VLAN Jobs with Work from Home Options

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
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 VLAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VLAN 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 390 467 598
Rank change year-on-year +77 +131 -169
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 191 197 270
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.56% 0.49% 0.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.69% 4.31% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 180 173 232
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,050 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £32,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £45,000 £44,826
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +0.39% -10.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £56,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,800 £74,875
UK median annual salary £40,313 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.15% - -5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 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%

VLAN
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing VLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VLAN 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 VLAN.

VLAN salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

VLAN
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

VLAN salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

VLAN
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 54 (28.27%) SharePoint
2 44 (23.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.09%) Confluence
4 1 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.52%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (12.04%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.09%) Trello
3 2 (1.05%) CATIA
3 2 (1.05%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.05%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 2 (1.05%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 95 (49.74%) Azure
2 94 (49.21%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (19.37%) AWS
4 25 (13.09%) Entra ID
5 11 (5.76%) OneDrive
5 11 (5.76%) SaaS
6 6 (3.14%) Mimecast
7 5 (2.62%) AWS Direct Connect
7 5 (2.62%) Nutanix
8 4 (2.09%) Slack
8 4 (2.09%) WhatsApp
9 3 (1.57%) GCP
10 2 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 142 (74.35%) Firewall
2 90 (47.12%) DNS
2 90 (47.12%) WAN
3 85 (44.50%) VPN
4 75 (39.27%) DHCP
4 75 (39.27%) TCP/IP
5 65 (34.03%) LAN
6 45 (23.56%) Wi-Fi
7 38 (19.90%) MPLS
8 34 (17.80%) SD-WAN
9 33 (17.28%) OSPF
10 32 (16.75%) SAN
11 31 (16.23%) BGP
12 27 (14.14%) Wireless
13 25 (13.09%) NAS
14 20 (10.47%) Remote Desktop
15 18 (9.42%) Network Security
16 17 (8.90%) Ethernet
16 17 (8.90%) IPsec
17 14 (7.33%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.66%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (2.62%) NoSQL
2 5 (2.62%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.09%) DB2
Development Applications
1 4 (2.09%) JIRA
2 1 (0.52%) Git
General
1 63 (32.98%) Social Skills
2 21 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (5.24%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (4.19%) Law
5 6 (3.14%) Finance
5 6 (3.14%) Legal
5 6 (3.14%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.62%) Banking
6 5 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.09%) Publishing
7 4 (2.09%) Retail
8 2 (1.05%) Billing
8 2 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 40 (20.94%) Support Engineer
2 39 (20.42%) Network Engineer
3 35 (18.32%) IT Engineer
4 30 (15.71%) Senior
5 28 (14.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 25 (13.09%) IT Support
7 23 (12.04%) IT Support Engineer
8 18 (9.42%) Project Manager
9 15 (7.85%) Lead
10 13 (6.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 12 (6.28%) 3rd Line Support
11 12 (6.28%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 12 (6.28%) Architect
11 12 (6.28%) Data Centre Manager
11 12 (6.28%) Data Centre Project Manager
12 10 (5.24%) Infrastructure Architect
12 10 (5.24%) IT Manager
13 8 (4.19%) Senior Network Engineer
13 8 (4.19%) Technical Support
13 8 (4.19%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.62%) 802.1X
1 5 (2.62%) XMPP
2 3 (1.57%) CSS
3 2 (1.05%) REST
3 2 (1.05%) SOAP
3 2 (1.05%) Web Services
4 1 (0.52%) JSON
4 1 (0.52%) LDAP
4 1 (0.52%) OAuth
4 1 (0.52%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 38 (19.90%) Data Centre
2 16 (8.38%) Public Cloud
3 13 (6.81%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (2.62%) Algorithms
4 5 (2.62%) Client/Server
4 5 (2.62%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.62%) Driving Licence
4 5 (2.62%) Replication
5 4 (2.09%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.57%) Apple TV
6 3 (1.57%) IVR
6 3 (1.57%) Smart City
7 2 (1.05%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.05%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.05%) SCADA
8 1 (0.52%) CMDB
8 1 (0.52%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.52%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 91 (47.64%) Windows
2 64 (33.51%) Windows Server
3 31 (16.23%) Linux
4 21 (10.99%) Android
5 19 (9.95%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (9.42%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (6.28%) Unix
8 9 (4.71%) Apple iOS
8 9 (4.71%) Windows 10
8 9 (4.71%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (3.66%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (2.62%) Mac OS
11 2 (1.05%) CentOS
11 2 (1.05%) Ubuntu
11 2 (1.05%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (18.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 35 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (16.23%) ITIL
4 24 (12.57%) Customer Service
5 23 (12.04%) Agile
5 23 (12.04%) Project Management
6 20 (10.47%) PRINCE2
7 19 (9.95%) Roadmaps
8 14 (7.33%) Computer Science
8 14 (7.33%) Project Delivery
9 13 (6.81%) Network Design
10 12 (6.28%) Infrastructure Management
11 11 (5.76%) Coaching
11 11 (5.76%) Mentoring
11 11 (5.76%) Network Management
11 11 (5.76%) Technical Leadership
12 10 (5.24%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 9 (4.71%) Disaster Recovery
14 8 (4.19%) Analytics
14 8 (4.19%) Network Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.90%) PowerShell
2 8 (4.19%) Python
3 6 (3.14%) SQL
4 2 (1.05%) Bash
5 1 (0.52%) C
5 1 (0.52%) C++
Qualifications
1 45 (23.56%) Cisco Certification
2 34 (17.80%) CCNA
3 26 (13.61%) Microsoft Certification
4 23 (12.04%) Degree
5 18 (9.42%) CCNP
5 18 (9.42%) MCSE
6 16 (8.38%) APMP
7 12 (6.28%) Azure Certification
8 11 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (5.76%) Security Cleared
9 7 (3.66%) SC Cleared
10 5 (2.62%) CCIE
10 5 (2.62%) JNCIE
11 3 (1.57%) CEH
11 3 (1.57%) CISSP
11 3 (1.57%) MCT
12 2 (1.05%) CCIP
12 2 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.52%) CCDP
13 1 (0.52%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.19%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (3.66%) SLA
3 5 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.05%) NIST
4 2 (1.05%) QA
System Software
1 71 (37.17%) Hyper-V
2 67 (35.08%) Active Directory
3 57 (29.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (8.90%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (6.28%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (4.19%) vSphere
7 6 (3.14%) NFS
8 2 (1.05%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 25 (13.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (11.52%) WSUS
3 8 (4.19%) FortiGate
3 8 (4.19%) Nagios
3 8 (4.19%) SCCM
4 7 (3.66%) Ansible
5 5 (2.62%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (2.09%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.57%) OfficeScan
8 2 (1.05%) Puppet
8 2 (1.05%) SolarWinds Orion
8 2 (1.05%) Terraform
9 1 (0.52%) SCOM
9 1 (0.52%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.52%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 103 (53.93%) Microsoft
2 70 (36.65%) Cisco
2 70 (36.65%) VMware
3 21 (10.99%) Meraki
4 18 (9.42%) CheckPoint
5 17 (8.90%) Ruckus Wireless
6 16 (8.38%) Apple
7 12 (6.28%) Fortinet
7 12 (6.28%) SolarWinds
8 11 (5.76%) Barracuda Networks
9 9 (4.71%) IBM
10 7 (3.66%) Veeam
11 5 (2.62%) Nasuni
11 5 (2.62%) Palo Alto
11 5 (2.62%) Rapid7
12 4 (2.09%) Citrix
13 3 (1.57%) Alcatel-Lucent
13 3 (1.57%) Centreon
14 2 (1.05%) Aruba
14 2 (1.05%) Zscaler