Virtual LAN (VLAN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for VLAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VLAN over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 390 527 662
Rank change year-on-year +137 +135 -266
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 655 551 674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.66% 0.53% 0.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.81% 3.45% 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 586 469 584
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,125 £33,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,313 £42,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.02% -1.18% -5.56%
75th Percentile £54,125 £53,750 £57,813
90th Percentile £67,694 £65,000 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £38,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -1.32% -5.00% -5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

VLAN 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 13,628 15,972 20,897
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.82% 15.39% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,500 8,150 11,820
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -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 £43,750 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% - -

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for VLAN in the UK

VLAN
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for VLAN in the UK

VLAN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VLAN over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VLAN in the UK

VLAN
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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 +132 607 £40,000 -3.90% 156
UK excluding London +89 505 £37,500 -1.32% 129
Work from Home +86 209 £47,500 +0.53% 57
South East +23 151 £35,000 -7.28% 20
Midlands +98 134 £39,000 -8.24% 32
London +88 129 £57,500 +12.20% 30
North of England +51 80 £37,500 -11.76% 32
West Midlands +65 71 £39,750 -11.67% 19
East Midlands +39 63 £37,500 +2.74% 13
East of England +28 58 £40,000 +11.11% 15
South West -18 51 £37,500 +7.14% 22
Yorkshire +88 36 £37,500 +14.50% 11
North West -15 28 £45,000 - 17
Scotland -54 19 £38,000 +22.58% 4
North East +9 16 £29,500 -41.00% 4
Wales +15 10 £44,886 +12.22% 4
Northern Ireland +30 2 £32,500 -

VLAN
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
1 144 (21.98%) SharePoint
2 112 (17.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.22%) OpenStack
4 7 (1.07%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (0.92%) SAS
6 5 (0.76%) IIS
7 4 (0.61%) Confluence
8 3 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2003
9 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.31%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.15%) JOnAS
Applications
1 94 (14.35%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.37%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.61%) Trello
4 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.31%) CATIA
5 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.31%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 4 (0.61%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.31%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 365 (55.73%) Microsoft 365
2 324 (49.47%) Azure
3 105 (16.03%) Entra ID
4 86 (13.13%) AWS
5 58 (8.85%) OneDrive
6 23 (3.51%) SaaS
7 22 (3.36%) Google Workspace
8 18 (2.75%) IaaS
9 16 (2.44%) Mimecast
10 15 (2.29%) GCP
10 15 (2.29%) PaaS
11 13 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
12 10 (1.53%) WhatsApp
13 8 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (1.07%) Datadog
14 7 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (0.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 5 (0.76%) AWS Direct Connect
16 5 (0.76%) Nutanix
17 4 (0.61%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 400 (61.07%) Firewall
2 279 (42.60%) VPN
3 275 (41.98%) DNS
4 253 (38.63%) WAN
5 230 (35.11%) DHCP
6 202 (30.84%) LAN
7 163 (24.89%) TCP/IP
8 143 (21.83%) Wi-Fi
9 113 (17.25%) Wireless
10 93 (14.20%) SAN
11 84 (12.82%) BGP
12 83 (12.67%) OSPF
13 82 (12.52%) MPLS
14 67 (10.23%) VoIP
15 58 (8.85%) Network Security
15 58 (8.85%) SD-WAN
16 42 (6.41%) IPsec
17 34 (5.19%) HSRP
17 34 (5.19%) Internet
18 31 (4.73%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.12%) SQL Server
2 20 (3.05%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (0.76%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.61%) DB2
5 3 (0.46%) MySQL
5 3 (0.46%) Power BI
6 2 (0.31%) DTS
6 2 (0.31%) SQLPlus
7 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.15%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (0.76%) JIRA
2 1 (0.15%) Git
2 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.15%) Selenium
General
1 214 (32.67%) Social Skills
2 55 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (6.72%) Telecoms
4 34 (5.19%) Finance
5 21 (3.21%) Law
6 20 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (2.75%) Retail
8 17 (2.60%) Manufacturing
9 15 (2.29%) Banking
9 15 (2.29%) Billing
10 14 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (1.68%) Automotive
12 10 (1.53%) Legal
13 9 (1.37%) Police
14 8 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.92%) Marketing
16 5 (0.76%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.76%) Local Government
16 5 (0.76%) Public Sector
17 4 (0.61%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 135 (20.61%) Network Engineer
2 123 (18.78%) Support Engineer
3 117 (17.86%) Senior
4 100 (15.27%) IT Engineer
5 99 (15.11%) IT Support
6 94 (14.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 57 (8.70%) IT Support Engineer
8 53 (8.09%) Analyst
9 44 (6.72%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 43 (6.56%) 2nd Line Support
11 41 (6.26%) IT Technician
12 34 (5.19%) IT Manager
13 33 (5.04%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 33 (5.04%) 3rd Line Support
14 29 (4.43%) Architect
15 28 (4.27%) Senior Network Engineer
16 27 (4.12%) Network Support
17 25 (3.82%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 25 (3.82%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
18 24 (3.66%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (4.43%) 802.1X
2 8 (1.22%) LDAP
3 7 (1.07%) ADSI
4 6 (0.92%) LAMP
5 5 (0.76%) XMPP
6 4 (0.61%) LEMP Stack
7 3 (0.46%) CSS
7 3 (0.46%) REST
7 3 (0.46%) SOAP
7 3 (0.46%) Web Services
8 2 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.31%) V-Ray
9 1 (0.15%) .NET
9 1 (0.15%) Anaconda
9 1 (0.15%) JSON
9 1 (0.15%) OAuth
9 1 (0.15%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 80 (12.21%) Data Centre
2 41 (6.26%) Driving Licence
3 33 (5.04%) Public Cloud
4 23 (3.51%) Onboarding
4 23 (3.51%) Replication
5 21 (3.21%) Hybrid Cloud
6 18 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (2.29%) Clustering
8 12 (1.83%) Management Information System
9 11 (1.68%) FMCG
10 9 (1.37%) CCTV
11 7 (1.07%) Cyberattack
11 7 (1.07%) iPhone
12 5 (0.76%) Algorithms
12 5 (0.76%) Client/Server
12 5 (0.76%) Data Structures
12 5 (0.76%) Educational Technology
12 5 (0.76%) PMI
12 5 (0.76%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (0.61%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 352 (53.74%) Windows
2 241 (36.79%) Windows Server
3 104 (15.88%) Linux
4 87 (13.28%) Windows 10
5 58 (8.85%) Windows Server 2019
6 47 (7.18%) Android
7 45 (6.87%) Windows Server 2012
8 34 (5.19%) Windows Server 2016
9 33 (5.04%) Apple iOS
10 23 (3.51%) Ubuntu
10 23 (3.51%) Windows Server 2008
11 17 (2.60%) Mac OS
12 13 (1.98%) SUSE
12 13 (1.98%) Unix
13 12 (1.83%) Mac OS X
14 8 (1.22%) Debian
14 8 (1.22%) Windows 8
15 7 (1.07%) Windows 7
16 4 (0.61%) VMS
17 3 (0.46%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (19.85%) Problem-Solving
2 113 (17.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 107 (16.34%) Customer Service
4 84 (12.82%) ITIL
5 61 (9.31%) Cybersecurity
6 55 (8.40%) Mentoring
7 52 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 50 (7.63%) Disaster Recovery
9 47 (7.18%) Project Delivery
10 39 (5.95%) Migration
10 39 (5.95%) Network Monitoring
11 38 (5.80%) Kalman Filter
12 37 (5.65%) Project Management
13 36 (5.50%) Agile
14 35 (5.34%) Service Delivery
15 33 (5.04%) Network Management
16 31 (4.73%) Roadmaps
17 29 (4.43%) Computer Science
18 28 (4.27%) Asset Management
19 26 (3.97%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 105 (16.03%) PowerShell
2 67 (10.23%) SQL
3 17 (2.60%) Python
4 9 (1.37%) Bash
5 6 (0.92%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.15%) C
6 1 (0.15%) C#
6 1 (0.15%) C++
Qualifications
1 131 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 87 (13.28%) CCNA
3 81 (12.37%) Degree
4 80 (12.21%) Microsoft Certification
5 64 (9.77%) CCNP
6 48 (7.33%) MCSE
7 38 (5.80%) Security Cleared
8 32 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (4.27%) MCSA
10 24 (3.66%) Azure Certification
11 21 (3.21%) SC Cleared
12 20 (3.05%) CCIE
12 20 (3.05%) Network+ Certification
13 16 (2.44%) APMP
13 16 (2.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 13 (1.98%) MCITP
15 12 (1.83%) A+ Certification
15 12 (1.83%) DBS Check
15 12 (1.83%) MCP
16 10 (1.53%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.97%) SLA
2 21 (3.21%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (2.75%) GDPR
4 14 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.22%) QA
6 5 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 5 (0.76%) NCSC
7 4 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.46%) NIST
9 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 317 (48.40%) Active Directory
2 184 (28.09%) Hyper-V
3 170 (25.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (5.34%) vSphere
5 29 (4.43%) VMware ESXi
6 24 (3.66%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (1.98%) vCloud
7 13 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (1.07%) Firmware
10 6 (0.92%) NFS
11 4 (0.61%) Docker
11 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.61%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.46%) pfSense
13 2 (0.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.31%) Terminal Server
13 2 (0.31%) VMware Server
14 1 (0.15%) KVM
14 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 105 (16.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (5.80%) SCCM
3 34 (5.19%) WSUS
4 22 (3.36%) Jamf Pro
5 19 (2.90%) FortiGate
6 17 (2.60%) Nagios
7 14 (2.14%) Autotask
7 14 (2.14%) SmoothWall
8 11 (1.68%) Ansible
9 10 (1.53%) Failover Clustering
10 7 (1.07%) ZABBIX
11 6 (0.92%) Icinga
11 6 (0.92%) Puppet
11 6 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.76%) OfficeScan
13 3 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.46%) Nessus
13 3 (0.46%) PaperCut
13 3 (0.46%) Terraform
13 3 (0.46%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 369 (56.34%) Microsoft
2 233 (35.57%) Cisco
3 222 (33.89%) VMware
4 66 (10.08%) Veeam
5 44 (6.72%) Juniper
5 44 (6.72%) Meraki
6 43 (6.56%) Apple
7 41 (6.26%) Citrix
8 34 (5.19%) HP
9 32 (4.89%) Fortinet
10 30 (4.58%) CheckPoint
11 26 (3.97%) SolarWinds
12 25 (3.82%) SonicWALL
13 24 (3.66%) Google
14 23 (3.51%) Aruba
15 21 (3.21%) Palo Alto
16 20 (3.05%) Avaya
17 19 (2.90%) Ruckus Wireless
18 18 (2.75%) Dell
19 17 (2.60%) Datto