VLAN Contract Job Trends in Aberdeen

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Aberdeen requiring VLAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VLAN 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Aberdeen 12.20% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 - -
75th Percentile £470 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 £400 £650
% change year-on-year +6.25% -38.46% +52.94%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Aberdeen

VLAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Aberdeen.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 20 0 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen 48.78% - 25.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 0 4
10th Percentile £241 - -
25th Percentile £258 - £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £155
Median % change year-on-year - - -61.49%
75th Percentile £449 - £226
90th Percentile £458 - £346
Scotland median daily rate £425 £438 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% -16.67% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.62
25th Percentile - - £16.81
Median hourly rate - - £17.36
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.03%
75th Percentile - - £17.67
90th Percentile - - £17.70
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £19.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +294.74% -65.45% +210.38%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VLAN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

VLAN job vacancy trend in Aberdeen

VLAN
Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing VLAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing VLAN

VLAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing VLAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing VLAN

VLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) BGP
1 5 (100.00%) OSPF
2 3 (60.00%) EIGRP
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) Network Security
2 3 (60.00%) WAN
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (20.00%) TACACS
4 1 (20.00%) VPN
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Information Security
1 2 (40.00%) Network Design
1 2 (40.00%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (40.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Minimum Viable Product
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CCNP
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) CCIE
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (20.00%) Meraki
3 1 (20.00%) Riverbed
3 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds