Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 221 222 333
Rank change year-on-year +1 +111 -92
Permanent jobs citing VPN 1,354 1,640 2,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.31% 1.69% 1.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.98% 10.56% 9.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,047 1,219 1,550
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,375 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £76,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +2.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,562 15,535 22,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.13% 15.99% 13.32%
Number of salaries quoted 9,412 7,743 11,780
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the UK

VPN
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for VPN in the UK

VPN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VPN in the UK

VPN
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the UK 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
England +3 1,215 £45,000 -10.00% 287
UK excluding London -6 944 £40,000 -11.11% 214
Work from Home +9 524 £52,500 - 130
London -26 354 £54,000 -10.00% 86
South East -1 273 £46,500 +9.41% 49
North of England +5 226 £39,750 -11.67% 52
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% 27
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 -

VPN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 227 (16.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 181 (13.37%) SharePoint
3 58 (4.28%) Apache
4 34 (2.51%) IIS
5 31 (2.29%) Exchange Server 2010
6 11 (0.81%) Confluence
7 9 (0.66%) Skype for Business
7 9 (0.66%) WordPress
8 7 (0.52%) nginx
8 7 (0.52%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2007
9 6 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2013
9 6 (0.44%) SAS
9 6 (0.44%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.15%) CMS
10 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.15%) Resin
11 1 (0.074%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.074%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 179 (13.22%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.74%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.15%) Trello
6 1 (0.074%) 1Password
6 1 (0.074%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.30%) Carpe Diem
1 4 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
1 4 (0.30%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.15%) Eikon
2 2 (0.15%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.15%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 2 (0.15%) Shopify
3 1 (0.074%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 632 (46.68%) Azure
2 520 (38.40%) Microsoft 365
3 192 (14.18%) AWS
4 173 (12.78%) Entra ID
5 87 (6.43%) IaaS
6 80 (5.91%) OneDrive
7 75 (5.54%) PaaS
8 69 (5.10%) Amazon S3
9 64 (4.73%) GCP
10 60 (4.43%) SaaS
11 42 (3.10%) Cloud Computing
12 32 (2.36%) Azure Monitor
13 30 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
13 30 (2.22%) Mimecast
14 21 (1.55%) GitHub
15 19 (1.40%) Serverless
16 18 (1.33%) Amazon EC2
17 17 (1.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
18 15 (1.11%) Power Platform
19 14 (1.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 919 (67.87%) Firewall
2 496 (36.63%) WAN
3 463 (34.19%) LAN
4 410 (30.28%) DNS
5 317 (23.41%) DHCP
6 263 (19.42%) VLAN
7 257 (18.98%) TCP/IP
8 217 (16.03%) Network Security
9 205 (15.14%) Wireless
10 203 (14.99%) Wi-Fi
11 172 (12.70%) IPsec
12 165 (12.19%) Internet
13 130 (9.60%) MPLS
14 129 (9.53%) BGP
15 120 (8.86%) SD-WAN
16 115 (8.49%) SAN
17 111 (8.20%) OSPF
18 107 (7.90%) VoIP
19 83 (6.13%) SSL
20 68 (5.02%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (6.65%) SQL Server
2 67 (4.95%) MongoDB
3 59 (4.36%) Elasticsearch
4 40 (2.95%) Amazon RDS
5 28 (2.07%) NoSQL
6 13 (0.96%) Power BI
7 11 (0.81%) MySQL
8 8 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (0.59%) BigQuery
8 8 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.52%) Redis
10 5 (0.37%) DB2
11 4 (0.30%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.15%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.15%) Looker
13 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 1 (0.074%) Big Data
14 1 (0.074%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 35 (2.58%) JIRA
2 26 (1.92%) Git
3 21 (1.55%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.89%) GitLab
5 10 (0.74%) Trac
6 6 (0.44%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.30%) Subversion
8 3 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.074%) Selenium
General
1 424 (31.31%) Social Skills
2 162 (11.96%) Finance
3 112 (8.27%) Telecoms
4 99 (7.31%) Analytical Skills
5 70 (5.17%) Retail
6 51 (3.77%) Law
7 43 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (2.14%) Manufacturing
9 26 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
11 20 (1.48%) Legal
12 19 (1.40%) Banking
13 14 (1.03%) Billing
13 14 (1.03%) German Language
14 13 (0.96%) Back Office
15 12 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
16 11 (0.81%) Games
17 10 (0.74%) Local Government
18 7 (0.52%) Investment Banking
18 7 (0.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 260 (19.20%) Network Engineer
2 178 (13.15%) IT Support
3 173 (12.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 171 (12.63%) Senior
4 171 (12.63%) Support Engineer
5 149 (11.00%) Analyst
6 144 (10.64%) IT Engineer
7 102 (7.53%) Architect
8 96 (7.09%) IT Support Engineer
9 86 (6.35%) Consultant
10 60 (4.43%) Infrastructure Architect
10 60 (4.43%) IT Analyst
11 57 (4.21%) Lead
11 57 (4.21%) Service Analyst
12 54 (3.99%) NetApp Consultant
12 54 (3.99%) Service Desk Analyst
13 53 (3.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 52 (3.84%) Senior Network Engineer
15 50 (3.69%) Support Analyst
16 47 (3.47%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (5.76%) YAML
2 54 (3.99%) RabbitMQ
3 38 (2.81%) 802.1X
4 29 (2.14%) LDAP
5 27 (1.99%) JSON
6 26 (1.92%) XML
7 25 (1.85%) SOAP
8 24 (1.77%) HTML
9 18 (1.33%) Web Services
10 17 (1.26%) REST
11 13 (0.96%) CSS
12 12 (0.89%) NETCONF
12 12 (0.89%) RESTCONF
13 11 (0.81%) LAMP
13 11 (0.81%) YANG
14 10 (0.74%) ARM Templates
15 8 (0.59%) Ajax
15 8 (0.59%) SAML
16 7 (0.52%) .NET
16 7 (0.52%) ADSI
Miscellaneous
1 250 (18.46%) Data Centre
2 71 (5.24%) Management Information System
3 70 (5.17%) Driving Licence
4 65 (4.80%) Replication
5 63 (4.65%) Public Cloud
6 45 (3.32%) PKI
7 36 (2.66%) Hybrid Cloud
8 33 (2.44%) Onboarding
9 32 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
10 25 (1.85%) Clustering
11 21 (1.55%) Client/Server
12 19 (1.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 18 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
14 16 (1.18%) Product Ownership
15 15 (1.11%) Security Posture
16 13 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
16 13 (0.96%) Private Cloud
17 11 (0.81%) Cloud Native
17 11 (0.81%) CMDB
18 10 (0.74%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 719 (53.10%) Windows
2 371 (27.40%) Windows Server
3 309 (22.82%) Linux
4 143 (10.56%) Windows 10
5 78 (5.76%) Windows Server 2019
6 72 (5.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 70 (5.17%) Ubuntu
8 63 (4.65%) Windows Server 2012
9 54 (3.99%) Data ONTAP
9 54 (3.99%) VMS
10 43 (3.18%) Mac OS
11 42 (3.10%) Apple iOS
12 37 (2.73%) Android
12 37 (2.73%) Unix
13 20 (1.48%) Windows Server 2008
14 19 (1.40%) Windows 7
15 18 (1.33%) CentOS
16 17 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 12 (0.89%) Mac OS X
18 10 (0.74%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (19.87%) Problem-Solving
2 214 (15.81%) Customer Service
2 214 (15.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 209 (15.44%) ITIL
4 138 (10.19%) Agile
5 134 (9.90%) Cybersecurity
6 129 (9.53%) Project Management
7 116 (8.57%) DevOps
8 112 (8.27%) Disaster Recovery
9 105 (7.75%) Actionable Insight
10 99 (7.31%) Mentoring
11 97 (7.16%) Service Management
12 92 (6.79%) Roadmaps
13 91 (6.72%) Infrastructure Management
14 90 (6.65%) Computer Science
14 90 (6.65%) Project Delivery
15 87 (6.43%) Service Delivery
16 78 (5.76%) Migration
17 71 (5.24%) Load Balancing
17 71 (5.24%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 190 (14.03%) PowerShell
2 145 (10.71%) Python
3 118 (8.71%) SQL
4 34 (2.51%) Bash
5 19 (1.40%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.03%) C#
7 11 (0.81%) Java
8 7 (0.52%) Perl
8 7 (0.52%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.37%) JSX
9 5 (0.37%) R
9 5 (0.37%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.22%) Groovy
10 3 (0.22%) Ruby
10 3 (0.22%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.15%) Korn
11 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.15%) PHP
12 1 (0.074%) Go
12 1 (0.074%) Rust
Qualifications
1 217 (16.03%) Cisco Certification
2 171 (12.63%) Degree
3 139 (10.27%) CCNA
4 131 (9.68%) Security Cleared
5 121 (8.94%) CCNP
6 85 (6.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 74 (5.47%) SC Cleared
8 52 (3.84%) CISSP
9 51 (3.77%) Azure Certification
10 45 (3.32%) MCSE
11 43 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
12 39 (2.88%) DV Cleared
13 35 (2.58%) MCSA
14 32 (2.36%) CCIE
15 22 (1.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 20 (1.48%) CISM
17 18 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
17 18 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
18 17 (1.26%) AWS Certification
19 16 (1.18%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (7.83%) SLA
2 47 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (2.66%) GDPR
4 32 (2.36%) NIST
5 23 (1.70%) PCI DSS
6 18 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (0.66%) HIPAA
8 8 (0.59%) NCSC
9 7 (0.52%) GRC
10 6 (0.44%) QA
11 5 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.22%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.15%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.074%) FISMA
15 1 (0.074%) ISO 31000
15 1 (0.074%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 1 (0.074%) NIST 800
System Software
1 569 (42.02%) Active Directory
2 301 (22.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 225 (16.62%) Hyper-V
4 100 (7.39%) Docker
5 70 (5.17%) Virtual Machines
6 69 (5.10%) vSphere
7 66 (4.87%) VMware ESXi
8 24 (1.77%) Virtual Desktop
9 21 (1.55%) pfSense
10 20 (1.48%) VMware NSX
11 16 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
12 14 (1.03%) NFS
12 14 (1.03%) vCloud
13 13 (0.96%) Terminal Services
14 10 (0.74%) Firmware
15 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 4 (0.30%) XenDesktop
17 3 (0.22%) Terminal Server
17 3 (0.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 182 (13.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 149 (11.00%) Ansible
3 117 (8.64%) Terraform
4 99 (7.31%) Kubernetes
5 81 (5.98%) SCCM
6 64 (4.73%) Prometheus
6 64 (4.73%) vCenter Server
7 51 (3.77%) WSUS
8 44 (3.25%) FortiGate
9 31 (2.29%) ZABBIX
10 25 (1.85%) Grafana
11 24 (1.77%) Jamf Pro
11 24 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
12 18 (1.33%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 18 (1.33%) Puppet
13 16 (1.18%) Autotask
13 16 (1.18%) SCDPM
14 13 (0.96%) AirWatch
14 13 (0.96%) Failover Clustering
15 12 (0.89%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 601 (44.39%) Microsoft
2 411 (30.35%) VMware
3 400 (29.54%) Cisco
4 159 (11.74%) Palo Alto
5 119 (8.79%) Juniper
5 119 (8.79%) Meraki
6 113 (8.35%) Veeam
7 95 (7.02%) Citrix
8 89 (6.57%) Fortinet
9 78 (5.76%) Red Hat
10 72 (5.32%) NetApp
11 60 (4.43%) SolarWinds
12 59 (4.36%) HP
13 54 (3.99%) SolidFire
14 51 (3.77%) CheckPoint
15 48 (3.55%) F5
16 44 (3.25%) Apple
17 43 (3.18%) Aruba
18 42 (3.10%) Sophos
19 37 (2.73%) Google