VPN Jobs with Work from Home Options

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring VPN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VPN over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 233 178 251
Rank change year-on-year -55 +73 +4
Permanent jobs citing VPN 310 503 912
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.36% 2.06% 1.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.11% 15.44% 11.57%
Number of salaries quoted 173 422 703
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,582 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £58,750 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year - +2.15% +3.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

VPN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,072 3,258 7,880
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.24% 13.32% 12.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,379 2,604 5,050
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £74,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,993 £85,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £52,750 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.50% -4.76% +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 31 October 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 81 (26.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 62 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.26%) Apache
4 4 (1.29%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.32%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 28 (9.03%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.61%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (1.61%) Oracle ERP
1 5 (1.61%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 1 (0.32%) Carpe Diem
2 1 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 160 (51.61%) Azure
2 123 (39.68%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (23.87%) Entra ID
4 49 (15.81%) AWS
5 15 (4.84%) IaaS
6 14 (4.52%) Cloud Computing
7 13 (4.19%) PaaS
7 13 (4.19%) SaaS
8 9 (2.90%) Google Workspace
9 8 (2.58%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (2.58%) Mimecast
9 8 (2.58%) OneDrive
9 8 (2.58%) Serverless
10 6 (1.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 5 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (1.61%) Azure AKS
11 5 (1.61%) GCP
11 5 (1.61%) OCI
11 5 (1.61%) Power Platform
11 5 (1.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 209 (67.42%) Firewall
2 126 (40.65%) DNS
3 101 (32.58%) WAN
4 96 (30.97%) LAN
5 89 (28.71%) TCP/IP
6 78 (25.16%) VLAN
7 77 (24.84%) DHCP
8 74 (23.87%) Network Security
9 49 (15.81%) BGP
10 47 (15.16%) Wireless
11 36 (11.61%) OSPF
12 34 (10.97%) IPsec
13 31 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
14 29 (9.35%) Wi-Fi
15 27 (8.71%) Internet
16 23 (7.42%) SD-WAN
17 18 (5.81%) MPLS
17 18 (5.81%) SAN
17 18 (5.81%) VoIP
18 16 (5.16%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.35%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.61%) Power BI
5 4 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.97%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.65%) MySQL
8 1 (0.32%) Couchbase
8 1 (0.32%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.32%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.32%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.29%) Git
2 3 (0.97%) GitLab
2 3 (0.97%) JIRA
3 1 (0.32%) Subversion
General
1 110 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 25 (8.06%) Telecoms
3 19 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.81%) Finance
5 16 (5.16%) Retail
6 15 (4.84%) Back Office
7 12 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.58%) Local Government
8 8 (2.58%) Mandarin Language
8 8 (2.58%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.26%) Legal
10 5 (1.61%) Law
10 5 (1.61%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.29%) Banking
11 4 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.29%) Japanese Language
12 3 (0.97%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.32%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 69 (22.26%) Network Engineer
2 55 (17.74%) IT Support
3 46 (14.84%) Senior
4 43 (13.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 34 (10.97%) IT Technician
6 33 (10.65%) Support Technician
7 25 (8.06%) IT Support Technician
8 24 (7.74%) Support Engineer
9 22 (7.10%) Analyst
10 20 (6.45%) 2nd Line Support
11 18 (5.81%) IT Engineer
12 16 (5.16%) Administrator
12 16 (5.16%) Systems Administrator
13 15 (4.84%) IT Analyst
13 15 (4.84%) Support Analyst
14 13 (4.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 13 (4.19%) Architect
14 13 (4.19%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
15 12 (3.87%) IT Support Analyst
15 12 (3.87%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.23%) 802.1X
2 6 (1.94%) RESTful
3 5 (1.61%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.29%) ARM Templates
4 4 (1.29%) LAPP Stack
5 3 (0.97%) Express.js
5 3 (0.97%) LDAP
5 3 (0.97%) Middleware
5 3 (0.97%) Node.js
6 2 (0.65%) Kafka
6 2 (0.65%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.32%) Ajax
7 1 (0.32%) CSS
7 1 (0.32%) HTML
7 1 (0.32%) SOAP
7 1 (0.32%) Web Services
7 1 (0.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (12.90%) Data Centre
2 39 (12.58%) Driving Licence
3 20 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (6.45%) Video Conferencing
4 12 (3.87%) PKI
5 9 (2.90%) Linux Command Line
5 9 (2.90%) Security Operations Centre
6 8 (2.58%) Blackberry
6 8 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.26%) Replication
7 7 (2.26%) Smartphone
8 6 (1.94%) Algorithms
8 6 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.61%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.61%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.29%) EPoS
10 4 (1.29%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.97%) Clustering
11 3 (0.97%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 177 (57.10%) Windows
2 85 (27.42%) Linux
3 77 (24.84%) Windows Server
4 25 (8.06%) Windows 10
5 19 (6.13%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (4.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (3.87%) Android
7 12 (3.87%) Apple iOS
8 8 (2.58%) Ubuntu
9 7 (2.26%) Mac OS
10 6 (1.94%) VMS
11 5 (1.61%) Oracle Linux
12 4 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.97%) CentOS
14 2 (0.65%) Debian
15 1 (0.32%) OpenBSD
15 1 (0.32%) Unix
15 1 (0.32%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (24.52%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (20.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 58 (18.71%) Customer Service
4 55 (17.74%) ITIL
5 43 (13.87%) Cybersecurity
6 38 (12.26%) Mentoring
7 27 (8.71%) Computer Science
8 22 (7.10%) Disaster Recovery
8 22 (7.10%) Migration
9 21 (6.77%) Business Continuity
9 21 (6.77%) Kalman Filter
9 21 (6.77%) Network Monitoring
10 20 (6.45%) Information Security
11 19 (6.13%) Cloud Security
12 18 (5.81%) Coaching
12 18 (5.81%) Data Privacy
12 18 (5.81%) Mobile Device Management
12 18 (5.81%) Network Architecture
13 17 (5.48%) High Availability
14 16 (5.16%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 37 (11.94%) PowerShell
2 21 (6.77%) Python
3 8 (2.58%) Bash
4 7 (2.26%) SQL
5 5 (1.61%) Go
6 3 (0.97%) Bicep
6 3 (0.97%) Java
6 3 (0.97%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.97%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.65%) C#
Qualifications
1 75 (24.19%) Cisco Certification
2 49 (15.81%) CCNP
3 46 (14.84%) Security Cleared
4 42 (13.55%) Degree
5 31 (10.00%) DV Cleared
6 23 (7.42%) CCNA
6 23 (7.42%) CISSP
7 22 (7.10%) SC Cleared
8 15 (4.84%) Azure Certification
9 12 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (3.23%) CCIE
11 9 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (2.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (2.26%) AWS Certification
12 7 (2.26%) CCSP
12 7 (2.26%) HND
13 6 (1.94%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (1.61%) Oracle Certification
15 4 (1.29%) ACSP
16 3 (0.97%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (14.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (6.13%) GDPR
3 16 (5.16%) NIST
4 13 (4.19%) SLA
5 8 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (2.26%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.61%) ISO 9001
8 4 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.97%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.32%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.32%) PMO
10 1 (0.32%) QA
System Software
1 121 (39.03%) Active Directory
2 62 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (15.16%) Hyper-V
4 15 (4.84%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (3.87%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (3.55%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (2.26%) Firmware
7 7 (2.26%) vSphere
8 3 (0.97%) Docker
8 3 (0.97%) pfSense
8 3 (0.97%) Terminal Server
9 2 (0.65%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.32%) NFS
10 1 (0.32%) Postfix
10 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.32%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 40 (12.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (11.94%) Terraform
3 30 (9.68%) Ansible
4 17 (5.48%) FortiGate
5 12 (3.87%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (3.87%) vCenter Server
6 11 (3.55%) Kubernetes
7 10 (3.23%) Puppet
8 7 (2.26%) SCCM
9 5 (1.61%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.97%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.97%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.97%) WSUS
11 2 (0.65%) Backup Exec
11 2 (0.65%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.32%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.32%) Grafana
12 1 (0.32%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.32%) HP UCMDB
12 1 (0.32%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 118 (38.06%) Microsoft
2 82 (26.45%) Cisco
3 80 (25.81%) VMware
4 27 (8.71%) Palo Alto
5 26 (8.39%) Veeam
6 22 (7.10%) Meraki
7 21 (6.77%) HP
8 17 (5.48%) Apple
8 17 (5.48%) Juniper
8 17 (5.48%) SolarWinds
9 16 (5.16%) Google
10 14 (4.52%) Fortinet
11 13 (4.19%) CheckPoint
11 13 (4.19%) Citrix
12 12 (3.87%) Mellanox
12 12 (3.87%) NVIDIA
13 11 (3.55%) F5
14 8 (2.58%) Aruba
14 8 (2.58%) Mitel
14 8 (2.58%) Sophos