VPN Contracts in London

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 227 211 264
Rank change year-on-year -16 +53 +24
Contract jobs citing VPN 178 302 391
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.01% 1.20% 1.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.71% 11.77% 10.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 186 290
10th Percentile £150 £151 £249
25th Percentile £250 £241 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £565 £600 £611
90th Percentile £678 £700 £675
England median daily rate £425 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -12.82% +2.63% +14.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 2 5
10th Percentile £13.62 £25.04 -
25th Percentile £15.62 £34.20 £25.50
Median hourly rate £17.00 £49.47 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -65.63% +73.56% -43.00%
75th Percentile £23.80 £64.73 £46.50
90th Percentile £24.59 £73.89 £47.75
England median hourly rate £16.86 £21.61 £20.00
% change year-on-year -21.98% +8.05% +2.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,662 2,565 3,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.47% 10.20% 9.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,116 1,804 2,587
10th Percentile £215 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +13.40%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £660
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 48 91
10th Percentile £14.48 £18.93 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.71 £22.72 £23.91
Median hourly rate £23.80 £36.27 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.38% +31.89% -44.62%
75th Percentile £41.25 £67.44 £42.78
90th Percentile £59.75 £75.00 £63.13
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% +6.27%

VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for VPN in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VPN in London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VPN in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for VPN in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VPN in London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for VPN in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the London region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Central London +4 25 £400 +56.86% 6
West London +18 3 - - 2
South London +1 2 £238 +39.71%
East London -5 2 - - 4
VPN
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 17 (9.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.06%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.81%) IIS
4 3 (1.69%) CMS
4 3 (1.69%) Skype for Business
5 2 (1.12%) Apache
5 2 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.12%) nginx
6 1 (0.56%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.56%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.56%) WebSphere
Applications
1 28 (15.73%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.69%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Eikon
2 1 (0.56%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 50 (28.09%) Azure
2 38 (21.35%) AWS
3 36 (20.22%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (7.87%) PaaS
5 11 (6.18%) IaaS
6 10 (5.62%) GCP
7 9 (5.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 8 (4.49%) Entra ID
9 6 (3.37%) Mimecast
10 4 (2.25%) Amazon ECR
10 4 (2.25%) Amazon MSK
10 4 (2.25%) Asana
10 4 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (2.25%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (2.25%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (2.25%) Nutanix
10 4 (2.25%) SaaS
10 4 (2.25%) Slack
11 3 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 93 (52.25%) Firewall
2 50 (28.09%) WAN
3 48 (26.97%) LAN
4 41 (23.03%) Wireless
5 40 (22.47%) BGP
6 37 (20.79%) DNS
7 34 (19.10%) Network Security
7 34 (19.10%) OSPF
8 24 (13.48%) IPsec
8 24 (13.48%) MPLS
9 17 (9.55%) SD-WAN
9 17 (9.55%) TCP/IP
10 13 (7.30%) DHCP
11 12 (6.74%) SSL
11 12 (6.74%) VLAN
11 12 (6.74%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (5.62%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (5.62%) VoIP
13 9 (5.06%) WLAN
14 8 (4.49%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.25%) Amazon QuickSight
1 4 (2.25%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (2.25%) MariaDB
2 2 (1.12%) Power BI
2 2 (1.12%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.56%) MySQL
3 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (7.30%) JIRA
2 6 (3.37%) Git
3 4 (2.25%) Cypress.io
3 4 (2.25%) Snyk
4 3 (1.69%) GitLab
5 2 (1.12%) Robot Framework
5 2 (1.12%) TestRail
6 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.56%) Subversion
6 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 57 (32.02%) Social Skills
2 40 (22.47%) Finance
3 21 (11.80%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (6.18%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.06%) Banking
6 8 (4.49%) Financial Institution
6 8 (4.49%) Mandarin Language
7 6 (3.37%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.25%) Retail
9 3 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.69%) Legal
9 3 (1.69%) Retail Banking
10 2 (1.12%) Billing
10 2 (1.12%) Cantonese Language
10 2 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.12%) Local Government
10 2 (1.12%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.12%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 40 (22.47%) Network Engineer
2 25 (14.04%) Support Engineer
3 17 (9.55%) Senior
4 15 (8.43%) Desktop Engineer
4 15 (8.43%) Desktop Support
4 15 (8.43%) IT Support
5 14 (7.87%) Analyst
6 13 (7.30%) IT Engineer
7 10 (5.62%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 10 (5.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (5.06%) Security Engineer
8 9 (5.06%) Windows Engineer
9 8 (4.49%) Azure Engineer
9 8 (4.49%) Consultant
9 8 (4.49%) Service Analyst
10 7 (3.93%) IT Support Engineer
10 7 (3.93%) Network Specialist
10 7 (3.93%) Senior Network Engineer
10 7 (3.93%) Service Desk Analyst
11 6 (3.37%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.06%) JSON
2 8 (4.49%) XMPP
3 6 (3.37%) NETCONF
4 5 (2.81%) LDAP
4 5 (2.81%) YANG
5 4 (2.25%) .NET
5 4 (2.25%) GraphQL
5 4 (2.25%) Kafka
5 4 (2.25%) SAML
5 4 (2.25%) XML
6 3 (1.69%) Software Packaging
7 2 (1.12%) ARM Templates
7 2 (1.12%) Jinja
7 2 (1.12%) REST
7 2 (1.12%) RESTCONF
7 2 (1.12%) RESTful
7 2 (1.12%) SOAP
7 2 (1.12%) YAML
8 1 (0.56%) MFC
8 1 (0.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.24%) Video Conferencing
2 15 (8.43%) Data Centre
2 15 (8.43%) PKI
3 8 (4.49%) BYOD
4 7 (3.93%) Blackberry
5 6 (3.37%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (3.37%) Hedge funds
6 5 (2.81%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.81%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.25%) iPad
7 4 (2.25%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (1.69%) Fat Client
8 3 (1.69%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.69%) Thin Client
8 3 (1.69%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.12%) Clustering
9 2 (1.12%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.12%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 80 (44.94%) Windows
2 48 (26.97%) Windows 10
3 22 (12.36%) Windows 7
3 22 (12.36%) Windows Server
4 16 (8.99%) Mac OS
5 11 (6.18%) Linux
6 9 (5.06%) Android
7 7 (3.93%) Apple iOS
8 5 (2.81%) Unix
9 4 (2.25%) VMS
10 3 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.69%) Windows XP
11 2 (1.12%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.56%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (23.60%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (23.03%) Customer Service
3 26 (14.61%) ITIL
4 23 (12.92%) Migration
5 19 (10.67%) ITSM
6 18 (10.11%) DevOps
6 18 (10.11%) Kalman Filter
7 14 (7.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 13 (7.30%) Agile
8 13 (7.30%) Cloud Security
9 12 (6.74%) Information Security
9 12 (6.74%) Infrastructure as Code
10 11 (6.18%) Change Management
10 11 (6.18%) Customer Experience
10 11 (6.18%) Network Virtualisation
11 10 (5.62%) Mobile Device Management
11 10 (5.62%) Problem Management
11 10 (5.62%) Service Delivery
12 9 (5.06%) Collaborative Working
12 9 (5.06%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (12.36%) PowerShell
2 15 (8.43%) Python
3 10 (5.62%) SQL
4 6 (3.37%) Java
5 4 (2.25%) Go
5 4 (2.25%) PHP
6 3 (1.69%) C#
7 1 (0.56%) Bicep
7 1 (0.56%) C++
7 1 (0.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (15.73%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (14.04%) CCNP
3 21 (11.80%) Degree
4 13 (7.30%) Security Cleared
5 11 (6.18%) CCNA
5 11 (6.18%) SC Cleared
6 9 (5.06%) CCIE
7 7 (3.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (2.81%) MCSA
9 3 (1.69%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.69%) MCSE
10 2 (1.12%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.12%) MCP
11 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.56%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.56%) CCDP
11 1 (0.56%) CCSE
11 1 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (13.48%) SLA
2 8 (4.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.69%) NIST
3 3 (1.69%) QA
4 2 (1.12%) NCSC
4 2 (1.12%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.56%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.56%) GDPR
System Software
1 44 (24.72%) Active Directory
2 18 (10.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (7.30%) Hyper-V
4 10 (5.62%) Firmware
5 9 (5.06%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (2.25%) BitLocker
7 3 (1.69%) Docker
7 3 (1.69%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (1.69%) NFS
7 3 (1.69%) Terminal Services
7 3 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.69%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.69%) vSphere
8 2 (1.12%) Squid
9 1 (0.56%) Samba
9 1 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (12.36%) SCCM
2 14 (7.87%) Terraform
3 11 (6.18%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (4.49%) Kubernetes
5 7 (3.93%) FortiGate
6 5 (2.81%) Ansible
7 4 (2.25%) Grafana
7 4 (2.25%) Prometheus
7 4 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.69%) NetBackup
8 3 (1.69%) SCOM
8 3 (1.69%) SCVMM
8 3 (1.69%) VxRail
8 3 (1.69%) WSUS
9 2 (1.12%) AirWatch
9 2 (1.12%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (1.12%) HAProxy
9 2 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (1.12%) Nessus
Vendors
1 66 (37.08%) Microsoft
2 65 (36.52%) Cisco
3 31 (17.42%) Palo Alto
4 23 (12.92%) ServiceNow
5 21 (11.80%) VMware
6 19 (10.67%) Citrix
7 18 (10.11%) Juniper
8 17 (9.55%) Fortinet
9 16 (8.99%) F5
10 8 (4.49%) SolarWinds
10 8 (4.49%) Zscaler
11 7 (3.93%) Apple
11 7 (3.93%) CheckPoint
11 7 (3.93%) HP
11 7 (3.93%) Infoblox
11 7 (3.93%) TOWER Software
12 6 (3.37%) Dell
12 6 (3.37%) Meraki
13 5 (2.81%) Avaya
13 5 (2.81%) Okta