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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
26 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 348 382
Rank change year-on-year -12 +34 -53
Contract jobs citing VLAN 289 168 147
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.62% 0.60% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.66% 5.12% 3.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 110 80
10th Percentile £375 £219 £254
25th Percentile £413 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £441 £444
Median % change year-on-year +13.31% -0.56% -7.55%
75th Percentile £600 £533 £588
90th Percentile £668 £660 £668
UK median daily rate £495 £447 £431
% change year-on-year +10.74% +3.65% -10.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 5 0
10th Percentile £18.50 - -
25th Percentile £33.70 £33.00 -
Median hourly rate £51.50 £34.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +51.47% - -
75th Percentile £74.00 £58.75 -
90th Percentile £76.82 £63.85 -
UK median hourly rate £51.50 £34.00 £30.25
% change year-on-year +51.47% +12.40% -8.33%

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 4,340 3,280 3,987
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.32% 11.74% 12.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,560 2,064 2,307
10th Percentile £250 £225 £243
25th Percentile £400 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £610
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 384 168 192
10th Percentile £16.02 £15.50 £15.33
25th Percentile £21.33 £24.75 £23.80
Median hourly rate £44.25 £39.66 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +11.57% -30.85% +1.52%
75th Percentile £69.63 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £92.38 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £42.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -22.35% -15.00% -11.49%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 26 September 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
London -58 84 £450 +5.88% 139
North of England -29 61 £500 +11.86% 47
South East -62 48 £500 +17.65% 108
North West -26 32 £520 +9.38% 33
South West -16 30 £495 +29.41% 22
Yorkshire -17 28 £500 +173.97% 10
Midlands -42 23 £250 -47.37% 41
East of England -33 16 £600 +34.83% 26
West Midlands -48 13 £250 -47.37% 32
East Midlands -9 10 - - 9
North East -39 1 - - 7
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 14 (4.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (4.15%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.08%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.73%) FactoryTalk
5 4 (1.38%) Confluence
6 2 (0.69%) Apache
6 2 (0.69%) CloudStack
6 2 (0.69%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (2.77%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.73%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 78 (26.99%) Azure
2 40 (13.84%) AWS
3 34 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (10.73%) Entra ID
5 22 (7.61%) GitHub
6 16 (5.54%) GCP
7 12 (4.15%) IaaS
8 8 (2.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 7 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.08%) PaaS
11 5 (1.73%) Cohesity
11 5 (1.73%) Nutanix
11 5 (1.73%) SaaS
12 4 (1.38%) Datadog
12 4 (1.38%) OneDrive
12 4 (1.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 3 (1.04%) AWS Direct Connect
13 3 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (0.69%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 180 (62.28%) Firewall
2 114 (39.45%) DNS
3 105 (36.33%) BGP
4 94 (32.53%) DHCP
5 93 (32.18%) VPN
6 91 (31.49%) OSPF
7 83 (28.72%) WAN
8 66 (22.84%) TCP/IP
9 63 (21.80%) Network Security
10 62 (21.45%) LAN
11 61 (21.11%) Wireless
12 42 (14.53%) Wi-Fi
13 39 (13.49%) SD-WAN
14 37 (12.80%) SAN
15 36 (12.46%) Cisco Nexus
16 29 (10.03%) VXLAN
17 28 (9.69%) Multicast
18 26 (9.00%) IPsec
19 24 (8.30%) Cisco IOS
19 24 (8.30%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.54%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.35%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 14 (4.84%) JIRA
2 13 (4.50%) Git
2 13 (4.50%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.08%) GitLab
4 5 (1.73%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.38%) Chocolatey
6 2 (0.69%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.69%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.35%) MSI
General
1 57 (19.72%) Social Skills
2 33 (11.42%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (10.73%) Finance
4 19 (6.57%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (4.50%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.15%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.46%) Banking
7 10 (3.46%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (2.08%) Police
9 6 (2.08%) Retail
10 5 (1.73%) Legal
10 5 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.38%) Automotive
11 4 (1.38%) Games
12 3 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.69%) French Language
13 2 (0.69%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.35%) Law
Job Titles
1 134 (46.37%) Network Engineer
2 63 (21.80%) Senior
3 53 (18.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 45 (15.57%) Senior Network Engineer
5 27 (9.34%) Architect
6 18 (6.23%) Network Architect
7 17 (5.88%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 16 (5.54%) Cisco Engineer
8 16 (5.54%) IT Engineer
9 15 (5.19%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 14 (4.84%) Network Specialist
11 13 (4.50%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (4.15%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (4.15%) Senior Network Specialist
13 10 (3.46%) Support Engineer
13 10 (3.46%) Technical Architect
14 8 (2.77%) Implementation Engineer
14 8 (2.77%) Network Security Engineer
14 8 (2.77%) Security Architect
14 8 (2.77%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (14.53%) Terraform
2 13 (4.50%) 802.1X
3 5 (1.73%) NETCONF
3 5 (1.73%) REST
4 3 (1.04%) RESTCONF
5 2 (0.69%) .NET
5 2 (0.69%) cloud-init
5 2 (0.69%) eBPF
5 2 (0.69%) gRPC
5 2 (0.69%) HTML
5 2 (0.69%) HTML5
5 2 (0.69%) JSON
5 2 (0.69%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.69%) ODBC
5 2 (0.69%) YAML
6 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 99 (34.26%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.23%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (5.54%) PKI
4 15 (5.19%) Onboarding
5 14 (4.84%) Replication
6 13 (4.50%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (4.15%) Operational Technology
8 11 (3.81%) Cloud Native
9 10 (3.46%) Driving Licence
10 9 (3.11%) Linux Command Line
11 8 (2.77%) Digital Signage
11 8 (2.77%) Virtual Team
12 7 (2.42%) Life Science
12 7 (2.42%) SCADA
13 6 (2.08%) CMDB
13 6 (2.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (2.08%) Private Cloud
14 5 (1.73%) Robotics
14 5 (1.73%) Video Conferencing
15 4 (1.38%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 80 (27.68%) Windows
2 43 (14.88%) Windows Server
3 32 (11.07%) Linux
4 12 (4.15%) Windows 10
5 9 (3.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.77%) Ubuntu
7 6 (2.08%) CentOS
7 6 (2.08%) Rocky
7 6 (2.08%) Windows 7
8 5 (1.73%) Unix
9 3 (1.04%) Android
9 3 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.35%) Debian
10 1 (0.35%) VMS
10 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.35%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (22.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 55 (19.03%) Migration
3 51 (17.65%) Validation
4 48 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (15.57%) ITSM
6 40 (13.84%) Network Segmentation
7 37 (12.80%) High Availability
8 34 (11.76%) Network Design
9 33 (11.42%) Project Delivery
10 32 (11.07%) ITIL
11 30 (10.38%) Infrastructure as Code
12 28 (9.69%) Disaster Recovery
13 25 (8.65%) Zero Trust
14 23 (7.96%) Continuous Improvement
15 21 (7.27%) Runbook
16 20 (6.92%) CI/CD
16 20 (6.92%) Infrastructure Automation
16 20 (6.92%) Load Balancing
17 19 (6.57%) Cybersecurity
17 19 (6.57%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 47 (16.26%) Python
2 35 (12.11%) PowerShell
3 13 (4.50%) Bash
4 7 (2.42%) VBScript
5 6 (2.08%) VB
6 5 (1.73%) ActionScript
7 2 (0.69%) Java
7 2 (0.69%) SQL
7 2 (0.69%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.35%) Bicep
8 1 (0.35%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 93 (32.18%) Security Cleared
2 69 (23.88%) SC Cleared
3 65 (22.49%) Cisco Certification
4 55 (19.03%) CCNP
5 30 (10.38%) CCNA
6 22 (7.61%) DV Cleared
7 16 (5.54%) Degree
8 13 (4.50%) Network+ Certification
9 11 (3.81%) Server+ Certification
10 9 (3.11%) CCIE
11 8 (2.77%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.73%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (1.73%) JNCIP
12 5 (1.73%) JNCIS
12 5 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (1.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (1.04%) CISM
14 3 (1.04%) CISSP
14 3 (1.04%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.84%) QA
2 11 (3.81%) SLA
3 7 (2.42%) NIST
4 6 (2.08%) GxP
4 6 (2.08%) NCSC
5 5 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.38%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.38%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.69%) GDPR
7 2 (0.69%) GMP
7 2 (0.69%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.69%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 62 (21.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 38 (13.15%) Active Directory
3 23 (7.96%) vSphere
4 16 (5.54%) Hyper-V
4 16 (5.54%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (5.54%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (3.81%) Firmware
6 10 (3.46%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.42%) BitLocker
8 6 (2.08%) KVM
9 5 (1.73%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (1.38%) NFS
11 3 (1.04%) VirtualBox
12 2 (0.69%) Ceph
12 2 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.35%) Docker
13 1 (0.35%) ProxySG
13 1 (0.35%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 49 (16.96%) Ansible
2 24 (8.30%) FortiGate
3 19 (6.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (4.15%) SCCM
5 10 (3.46%) vCenter Server
6 9 (3.11%) Kubernetes
7 8 (2.77%) Cisco Prime
8 6 (2.08%) Grafana
8 6 (2.08%) NetBackup
9 4 (1.38%) Nagios
9 4 (1.38%) systemd
9 4 (1.38%) WSUS
10 3 (1.04%) Avamar
10 3 (1.04%) Prometheus
10 3 (1.04%) vMotion
11 2 (0.69%) Iperf
11 2 (0.69%) PowerCLI
11 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.69%) SELinux
11 2 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 169 (58.48%) Cisco
2 77 (26.64%) VMware
3 65 (22.49%) Microsoft
4 55 (19.03%) Fortinet
5 48 (16.61%) F5
6 41 (14.19%) Palo Alto
7 34 (11.76%) Juniper
8 30 (10.38%) ServiceNow
9 25 (8.65%) CheckPoint
10 20 (6.92%) Aruba
10 20 (6.92%) Veeam
11 19 (6.57%) Arista
12 18 (6.23%) SolarWinds
13 15 (5.19%) Meraki
13 15 (5.19%) NetApp
14 11 (3.81%) CyberArk
15 10 (3.46%) Zscaler
16 7 (2.42%) Dynatrace
16 7 (2.42%) Google
17 6 (2.08%) Xerox
371 VLAN jobs in England