VPN Contracts with Work from Home Options

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 178 202 267
Rank change year-on-year +24 +65 -19
Contract jobs citing VPN 179 295 411
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.21% 1.20% 0.93%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.68% 10.37% 9.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 195 287
10th Percentile £240 £254 £250
25th Percentile £325 £400 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £575 £599 £575
90th Percentile £738 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £434 £456 £475
% change year-on-year -4.93% -3.95% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 11
10th Percentile £12.75 £16.28 £21.25
25th Percentile £13.51 £17.11 £25.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -57.78% +136.84%
75th Percentile £22.54 £39.39 £56.25
90th Percentile £53.24 £51.32 £60.92
UK median hourly rate £16.56 £21.61 £20.51
% change year-on-year -23.39% +5.36% +13.94%

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 contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,533 2,844 4,340
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.38% 11.54% 9.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 995 1,882 2,941
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £617 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £490 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -4.85% +3.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 95 104
10th Percentile £12.75 £21.00 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.20 £42.50 £26.44
Median hourly rate £24.38 £57.50 £48.04
Median % change year-on-year -57.61% +19.69% +17.17%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.88 £63.56
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.33
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.70% +13.32%

VPN
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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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

VPN daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing VPN over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

VPN daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

VPN hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing VPN over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

VPN hourly rate 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 11 (6.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (4.47%) Confluence
3 3 (1.68%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.12%) nginx
5 1 (0.56%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.56%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (10.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 44 (24.58%) Azure
2 33 (18.44%) AWS
3 21 (11.73%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (7.82%) Entra ID
5 12 (6.70%) PaaS
6 11 (6.15%) IaaS
7 10 (5.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 8 (4.47%) GCP
9 6 (3.35%) GitHub
10 5 (2.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 5 (2.79%) CloudFront
11 4 (2.23%) Asana
11 4 (2.23%) OneDrive
11 4 (2.23%) Slack
12 3 (1.68%) Amazon MSK
12 3 (1.68%) AWS Direct Connect
12 3 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.68%) Kong
12 3 (1.68%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 88 (49.16%) Firewall
2 40 (22.35%) Network Security
3 39 (21.79%) DNS
4 30 (16.76%) LAN
5 29 (16.20%) WAN
6 23 (12.85%) TCP/IP
7 21 (11.73%) BGP
8 20 (11.17%) IPsec
8 20 (11.17%) OSPF
9 17 (9.50%) Wireless
10 15 (8.38%) DHCP
11 14 (7.82%) Cisco ASA
11 14 (7.82%) MPLS
11 14 (7.82%) SSL
12 13 (7.26%) VLAN
13 10 (5.59%) SD-WAN
14 9 (5.03%) Cisco Nexus
14 9 (5.03%) VoIP
14 9 (5.03%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (5.03%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.35%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (1.68%) Amazon QuickSight
2 3 (1.68%) MariaDB
3 2 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.56%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.56%) MySQL
4 1 (0.56%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (6.70%) JIRA
2 7 (3.91%) Git
3 5 (2.79%) GitLab
4 3 (1.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (1.68%) CircleCI
4 3 (1.68%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.68%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.68%) Snyk
4 3 (1.68%) Travis CI
5 2 (1.12%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (1.12%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.56%) MSI
6 1 (0.56%) Postman
6 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (24.02%) Social Skills
2 29 (16.20%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (16.20%) Finance
3 13 (7.26%) Public Sector
4 11 (6.15%) Telecoms
5 10 (5.59%) Retail
6 6 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.79%) Banking
8 4 (2.23%) Electronics
8 4 (2.23%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.23%) Marketing
8 4 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.68%) Automotive
9 3 (1.68%) Retail Banking
10 2 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.12%) German Language
10 2 (1.12%) Legal
11 1 (0.56%) Advertising
11 1 (0.56%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (18.44%) Network Engineer
2 24 (13.41%) Architect
3 19 (10.61%) Senior
4 14 (7.82%) Support Engineer
5 13 (7.26%) Analyst
6 12 (6.70%) Technical Architect
7 11 (6.15%) Lead
7 11 (6.15%) Security Engineer
8 10 (5.59%) Network Architect
9 9 (5.03%) DevOps Engineer
9 9 (5.03%) IT Engineer
10 8 (4.47%) Consultant
10 8 (4.47%) Developer
11 7 (3.91%) 2nd Line Support
11 7 (3.91%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (3.91%) Full Stack Engineer
11 7 (3.91%) Java Engineer
12 6 (3.35%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 6 (3.35%) Network Specialist
12 6 (3.35%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.15%) React
2 10 (5.59%) CSS
2 10 (5.59%) HTML
3 8 (4.47%) Node.js
4 6 (3.35%) JSON
4 6 (3.35%) OAuth
4 6 (3.35%) OAuth2
4 6 (3.35%) SAML
4 6 (3.35%) YAML
5 5 (2.79%) .NET
5 5 (2.79%) Web Services
6 4 (2.23%) XML
7 3 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (1.68%) GraphQL
7 3 (1.68%) Kafka
7 3 (1.68%) LDAP
8 2 (1.12%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.12%) ARM Templates
8 2 (1.12%) Oracle Fusion
9 1 (0.56%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.26%) Data Centre
1 13 (7.26%) Public Cloud
2 8 (4.47%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (3.35%) PKI
4 5 (2.79%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.79%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (2.23%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (2.23%) NHS
5 4 (2.23%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.68%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.68%) IoT
6 3 (1.68%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.12%) iPad
7 2 (1.12%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.12%) Shadow IT
8 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Licensing
8 1 (0.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 65 (36.31%) Windows
2 21 (11.73%) Windows Server
3 19 (10.61%) Windows 7
4 14 (7.82%) Windows 10
5 12 (6.70%) Linux
6 9 (5.03%) Apple iOS
7 8 (4.47%) Android
8 3 (1.68%) Mac OS
8 3 (1.68%) Windows XP
9 2 (1.12%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.56%) Unix
10 1 (0.56%) VMS
10 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (19.55%) CI/CD
2 34 (18.99%) Agile
3 33 (18.44%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (17.88%) DevOps
5 24 (13.41%) Migration
6 19 (10.61%) Load Balancing
7 16 (8.94%) Zero Trust
8 15 (8.38%) Customer Service
8 15 (8.38%) Information Security
8 15 (8.38%) Technical Leadership
9 14 (7.82%) Full Stack Development
10 13 (7.26%) Cloud Security
10 13 (7.26%) Infrastructure as Code
10 13 (7.26%) Risk Management
10 13 (7.26%) Security Architecture
11 11 (6.15%) Design Patterns
11 11 (6.15%) Project Management
11 11 (6.15%) Roadmaps
12 10 (5.59%) Change Management
12 10 (5.59%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.38%) Java
2 12 (6.70%) PowerShell
3 11 (6.15%) Python
4 10 (5.59%) TypeScript
5 7 (3.91%) SQL
6 5 (2.79%) Bash
7 4 (2.23%) PHP
8 3 (1.68%) Go
9 2 (1.12%) C#
10 1 (0.56%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.56%) Bicep
10 1 (0.56%) C++
10 1 (0.56%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.56%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 35 (19.55%) Cisco Certification
2 34 (18.99%) Security Cleared
3 29 (16.20%) CCNP
4 21 (11.73%) SC Cleared
5 16 (8.94%) CCNA
6 14 (7.82%) Degree
7 9 (5.03%) AWS Certification
8 8 (4.47%) CCIE
9 7 (3.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.79%) JNCIA
10 5 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (2.23%) APMP
11 4 (2.23%) CEH
11 4 (2.23%) CISM
11 4 (2.23%) CISSP
11 4 (2.23%) PMP
12 3 (1.68%) CCIE Data Center
12 3 (1.68%) CCSA
12 3 (1.68%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.82%) SLA
2 9 (5.03%) QA
3 4 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.23%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
System Software
1 34 (18.99%) Active Directory
2 14 (7.82%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (6.15%) Docker
4 9 (5.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (2.79%) Terminal Services
5 5 (2.79%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.68%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.68%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.68%) vSphere
7 2 (1.12%) Squid
7 2 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.56%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.56%) Firmware
8 1 (0.56%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 15 (8.38%) Terraform
2 12 (6.70%) Kubernetes
3 9 (5.03%) Ansible
3 9 (5.03%) SCCM
4 8 (4.47%) FortiGate
5 7 (3.91%) Grafana
6 6 (3.35%) Prometheus
7 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (1.68%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (1.68%) Kibana
8 3 (1.68%) logstash
8 3 (1.68%) Progress Chef
8 3 (1.68%) Puppet
8 3 (1.68%) TrustSec
9 2 (1.12%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.56%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.56%) Nagios
10 1 (0.56%) Nessus
10 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 56 (31.28%) Cisco
2 50 (27.93%) Microsoft
3 29 (16.20%) Palo Alto
4 21 (11.73%) Juniper
5 13 (7.26%) F5
5 13 (7.26%) VMware
6 11 (6.15%) Citrix
7 10 (5.59%) Zscaler
8 9 (5.03%) Fortinet
9 6 (3.35%) Splunk
10 5 (2.79%) CheckPoint
10 5 (2.79%) Computacenter
10 5 (2.79%) Oracle
10 5 (2.79%) SolarWinds
11 4 (2.23%) Blue Coat
11 4 (2.23%) HP
11 4 (2.23%) SAP
12 3 (1.68%) Google
12 3 (1.68%) Okta
13 2 (1.12%) CrowdStrike