VPN Jobs in the Midlands

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 165 181 206
Rank change year-on-year +16 +25 -60
Permanent jobs citing VPN 179 140 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.37% 1.64% 1.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.26% 8.19% 9.59%
Number of salaries quoted 144 106 147
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,000 £22,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,875 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.39% +5.88% +2.00%
75th Percentile £57,813 £58,438 £53,750
90th Percentile £69,625 £75,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,590 1,710 1,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.17% 19.99% 15.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,280 712 1,089
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £25,724
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £43,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% -3.89% -
75th Percentile £54,063 £60,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for VPN in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for VPN in the Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing VPN in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for VPN in the Midlands

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Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -10 103 £39,875 -11.39% 22
East Midlands +17 75 £39,500 +12.86% 14
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 24 (13.41%) SharePoint
2 22 (12.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (5.59%) IIS
4 5 (2.79%) Apache
5 4 (2.23%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (1.12%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (1.12%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (1.12%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 47 (26.26%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.12%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.23%) Sage 200
2 2 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.12%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.12%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 2 (1.12%) Shopify
3 1 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 95 (53.07%) Azure
2 82 (45.81%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (16.20%) Entra ID
4 15 (8.38%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (8.38%) IaaS
4 15 (8.38%) PaaS
5 14 (7.82%) AWS
6 7 (3.91%) Amazon S3
7 6 (3.35%) OneDrive
7 6 (3.35%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.79%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.79%) Google Workspace
9 4 (2.23%) Mimecast
10 3 (1.68%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.68%) SaaS
11 2 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.12%) Nutanix
11 2 (1.12%) OCI
11 2 (1.12%) OpenDNS
11 2 (1.12%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 122 (68.16%) Firewall
2 59 (32.96%) DNS
3 41 (22.91%) VLAN
3 41 (22.91%) WAN
4 40 (22.35%) DHCP
5 38 (21.23%) LAN
6 30 (16.76%) TCP/IP
7 29 (16.20%) SAN
8 27 (15.08%) Wi-Fi
9 26 (14.53%) Network Security
10 24 (13.41%) Wireless
11 23 (12.85%) MPLS
12 21 (11.73%) IPsec
13 16 (8.94%) Internet
14 14 (7.82%) VoIP
15 13 (7.26%) WLAN
16 11 (6.15%) OSPF
16 11 (6.15%) SD-WAN
17 9 (5.03%) BGP
18 8 (4.47%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (12.85%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.79%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (2.79%) MongoDB
2 5 (2.79%) Power BI
3 2 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.12%) MySQL
3 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (3.35%) Git
2 4 (2.23%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 38 (21.23%) Social Skills
2 19 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (10.61%) Finance
3 13 (7.26%) Retail
4 12 (6.70%) Law
5 11 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (5.59%) Telecoms
7 8 (4.47%) German Language
8 6 (3.35%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.23%) Legal
9 4 (2.23%) Local Government
10 3 (1.68%) Marketing
11 2 (1.12%) Back Office
12 1 (0.56%) Advertising
12 1 (0.56%) Banking
12 1 (0.56%) Games
12 1 (0.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 34 (18.99%) Network Engineer
2 28 (15.64%) Analyst
3 20 (11.17%) IT Support
3 20 (11.17%) Senior
4 15 (8.38%) Architect
5 14 (7.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (7.82%) Support Engineer
6 13 (7.26%) Senior Network Engineer
7 12 (6.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 10 (5.59%) 3rd Line Support
8 10 (5.59%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 10 (5.59%) IT Analyst
8 10 (5.59%) IT Manager
8 10 (5.59%) Network Manager
8 10 (5.59%) Operations Engineer
8 10 (5.59%) Support Analyst
9 9 (5.03%) IT Support Analyst
9 9 (5.03%) Systems Engineer
10 8 (4.47%) IT Technician
10 8 (4.47%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (10.61%) YAML
2 14 (7.82%) JSON
3 8 (4.47%) ARM Templates
4 5 (2.79%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (1.68%) Kafka
6 2 (1.12%) LAMP
6 2 (1.12%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (1.12%) V-Ray
6 2 (1.12%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.38%) Data Centre
2 14 (7.82%) Clustering
3 13 (7.26%) Driving Licence
4 9 (5.03%) PKI
5 8 (4.47%) Private Cloud
5 8 (4.47%) Public Cloud
5 8 (4.47%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (2.79%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (2.23%) CCTV
7 4 (2.23%) FMCG
8 3 (1.68%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.12%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.12%) Smartphone
9 2 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.12%) Wiki
10 1 (0.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.56%) IoT
10 1 (0.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 80 (44.69%) Windows
2 52 (29.05%) Windows Server
3 19 (10.61%) Linux
3 19 (10.61%) Windows 10
4 10 (5.59%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (5.03%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (3.91%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (3.35%) Mac OS X
8 5 (2.79%) Data ONTAP
8 5 (2.79%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (2.23%) Mac OS
10 2 (1.12%) Android
10 2 (1.12%) Apple iOS
10 2 (1.12%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (1.12%) VMS
10 2 (1.12%) Windows 8
10 2 (1.12%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.56%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (24.02%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (12.29%) Customer Service
3 19 (10.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 19 (10.61%) ITIL
4 18 (10.06%) Agile
4 18 (10.06%) DevOps
4 18 (10.06%) Mentoring
5 15 (8.38%) CI/CD
5 15 (8.38%) Infrastructure as Code
6 14 (7.82%) Cybersecurity
6 14 (7.82%) Server Management
7 13 (7.26%) Kalman Filter
7 13 (7.26%) Migration
7 13 (7.26%) Network Virtualisation
8 12 (6.70%) Cost Reduction
9 11 (6.15%) Collaborative Working
9 11 (6.15%) Project Delivery
9 11 (6.15%) Service Management
10 10 (5.59%) Load Balancing
10 10 (5.59%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 36 (20.11%) PowerShell
2 25 (13.97%) SQL
3 5 (2.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (13.97%) Degree
2 21 (11.73%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (9.50%) CCNA
4 13 (7.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (6.70%) CCNP
6 10 (5.59%) Azure Certification
7 8 (4.47%) MCSE
8 7 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (3.91%) Security Cleared
9 5 (2.79%) JNCIA
10 4 (2.23%) A+ Certification
10 4 (2.23%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (2.23%) SC Cleared
11 3 (1.68%) CCDA
11 3 (1.68%) MCSA
12 2 (1.12%) CCIE
12 2 (1.12%) CCIE Data Center
12 2 (1.12%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.56%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.56%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.15%) GDPR
2 9 (5.03%) NIST
3 5 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.79%) SLA
4 4 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.56%) COBIT
5 1 (0.56%) GRC
5 1 (0.56%) ISO 31000
5 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (0.56%) NCSC
5 1 (0.56%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 82 (45.81%) Active Directory
2 57 (31.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (25.70%) Hyper-V
4 11 (6.15%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (6.15%) vSphere
5 10 (5.59%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (3.91%) Docker
7 4 (2.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 4 (2.23%) pfSense
8 3 (1.68%) Terminal Services
8 3 (1.68%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (1.12%) XenApp
9 2 (1.12%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 25 (13.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (9.50%) Terraform
3 14 (7.82%) SCCM
4 11 (6.15%) SmoothWall
5 10 (5.59%) Microsoft Clustering
6 5 (2.79%) Ansible
6 5 (2.79%) Autotask
6 5 (2.79%) Kubernetes
6 5 (2.79%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.79%) vCenter Server
7 4 (2.23%) AirWatch
7 4 (2.23%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (2.23%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.12%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.56%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.56%) SCOM
9 1 (0.56%) WSUS
9 1 (0.56%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 87 (48.60%) Microsoft
2 61 (34.08%) VMware
3 44 (24.58%) Cisco
4 21 (11.73%) Veeam
5 20 (11.17%) Citrix
5 20 (11.17%) Meraki
6 19 (10.61%) Juniper
7 18 (10.06%) HP
7 18 (10.06%) SonicWALL
8 14 (7.82%) Palo Alto
9 13 (7.26%) CheckPoint
10 12 (6.70%) Sophos
11 11 (6.15%) Apple
12 9 (5.03%) Aruba
13 8 (4.47%) Fortinet
14 7 (3.91%) Avaya
14 7 (3.91%) Dell
14 7 (3.91%) Sage
15 6 (3.35%) WatchGuard
16 5 (2.79%) Draytek