Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 209 227 317
Rank change year-on-year +18 +90 -73
Permanent jobs citing VPN 1,388 1,674 2,016
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.40% 1.65% 1.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.25% 10.59% 9.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,083 1,250 1,594
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,475 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,281 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £66,865 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £44,510 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.13% +4.73% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,535 15,801 20,988
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.65% 15.56% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,435 8,018 11,727
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £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 £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,625 £45,000 £46,223
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.64% +2.72%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the UK

VPN
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for VPN in the UK

VPN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VPN in the UK

VPN
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
England +17 1,243 £45,000 -10.00% 300
UK excluding London -1 958 £40,000 -10.13% 223
Work from Home +13 541 £52,500 - 168
London +9 372 £55,000 -8.33% 89
South East +12 279 £46,500 +12.05% 48
North of England +22 231 £40,000 -11.11% 57
Midlands +34 166 £39,375 -12.50% 57
Yorkshire +88 119 £37,500 -25.00% 18
South West -28 110 £37,500 +0.67% 26
West Midlands +14 100 £39,750 -11.67% 29
North West -37 90 £45,000 - 30
East of England +22 85 £38,750 -22.50% 20
East Midlands +20 65 £39,000 +11.43% 28
Scotland -72 52 £50,000 -9.09% 17
North East +8 28 £35,250 -12.96% 9
Wales -6 28 £42,977 -4.50% 1
Northern Ireland +21 12 £37,500 -16.67% 3
Isle of Man - 6 £46,500 - 1

VPN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 241 (17.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 183 (13.18%) SharePoint
3 58 (4.18%) Apache
4 35 (2.52%) IIS
5 32 (2.31%) Exchange Server 2010
6 10 (0.72%) Confluence
6 10 (0.72%) WordPress
7 9 (0.65%) Skype for Business
8 7 (0.50%) nginx
8 7 (0.50%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2007
9 6 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
9 6 (0.43%) SAS
9 6 (0.43%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.14%) CMS
10 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.14%) Resin
11 1 (0.072%) Jupyter
Applications
1 181 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.65%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.14%) Trello
6 1 (0.072%) 1Password
6 1 (0.072%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.43%) Carpe Diem
3 4 (0.29%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.22%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.14%) Eikon
5 2 (0.14%) Shopify
6 1 (0.072%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 647 (46.61%) Azure
2 554 (39.91%) Microsoft 365
3 196 (14.12%) AWS
4 177 (12.75%) Entra ID
5 91 (6.56%) IaaS
6 83 (5.98%) OneDrive
7 80 (5.76%) PaaS
8 69 (4.97%) Amazon S3
9 65 (4.68%) GCP
10 60 (4.32%) SaaS
11 40 (2.88%) Cloud Computing
12 36 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
13 34 (2.45%) Mimecast
14 33 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
15 21 (1.51%) GitHub
16 19 (1.37%) Amazon EC2
16 19 (1.37%) Serverless
17 16 (1.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 16 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 15 (1.08%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 929 (66.93%) Firewall
2 500 (36.02%) WAN
3 469 (33.79%) LAN
4 426 (30.69%) DNS
5 331 (23.85%) DHCP
6 274 (19.74%) VLAN
7 258 (18.59%) TCP/IP
8 220 (15.85%) Network Security
9 212 (15.27%) Wireless
10 205 (14.77%) Wi-Fi
11 167 (12.03%) Internet
12 166 (11.96%) IPsec
13 127 (9.15%) MPLS
14 125 (9.01%) BGP
15 120 (8.65%) SAN
16 118 (8.50%) SD-WAN
17 113 (8.14%) VoIP
18 108 (7.78%) OSPF
19 85 (6.12%) SSL
20 68 (4.90%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (6.77%) SQL Server
2 67 (4.83%) MongoDB
3 60 (4.32%) Elasticsearch
4 43 (3.10%) Amazon RDS
5 28 (2.02%) NoSQL
6 13 (0.94%) MySQL
7 12 (0.86%) Power BI
8 8 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (0.58%) BigQuery
9 7 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.50%) Redis
10 5 (0.36%) DB2
10 5 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.29%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.22%) Relational Database
13 2 (0.14%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.14%) InfluxDB
13 2 (0.14%) Looker
13 2 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 1 (0.072%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 35 (2.52%) JIRA
2 25 (1.80%) Git
3 21 (1.51%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.86%) GitLab
5 10 (0.72%) Trac
6 7 (0.50%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.36%) Subversion
8 3 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.14%) Spinnaker
9 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.072%) Selenium
General
1 425 (30.62%) Social Skills
2 171 (12.32%) Finance
3 109 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (7.71%) Telecoms
5 66 (4.76%) Retail
6 51 (3.67%) Law
7 42 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (2.09%) Manufacturing
9 26 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (1.66%) Legal
11 22 (1.59%) Banking
12 21 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
13 15 (1.08%) Billing
14 14 (1.01%) Games
14 14 (1.01%) German Language
15 13 (0.94%) Public Sector
16 12 (0.86%) Back Office
17 10 (0.72%) Local Government
17 10 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
18 7 (0.50%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 253 (18.23%) Network Engineer
2 189 (13.62%) Senior
3 186 (13.40%) IT Support
4 171 (12.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 164 (11.82%) Support Engineer
6 160 (11.53%) Analyst
7 154 (11.10%) IT Engineer
8 111 (8.00%) Architect
9 94 (6.77%) IT Support Engineer
10 91 (6.56%) Consultant
11 67 (4.83%) IT Analyst
12 65 (4.68%) Infrastructure Architect
13 59 (4.25%) Support Analyst
14 56 (4.03%) Senior Network Engineer
14 56 (4.03%) Service Analyst
15 55 (3.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 54 (3.89%) Lead
16 54 (3.89%) NetApp Consultant
17 53 (3.82%) Service Desk Analyst
18 51 (3.67%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (5.84%) YAML
2 54 (3.89%) RabbitMQ
3 38 (2.74%) 802.1X
4 34 (2.45%) LDAP
5 33 (2.38%) JSON
6 30 (2.16%) HTML
7 29 (2.09%) XML
8 27 (1.95%) SOAP
9 21 (1.51%) Web Services
10 17 (1.22%) REST
11 15 (1.08%) CSS
12 14 (1.01%) ARM Templates
13 12 (0.86%) LAMP
14 11 (0.79%) NETCONF
14 11 (0.79%) RESTCONF
14 11 (0.79%) YANG
15 9 (0.65%) Ajax
16 8 (0.58%) .NET
16 8 (0.58%) SAML
17 7 (0.50%) ADSI
Miscellaneous
1 256 (18.44%) Data Centre
2 79 (5.69%) Public Cloud
3 71 (5.12%) Driving Licence
3 71 (5.12%) Management Information System
3 71 (5.12%) Replication
4 49 (3.53%) PKI
5 36 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
6 35 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
7 34 (2.45%) Onboarding
8 23 (1.66%) Clustering
9 21 (1.51%) Client/Server
10 20 (1.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 20 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
11 17 (1.22%) Private Cloud
12 16 (1.15%) Product Ownership
13 15 (1.08%) Security Posture
14 14 (1.01%) CMDB
15 12 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
15 12 (0.86%) Security Operations Centre
16 11 (0.79%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 749 (53.96%) Windows
2 395 (28.46%) Windows Server
3 310 (22.33%) Linux
4 141 (10.16%) Windows 10
5 84 (6.05%) Windows Server 2019
6 78 (5.62%) Windows Server 2016
7 71 (5.12%) Windows Server 2012
8 70 (5.04%) Ubuntu
9 54 (3.89%) Data ONTAP
10 53 (3.82%) VMS
11 45 (3.24%) Apple iOS
11 45 (3.24%) Mac OS
12 36 (2.59%) Unix
13 34 (2.45%) Android
14 24 (1.73%) Windows Server 2008
15 20 (1.44%) Windows 7
16 18 (1.30%) CentOS
17 16 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 14 (1.01%) Mac OS X
19 12 (0.86%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (20.17%) Problem-Solving
2 224 (16.14%) ITIL
3 216 (15.56%) Customer Service
3 216 (15.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 145 (10.45%) Agile
4 145 (10.45%) Cybersecurity
5 133 (9.58%) Project Management
6 127 (9.15%) DevOps
7 115 (8.29%) Disaster Recovery
8 112 (8.07%) Actionable Insight
9 103 (7.42%) Service Management
10 97 (6.99%) Mentoring
11 96 (6.92%) Project Delivery
11 96 (6.92%) Service Delivery
12 93 (6.70%) Roadmaps
13 91 (6.56%) Infrastructure Management
14 88 (6.34%) Computer Science
15 83 (5.98%) Migration
16 76 (5.48%) Load Balancing
17 70 (5.04%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 207 (14.91%) PowerShell
2 147 (10.59%) Python
3 129 (9.29%) SQL
4 38 (2.74%) Bash
5 22 (1.59%) JavaScript
6 17 (1.22%) C#
7 10 (0.72%) Java
8 6 (0.43%) Perl
8 6 (0.43%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.36%) Groovy
9 5 (0.36%) JSX
9 5 (0.36%) R
9 5 (0.36%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.22%) Ruby
10 3 (0.22%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.14%) Korn
11 2 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.14%) PHP
12 1 (0.072%) Rust
12 1 (0.072%) VBA
Qualifications
1 221 (15.92%) Cisco Certification
2 168 (12.10%) Degree
3 142 (10.23%) Security Cleared
4 136 (9.80%) CCNA
5 123 (8.86%) CCNP
6 90 (6.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 85 (6.12%) SC Cleared
8 54 (3.89%) Azure Certification
9 52 (3.75%) CISSP
10 47 (3.39%) MCSE
11 45 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
12 38 (2.74%) DV Cleared
12 38 (2.74%) MCSA
13 33 (2.38%) CCIE
14 24 (1.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 20 (1.44%) A+ Certification
15 20 (1.44%) CISM
16 19 (1.37%) AWS Certification
17 18 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
17 18 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (8.50%) SLA
2 44 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (2.52%) GDPR
4 33 (2.38%) NIST
5 23 (1.66%) PCI DSS
6 17 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (0.65%) HIPAA
8 7 (0.50%) GRC
8 7 (0.50%) NCSC
9 6 (0.43%) QA
10 5 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.22%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.22%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.072%) COBIT
14 1 (0.072%) FISMA
14 1 (0.072%) ISO 31000
14 1 (0.072%) NIST 800
System Software
1 593 (42.72%) Active Directory
2 323 (23.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 239 (17.22%) Hyper-V
4 103 (7.42%) Docker
5 82 (5.91%) vSphere
6 71 (5.12%) Virtual Machines
7 69 (4.97%) VMware ESXi
8 29 (2.09%) Virtual Desktop
9 21 (1.51%) pfSense
10 20 (1.44%) VMware NSX
11 18 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
12 16 (1.15%) vCloud
13 14 (1.01%) NFS
13 14 (1.01%) Terminal Services
14 12 (0.86%) Firmware
15 5 (0.36%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.29%) XenDesktop
17 3 (0.22%) Terminal Server
17 3 (0.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 190 (13.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 151 (10.88%) Ansible
3 120 (8.65%) Terraform
4 105 (7.56%) Kubernetes
5 84 (6.05%) SCCM
6 64 (4.61%) Prometheus
7 63 (4.54%) vCenter Server
8 51 (3.67%) FortiGate
8 51 (3.67%) WSUS
9 29 (2.09%) ZABBIX
10 28 (2.02%) Jamf Pro
11 26 (1.87%) Grafana
12 22 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
13 20 (1.44%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 18 (1.30%) Puppet
15 16 (1.15%) SCDPM
16 15 (1.08%) AirWatch
16 15 (1.08%) Autotask
17 14 (1.01%) Failover Clustering
18 11 (0.79%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 620 (44.67%) Microsoft
2 436 (31.41%) VMware
3 410 (29.54%) Cisco
4 162 (11.67%) Palo Alto
5 124 (8.93%) Juniper
6 123 (8.86%) Meraki
7 121 (8.72%) Veeam
8 106 (7.64%) Citrix
9 89 (6.41%) Fortinet
10 76 (5.48%) Red Hat
11 72 (5.19%) NetApp
12 67 (4.83%) HP
13 61 (4.39%) SolarWinds
14 60 (4.32%) CheckPoint
15 54 (3.89%) SolidFire
16 51 (3.67%) F5
17 49 (3.53%) Aruba
18 46 (3.31%) Apple
19 44 (3.17%) Sophos
20 40 (2.88%) Google