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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 383 345 335
Rank change year-on-year -38 -10 +180
Contract jobs citing VLAN 157 173 254
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.52% 0.57% 0.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.69% 4.60% 4.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 99 142
10th Percentile £219 £233 £222
25th Percentile £356 £306 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £420 £463
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -9.19% +2.78%
75th Percentile £575 £563 £600
90th Percentile £675 £646 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £413 £475
% change year-on-year +9.09% -13.16% +4.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 13
10th Percentile - - £26.25
25th Percentile £33.00 - £30.38
Median hourly rate £50.25 - £34.00
75th Percentile £72.51 - £76.53
90th Percentile £74.26 - -
UK median hourly rate £50.25 £30.25 £34.50
% change year-on-year +66.12% -12.32% +15.00%

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 3,349 3,763 5,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.00% 12.30% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,160 2,175 3,403
10th Percentile £205 £225 £210
25th Percentile £356 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.20% - -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £606
90th Percentile £680 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 134 327
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.75 £18.34
25th Percentile £20.18 £23.22 £23.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £48.56 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -38.22% -14.04% +25.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £41.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -17.07% -25.45% +30.95%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 55 £449 -5.97% 40
South East -11 31 £425 +3.03% 72
North of England -44 31 £475 +35.71% 29
North West -16 23 £550 +10.00% 16
Midlands -45 16 £525 +23.53% 17
West Midlands -31 13 £525 -10.63% 14
East of England -4 12 £475 +93.88% 18
Yorkshire -44 7 £300 +22.45% 12
South West -15 5 £575 +39.39% 15
North East -4 4 £550 +83.33% 1
East Midlands -15 3 £408 +8.67% 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 9 (5.73%) OpenStack
2 7 (4.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.18%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.18%) Skype for Business
4 2 (1.27%) WordPress
5 1 (0.64%) Apache
5 1 (0.64%) Confluence
5 1 (0.64%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 53 (33.76%) Azure
2 44 (28.03%) AWS
3 19 (12.10%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (8.92%) GCP
5 9 (5.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 8 (5.10%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.18%) SaaS
7 5 (3.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (1.91%) AWS Direct Connect
8 3 (1.91%) IaaS
8 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (1.91%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.91%) PaaS
9 2 (1.27%) Akamai
9 2 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.64%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.64%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.64%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 95 (60.51%) Firewall
2 69 (43.95%) DNS
3 63 (40.13%) DHCP
4 56 (35.67%) BGP
5 49 (31.21%) TCP/IP
5 49 (31.21%) WAN
6 48 (30.57%) VPN
7 43 (27.39%) OSPF
8 39 (24.84%) LAN
9 35 (22.29%) Network Security
10 25 (15.92%) Wireless
11 22 (14.01%) SD-WAN
12 21 (13.38%) Wi-Fi
13 19 (12.10%) MPLS
14 14 (8.92%) IPsec
14 14 (8.92%) Wireshark
15 13 (8.28%) EIGRP
16 12 (7.64%) SAN
17 11 (7.01%) Cisco ISE
17 11 (7.01%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.91%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.64%) MySQL
2 1 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.27%) Git
1 2 (1.27%) Metasploit
1 2 (1.27%) sqlmap
2 1 (0.64%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.64%) JIRA
General
1 51 (32.48%) Social Skills
2 34 (21.66%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (11.46%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.37%) Finance
5 6 (3.82%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (3.18%) Legal
7 4 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.55%) Local Government
7 4 (2.55%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.91%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.27%) Advertising
9 2 (1.27%) Electronics
9 2 (1.27%) Marketing
9 2 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.64%) French Language
10 1 (0.64%) Law
10 1 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 49 (31.21%) Network Engineer
2 28 (17.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 20 (12.74%) Support Engineer
4 16 (10.19%) Architect
5 14 (8.92%) Infrastructure Support
5 14 (8.92%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 10 (6.37%) Analyst
7 9 (5.73%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (5.10%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (5.10%) Platform Engineer
8 8 (5.10%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 8 (5.10%) Security Engineer
8 8 (5.10%) Senior
9 7 (4.46%) IT Engineer
9 7 (4.46%) Network Architect
10 6 (3.82%) Consultant
10 6 (3.82%) Juniper Engineer
10 6 (3.82%) Network Security Engineer
11 5 (3.18%) Designer
11 5 (3.18%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.55%) 802.1X
1 4 (2.55%) Middleware
2 1 (0.64%) CrewAI
2 1 (0.64%) JFC
2 1 (0.64%) JSON
2 1 (0.64%) LAMP
2 1 (0.64%) LangChain
2 1 (0.64%) LAPP Stack
2 1 (0.64%) LDAP
2 1 (0.64%) libvirt
2 1 (0.64%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (19.11%) Data Centre
2 14 (8.92%) Analytical Mindset
3 11 (7.01%) Operational Technology
3 11 (7.01%) Replication
4 8 (5.10%) Product Ownership
5 7 (4.46%) Onboarding
5 7 (4.46%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (3.18%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.18%) iPad
6 5 (3.18%) iPhone
7 4 (2.55%) CCTV
7 4 (2.55%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (2.55%) NHS
7 4 (2.55%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.91%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.91%) Clustering
8 3 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.91%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.91%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.27%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 64 (40.76%) Windows
2 33 (21.02%) Linux
3 23 (14.65%) Windows Server
4 15 (9.55%) Windows 10
5 12 (7.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (6.37%) Windows 7
7 6 (3.82%) Mac OS
8 5 (3.18%) Android
9 3 (1.91%) CentOS
10 2 (1.27%) Ubuntu
10 2 (1.27%) VMS
10 2 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.64%) SUSE
11 1 (0.64%) Unix
11 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (28.03%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (22.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 21 (13.38%) Service Management
4 20 (12.74%) High Availability
5 19 (12.10%) Migration
6 18 (11.46%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (11.46%) ITIL
7 17 (10.83%) Disaster Recovery
7 17 (10.83%) Virtual Infrastructure
8 16 (10.19%) ITSM
9 15 (9.55%) Network Design
10 12 (7.64%) Containerisation
10 12 (7.64%) Preventative Maintenance
11 11 (7.01%) Incident Response
12 10 (6.37%) Change Control
13 9 (5.73%) Computer Science
13 9 (5.73%) Continuous Improvement
13 9 (5.73%) Network Management
13 9 (5.73%) Validation
14 8 (5.10%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 31 (19.75%) PowerShell
2 23 (14.65%) Python
3 21 (13.38%) Bash
4 8 (5.10%) VBScript
5 7 (4.46%) Perl
6 5 (3.18%) VB
7 4 (2.55%) SQL
8 1 (0.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 52 (33.12%) Security Cleared
2 46 (29.30%) Cisco Certification
3 42 (26.75%) CCNP
4 36 (22.93%) SC Cleared
5 17 (10.83%) Azure Certification
6 14 (8.92%) Degree
7 13 (8.28%) CCNA
7 13 (8.28%) DV Cleared
8 12 (7.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (7.64%) Network+ Certification
9 11 (7.01%) Server+ Certification
10 9 (5.73%) CCIE
11 6 (3.82%) AWS Certification
11 6 (3.82%) CCDP
11 6 (3.82%) CCSA
11 6 (3.82%) JNCIP
12 5 (3.18%) CISSP
13 4 (2.55%) JNCIS
14 3 (1.91%) CCSP
14 3 (1.91%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (4.46%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (4.46%) PCI DSS
3 6 (3.82%) NIST
4 5 (3.18%) GDPR
5 3 (1.91%) SLA
6 2 (1.27%) GRC
7 1 (0.64%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.64%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (29.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (19.75%) Active Directory
3 19 (12.10%) Hyper-V
4 13 (8.28%) Docker
5 10 (6.37%) Firmware
6 8 (5.10%) VMware NSX
7 5 (3.18%) BitLocker
7 5 (3.18%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (2.55%) KVM
9 3 (1.91%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (1.91%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (1.91%) vSphere
10 2 (1.27%) Ceph
10 2 (1.27%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.64%) iptables
11 1 (0.64%) NFS
11 1 (0.64%) Samba
11 1 (0.64%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.64%) Squid
11 1 (0.64%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 21 (13.38%) FortiGate
2 14 (8.92%) Ansible
2 14 (8.92%) SCCM
3 10 (6.37%) Terraform
4 6 (3.82%) Kubernetes
4 6 (3.82%) vCenter Server
5 5 (3.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (3.18%) Nmap
6 4 (2.55%) CA Spectrum
7 3 (1.91%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (1.91%) Iperf
8 2 (1.27%) Nessus
8 2 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.64%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.64%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.64%) Grafana
9 1 (0.64%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.64%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.64%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.64%) SELinux
Vendors
1 61 (38.85%) Cisco
2 53 (33.76%) VMware
3 42 (26.75%) Microsoft
4 33 (21.02%) Palo Alto
5 26 (16.56%) Fortinet
6 23 (14.65%) Juniper
7 22 (14.01%) Dell
8 21 (13.38%) SolarWinds
9 16 (10.19%) F5
10 15 (9.55%) Meraki
11 11 (7.01%) CheckPoint
12 10 (6.37%) Aruba
12 10 (6.37%) Citrix
12 10 (6.37%) Red Hat
13 9 (5.73%) NetApp
13 9 (5.73%) Veeam
14 7 (4.46%) ServiceNow
15 6 (3.82%) HP
16 4 (2.55%) Zscaler
17 3 (1.91%) Okta