VLAN Contract Job Trends in England

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring VLAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 383 327 342
Rank change year-on-year -56 +15 +152
Contract jobs citing VLAN 163 178 207
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.52% 0.63% 0.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.81% 4.93% 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 105 114
10th Percentile £219 £238 £215
25th Percentile £356 £350 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -
75th Percentile £575 £594 £588
90th Percentile £675 £648 £696
UK median daily rate £465 £434 £450
% change year-on-year +7.20% -3.61% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 10
10th Percentile - - £31.39
25th Percentile £33.00 - £32.36
Median hourly rate £66.50 - £51.13
75th Percentile £74.26 - £76.53
90th Percentile £84.06 - -
UK median hourly rate £66.50 £30.25 £38.04
% change year-on-year +119.83% -20.48% +26.80%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,391 3,607 5,113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.72% 12.78% 13.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,194 2,119 3,173
10th Percentile £205 £220 £206
25th Percentile £356 £375 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £682 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 103 310
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.04 £18.51
25th Percentile £20.34 £20.30 £23.22
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -38.04% +48.66%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.25 £76.12
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -2.86% -38.04% +61.40%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

VLAN job vacancy trend in England

VLAN
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VLAN

VLAN
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VLAN in England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VLAN in England

VLAN
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VLAN

VLAN
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VLAN in England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for VLAN in England

VLAN
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the England region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -21 45 £475 - 43
North of England -43 42 £476 +43.77% 38
South East -13 41 £456 -5.98% 62
North West -9 33 £500 +5.26% 25
Midlands -56 13 £525 -6.79% 31
West Midlands -37 11 £531 -9.56% 16
East of England -8 10 £588 +139.80% 24
Yorkshire -50 8 £300 +22.45% 9
South West -17 6 £425 +3.03% 25
North East - 4 £550 - 5
East Midlands -23 2 £275 -26.67% 15
VLAN
UK

VLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.68%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.07%) OpenStack
3 5 (3.07%) Skype for Business
4 2 (1.23%) WordPress
5 1 (0.61%) Apache
5 1 (0.61%) Confluence
5 1 (0.61%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.84%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 58 (35.58%) Azure
2 38 (23.31%) AWS
3 20 (12.27%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (7.98%) GCP
5 10 (6.13%) Entra ID
6 8 (4.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (3.07%) SaaS
7 5 (3.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (1.84%) AWS Direct Connect
8 3 (1.84%) IaaS
8 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (1.84%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.84%) PaaS
9 2 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.61%) Akamai
10 1 (0.61%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.61%) Cloud Run
10 1 (0.61%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 98 (60.12%) Firewall
2 58 (35.58%) DNS
3 53 (32.52%) DHCP
4 51 (31.29%) TCP/IP
4 51 (31.29%) VPN
5 49 (30.06%) BGP
6 46 (28.22%) WAN
7 44 (26.99%) Network Security
8 41 (25.15%) LAN
9 37 (22.70%) OSPF
10 27 (16.56%) Wi-Fi
11 21 (12.88%) Wireless
12 17 (10.43%) MPLS
12 17 (10.43%) SD-WAN
13 13 (7.98%) Cisco ASA
14 11 (6.75%) Software-Defined Networking
14 11 (6.75%) WLAN
15 10 (6.13%) EIGRP
15 10 (6.13%) IPsec
15 10 (6.13%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.23%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.61%) MySQL
2 1 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.23%) Git
1 2 (1.23%) Metasploit
1 2 (1.23%) sqlmap
2 1 (0.61%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.61%) JIRA
2 1 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 49 (30.06%) Social Skills
2 35 (21.47%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (11.04%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.13%) Finance
5 7 (4.29%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (4.29%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.07%) Legal
7 4 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.45%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.84%) Local Government
9 2 (1.23%) Advertising
9 2 (1.23%) Electronics
9 2 (1.23%) Law
9 2 (1.23%) Marketing
9 2 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (35.58%) Network Engineer
2 27 (16.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 21 (12.88%) Support Engineer
4 16 (9.82%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 13 (7.98%) Architect
6 12 (7.36%) Infrastructure Support
6 12 (7.36%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 10 (6.13%) Senior
8 9 (5.52%) Analyst
9 8 (4.91%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (4.91%) Platform Engineer
10 7 (4.29%) IT Engineer
10 7 (4.29%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (3.68%) Lead
11 6 (3.68%) Security Engineer
12 5 (3.07%) Administrator
12 5 (3.07%) Consultant
12 5 (3.07%) Juniper Engineer
12 5 (3.07%) Network Architect
12 5 (3.07%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.68%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.45%) Middleware
3 1 (0.61%) CrewAI
3 1 (0.61%) JFC
3 1 (0.61%) JSON
3 1 (0.61%) LAMP
3 1 (0.61%) LangChain
3 1 (0.61%) LAPP Stack
3 1 (0.61%) LDAP
3 1 (0.61%) libvirt
3 1 (0.61%) XMPP
3 1 (0.61%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (24.54%) Data Centre
2 14 (8.59%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (5.52%) Onboarding
3 9 (5.52%) Replication
4 8 (4.91%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.07%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.45%) CCTV
6 4 (2.45%) NHS
6 4 (2.45%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.84%) Clustering
7 3 (1.84%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.84%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.23%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.23%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.23%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.23%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.23%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.23%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.61%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 61 (37.42%) Windows
2 31 (19.02%) Linux
3 21 (12.88%) Windows Server
4 13 (7.98%) Windows 10
5 11 (6.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (3.68%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.84%) VMS
8 2 (1.23%) CentOS
8 2 (1.23%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.61%) Android
9 1 (0.61%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (26.38%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (21.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 23 (14.11%) ITIL
4 21 (12.88%) Service Management
5 20 (12.27%) High Availability
6 19 (11.66%) Migration
6 19 (11.66%) Network Design
7 18 (11.04%) Disaster Recovery
8 17 (10.43%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 16 (9.82%) ITSM
10 15 (9.20%) Network Monitoring
11 14 (8.59%) Cybersecurity
12 13 (7.98%) Incident Response
13 12 (7.36%) Change Control
13 12 (7.36%) Containerisation
13 12 (7.36%) Preventative Maintenance
14 11 (6.75%) Continuous Improvement
15 10 (6.13%) Project Delivery
15 10 (6.13%) Validation
16 9 (5.52%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 28 (17.18%) PowerShell
2 23 (14.11%) Python
3 21 (12.88%) Bash
4 7 (4.29%) Perl
4 7 (4.29%) VBScript
5 5 (3.07%) VB
6 4 (2.45%) SQL
7 1 (0.61%) Go
7 1 (0.61%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 66 (40.49%) Security Cleared
2 52 (31.90%) Cisco Certification
3 48 (29.45%) SC Cleared
4 47 (28.83%) CCNP
5 22 (13.50%) CCNA
6 17 (10.43%) Azure Certification
7 15 (9.20%) Degree
7 15 (9.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (9.20%) Network+ Certification
8 12 (7.36%) DV Cleared
9 11 (6.75%) Server+ Certification
10 8 (4.91%) CCIE
11 6 (3.68%) JNCIS
12 5 (3.07%) AWS Certification
12 5 (3.07%) CCDP
12 5 (3.07%) CISSP
12 5 (3.07%) JNCIP
13 3 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (1.84%) CCSP
13 3 (1.84%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (4.91%) PCI DSS
2 7 (4.29%) NIST
3 4 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.45%) GDPR
3 4 (2.45%) SLA
4 2 (1.23%) GRC
5 1 (0.61%) SOC 2
System Software
1 45 (27.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (19.02%) Active Directory
3 20 (12.27%) Hyper-V
4 8 (4.91%) Docker
5 7 (4.29%) Firmware
5 7 (4.29%) VMware NSX
6 6 (3.68%) KVM
6 6 (3.68%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (3.68%) vSphere
7 5 (3.07%) BitLocker
8 4 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (1.84%) Ceph
10 2 (1.23%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (1.23%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.61%) iptables
11 1 (0.61%) QEMU
11 1 (0.61%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.61%) Squid
11 1 (0.61%) SRDF
11 1 (0.61%) Xen
Systems Management
1 21 (12.88%) FortiGate
2 14 (8.59%) Ansible
3 12 (7.36%) SCCM
4 11 (6.75%) Terraform
5 8 (4.91%) vCenter Server
6 6 (3.68%) Kubernetes
6 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (3.68%) Nagios
7 5 (3.07%) Nmap
8 3 (1.84%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (1.84%) Iperf
8 3 (1.84%) VxRail
9 2 (1.23%) Nessus
9 2 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.61%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.61%) Grafana
10 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.61%) SELinux
10 1 (0.61%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 69 (42.33%) Cisco
2 51 (31.29%) VMware
3 44 (26.99%) Microsoft
4 40 (24.54%) Palo Alto
5 26 (15.95%) Fortinet
6 21 (12.88%) SolarWinds
7 19 (11.66%) Dell
7 19 (11.66%) Juniper
8 13 (7.98%) F5
9 11 (6.75%) Meraki
10 10 (6.13%) Citrix
10 10 (6.13%) Red Hat
11 9 (5.52%) Aruba
11 9 (5.52%) Veeam
12 8 (4.91%) CheckPoint
13 7 (4.29%) NetApp
13 7 (4.29%) ServiceNow
14 6 (3.68%) HP
15 4 (2.45%) Zscaler
16 3 (1.84%) Okta