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 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 327 362
Rank change year-on-year -55 +35 +93
Contract jobs citing VLAN 182 162 200
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.55% 0.61% 0.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.34% 4.73% 3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 96 120
10th Percentile £219 £229 £203
25th Percentile £355 £309 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £436 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.88% -3.06% -
75th Percentile £569 £588 £576
90th Percentile £625 £625 £678
UK median daily rate £465 £430 £450
% change year-on-year +8.14% -4.44% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 8
10th Percentile - - £31.51
25th Percentile £33.00 - £34.25
Median hourly rate £66.50 - £71.90
75th Percentile £74.26 - £76.53
90th Percentile £84.06 - -
UK median hourly rate £66.50 £30.25 £61.13
% change year-on-year +119.83% -50.52% +88.10%

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 3,410 3,425 5,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.39% 12.95% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,212 1,964 3,233
10th Percentile £204 £220 £205
25th Percentile £356 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +2.04% -6.67%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £680 £686 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% -3.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 106 366
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.11 £16.13
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.46 £22.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £51.65
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -32.24% +140.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.63 £75.89
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £51.65
% change year-on-year -14.29% -32.24% +149.47%

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 28 January 2026.

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 28 January 2026.

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 28 January 2026. 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
North of England -23 55 £481 +48.08% 25
London -23 50 £488 +7.38% 34
North West +3 45 £500 +11.11% 13
South East -21 40 £458 -18.94% 47
Midlands -54 16 £525 -9.95% 13
West Midlands -39 14 £531 -10.24% 10
Yorkshire -47 10 £363 +49.48% 9
South West -37 7 £425 +3.03% 16
East of England -8 5 £460 +87.76% 14
North East - 3 £550 - 5
East Midlands -34 2 £275 -41.18% 3
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 12 (6.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.95%) Skype for Business
3 6 (3.30%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.75%) OpenStack
5 2 (1.10%) WordPress
6 1 (0.55%) Apache
6 1 (0.55%) Confluence
6 1 (0.55%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.10%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 62 (34.07%) Azure
2 38 (20.88%) AWS
3 23 (12.64%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (6.59%) GCP
5 11 (6.04%) Entra ID
6 7 (3.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (2.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (2.20%) SaaS
9 3 (1.65%) AWS Direct Connect
9 3 (1.65%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.65%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.10%) IaaS
10 2 (1.10%) PaaS
11 1 (0.55%) Akamai
11 1 (0.55%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.55%) Cloud Run
11 1 (0.55%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 100 (54.95%) Firewall
2 60 (32.97%) DNS
3 56 (30.77%) DHCP
4 54 (29.67%) WAN
5 51 (28.02%) VPN
6 49 (26.92%) LAN
6 49 (26.92%) TCP/IP
7 47 (25.82%) BGP
7 47 (25.82%) Network Security
8 37 (20.33%) Wi-Fi
9 35 (19.23%) OSPF
10 23 (12.64%) MPLS
11 22 (12.09%) Wireless
12 20 (10.99%) SD-WAN
13 16 (8.79%) Cisco ASA
14 12 (6.59%) Cisco ISE
14 12 (6.59%) EIGRP
15 11 (6.04%) Software-Defined Networking
15 11 (6.04%) VXLAN
15 11 (6.04%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.10%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.55%) MySQL
2 1 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.10%) Git
1 2 (1.10%) Metasploit
1 2 (1.10%) sqlmap
2 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.55%) JIRA
2 1 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 48 (26.37%) Social Skills
2 34 (18.68%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (9.34%) Public Sector
4 13 (7.14%) Finance
5 12 (6.59%) Telecoms
6 7 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.75%) Legal
8 4 (2.20%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.65%) Local Government
10 2 (1.10%) Electronics
10 2 (1.10%) Law
10 2 (1.10%) Marketing
11 1 (0.55%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.55%) Aviation
11 1 (0.55%) Banking
11 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (34.62%) Network Engineer
2 27 (14.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 21 (11.54%) Support Engineer
4 16 (8.79%) Architect
5 15 (8.24%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 12 (6.59%) Infrastructure Support
6 12 (6.59%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 12 (6.59%) Senior
7 11 (6.04%) Analyst
8 8 (4.40%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (4.40%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (3.85%) IT Analyst
9 7 (3.85%) IT Engineer
9 7 (3.85%) IT Support
9 7 (3.85%) Lead
9 7 (3.85%) Technical Architect
10 6 (3.30%) Cisco Engineer
10 6 (3.30%) Consultant
10 6 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (3.30%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.49%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.20%) Middleware
3 2 (1.10%) XMPP
4 1 (0.55%) CrewAI
4 1 (0.55%) JFC
4 1 (0.55%) JSON
4 1 (0.55%) LAMP
4 1 (0.55%) LangChain
4 1 (0.55%) LAPP Stack
4 1 (0.55%) LDAP
4 1 (0.55%) libvirt
4 1 (0.55%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (24.73%) Data Centre
2 14 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (5.49%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.40%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.30%) Replication
6 4 (2.20%) CCTV
6 4 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.20%) NHS
6 4 (2.20%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.65%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.65%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (1.65%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.65%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.10%) Clustering
8 2 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.10%) PKI
8 2 (1.10%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.55%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 67 (36.81%) Windows
2 30 (16.48%) Linux
3 21 (11.54%) Windows Server
4 17 (9.34%) Windows 10
5 11 (6.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (4.95%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.65%) VMS
8 2 (1.10%) CentOS
8 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.55%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.55%) Unix
9 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (20.88%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 26 (14.29%) ITIL
4 25 (13.74%) Service Management
5 23 (12.64%) Network Design
6 22 (12.09%) ITSM
7 21 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
8 20 (10.99%) Migration
9 19 (10.44%) Network Monitoring
10 17 (9.34%) Change Control
10 17 (9.34%) High Availability
10 17 (9.34%) Virtual Infrastructure
11 15 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (7.69%) Validation
13 12 (6.59%) Containerisation
13 12 (6.59%) Project Delivery
14 11 (6.04%) Incident Response
14 11 (6.04%) Preventative Maintenance
15 9 (4.95%) Disk Encryption
Programming Languages
1 32 (17.58%) PowerShell
2 23 (12.64%) Python
3 21 (11.54%) Bash
4 12 (6.59%) VBScript
5 9 (4.95%) VB
6 7 (3.85%) Perl
7 4 (2.20%) SQL
8 1 (0.55%) Go
8 1 (0.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 79 (43.41%) Security Cleared
2 61 (33.52%) SC Cleared
3 52 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
4 46 (25.27%) CCNP
5 28 (15.38%) CCNA
6 18 (9.89%) Azure Certification
7 16 (8.79%) Degree
7 16 (8.79%) DV Cleared
8 15 (8.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (8.24%) Network+ Certification
9 11 (6.04%) CCIE
9 11 (6.04%) Server+ Certification
10 7 (3.85%) JNCIS
11 6 (3.30%) AWS Certification
12 5 (2.75%) CCDP
12 5 (2.75%) JNCIP
13 4 (2.20%) CISSP
14 3 (1.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (1.65%) CCIE Security
14 3 (1.65%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (3.30%) PCI DSS
1 6 (3.30%) SLA
2 5 (2.75%) NIST
3 4 (2.20%) GDPR
4 3 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.10%) QA
6 1 (0.55%) GRC
6 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.55%) NCSC
System Software
1 41 (22.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 33 (18.13%) Active Directory
3 19 (10.44%) Hyper-V
4 9 (4.95%) BitLocker
5 8 (4.40%) Docker
5 8 (4.40%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (4.40%) vSphere
6 6 (3.30%) KVM
6 6 (3.30%) VMware NSX
7 4 (2.20%) Firmware
7 4 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.65%) Ceph
9 2 (1.10%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.55%) iptables
10 1 (0.55%) QEMU
10 1 (0.55%) RHEV
10 1 (0.55%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.55%) Squid
10 1 (0.55%) SRDF
10 1 (0.55%) Xen
Systems Management
1 17 (9.34%) SCCM
2 16 (8.79%) FortiGate
3 15 (8.24%) Ansible
4 11 (6.04%) Terraform
5 10 (5.49%) vCenter Server
6 7 (3.85%) Nagios
7 6 (3.30%) Kubernetes
7 6 (3.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (3.30%) Nmap
8 5 (2.75%) VxRail
9 4 (2.20%) Iperf
10 3 (1.65%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (1.10%) Cisco CUCM
11 2 (1.10%) Cisco Prime
11 2 (1.10%) Nessus
11 2 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.55%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.55%) Grafana
12 1 (0.55%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.55%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 79 (43.41%) Cisco
2 51 (28.02%) Microsoft
3 48 (26.37%) VMware
4 41 (22.53%) Palo Alto
5 23 (12.64%) Fortinet
6 22 (12.09%) SolarWinds
7 20 (10.99%) Dell
8 18 (9.89%) Juniper
9 12 (6.59%) Aruba
9 12 (6.59%) F5
10 11 (6.04%) Meraki
10 11 (6.04%) ServiceNow
11 10 (5.49%) Red Hat
11 10 (5.49%) Veeam
12 9 (4.95%) CheckPoint
12 9 (4.95%) Citrix
13 6 (3.30%) HP
14 5 (2.75%) NetApp
14 5 (2.75%) Zscaler
15 4 (2.20%) ADVA