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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 340 385
Rank change year-on-year -16 +45 -60
Contract jobs citing VLAN 297 170 148
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.64% 0.61% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.84% 5.19% 3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 111 81
10th Percentile £375 £219 £254
25th Percentile £413 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £445 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.36% -1.11% -6.98%
75th Percentile £600 £537 £588
90th Percentile £668 £660 £672
UK median daily rate £495 £447 £438
% change year-on-year +10.74% +2.17% -8.85%
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 4,345 3,273 3,979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.34% 11.75% 12.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,564 2,061 2,306
10th Percentile £250 £225 £243
25th Percentile £400 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £506
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -3.21% +1.25%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £610
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 383 168 194
10th Percentile £16.02 £15.50 £15.54
25th Percentile £21.33 £24.75 £23.90
Median hourly rate £43.50 £39.66 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -30.85% +1.52%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £92.11 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.75 £42.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year -22.94% -15.84% -10.60%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -66 90 £456 +7.35% 136
North of England -17 62 £500 +11.86% 46
South East -62 49 £525 +23.53% 99
North West -34 33 £520 +9.38% 33
South West -13 31 £495 +29.41% 22
Yorkshire -13 28 £500 +173.97% 10
Midlands -43 22 £250 -47.37% 41
East of England -32 16 £600 +34.83% 27
West Midlands -43 12 £250 -47.37% 32
East Midlands -5 10 - - 9
North East -43 1 - - 6
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 (4.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (4.04%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.02%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.68%) FactoryTalk
5 4 (1.35%) Confluence
6 2 (0.67%) Apache
6 2 (0.67%) CloudStack
6 2 (0.67%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.68%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 83 (27.95%) Azure
2 43 (14.48%) AWS
3 34 (11.45%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (10.44%) Entra ID
5 23 (7.74%) GitHub
6 18 (6.06%) GCP
7 12 (4.04%) IaaS
8 11 (3.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 7 (2.36%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.02%) PaaS
11 5 (1.68%) Cohesity
11 5 (1.68%) Nutanix
11 5 (1.68%) SaaS
11 5 (1.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (1.35%) Datadog
12 4 (1.35%) OneDrive
13 3 (1.01%) AWS Direct Connect
13 3 (1.01%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 185 (62.29%) Firewall
2 116 (39.06%) DNS
3 109 (36.70%) BGP
4 97 (32.66%) VPN
5 95 (31.99%) OSPF
6 94 (31.65%) DHCP
7 83 (27.95%) WAN
8 67 (22.56%) TCP/IP
9 66 (22.22%) Network Security
10 62 (20.88%) Wireless
11 61 (20.54%) LAN
12 41 (13.80%) Wi-Fi
13 39 (13.13%) SD-WAN
14 37 (12.46%) SAN
15 36 (12.12%) Cisco Nexus
16 29 (9.76%) VXLAN
17 28 (9.43%) Multicast
18 27 (9.09%) IPsec
19 24 (8.08%) Cisco IOS
19 24 (8.08%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.39%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.34%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 14 (4.71%) JIRA
2 13 (4.38%) Git
2 13 (4.38%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.02%) GitLab
4 5 (1.68%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.35%) Chocolatey
6 2 (0.67%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.67%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.34%) MSI
General
1 59 (19.87%) Social Skills
2 33 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (10.77%) Finance
4 19 (6.40%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (4.38%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.04%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.37%) Banking
7 10 (3.37%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.36%) Retail
10 6 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (2.02%) Police
11 5 (1.68%) Legal
11 5 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.35%) Automotive
12 4 (1.35%) Games
13 3 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.67%) Advertising
14 2 (0.67%) French Language
14 2 (0.67%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 136 (45.79%) Network Engineer
2 63 (21.21%) Senior
3 53 (17.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 45 (15.15%) Senior Network Engineer
5 29 (9.76%) Architect
6 18 (6.06%) Network Architect
7 17 (5.72%) Cisco Engineer
7 17 (5.72%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 16 (5.39%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 16 (5.39%) IT Engineer
9 14 (4.71%) Network Specialist
10 13 (4.38%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (4.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (4.04%) Senior Network Specialist
12 10 (3.37%) Support Engineer
12 10 (3.37%) Technical Architect
13 9 (3.03%) Security Engineer
14 8 (2.69%) Implementation Engineer
14 8 (2.69%) Network Security Engineer
14 8 (2.69%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (14.48%) Terraform
2 13 (4.38%) 802.1X
3 5 (1.68%) NETCONF
3 5 (1.68%) REST
4 3 (1.01%) RESTCONF
5 2 (0.67%) .NET
5 2 (0.67%) cloud-init
5 2 (0.67%) eBPF
5 2 (0.67%) gRPC
5 2 (0.67%) HTML
5 2 (0.67%) HTML5
5 2 (0.67%) JSON
5 2 (0.67%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.67%) ODBC
5 2 (0.67%) YAML
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 98 (33.00%) Data Centre
2 19 (6.40%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (5.39%) PKI
3 16 (5.39%) Replication
4 15 (5.05%) Onboarding
5 13 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (4.04%) Operational Technology
7 11 (3.70%) Cloud Native
7 11 (3.70%) Linux Command Line
8 10 (3.37%) Driving Licence
9 8 (2.69%) Digital Signage
9 8 (2.69%) Virtual Team
10 7 (2.36%) Life Science
10 7 (2.36%) SCADA
11 6 (2.02%) CMDB
11 6 (2.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (2.02%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.68%) Robotics
12 5 (1.68%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (1.35%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 82 (27.61%) Windows
2 43 (14.48%) Windows Server
3 34 (11.45%) Linux
4 12 (4.04%) Windows 10
5 11 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.69%) Ubuntu
7 6 (2.02%) CentOS
7 6 (2.02%) Rocky
7 6 (2.02%) Windows 7
8 5 (1.68%) Unix
9 3 (1.01%) Android
9 3 (1.01%) VMS
9 3 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.67%) SUSE
11 1 (0.34%) Debian
11 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.34%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (21.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 58 (19.53%) Migration
3 57 (19.19%) Validation
4 48 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (15.49%) ITSM
6 40 (13.47%) High Availability
7 39 (13.13%) Network Segmentation
8 34 (11.45%) Network Design
8 34 (11.45%) Project Delivery
9 33 (11.11%) ITIL
10 30 (10.10%) Infrastructure as Code
11 29 (9.76%) Disaster Recovery
12 27 (9.09%) Zero Trust
13 23 (7.74%) Continuous Improvement
14 22 (7.41%) Runbook
15 21 (7.07%) Cybersecurity
15 21 (7.07%) Infrastructure Automation
15 21 (7.07%) Load Balancing
16 20 (6.73%) CI/CD
17 19 (6.40%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 51 (17.17%) Python
2 37 (12.46%) PowerShell
3 15 (5.05%) Bash
4 7 (2.36%) VBScript
5 6 (2.02%) VB
6 5 (1.68%) ActionScript
7 2 (0.67%) Java
7 2 (0.67%) SQL
7 2 (0.67%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.34%) Bicep
8 1 (0.34%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 97 (32.66%) Security Cleared
2 71 (23.91%) SC Cleared
3 68 (22.90%) Cisco Certification
4 58 (19.53%) CCNP
5 32 (10.77%) CCNA
6 23 (7.74%) DV Cleared
7 16 (5.39%) Degree
8 13 (4.38%) Network+ Certification
9 11 (3.70%) Azure Certification
9 11 (3.70%) Server+ Certification
10 9 (3.03%) CCIE
11 5 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (1.68%) JNCIP
11 5 (1.68%) JNCIS
11 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (1.01%) CISM
13 3 (1.01%) CISSP
13 3 (1.01%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.71%) QA
2 11 (3.70%) SLA
3 7 (2.36%) NIST
4 6 (2.02%) GxP
4 6 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.02%) NCSC
5 4 (1.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 4 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.35%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.67%) GDPR
6 2 (0.67%) GMP
6 2 (0.67%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.67%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 64 (21.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 39 (13.13%) Active Directory
3 25 (8.42%) vSphere
4 19 (6.40%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (6.06%) Hyper-V
5 18 (6.06%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (4.38%) Firmware
7 11 (3.70%) VMware NSX
8 7 (2.36%) BitLocker
9 6 (2.02%) KVM
10 5 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
11 4 (1.35%) NFS
12 3 (1.01%) VirtualBox
13 2 (0.67%) Ceph
13 2 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.34%) Docker
14 1 (0.34%) ProxySG
14 1 (0.34%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 51 (17.17%) Ansible
2 26 (8.75%) FortiGate
3 19 (6.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (4.38%) vCenter Server
5 12 (4.04%) SCCM
6 9 (3.03%) Kubernetes
7 8 (2.69%) Cisco Prime
8 6 (2.02%) Grafana
8 6 (2.02%) NetBackup
9 4 (1.35%) Nagios
9 4 (1.35%) systemd
9 4 (1.35%) WSUS
10 3 (1.01%) Avamar
10 3 (1.01%) PowerCLI
10 3 (1.01%) Prometheus
10 3 (1.01%) vMotion
11 2 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.67%) Iperf
11 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.67%) VxRail
Vendors
1 171 (57.58%) Cisco
2 80 (26.94%) VMware
3 65 (21.89%) Microsoft
4 56 (18.86%) Fortinet
5 50 (16.84%) F5
6 43 (14.48%) Palo Alto
7 35 (11.78%) Juniper
8 30 (10.10%) ServiceNow
9 26 (8.75%) CheckPoint
10 20 (6.73%) Aruba
10 20 (6.73%) Veeam
11 19 (6.40%) Arista
12 17 (5.72%) SolarWinds
13 14 (4.71%) NetApp
14 13 (4.38%) Meraki
15 11 (3.70%) CyberArk
15 11 (3.70%) Zscaler
16 7 (2.36%) Dell
16 7 (2.36%) Dynatrace
16 7 (2.36%) Google