VLAN Contracts in Birmingham

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring VLAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VLAN over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 63 67
Rank change year-on-year +20 +4 +24
Contract jobs citing VLAN 7 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.34% 0.52% 0.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.92% 2.67% 5.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - - £236
25th Percentile £143 £190 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £200 £700
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% -71.43% +166.67%
75th Percentile £148 £210 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £145 £200 £520
% change year-on-year -27.50% -61.54% +73.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 37 150 147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 7.09% 19.40% 16.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 93 68
10th Percentile £165 £205 £313
25th Percentile £319 £290 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £350 £500
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -30.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £597 £488 £700
90th Percentile £698 £600 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £463 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +15.63% -20.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 5
10th Percentile - £13.25 -
25th Percentile - £14.00 £12.50
Median hourly rate - £19.95 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - +33.00% -25.00%
75th Percentile - £28.75 £18.75
90th Percentile - £72.90 £20.21
West Midlands median hourly rate £16.23 £19.95 £16.75
% change year-on-year -18.67% +19.10% +1.52%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for VLAN in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VLAN in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for VLAN in Birmingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VLAN in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for VLAN in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Google Workspace
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) BGP
1 5 (71.43%) Firewall
1 5 (71.43%) Network Security
1 5 (71.43%) OSPF
1 5 (71.43%) SSL
2 4 (57.14%) IPsec
2 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
2 4 (57.14%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) DHCP
3 1 (14.29%) DNS
3 1 (14.29%) EIGRP
3 1 (14.29%) HTTP
3 1 (14.29%) Internet
3 1 (14.29%) LAN
3 1 (14.29%) SAN
3 1 (14.29%) WAN
3 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (14.29%) Wireless
3 1 (14.29%) Wireless Security
3 1 (14.29%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
1 1 (14.29%) Maven
1 1 (14.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (57.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Check Point Expert
2 1 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) ICT Technician
2 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) 802.1X
1 1 (14.29%) LDAP
1 1 (14.29%) YAML
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Check Point GAiA
2 2 (28.57%) Windows
3 1 (14.29%) CentOS
3 1 (14.29%) Debian
3 1 (14.29%) Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
3 1 (14.29%) Ubuntu
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) High Availability
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) SIEM
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 1 (14.29%) Capacity Management
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Log Aggregation
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Network Design
3 1 (14.29%) Network Management
3 1 (14.29%) Network Optimisation
3 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CCSE
2 1 (14.29%) CCNP
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) FortiGate
2 1 (14.29%) Ansible
2 1 (14.29%) Nessus
2 1 (14.29%) Puppet
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) CheckPoint
1 4 (57.14%) Fortinet
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) Google
2 1 (14.29%) Infoblox
2 1 (14.29%) Juniper
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds
2 1 (14.29%) Sophos
2 1 (14.29%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Zscaler