VLAN Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring VLAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 69 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Contract jobs citing VLAN 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.67% 0.15% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.55% 1.32% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £428 - -
25th Percentile £433 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 - -
75th Percentile £473 - -
90th Percentile £474 - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 £400 £650
% change year-on-year +6.25% -38.46% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 53 76 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 8.86% 11.53% 9.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 37 57
10th Percentile £263 £164 £132
25th Percentile £413 £390 £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% +14.29% -7.89%
75th Percentile £500 £613 £600
90th Percentile £550 £664 £730
Scotland median daily rate £425 £445 £525
% change year-on-year -4.44% -15.29% +22.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £60.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 £75.00 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year - +22.95% +69.80%
75th Percentile - - £61.50
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £19.00 £56.40
% change year-on-year +294.74% -66.31% +244.74%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

VLAN job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing VLAN

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Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing VLAN

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) BGP
2 2 (50.00%) EIGRP
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) OSPF
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (25.00%) IP Telephony
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) WLAN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Support Executive
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Network Design
1 2 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Security Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) CCIE
2 2 (50.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) CCNA
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) SAP