VPN Jobs in England

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 209 224 318
Rank change year-on-year +15 +94 -81
Permanent jobs citing VPN 1,226 1,515 1,754
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.42% 1.71% 1.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.17% 10.79% 9.59%
Number of salaries quoted 963 1,167 1,418
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,780 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,070 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,715 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,051 14,043 18,293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.93% 15.87% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 8,513 7,209 10,451
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,400 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in England

VPN
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VPN in England.

Salary trend for VPN in England

VPN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VPN in England

VPN
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -6 362 £54,250 -9.58% 95
South East +12 278 £46,500 +9.41% 49
North of England +18 227 £40,000 -11.11% 61
Midlands +16 167 £39,750 -11.67% 46
Yorkshire +91 116 £37,500 -25.00% 26
South West -18 113 £37,500 +4.17% 33
West Midlands +13 97 £39,750 -11.91% 24
North West -41 89 £45,000 - 27
East of England +13 80 £38,750 -26.19% 22
East Midlands +16 69 £39,000 +11.43% 22
North East +12 28 £35,250 -11.27% 8
VPN
UK

VPN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 216 (17.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 177 (14.44%) SharePoint
3 38 (3.10%) Apache
4 33 (2.69%) IIS
5 32 (2.61%) Exchange Server 2010
6 9 (0.73%) Skype for Business
6 9 (0.73%) WordPress
7 7 (0.57%) Confluence
7 7 (0.57%) nginx
7 7 (0.57%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2007
8 6 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2013
8 6 (0.49%) SAS
8 6 (0.49%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.16%) CMS
9 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (0.16%) Resin
10 1 (0.082%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.082%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 165 (13.46%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.73%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.16%) Trello
6 1 (0.082%) 1Password
6 1 (0.082%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.41%) Carpe Diem
1 5 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.33%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.24%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.16%) Eikon
4 2 (0.16%) Shopify
5 1 (0.082%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 581 (47.39%) Azure
2 519 (42.33%) Microsoft 365
3 164 (13.38%) AWS
4 163 (13.30%) Entra ID
5 78 (6.36%) OneDrive
6 66 (5.38%) IaaS
7 58 (4.73%) PaaS
8 56 (4.57%) SaaS
9 45 (3.67%) Amazon S3
10 44 (3.59%) GCP
11 34 (2.77%) Cloud Computing
12 31 (2.53%) Azure Monitor
12 31 (2.53%) Mimecast
13 23 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
14 21 (1.71%) GitHub
15 16 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
15 16 (1.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 16 (1.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 15 (1.22%) Power Platform
17 14 (1.14%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 802 (65.42%) Firewall
2 436 (35.56%) WAN
3 421 (34.34%) LAN
4 390 (31.81%) DNS
5 300 (24.47%) DHCP
6 253 (20.64%) VLAN
7 232 (18.92%) TCP/IP
8 191 (15.58%) Wi-Fi
9 179 (14.60%) Wireless
10 168 (13.70%) Network Security
11 133 (10.85%) Internet
12 127 (10.36%) IPsec
13 118 (9.62%) BGP
13 118 (9.62%) MPLS
14 112 (9.14%) SAN
15 107 (8.73%) VoIP
16 101 (8.24%) OSPF
17 98 (7.99%) SD-WAN
18 78 (6.36%) SSL
19 51 (4.16%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (6.20%) SQL Server
2 47 (3.83%) MongoDB
3 40 (3.26%) Elasticsearch
4 37 (3.02%) Amazon RDS
5 28 (2.28%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.06%) Power BI
7 12 (0.98%) MySQL
8 8 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (0.57%) Redis
10 6 (0.49%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.41%) DB2
11 5 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.24%) Oracle Database
14 2 (0.16%) DynamoDB
14 2 (0.16%) Looker
14 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 1 (0.082%) Data Warehouse
15 1 (0.082%) InfluxDB
15 1 (0.082%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 30 (2.45%) JIRA
2 25 (2.04%) Git
3 20 (1.63%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.90%) GitLab
5 10 (0.82%) Trac
6 7 (0.57%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.41%) Subversion
8 3 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.082%) Selenium
General
1 378 (30.83%) Social Skills
2 139 (11.34%) Finance
3 100 (8.16%) Telecoms
4 85 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
5 67 (5.46%) Retail
6 52 (4.24%) Law
7 30 (2.45%) Manufacturing
8 28 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (1.71%) Banking
9 21 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (1.55%) Legal
10 19 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (1.14%) Billing
11 14 (1.14%) German Language
12 12 (0.98%) Back Office
13 11 (0.90%) Games
14 9 (0.73%) Public Sector
15 7 (0.57%) Investment Banking
15 7 (0.57%) Marketing
15 7 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 229 (18.68%) Network Engineer
2 174 (14.19%) IT Support
3 161 (13.13%) Support Engineer
4 160 (13.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 159 (12.97%) Senior
6 147 (11.99%) IT Engineer
7 141 (11.50%) Analyst
8 100 (8.16%) Architect
9 96 (7.83%) IT Support Engineer
10 65 (5.30%) IT Analyst
11 58 (4.73%) Infrastructure Architect
12 56 (4.57%) Consultant
13 54 (4.40%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 54 (4.40%) Support Analyst
14 53 (4.32%) Service Analyst
15 50 (4.08%) Service Desk Analyst
16 48 (3.92%) Lead
17 47 (3.83%) 3rd Line Support
17 47 (3.83%) IT Support Analyst
18 43 (3.51%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (4.73%) YAML
2 38 (3.10%) 802.1X
3 34 (2.77%) RabbitMQ
4 30 (2.45%) JSON
5 24 (1.96%) XML
6 23 (1.88%) HTML
6 23 (1.88%) LDAP
7 20 (1.63%) SOAP
8 16 (1.31%) Web Services
9 14 (1.14%) REST
10 12 (0.98%) NETCONF
10 12 (0.98%) RESTCONF
11 11 (0.90%) ARM Templates
11 11 (0.90%) CSS
11 11 (0.90%) LAMP
11 11 (0.90%) YANG
12 8 (0.65%) .NET
12 8 (0.65%) SAML
13 7 (0.57%) ADSI
13 7 (0.57%) React
Miscellaneous
1 197 (16.07%) Data Centre
2 64 (5.22%) Driving Licence
3 53 (4.32%) Management Information System
3 53 (4.32%) Public Cloud
4 51 (4.16%) Replication
5 43 (3.51%) PKI
6 34 (2.77%) Hybrid Cloud
7 28 (2.28%) Onboarding
7 28 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
8 24 (1.96%) Clustering
9 20 (1.63%) Client/Server
9 20 (1.63%) Video Conferencing
10 16 (1.31%) Product Ownership
11 14 (1.14%) Private Cloud
12 13 (1.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 12 (0.98%) Security Posture
14 11 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
15 9 (0.73%) CMDB
15 9 (0.73%) IoT
15 9 (0.73%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 668 (54.49%) Windows
2 349 (28.47%) Windows Server
3 254 (20.72%) Linux
4 132 (10.77%) Windows 10
5 74 (6.04%) Windows Server 2019
6 65 (5.30%) Ubuntu
6 65 (5.30%) Windows Server 2016
7 58 (4.73%) Windows Server 2012
8 51 (4.16%) VMS
9 42 (3.43%) Apple iOS
10 38 (3.10%) Mac OS
11 36 (2.94%) Unix
12 34 (2.77%) Android
12 34 (2.77%) Data ONTAP
13 20 (1.63%) Windows 7
14 18 (1.47%) Windows Server 2008
15 17 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 15 (1.22%) CentOS
17 14 (1.14%) Mac OS X
18 11 (0.90%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (19.25%) Problem-Solving
2 197 (16.07%) ITIL
3 195 (15.91%) Customer Service
3 195 (15.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 127 (10.36%) Agile
4 127 (10.36%) Cybersecurity
5 110 (8.97%) Project Management
6 99 (8.08%) DevOps
7 93 (7.59%) Service Management
8 89 (7.26%) Service Delivery
9 87 (7.10%) Disaster Recovery
10 84 (6.85%) Actionable Insight
11 81 (6.61%) Roadmaps
12 80 (6.53%) Mentoring
13 79 (6.44%) Computer Science
14 77 (6.28%) Project Delivery
15 73 (5.95%) Migration
16 71 (5.79%) Load Balancing
17 68 (5.55%) Infrastructure Management
18 60 (4.89%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 192 (15.66%) PowerShell
2 127 (10.36%) Python
3 120 (9.79%) SQL
4 35 (2.85%) Bash
5 15 (1.22%) C#
6 14 (1.14%) JavaScript
7 10 (0.82%) Java
8 7 (0.57%) Perl
8 7 (0.57%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.41%) JSX
9 5 (0.41%) R
9 5 (0.41%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.24%) Groovy
10 3 (0.24%) Ruby
10 3 (0.24%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.16%) Korn
11 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.16%) PHP
12 1 (0.082%) Go
12 1 (0.082%) Rust
Qualifications
1 179 (14.60%) Cisco Certification
2 148 (12.07%) Degree
3 123 (10.03%) Security Cleared
4 115 (9.38%) CCNA
5 103 (8.40%) CCNP
6 82 (6.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 71 (5.79%) SC Cleared
8 47 (3.83%) Azure Certification
9 44 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
10 41 (3.34%) MCSE
11 40 (3.26%) CISSP
12 36 (2.94%) DV Cleared
13 34 (2.77%) MCSA
14 26 (2.12%) CCIE
15 21 (1.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 18 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
17 17 (1.39%) A+ Certification
18 16 (1.31%) APMP
18 16 (1.31%) AWS Certification
18 16 (1.31%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (8.81%) SLA
2 41 (3.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (2.77%) GDPR
4 23 (1.88%) NIST
5 19 (1.55%) PCI DSS
6 15 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.73%) HIPAA
8 8 (0.65%) NCSC
9 6 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.33%) GRC
11 4 (0.33%) QA
12 3 (0.24%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.16%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.082%) COBIT
14 1 (0.082%) FISMA
14 1 (0.082%) HITRUST
14 1 (0.082%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 1 (0.082%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 557 (45.43%) Active Directory
2 255 (20.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 223 (18.19%) Hyper-V
4 82 (6.69%) Docker
5 72 (5.87%) vSphere
6 63 (5.14%) VMware ESXi
7 62 (5.06%) Virtual Machines
8 27 (2.20%) Virtual Desktop
9 21 (1.71%) pfSense
10 17 (1.39%) Virtual Servers
11 15 (1.22%) NFS
11 15 (1.22%) vCloud
12 10 (0.82%) Terminal Services
13 9 (0.73%) Firmware
14 6 (0.49%) VMware NSX
15 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 4 (0.33%) XenDesktop
17 3 (0.24%) Terminal Server
17 3 (0.24%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 181 (14.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 113 (9.22%) Ansible
3 86 (7.01%) Terraform
4 78 (6.36%) Kubernetes
4 78 (6.36%) SCCM
5 51 (4.16%) WSUS
6 44 (3.59%) vCenter Server
7 43 (3.51%) Prometheus
8 31 (2.53%) ZABBIX
9 29 (2.37%) FortiGate
10 25 (2.04%) Jamf Pro
11 24 (1.96%) Grafana
12 22 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
13 18 (1.47%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 17 (1.39%) Puppet
15 16 (1.31%) SCDPM
16 15 (1.22%) Autotask
17 14 (1.14%) AirWatch
18 12 (0.98%) Failover Clustering
18 12 (0.98%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 568 (46.33%) Microsoft
2 365 (29.77%) VMware
3 341 (27.81%) Cisco
4 120 (9.79%) Palo Alto
5 112 (9.14%) Veeam
6 103 (8.40%) Juniper
7 98 (7.99%) Citrix
8 97 (7.91%) Meraki
9 77 (6.28%) Fortinet
10 61 (4.98%) HP
11 58 (4.73%) Red Hat
12 56 (4.57%) SolarWinds
13 46 (3.75%) CheckPoint
13 46 (3.75%) F5
14 44 (3.59%) Apple
15 42 (3.43%) Sophos
16 41 (3.34%) Aruba
17 39 (3.18%) NetApp
18 35 (2.85%) Dell
19 34 (2.77%) Google