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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 350 351 419
Rank change year-on-year +1 +68 -67
Contract jobs citing VLAN 273 145 132
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.63% 0.58% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.66% 4.52% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 91 87
10th Percentile £338 £190 £188
25th Percentile £413 £318 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +6.25% -15.79%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £538
90th Percentile £626 £588 £665
UK median daily rate £472 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +11.06% +6.25% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 0
10th Percentile £12.43 - -
25th Percentile £16.98 £56.25 -
Median hourly rate £60.50 £57.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% - -
75th Percentile £74.00 £58.75 -
90th Percentile £75.38 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +5.22% +4.55% +78.86%

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 4,097 3,211 4,788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.43% 12.82% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,547 1,997 2,850
10th Percentile £250 £230 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 134 394
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.69 £13.61
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.98 £17.69
Median hourly rate £29.04 £40.50 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.30% -7.95% +131.58%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.35 £73.60
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £45.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.91% +12.50% +110.53%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -48 78 £450 +5.88% 53
North of England -27 66 £500 +11.86% 24
North West -10 50 £525 +12.90% 14
South East -52 37 £550 +22.22% 52
Midlands -45 30 £413 +19.57% 19
South West -9 29 £495 +65.00% 13
Yorkshire -39 15 £329 +9.49% 8
West Midlands -56 15 £413 +23.13% 10
East Midlands -10 14 £275 -32.52% 9
East of England -34 6 £540 +140.00% 20
North East - 1 - - 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 (4.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.93%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.47%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.73%) Apache
4 2 (0.73%) CloudStack
4 2 (0.73%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.73%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.73%) DELMIA
2 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 71 (26.01%) Azure
2 35 (12.82%) AWS
3 23 (8.42%) Entra ID
4 22 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (4.40%) GCP
5 12 (4.40%) IaaS
6 11 (4.03%) GitHub
7 9 (3.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 8 (2.93%) Nutanix
9 7 (2.56%) PaaS
9 7 (2.56%) SaaS
10 6 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.20%) Datadog
10 6 (2.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 5 (1.83%) Cohesity
12 4 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (1.47%) Azure Stack
13 3 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (1.10%) OneDrive
14 2 (0.73%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 166 (60.81%) Firewall
2 86 (31.50%) BGP
2 86 (31.50%) DNS
2 86 (31.50%) WAN
3 81 (29.67%) OSPF
4 75 (27.47%) VPN
5 72 (26.37%) DHCP
6 70 (25.64%) LAN
7 68 (24.91%) Network Security
8 49 (17.95%) TCP/IP
9 44 (16.12%) Wi-Fi
9 44 (16.12%) Wireless
10 36 (13.19%) SD-WAN
11 35 (12.82%) SAN
12 27 (9.89%) NX-OS
13 26 (9.52%) VXLAN
14 25 (9.16%) Cisco Nexus
15 24 (8.79%) MPLS
15 24 (8.79%) Structured Cabling
16 23 (8.42%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (2.93%) JIRA
2 7 (2.56%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.20%) Chocolatey
4 5 (1.83%) Git
5 2 (0.73%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.73%) GitLab
5 2 (0.73%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.37%) MSI
General
1 68 (24.91%) Social Skills
2 21 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (6.96%) Documentation Skills
4 17 (6.23%) Finance
5 15 (5.49%) Telecoms
6 9 (3.30%) Banking
7 7 (2.56%) Legal
7 7 (2.56%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.56%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.47%) Retail
11 3 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.73%) Aviation
12 2 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.73%) Police
13 1 (0.37%) Advertising
13 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.37%) Law
13 1 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 120 (43.96%) Network Engineer
2 41 (15.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 34 (12.45%) Architect
4 31 (11.36%) Senior
5 23 (8.42%) IT Engineer
6 21 (7.69%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 21 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
7 19 (6.96%) Network Architect
8 16 (5.86%) IT Support
9 13 (4.76%) Technical Architect
10 12 (4.40%) Cisco Engineer
11 11 (4.03%) Azure Engineer
11 11 (4.03%) Network Specialist
11 11 (4.03%) Security Engineer
12 10 (3.66%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 10 (3.66%) Network Security Engineer
13 9 (3.30%) Analyst
13 9 (3.30%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (3.30%) Support Engineer
14 8 (2.93%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.59%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.47%) REST
3 2 (0.73%) cloud-init
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.73%) RFC 2544
3 2 (0.73%) XMPP
4 1 (0.37%) CSS
4 1 (0.37%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 92 (33.70%) Data Centre
2 21 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.40%) Replication
4 11 (4.03%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (3.30%) Driving Licence
5 9 (3.30%) Operational Technology
5 9 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.93%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (2.56%) PKI
8 6 (2.20%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.20%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.83%) Clustering
9 5 (1.83%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.47%) SCADA
10 4 (1.47%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.73%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 53 (19.41%) Windows
2 21 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 18 (6.59%) Linux
4 12 (4.40%) Windows 10
5 8 (2.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.47%) SUSE
6 4 (1.47%) VMS
6 4 (1.47%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.10%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.73%) Unix
8 2 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.37%) CentOS
9 1 (0.37%) Debian
9 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.37%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (21.61%) Migration
2 46 (16.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 46 (16.85%) ITSM
3 45 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (15.02%) Network Segmentation
4 41 (15.02%) Validation
5 31 (11.36%) High Availability
6 27 (9.89%) Network Design
7 26 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
8 25 (9.16%) Project Delivery
9 22 (8.06%) ITIL
9 22 (8.06%) Runbook
10 21 (7.69%) Zero Trust
11 20 (7.33%) Network Monitoring
12 18 (6.59%) Change Control
12 18 (6.59%) Cybersecurity
13 16 (5.86%) RBAC
14 15 (5.49%) CI/CD
15 14 (5.13%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 39 (14.29%) Python
2 21 (7.69%) PowerShell
3 13 (4.76%) Bash
4 6 (2.20%) VBScript
5 5 (1.83%) ActionScript
6 4 (1.47%) SQL
6 4 (1.47%) VB
7 1 (0.37%) Bicep
7 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.37%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.37%) Perl
Qualifications
1 103 (37.73%) Security Cleared
2 85 (31.14%) SC Cleared
3 79 (28.94%) Cisco Certification
4 68 (24.91%) CCNP
5 56 (20.51%) CCNA
6 19 (6.96%) DV Cleared
6 19 (6.96%) Network+ Certification
7 15 (5.49%) Server+ Certification
8 10 (3.66%) CCIE
9 9 (3.30%) Azure Certification
9 9 (3.30%) Degree
10 5 (1.83%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.47%) ISTQB
11 4 (1.47%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.47%) PMP
12 3 (1.10%) CISSP
12 3 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.73%) CISM
13 2 (0.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.03%) QA
2 9 (3.30%) SLA
3 7 (2.56%) NCSC
4 5 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.10%) GDPR
5 3 (1.10%) GxP
5 3 (1.10%) NIST
6 2 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.73%) GMP
6 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.73%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.37%) GRC
7 1 (0.37%) NIST 800
System Software
1 38 (13.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 37 (13.55%) Active Directory
3 24 (8.79%) vSphere
4 19 (6.96%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (6.59%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (4.76%) Firmware
7 12 (4.40%) Hyper-V
8 7 (2.56%) VMware NSX
9 5 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (1.47%) BitLocker
10 4 (1.47%) NFS
11 3 (1.10%) KVM
12 2 (0.73%) Ceph
12 2 (0.73%) VirtualBox
13 1 (0.37%) Docker
13 1 (0.37%) ProxySG
13 1 (0.37%) QEMU
13 1 (0.37%) Snort
13 1 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (9.52%) Ansible
1 26 (9.52%) FortiGate
2 20 (7.33%) Terraform
3 15 (5.49%) vCenter Server
4 13 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (4.40%) SCCM
6 10 (3.66%) VxRail
7 6 (2.20%) WSUS
8 4 (1.47%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.47%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.10%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (1.10%) Grafana
9 3 (1.10%) Iperf
9 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (1.10%) Nagios
10 2 (0.73%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.73%) Nmap
10 2 (0.73%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.73%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 153 (56.04%) Cisco
2 56 (20.51%) Palo Alto
3 51 (18.68%) VMware
4 50 (18.32%) Fortinet
4 50 (18.32%) Microsoft
5 33 (12.09%) F5
6 25 (9.16%) CheckPoint
6 25 (9.16%) Juniper
7 23 (8.42%) Aruba
8 22 (8.06%) ServiceNow
9 16 (5.86%) Veeam
10 15 (5.49%) SolarWinds
11 12 (4.40%) Arista
11 12 (4.40%) Dell
11 12 (4.40%) Meraki
12 11 (4.03%) Zscaler
13 10 (3.66%) Ekahau
14 8 (2.93%) Citrix
15 7 (2.56%) AppDynamics
15 7 (2.56%) Dynatrace