VPN Contracts in the Midlands

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 41 73 132
Rank change year-on-year +32 +59 -25
Contract jobs citing VPN 108 90 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.01% 2.74% 1.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.33% 17.96% 11.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 62 41
10th Percentile £190 £214 £110
25th Percentile £311 £313 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £325
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +53.85% -13.33%
75th Percentile £578 £585 £438
90th Percentile £745 £713 £475
England median daily rate £434 £466 £463
% change year-on-year -6.97% +0.81% +12.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 6
10th Percentile - - £16.59
25th Percentile £12.75 - £18.17
Median hourly rate £14.27 £15.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% -25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile - - £20.38
90th Percentile £72.90 - £20.51
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
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 463 501 580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.21% 15.27% 11.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 328 403
10th Percentile £200 £249 £163
25th Percentile £300 £313 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +12.64% -0.13%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £500
90th Percentile £688 £700 £614
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 16 32
10th Percentile £12.28 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £13.13 £15.94 £14.55
Median hourly rate £14.27 £20.71 £17.53
Median % change year-on-year -31.08% +18.11% +16.87%
75th Percentile £24.35 £28.13 £20.88
90th Percentile £28.75 £40.25 £23.20
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% +0.41%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VPN in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for VPN in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for VPN in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VPN in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for VPN in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VPN in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VPN in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +30 88 £375 -27.88% 24
East Midlands +17 20 £338 -3.57% 23
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (4.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.78%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.85%) IIS
3 2 (1.85%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (15.74%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 15 (13.89%) Azure
2 13 (12.04%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (6.48%) Entra ID
4 5 (4.63%) AWS
4 5 (4.63%) CloudFront
4 5 (4.63%) OneDrive
4 5 (4.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.85%) IaaS
5 2 (1.85%) PaaS
5 2 (1.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 61 (56.48%) WAN
2 56 (51.85%) MPLS
3 47 (43.52%) BGP
4 44 (40.74%) IPsec
4 44 (40.74%) Junos
5 28 (25.93%) Firewall
6 20 (18.52%) DNS
7 19 (17.59%) LAN
8 15 (13.89%) VoIP
9 11 (10.19%) SD-WAN
10 10 (9.26%) DHCP
10 10 (9.26%) Network Security
10 10 (9.26%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (8.33%) PBX
11 9 (8.33%) TCP/IP
11 9 (8.33%) WLAN
12 8 (7.41%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (5.56%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (5.56%) Cisco Nexus
13 6 (5.56%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Git
1 2 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 16 (14.81%) Finance
2 14 (12.96%) Social Skills
3 13 (12.04%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (12.04%) Telecoms
4 10 (9.26%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.63%) Retail
6 4 (3.70%) Electronics
6 4 (3.70%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.70%) Marketing
7 3 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.85%) Law
8 2 (1.85%) Legal
9 1 (0.93%) Banking
9 1 (0.93%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.93%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (23.15%) 3rd Line Support
2 24 (22.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 23 (21.30%) WAN Engineer
4 21 (19.44%) Network Support
5 16 (14.81%) Network Engineer
6 13 (12.04%) Architect
7 12 (11.11%) Support Engineer
8 10 (9.26%) 2nd Line Support
8 10 (9.26%) Analyst
9 7 (6.48%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 7 (6.48%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 6 (5.56%) Service Analyst
10 6 (5.56%) Service Desk Analyst
11 5 (4.63%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 5 (4.63%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 5 (4.63%) Applications Engineer
11 5 (4.63%) Cloud Engineer
11 5 (4.63%) Enterprise Architect
11 5 (4.63%) Network Architect
11 5 (4.63%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.33%) Web Services
2 5 (4.63%) OAuth
2 5 (4.63%) OAuth2
2 5 (4.63%) SAML
3 2 (1.85%) JSON
3 2 (1.85%) LAMP
3 2 (1.85%) YAML
4 1 (0.93%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 43 (39.81%) PKI
2 12 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.63%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.70%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.78%) Clustering
5 3 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.85%) Replication
7 1 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.93%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.93%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (27.78%) Windows
2 12 (11.11%) Windows 10
3 10 (9.26%) Windows 7
4 7 (6.48%) Windows Server
4 7 (6.48%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (4.63%) Mac OS
5 5 (4.63%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (4.63%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (3.70%) Linux
7 2 (1.85%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.85%) VMS
7 2 (1.85%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.93%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (39.81%) Load Balancing
2 24 (22.22%) Network Design
3 13 (12.04%) Programme Management
4 12 (11.11%) Architectural Design
4 12 (11.11%) Customer Service
5 11 (10.19%) Network Architecture
5 11 (10.19%) Project Delivery
6 10 (9.26%) Customer Requirements
6 10 (9.26%) ITIL
7 9 (8.33%) Analytics
7 9 (8.33%) Data Analytics
7 9 (8.33%) Performance Management
7 9 (8.33%) SOA
7 9 (8.33%) Storage Management
8 7 (6.48%) Change Management
8 7 (6.48%) CI/CD
8 7 (6.48%) Cloud Security
8 7 (6.48%) Mentoring
8 7 (6.48%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (6.48%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.41%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (45.37%) Security Cleared
2 18 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (12.04%) CCNP
4 9 (8.33%) CCIE
4 9 (8.33%) CCIE Data Center
4 9 (8.33%) Degree
5 6 (5.56%) SC Cleared
6 5 (4.63%) AWS Certification
6 5 (4.63%) CCNA
7 3 (2.78%) MCSE
7 3 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.93%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.93%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.93%) JNCIA
8 1 (0.93%) MCP
8 1 (0.93%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.93%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.33%) SLA
2 3 (2.78%) HIPAA
2 3 (2.78%) PCI DSS
2 3 (2.78%) QA
System Software
1 16 (14.81%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.63%) Docker
4 4 (3.70%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.85%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.85%) vSphere
6 1 (0.93%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 8 (7.41%) SCCM
2 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.78%) Autotask
3 3 (2.78%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (2.78%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.85%) Terraform
5 1 (0.93%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 49 (45.37%) Juniper
2 22 (20.37%) Cisco
3 20 (18.52%) Microsoft
4 10 (9.26%) Palo Alto
5 8 (7.41%) CheckPoint
5 8 (7.41%) VMware
6 5 (4.63%) Apple
6 5 (4.63%) Fortinet
6 5 (4.63%) Infoblox
6 5 (4.63%) Symantec
6 5 (4.63%) Zscaler
7 4 (3.70%) Aruba
7 4 (3.70%) Computacenter
7 4 (3.70%) SAP
8 3 (2.78%) Datto
8 3 (2.78%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.85%) Laserfiche
9 2 (1.85%) ProCurve
9 2 (1.85%) Synology
9 2 (1.85%) Zerto