix
16 10 (1.06%) VMS
17 8 (0.85%) Mac OS X
17 8 (0.85%) Windows Server 2003
18 7 (0.74%) Debian
18 7 (0.74%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (23.62%) Problem-Solving
2 186 (19.70%) Customer Service
3 154 (16.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 121 (12.82%) ITIL
5 95 (10.06%) Cybersecurity
6 94 (9.96%) Project Management
7 76 (8.05%) Disaster Recovery
8 74 (7.84%) DevOps
9 71 (7.52%) Computer Science
9 71 (7.52%) Project Delivery
9 71 (7.52%) Service Delivery
10 70 (7.42%) Mentoring
11 69 (7.31%) Actionable Insight
12 65 (6.89%) Infrastructure Management
13 63 (6.67%) Service Management
14 62 (6.57%) Migration
15 56 (5.93%) Customer Experience
15 56 (5.93%) Storage Management
16 55 (5.83%) Release Management
17 53 (5.61%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 137 (14.51%) PowerShell
2 97 (10.28%) Python
3 72 (7.63%) SQL
4 18 (1.91%) Bash
5 8 (0.85%) C#
6 7 (0.74%) JavaScript
6 7 (0.74%) Shell Script
7 6 (0.64%) Java
8 4 (0.42%) JSX
8 4 (0.42%) R
8 4 (0.42%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.32%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.11%) C
10 1 (0.11%) C++
10 1 (0.11%) Groovy
10 1 (0.11%) Korn
10 1 (0.11%) PHP
10 1 (0.11%) Ruby
10 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 152 (16.10%) Cisco Certification
2 130 (13.77%) Degree
3 101 (10.70%) CCNA
4 88 (9.32%) CCNP
5 86 (9.11%) Security Cleared
6 69 (7.31%) SC Cleared
7 65 (6.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 42 (4.45%) Azure Certification
9 37 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 36 (3.81%) CISSP
11 31 (3.28%) MCSE
12 23 (2.44%) CCIE
13 20 (2.12%) MCSA
14 18 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
15 16 (1.69%) MCP
16 14 (1.48%) JNCIA
17 12 (1.27%) A+ Certification
17 12 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
18 11 (1.17%) AWS Certification
19 9 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (8.37%) SLA
2 31 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (3.07%) GDPR
4 25 (2.65%) NIST
5 14 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (1.17%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (0.42%) QA
9 3 (0.32%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.32%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.21%) GRC
10 2 (0.21%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.21%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.11%) HITRUST
11 1 (0.11%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.11%) NCSC
11 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 406 (43.01%) Active Directory
2 239 (25.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 193 (20.44%) Hyper-V
4 73 (7.73%) Docker
5 68 (7.20%) Virtual Machines
6 44 (4.66%) vSphere
7 42 (4.45%) VMware ESXi
8 20 (2.12%) pfSense
8 20 (2.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 19 (2.01%) VMware NSX
10 12 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
11 11 (1.17%) NFS
12 8 (0.85%) Firmware
13 6 (0.64%) Terminal Services
14 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 4 (0.42%) vCloud
15 4 (0.42%) XenDesktop
16 3 (0.32%) Terminal Server
17 2 (0.21%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 150 (15.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 91 (9.64%) Ansible
3 67 (7.10%) Kubernetes
4 57 (6.04%) SCCM
4 57 (6.04%) vCenter Server
5 56 (5.93%) Prometheus
5 56 (5.93%) Terraform
6 34 (3.60%) WSUS
7 28 (2.97%) FortiGate
7 28 (2.97%) ZABBIX
8 24 (2.54%) Grafana
9 18 (1.91%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 17 (1.80%) Jamf Pro
11 16 (1.69%) Autotask
11 16 (1.69%) SCDPM
12 13 (1.38%) Failover Clustering
13 11 (1.17%) Microsoft Clustering
13 11 (1.17%) SmoothWall
14 8 (0.85%) SCOM
15 6 (0.64%) Puppet
Vendors
1 442 (46.82%) Microsoft
2 330 (34.96%) VMware
3 249 (26.38%) Cisco
4 107 (11.33%) Palo Alto
5 98 (10.38%) Veeam
6 91 (9.64%) Juniper
7 78 (8.26%) Meraki
8 66 (6.99%) NetApp
9 64 (6.78%) Citrix
10 59 (6.25%) Red Hat
11 50 (5.30%) Fortinet
12 49 (5.19%) SolidFire
13 39 (4.13%) Apple
14 37 (3.92%) Sophos
15 33 (3.50%) HP
16 31 (3.28%) Dell
17 30 (3.18%) F5
18 29 (3.07%) Aruba
19 28 (2.97%) SolarWinds
20 25 (2.65%) Google