VPN Jobs with Work from Home Options

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 206 227 332
Rank change year-on-year +21 +105 -92
Permanent jobs citing VPN 528 624 765
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.56% 1.54% 1.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.19% 13.66% 9.61%
Number of salaries quoted 356 489 627
10th Percentile £31,000 £33,500 £30,300
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,180 4,569 7,962
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.32% 11.26% 11.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,323 3,394 5,076
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,717
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,316 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%

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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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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

VPN salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing VPN over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

VPN salary 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 75 (14.20%) SharePoint
2 57 (10.80%) Apache
3 55 (10.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.33%) nginx
5 6 (1.14%) Confluence
6 4 (0.76%) IIS
6 4 (0.76%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.19%) CMS
8 1 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 47 (8.90%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.76%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.38%) Trello
4 1 (0.19%) 1Password
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.76%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 199 (37.69%) Azure
2 139 (26.33%) Microsoft 365
3 67 (12.69%) Amazon S3
4 66 (12.50%) AWS
5 48 (9.09%) Entra ID
6 34 (6.44%) SaaS
7 28 (5.30%) IaaS
8 24 (4.55%) PaaS
9 22 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (3.98%) GCP
11 20 (3.79%) GitHub
12 18 (3.41%) Amazon EC2
13 16 (3.03%) OneDrive
14 14 (2.65%) Serverless
15 11 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
16 10 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
16 10 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
17 9 (1.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 9 (1.70%) AWS Lambda
18 8 (1.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 392 (74.24%) Firewall
2 212 (40.15%) WAN
3 204 (38.64%) LAN
4 133 (25.19%) DNS
5 120 (22.73%) Internet
6 104 (19.70%) DHCP
7 102 (19.32%) IPsec
8 91 (17.23%) TCP/IP
8 91 (17.23%) Wi-Fi
9 85 (16.10%) VLAN
10 79 (14.96%) Network Security
11 65 (12.31%) MPLS
12 58 (10.98%) SNMP
13 56 (10.61%) Wireless
14 50 (9.47%) BGP
15 48 (9.09%) OSPF
16 46 (8.71%) SD-WAN
17 41 (7.77%) VoIP
18 30 (5.68%) Remote Desktop
19 29 (5.49%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (11.17%) Elasticsearch
2 54 (10.23%) MongoDB
3 28 (5.30%) Amazon RDS
4 17 (3.22%) SQL Server
5 15 (2.84%) NoSQL
6 7 (1.33%) MySQL
7 6 (1.14%) BigQuery
7 6 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.95%) Power BI
8 5 (0.95%) Redis
9 4 (0.76%) DB2
10 1 (0.19%) Big Data
10 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.19%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 16 (3.03%) JIRA
2 15 (2.84%) Jenkins
3 14 (2.65%) Git
4 10 (1.89%) Trac
5 6 (1.14%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.76%) Subversion
7 3 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.19%) GitLab
General
1 157 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 82 (15.53%) Finance
3 39 (7.39%) Retail
4 35 (6.63%) Telecoms
5 22 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (3.41%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (2.65%) German Language
8 13 (2.46%) Law
8 13 (2.46%) Legal
9 7 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.14%) French Language
10 6 (1.14%) Italian Language
10 6 (1.14%) Portuguese Language
10 6 (1.14%) Spanish Language
10 6 (1.14%) Swedish Language
10 6 (1.14%) Turkish Language
11 5 (0.95%) Advertising
11 5 (0.95%) Banking
12 3 (0.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 101 (19.13%) Senior
2 98 (18.56%) Network Engineer
3 76 (14.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 72 (13.64%) Consultant
5 64 (12.12%) Architect
6 54 (10.23%) NetApp Consultant
7 47 (8.90%) Infrastructure Architect
8 40 (7.58%) Analyst
9 38 (7.20%) IT Support
10 33 (6.25%) IT Engineer
11 32 (6.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 32 (6.06%) Senior Network Engineer
12 26 (4.92%) Lead
12 26 (4.92%) Support Analyst
13 23 (4.36%) IT Analyst
14 22 (4.17%) IT Support Analyst
15 20 (3.79%) Support Engineer
16 18 (3.41%) Network Manager
17 17 (3.22%) Cloud Architect
17 17 (3.22%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (11.93%) YAML
2 54 (10.23%) RabbitMQ
3 14 (2.65%) HTML
4 13 (2.46%) CSS
4 13 (2.46%) Web Services
5 11 (2.08%) ARM Templates
5 11 (2.08%) JSON
6 10 (1.89%) LDAP
6 10 (1.89%) SOAP
7 9 (1.70%) XML
8 7 (1.33%) Ajax
9 5 (0.95%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.95%) Knex.js
9 5 (0.95%) LEMP Stack
9 5 (0.95%) Middleware
9 5 (0.95%) Node.js
9 5 (0.95%) React
9 5 (0.95%) React Native
9 5 (0.95%) RESTful
9 5 (0.95%) Sequelize
Miscellaneous
1 145 (27.46%) Data Centre
2 31 (5.87%) Public Cloud
3 18 (3.41%) PKI
4 15 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (2.84%) Management Information System
5 14 (2.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 13 (2.46%) Client/Server
6 13 (2.46%) Private Cloud
7 12 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.70%) CMDB
9 8 (1.52%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.52%) Driving Licence
9 8 (1.52%) iPad
10 7 (1.33%) IoT
11 5 (0.95%) Algorithms
11 5 (0.95%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.95%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.95%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (0.95%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.76%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 247 (46.78%) Windows
2 156 (29.55%) Linux
3 90 (17.05%) Windows Server
4 54 (10.23%) Data ONTAP
5 38 (7.20%) VMS
6 37 (7.01%) Ubuntu
7 29 (5.49%) Windows 10
8 17 (3.22%) Windows Server 2012
8 17 (3.22%) Windows Server 2019
9 16 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
10 15 (2.84%) Apple iOS
11 11 (2.08%) Unix
12 8 (1.52%) Android
13 6 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 6 (1.14%) Windows 7
14 4 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.57%) Mac OS
16 1 (0.19%) CentOS
16 1 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
16 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (19.89%) Problem-Solving
2 103 (19.51%) Actionable Insight
3 101 (19.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 85 (16.10%) Agile
5 81 (15.34%) Project Management
6 69 (13.07%) Infrastructure Management
7 62 (11.74%) DevOps
8 59 (11.17%) Release Management
8 59 (11.17%) Storage Management
9 58 (10.98%) ITIL
10 55 (10.42%) Project Planning
11 42 (7.95%) Collaborative Culture
12 41 (7.77%) Application Security
12 41 (7.77%) Roadmaps
13 39 (7.39%) Infrastructure as Code
14 37 (7.01%) DevSecOps
15 34 (6.44%) Customer Service
16 33 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
17 31 (5.87%) Computer Science
17 31 (5.87%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 90 (17.05%) Python
2 56 (10.61%) PowerShell
3 34 (6.44%) SQL
4 15 (2.84%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.52%) Bash
6 6 (1.14%) C#
7 5 (0.95%) JSX
7 5 (0.95%) R
7 5 (0.95%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.76%) Java
9 3 (0.57%) Groovy
9 3 (0.57%) Ruby
10 2 (0.38%) Korn
10 2 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.38%) PHP
11 1 (0.19%) C
11 1 (0.19%) C++
11 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.19%) VBA
Qualifications
1 90 (17.05%) Cisco Certification
2 75 (14.20%) Security Cleared
3 55 (10.42%) CCNA
4 52 (9.85%) CCNP
5 51 (9.66%) Degree
6 34 (6.44%) DV Cleared
7 32 (6.06%) SC Cleared
8 28 (5.30%) CISSP
9 24 (4.55%) CCIE
10 20 (3.79%) Azure Certification
11 19 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
12 18 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
13 16 (3.03%) APMP
14 10 (1.89%) MCSE
15 9 (1.70%) TOGAF Certification
16 6 (1.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 6 (1.14%) CCIE Security
16 6 (1.14%) CCSP
16 6 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
17 5 (0.95%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.30%) SLA
2 17 (3.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.70%) NIST
4 6 (1.14%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.76%) GDPR
5 4 (0.76%) QA
6 3 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.57%) GRC
6 3 (0.57%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.38%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.19%) COBIT
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.19%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 175 (33.14%) Active Directory
2 124 (23.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 87 (16.48%) Hyper-V
4 81 (15.34%) Docker
5 48 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
6 44 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
7 23 (4.36%) vSphere
8 19 (3.60%) Virtual Desktop
9 16 (3.03%) pfSense
10 13 (2.46%) NFS
11 4 (0.76%) vCloud
12 3 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.38%) Firmware
13 2 (0.38%) Terminal Server
13 2 (0.38%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.38%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.19%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 120 (22.73%) Ansible
2 83 (15.72%) Terraform
3 76 (14.39%) Kubernetes
4 63 (11.93%) Prometheus
5 58 (10.98%) vCenter Server
6 45 (8.52%) Microsoft Intune
7 36 (6.82%) WSUS
8 24 (4.55%) Grafana
9 17 (3.22%) ZABBIX
10 11 (2.08%) FortiGate
11 10 (1.89%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 10 (1.89%) SCDPM
12 7 (1.33%) SCCM
13 6 (1.14%) SCOM
14 5 (0.95%) HP UCMDB
15 4 (0.76%) AirWatch
15 4 (0.76%) EMC NetWorker
15 4 (0.76%) Puppet
15 4 (0.76%) SolarWinds Orion
16 3 (0.57%) Packer
Vendors
1 171 (32.39%) Cisco
2 164 (31.06%) Microsoft
3 160 (30.30%) VMware
4 105 (19.89%) Palo Alto
5 68 (12.88%) Meraki
6 60 (11.36%) Red Hat
7 55 (10.42%) Juniper
8 54 (10.23%) NetApp
8 54 (10.23%) SolidFire
9 42 (7.95%) Fortinet
10 29 (5.49%) Citrix
11 28 (5.30%) Veeam
12 22 (4.17%) HP
12 22 (4.17%) SolarWinds
13 18 (3.41%) CheckPoint
13 18 (3.41%) Ruckus Wireless
14 16 (3.03%) Zscaler
15 13 (2.46%) F5
16 12 (2.27%) Aruba
16 12 (2.27%) Oracle