VLAN Jobs in the West Midlands

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 177 251 228
Rank change year-on-year +74 -23 -32
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 71 23 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.98% 0.34% 0.77%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.13% 1.99% 5.17%
Number of salaries quoted 47 17 49
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,750 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +5.88% -15.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £49,250 £63,000 £55,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -6.67% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 996 1,153 1,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.78% 17.14% 14.98%
Number of salaries quoted 826 530 717
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,863 £26,900
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for VLAN in the West Midlands

VLAN
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for VLAN in the West Midlands

VLAN
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing VLAN in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for VLAN in the West Midlands

VLAN
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Birmingham +17 28 £45,000 -2.70% 5
Shropshire +16 15 £38,625 - 5
Staffordshire -13 10 £35,000 -22.22% 5
Worcestershire -8 8 £30,000 -50.00% 5
Warwickshire +59 7 £40,313 -35.50%
Sutton Coldfield - 3 - -
Brierley Hill - 1 £33,500 -
VLAN
England

VLAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 9 (12.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (11.27%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.82%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.41%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 14 (19.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (5.63%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 26 (36.62%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (35.21%) Azure
3 13 (18.31%) Entra ID
4 10 (14.08%) Google Workspace
5 8 (11.27%) AWS
5 8 (11.27%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (11.27%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.82%) Amazon S3
6 2 (2.82%) Mimecast
6 2 (2.82%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (63.38%) WAN
2 31 (43.66%) Firewall
2 31 (43.66%) LAN
3 24 (33.80%) DNS
4 23 (32.39%) DHCP
4 23 (32.39%) Wi-Fi
5 22 (30.99%) TCP/IP
6 17 (23.94%) OSPF
7 15 (21.13%) BGP
7 15 (21.13%) VPN
8 14 (19.72%) MPLS
8 14 (19.72%) Network Security
8 14 (19.72%) Wireless
9 13 (18.31%) SD-WAN
10 11 (15.49%) SAN
11 9 (12.68%) EIGRP
11 9 (12.68%) HSRP
11 9 (12.68%) VRRP
12 8 (11.27%) VoIP
12 8 (11.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.82%) Amazon RDS
General
1 16 (22.54%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.08%) Retail
3 8 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (11.27%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (9.86%) Finance
4 7 (9.86%) Telecoms
5 6 (8.45%) Law
6 4 (5.63%) Police
7 2 (2.82%) Legal
8 1 (1.41%) Automotive
8 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 30 (42.25%) Senior
2 18 (25.35%) Support Engineer
3 14 (19.72%) Network Engineer
4 13 (18.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (14.08%) IT Technician
5 10 (14.08%) Senior IT Technician
5 10 (14.08%) Senior Technician
6 9 (12.68%) Senior Support Engineer
7 7 (9.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 7 (9.86%) Analyst
7 7 (9.86%) Network Analyst
8 6 (8.45%) 3rd Line Support
8 6 (8.45%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 6 (8.45%) IT Engineer
8 6 (8.45%) IT Support
8 6 (8.45%) Network Operations Analyst
8 6 (8.45%) Operations Analyst
8 6 (8.45%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (8.45%) Senior Network Analyst
8 6 (8.45%) Senior Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) LAMP
1 2 (2.82%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.49%) FMCG
2 6 (8.45%) Driving Licence
3 4 (5.63%) CCTV
3 4 (5.63%) Clustering
4 2 (2.82%) PKI
5 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.41%) Replication
5 1 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.41%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 18 (25.35%) Windows
1 18 (25.35%) Windows Server
2 8 (11.27%) Windows Server 2019
3 7 (9.86%) Windows Server 2012
3 7 (9.86%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (8.45%) Windows 10
5 3 (4.23%) Linux
5 3 (4.23%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.41%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.41%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (19.72%) Continuous Improvement
2 13 (18.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (18.31%) Network Architecture
2 13 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (11.27%) Network Virtualisation
4 7 (9.86%) Business Analysis
4 7 (9.86%) Change Management
4 7 (9.86%) Demand Management
4 7 (9.86%) High Availability
4 7 (9.86%) IT Strategy
4 7 (9.86%) Project Delivery
4 7 (9.86%) Release Management
5 6 (8.45%) Decision-Making
6 5 (7.04%) Collaborative Culture
6 5 (7.04%) Cost Optimisation
6 5 (7.04%) Digital Strategy
6 5 (7.04%) Impact Analysis
6 5 (7.04%) Proactive Monitoring
6 5 (7.04%) Server Management
6 5 (7.04%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.08%) PowerShell
2 8 (11.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (12.68%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (11.27%) CCNP
3 7 (9.86%) CCDP
3 7 (9.86%) CCIE
3 7 (9.86%) CCIE Routing and Switching
4 6 (8.45%) Degree
5 3 (4.23%) MCSE
5 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.82%) CCNA
6 2 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.82%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.82%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.41%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.41%) HNC
7 1 (1.41%) HND
7 1 (1.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.04%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 5 (7.04%) QA
2 1 (1.41%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (43.66%) Active Directory
2 22 (30.99%) Hyper-V
3 8 (11.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (9.86%) Firmware
5 5 (7.04%) NFS
6 2 (2.82%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (2.82%) Docker
6 2 (2.82%) pfSense
6 2 (2.82%) Terminal Services
6 2 (2.82%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (2.82%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.82%) vSphere
7 1 (1.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (5.63%) Autotask
1 4 (5.63%) Failover Clustering
1 4 (5.63%) Jamf Pro
1 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (5.63%) SCCM
2 2 (2.82%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.41%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.41%) Icinga
3 1 (1.41%) Nagios
Vendors
1 34 (47.89%) Cisco
2 28 (39.44%) Microsoft
3 17 (23.94%) VMware
4 10 (14.08%) Avaya
5 8 (11.27%) Aruba
6 7 (9.86%) Ekahau
6 7 (9.86%) Google
6 7 (9.86%) Juniper
6 7 (9.86%) Sage
7 6 (8.45%) Ericsson
7 6 (8.45%) Nokia
7 6 (8.45%) SolarWinds
7 6 (8.45%) Zscaler
8 5 (7.04%) Apple
8 5 (7.04%) Dell
8 5 (7.04%) Sophos
8 5 (7.04%) Veeam
9 4 (5.63%) Draytek
9 4 (5.63%) HP
9 4 (5.63%) WatchGuard