VPN Contracts in the East of England

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for VPN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VPN over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 74 93
Rank change year-on-year -3 +19 -17
Contract jobs citing VPN 33 40 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.75% 2.03% 1.97%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.00% 11.24% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 22 30
10th Percentile £220 £225 £183
25th Percentile £235 £284 £267
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £575 £400
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +43.75% +23.08%
75th Percentile £551 £643 £486
90th Percentile £589 £700 £578
England median daily rate £434 £466 £463
% change year-on-year -6.97% +0.81% +12.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.13
Median hourly rate - - £18.75
75th Percentile - - £19.38
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £16.56 £22.00 £20.26
% change year-on-year -24.75% +8.62% +5.22%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

VPN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 275 356 456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 14.54% 18.08% 17.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 202 265
10th Percentile £199 £210 £193
25th Percentile £261 £336 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% +11.76% +21.43%
75th Percentile £544 £638 £520
90th Percentile £580 £700 £620
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 36 53
10th Percentile £14.16 - £14.95
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.46 £51.25 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.13% +230.65% -15.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £26.00
90th Percentile - £66.88 £52.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% +0.41%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the East of England

VPN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VPN in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for VPN in the East of England

VPN
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in the East of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in the East of England

VPN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VPN in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for VPN in the East of England

VPN
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the East of England region over the 6 months to 18 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Essex +4 14 £534 -9.49% 1
Suffolk +19 11 £225 -67.86%
Bedfordshire - 4 £375 -
Cambridgeshire 0 3 £240 -4.00% 9
Hertfordshire -15 1 £450 -20.00% 6
VPN
England

VPN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 5 (15.15%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.06%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.21%) Azure
2 2 (6.06%) AWS
2 2 (6.06%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 24 (72.73%) Firewall
2 7 (21.21%) Network Security
3 6 (18.18%) 4G
3 6 (18.18%) 5G
4 5 (15.15%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (12.12%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (12.12%) OSPF
6 3 (9.09%) LAN
6 3 (9.09%) WAN
7 2 (6.06%) BGP
7 2 (6.06%) SD-WAN
7 2 (6.06%) Spanning Tree
7 2 (6.06%) TCP/IP
7 2 (6.06%) VLAN
7 2 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (3.03%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (3.03%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) JIRA
1 2 (6.06%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Finance
3 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Automotive
3 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.06%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Full Stack Engineer
2 8 (24.24%) Java Engineer
2 8 (24.24%) Support Engineer
3 6 (18.18%) Senior
3 6 (18.18%) Senior Java Engineer
4 5 (15.15%) Desktop Engineer
4 5 (15.15%) Desktop Support
4 5 (15.15%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (15.15%) Developer
4 5 (15.15%) Network Engineer
4 5 (15.15%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) Java Developer
5 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
5 4 (12.12%) Software Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) Core Network Specialist
6 3 (9.09%) IP Design Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) IP Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) Linux Support Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) Network Design Specialist
6 3 (9.09%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (42.42%) CSS
1 14 (42.42%) HTML
1 14 (42.42%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) iPad
1 5 (15.15%) iPhone
2 3 (9.09%) Clustering
2 3 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (24.24%) Windows
2 5 (15.15%) Windows 10
3 3 (9.09%) Linux
3 3 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (54.55%) Load Balancing
1 18 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (48.48%) CI/CD
3 14 (42.42%) Agile
3 14 (42.42%) DevOps
4 12 (36.36%) Full Stack Development
4 12 (36.36%) Identity Management
4 12 (36.36%) Software Engineering
5 6 (18.18%) ITIL
5 6 (18.18%) Network Design
5 6 (18.18%) Network Virtualisation
6 4 (12.12%) Roadmaps
6 4 (12.12%) Technology Roadmap
7 3 (9.09%) Antivirus Management
7 3 (9.09%) Customer Service
7 3 (9.09%) High Availability
7 3 (9.09%) Inventory Management
7 3 (9.09%) Release Management
7 3 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (9.09%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (39.39%) Java
2 12 (36.36%) TypeScript
3 2 (6.06%) Python
4 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 5 (15.15%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.12%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (6.06%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.03%) CCNP
6 1 (3.03%) CCSA
6 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.03%) Degree
6 1 (3.03%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (24.24%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (9.09%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.06%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.06%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) Cisco
2 8 (24.24%) Microsoft
3 7 (21.21%) Juniper
4 5 (15.15%) Palo Alto
5 4 (12.12%) F5
6 3 (9.09%) McAfee
6 3 (9.09%) VMware
7 2 (6.06%) Splunk
7 2 (6.06%) Zscaler
8 1 (3.03%) Blue Coat
8 1 (3.03%) CheckPoint