VPN Jobs with Work from Home Options

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 206 222 330
Rank change year-on-year +16 +108 -84
Permanent jobs citing VPN 526 627 749
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.56% 1.54% 1.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.13% 13.76% 9.71%
Number of salaries quoted 353 491 616
10th Percentile £31,000 £33,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £38,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,500 £87,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,192 4,557 7,717
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.39% 11.20% 11.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3,338 3,394 4,962
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,522 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing VPN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VPN trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing VPN.

VPN salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing VPN over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

VPN salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 75 (14.26%) SharePoint
2 57 (10.84%) Apache
3 55 (10.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.33%) nginx
5 6 (1.14%) Confluence
6 4 (0.76%) IIS
6 4 (0.76%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.19%) CMS
8 1 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 47 (8.94%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.76%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.38%) Trello
4 1 (0.19%) 1Password
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.14%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.76%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 199 (37.83%) Azure
2 138 (26.24%) Microsoft 365
3 67 (12.74%) Amazon S3
3 67 (12.74%) AWS
4 48 (9.13%) Entra ID
5 35 (6.65%) SaaS
6 30 (5.70%) IaaS
7 26 (4.94%) PaaS
8 24 (4.56%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (3.99%) GCP
10 20 (3.80%) GitHub
11 18 (3.42%) Amazon EC2
12 16 (3.04%) OneDrive
13 14 (2.66%) Serverless
14 11 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (1.90%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (1.90%) Azure Monitor
16 9 (1.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 9 (1.71%) AWS Lambda
17 8 (1.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 389 (73.95%) Firewall
2 210 (39.92%) WAN
3 202 (38.40%) LAN
4 131 (24.90%) DNS
5 118 (22.43%) Internet
6 103 (19.58%) DHCP
7 102 (19.39%) IPsec
8 91 (17.30%) Wi-Fi
9 87 (16.54%) TCP/IP
10 83 (15.78%) VLAN
11 80 (15.21%) Network Security
12 65 (12.36%) MPLS
13 58 (11.03%) SNMP
13 58 (11.03%) Wireless
14 49 (9.32%) BGP
15 48 (9.13%) OSPF
16 46 (8.75%) SD-WAN
17 41 (7.79%) VoIP
18 30 (5.70%) Remote Desktop
19 29 (5.51%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (11.22%) Elasticsearch
2 54 (10.27%) MongoDB
3 28 (5.32%) Amazon RDS
4 16 (3.04%) SQL Server
5 15 (2.85%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.33%) MySQL
7 6 (1.14%) BigQuery
7 6 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.95%) Power BI
8 5 (0.95%) Redis
9 4 (0.76%) DB2
10 1 (0.19%) Big Data
10 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.19%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 16 (3.04%) JIRA
2 15 (2.85%) Jenkins
3 14 (2.66%) Git
4 10 (1.90%) Trac
5 6 (1.14%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.76%) Subversion
7 3 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.19%) GitLab
General
1 154 (29.28%) Social Skills
2 81 (15.40%) Finance
3 38 (7.22%) Retail
4 34 (6.46%) Telecoms
5 22 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (2.66%) German Language
8 13 (2.47%) Law
8 13 (2.47%) Legal
9 7 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.14%) French Language
10 6 (1.14%) Italian Language
10 6 (1.14%) Portuguese Language
10 6 (1.14%) Spanish Language
10 6 (1.14%) Swedish Language
10 6 (1.14%) Turkish Language
11 5 (0.95%) Advertising
11 5 (0.95%) Banking
11 5 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 101 (19.20%) Senior
2 98 (18.63%) Network Engineer
3 73 (13.88%) Consultant
3 73 (13.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 66 (12.55%) Architect
5 54 (10.27%) NetApp Consultant
6 47 (8.94%) Infrastructure Architect
7 40 (7.60%) Analyst
8 36 (6.84%) IT Support
9 33 (6.27%) IT Engineer
10 32 (6.08%) Senior Network Engineer
11 31 (5.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 26 (4.94%) Support Analyst
13 25 (4.75%) Lead
14 23 (4.37%) IT Analyst
15 22 (4.18%) IT Support Analyst
16 20 (3.80%) Support Engineer
17 19 (3.61%) Cloud Architect
18 18 (3.42%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
18 18 (3.42%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (12.36%) YAML
2 54 (10.27%) RabbitMQ
3 15 (2.85%) HTML
4 14 (2.66%) CSS
4 14 (2.66%) Web Services
5 13 (2.47%) ARM Templates
5 13 (2.47%) JSON
6 11 (2.09%) LDAP
6 11 (2.09%) SOAP
7 10 (1.90%) XML
8 8 (1.52%) Ajax
9 5 (0.95%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.95%) gRPC
9 5 (0.95%) LEMP Stack
9 5 (0.95%) Middleware
9 5 (0.95%) Node.js
9 5 (0.95%) React
9 5 (0.95%) React Native
9 5 (0.95%) RESTful
9 5 (0.95%) Sequelize
Miscellaneous
1 145 (27.57%) Data Centre
2 34 (6.46%) Public Cloud
3 18 (3.42%) PKI
4 15 (2.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (2.85%) Management Information System
4 15 (2.85%) Private Cloud
5 14 (2.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 13 (2.47%) Client/Server
7 12 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.90%) CMDB
9 8 (1.52%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.52%) Driving Licence
9 8 (1.52%) iPad
10 7 (1.33%) IoT
11 5 (0.95%) Algorithms
11 5 (0.95%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.95%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.95%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (0.95%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.76%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 242 (46.01%) Windows
2 153 (29.09%) Linux
3 89 (16.92%) Windows Server
4 54 (10.27%) Data ONTAP
5 37 (7.03%) VMS
6 36 (6.84%) Ubuntu
7 27 (5.13%) Windows 10
8 16 (3.04%) Windows Server 2012
9 15 (2.85%) Apple iOS
9 15 (2.85%) Windows Server 2019
10 14 (2.66%) Windows Server 2016
11 11 (2.09%) Unix
12 8 (1.52%) Android
13 6 (1.14%) Windows 7
14 5 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
16 3 (0.57%) Mac OS
17 1 (0.19%) CentOS
17 1 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
17 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (19.96%) Problem-Solving
2 103 (19.58%) Actionable Insight
3 98 (18.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 86 (16.35%) Agile
5 81 (15.40%) Project Management
6 69 (13.12%) Infrastructure Management
7 62 (11.79%) DevOps
8 59 (11.22%) Release Management
8 59 (11.22%) Storage Management
9 58 (11.03%) ITIL
10 55 (10.46%) Project Planning
11 41 (7.79%) Collaborative Culture
11 41 (7.79%) Roadmaps
12 40 (7.60%) Application Security
12 40 (7.60%) Infrastructure as Code
13 36 (6.84%) DevSecOps
14 34 (6.46%) Customer Service
15 32 (6.08%) CI/CD
15 32 (6.08%) Cybersecurity
16 30 (5.70%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 90 (17.11%) Python
2 57 (10.84%) PowerShell
3 34 (6.46%) SQL
4 16 (3.04%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.33%) Bash
6 6 (1.14%) C#
7 5 (0.95%) JSX
7 5 (0.95%) R
7 5 (0.95%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.76%) Java
9 3 (0.57%) Groovy
9 3 (0.57%) Ruby
10 2 (0.38%) Korn
10 2 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.38%) PHP
11 1 (0.19%) C
11 1 (0.19%) C++
11 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.19%) VBA
Qualifications
1 90 (17.11%) Cisco Certification
2 76 (14.45%) Security Cleared
3 54 (10.27%) CCNA
4 53 (10.08%) CCNP
5 50 (9.51%) Degree
6 34 (6.46%) SC Cleared
7 33 (6.27%) DV Cleared
8 28 (5.32%) CISSP
9 24 (4.56%) CCIE
10 19 (3.61%) Azure Certification
10 19 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
12 16 (3.04%) APMP
13 10 (1.90%) MCSE
14 9 (1.71%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (1.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 6 (1.14%) CCIE Security
15 6 (1.14%) CCSP
15 6 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
16 5 (0.95%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.32%) SLA
2 16 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.71%) NIST
4 6 (1.14%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.76%) GDPR
5 4 (0.76%) QA
6 3 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.57%) GRC
6 3 (0.57%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.38%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.19%) COBIT
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.19%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 172 (32.70%) Active Directory
2 124 (23.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 86 (16.35%) Hyper-V
4 80 (15.21%) Docker
5 46 (8.75%) Virtual Machines
6 44 (8.37%) VMware ESXi
7 25 (4.75%) vSphere
8 21 (3.99%) Virtual Desktop
9 16 (3.04%) pfSense
10 12 (2.28%) NFS
11 4 (0.76%) vCloud
12 3 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.38%) Firmware
13 2 (0.38%) Terminal Server
13 2 (0.38%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.38%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.19%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 119 (22.62%) Ansible
2 84 (15.97%) Terraform
3 76 (14.45%) Kubernetes
4 63 (11.98%) Prometheus
5 57 (10.84%) vCenter Server
6 45 (8.56%) Microsoft Intune
7 36 (6.84%) WSUS
8 24 (4.56%) Grafana
9 17 (3.23%) ZABBIX
10 11 (2.09%) FortiGate
11 10 (1.90%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 10 (1.90%) SCDPM
12 7 (1.33%) SCCM
13 6 (1.14%) HP UCMDB
13 6 (1.14%) SCOM
14 4 (0.76%) AirWatch
14 4 (0.76%) EMC NetWorker
14 4 (0.76%) Puppet
14 4 (0.76%) SolarWinds Orion
15 3 (0.57%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 170 (32.32%) Cisco
2 159 (30.23%) Microsoft
2 159 (30.23%) VMware
3 103 (19.58%) Palo Alto
4 68 (12.93%) Meraki
5 59 (11.22%) Red Hat
6 54 (10.27%) Juniper
6 54 (10.27%) NetApp
6 54 (10.27%) SolidFire
7 42 (7.98%) Fortinet
8 31 (5.89%) Citrix
9 28 (5.32%) Veeam
10 23 (4.37%) HP
11 22 (4.18%) SolarWinds
12 19 (3.61%) CheckPoint
13 18 (3.42%) Ruckus Wireless
14 16 (3.04%) Zscaler
15 13 (2.47%) Aruba
15 13 (2.47%) F5
16 12 (2.28%) Oracle