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 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 354 409
Rank change year-on-year +9 +55 -54
Contract jobs citing VLAN 288 158 136
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.64% 0.58% 0.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.77% 4.59% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 100 88
10th Percentile £370 £201 £204
25th Percentile £413 £325 £267
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £431
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -1.45% -9.21%
75th Percentile £600 £506 £542
90th Percentile £661 £650 £633
UK median daily rate £475 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +11.76% - -10.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 1 0
10th Percentile £12.43 - -
25th Percentile £18.50 £56.25 -
Median hourly rate £47.00 £57.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.26% - -
75th Percentile £74.00 £58.75 -
90th Percentile £76.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £47.00 £57.50 -
% change year-on-year -18.26% - -

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 4,256 3,442 4,553
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.49% 12.61% 12.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,611 2,138 2,748
10th Percentile £258 £235 £220
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £489 £500
% change year-on-year +2.25% -2.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 159 345
10th Percentile £16.03 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.08 £17.69
Median hourly rate £26.69 £44.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.34% -2.22% -1.10%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £87.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £46.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year -43.78% +15.63% -16.67%

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 22 July 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 22 July 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 22 July 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 -47 86 £450 +12.43% 55
North of England -33 56 £500 +11.86% 25
South East -46 43 £525 +16.67% 57
North West -22 37 £575 +23.66% 14
South West -11 31 £495 +92.23% 18
Midlands -48 29 £413 -7.30% 15
Yorkshire -32 18 £475 +58.20% 7
East Midlands -6 14 £275 -57.69% 6
West Midlands -56 14 £413 +13.01% 9
East of England -26 12 £581 +144.74% 18
North East -36 1 - - 4
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 11 (3.82%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.04%) FactoryTalk
4 2 (0.69%) Apache
4 2 (0.69%) CloudStack
4 2 (0.69%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 86 (29.86%) Azure
2 40 (13.89%) AWS
3 30 (10.42%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (10.07%) Entra ID
5 17 (5.90%) GCP
6 15 (5.21%) GitHub
7 14 (4.86%) IaaS
8 12 (4.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 9 (3.13%) PaaS
9 9 (3.13%) SaaS
10 8 (2.78%) Datadog
10 8 (2.78%) Nutanix
11 7 (2.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 6 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (2.08%) OneDrive
13 5 (1.74%) Cohesity
14 4 (1.39%) Azure Stack
15 3 (1.04%) Azure Monitor
15 3 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
15 3 (1.04%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 190 (65.97%) Firewall
2 107 (37.15%) BGP
2 107 (37.15%) DNS
3 98 (34.03%) OSPF
3 98 (34.03%) VPN
4 86 (29.86%) DHCP
5 81 (28.13%) WAN
6 70 (24.31%) LAN
6 70 (24.31%) TCP/IP
7 69 (23.96%) Network Security
8 56 (19.44%) Wireless
9 44 (15.28%) Wi-Fi
10 42 (14.58%) SAN
11 34 (11.81%) SD-WAN
12 33 (11.46%) Cisco Nexus
13 28 (9.72%) VXLAN
14 27 (9.38%) NX-OS
15 24 (8.33%) NAS
16 23 (7.99%) IPsec
17 22 (7.64%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (3.13%) Git
1 9 (3.13%) JIRA
2 8 (2.78%) Chocolatey
2 8 (2.78%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.39%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.69%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (0.69%) GitLab
5 1 (0.35%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.35%) MSI
5 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 73 (25.35%) Social Skills
2 31 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (8.68%) Finance
4 20 (6.94%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (4.51%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.17%) Banking
6 12 (4.17%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.78%) Manufacturing
7 8 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.43%) Legal
8 7 (2.43%) Retail
9 6 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (2.08%) Police
10 3 (1.04%) Automotive
10 3 (1.04%) Games
10 3 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.69%) Advertising
11 2 (0.69%) Aviation
11 2 (0.69%) Law
Job Titles
1 132 (45.83%) Network Engineer
2 50 (17.36%) Senior
3 47 (16.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 34 (11.81%) Architect
4 34 (11.81%) Senior Network Engineer
5 23 (7.99%) Network Architect
6 22 (7.64%) IT Engineer
7 14 (4.86%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 13 (4.51%) Azure Engineer
8 13 (4.51%) Cisco Engineer
8 13 (4.51%) IT Support
8 13 (4.51%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 12 (4.17%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 12 (4.17%) Network Specialist
10 11 (3.82%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (3.82%) Security Engineer
11 10 (3.47%) Network Security Engineer
11 10 (3.47%) Support Engineer
11 10 (3.47%) Technical Architect
12 9 (3.13%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.90%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.39%) REST
3 2 (0.69%) cloud-init
3 2 (0.69%) eBPF
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.69%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.69%) NETCONF
3 2 (0.69%) RFC 2544
4 1 (0.35%) .NET
4 1 (0.35%) CSS
4 1 (0.35%) HTML
4 1 (0.35%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 95 (32.99%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.25%) Replication
3 17 (5.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 17 (5.90%) Onboarding
4 14 (4.86%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (4.51%) PKI
6 12 (4.17%) Operational Technology
7 11 (3.82%) Cloud Native
7 11 (3.82%) Driving Licence
8 10 (3.47%) Linux Command Line
9 8 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (2.43%) SCADA
11 6 (2.08%) Private Cloud
11 6 (2.08%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.74%) Clustering
12 5 (1.74%) Digital Signage
12 5 (1.74%) Life Science
13 4 (1.39%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.39%) Robotics
13 4 (1.39%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 59 (20.49%) Windows
2 32 (11.11%) Windows Server
3 26 (9.03%) Linux
4 12 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.43%) Windows 10
6 6 (2.08%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.74%) CentOS
7 5 (1.74%) Rocky
8 4 (1.39%) SUSE
8 4 (1.39%) VMS
9 3 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.69%) Unix
11 1 (0.35%) Debian
11 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (21.88%) Migration
2 56 (19.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 54 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (15.63%) Validation
5 43 (14.93%) ITSM
6 40 (13.89%) Network Segmentation
7 32 (11.11%) High Availability
8 31 (10.76%) Project Delivery
9 30 (10.42%) Network Design
10 28 (9.72%) Disaster Recovery
11 27 (9.38%) Zero Trust
12 25 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (8.68%) ITIL
13 22 (7.64%) Runbook
14 20 (6.94%) Cybersecurity
14 20 (6.94%) Infrastructure as Code
15 18 (6.25%) Infrastructure Automation
15 18 (6.25%) Network Monitoring
16 17 (5.90%) DevOps
16 17 (5.90%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 52 (18.06%) Python
2 26 (9.03%) PowerShell
3 17 (5.90%) Bash
4 5 (1.74%) ActionScript
5 3 (1.04%) SQL
6 1 (0.35%) Bicep
6 1 (0.35%) Java
6 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.35%) Ladder Logic
6 1 (0.35%) Perl
6 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 99 (34.38%) Security Cleared
2 81 (28.13%) Cisco Certification
3 76 (26.39%) SC Cleared
4 71 (24.65%) CCNP
5 48 (16.67%) CCNA
6 23 (7.99%) DV Cleared
7 19 (6.60%) Network+ Certification
8 15 (5.21%) Server+ Certification
9 14 (4.86%) Degree
10 12 (4.17%) CCIE
11 9 (3.13%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.39%) CISSP
13 4 (1.39%) ISTQB
13 4 (1.39%) JNCIS
14 3 (1.04%) AWS Certification
14 3 (1.04%) CISM
14 3 (1.04%) JNCIP
14 3 (1.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.47%) NCSC
1 10 (3.47%) QA
2 9 (3.13%) SLA
3 6 (2.08%) GxP
4 5 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.74%) NIST
5 3 (1.04%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.04%) GDPR
5 3 (1.04%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.69%) GMP
6 2 (0.69%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.69%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.35%) GRC
7 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 51 (17.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 40 (13.89%) Active Directory
3 23 (7.99%) vSphere
4 19 (6.60%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (5.56%) Hyper-V
5 16 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (4.86%) Firmware
7 11 (3.82%) VMware NSX
8 7 (2.43%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.39%) NFS
10 3 (1.04%) KVM
11 2 (0.69%) Ceph
11 2 (0.69%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.35%) Docker
12 1 (0.35%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.35%) QEMU
12 1 (0.35%) Snort
12 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 43 (14.93%) Ansible
2 32 (11.11%) Terraform
3 25 (8.68%) FortiGate
4 20 (6.94%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (4.17%) vCenter Server
6 9 (3.13%) SCCM
7 7 (2.43%) Cisco Prime
8 6 (2.08%) Kubernetes
8 6 (2.08%) VxRail
8 6 (2.08%) WSUS
9 5 (1.74%) NetBackup
10 4 (1.39%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (1.39%) Grafana
10 4 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (1.04%) Avamar
11 3 (1.04%) Iperf
11 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Clustering
11 3 (1.04%) Nagios
11 3 (1.04%) PowerCLI
11 3 (1.04%) systemd
Vendors
1 166 (57.64%) Cisco
2 66 (22.92%) VMware
3 56 (19.44%) Fortinet
3 56 (19.44%) Palo Alto
4 54 (18.75%) Microsoft
5 43 (14.93%) F5
6 33 (11.46%) Juniper
7 30 (10.42%) CheckPoint
8 22 (7.64%) Aruba
9 20 (6.94%) ServiceNow
10 18 (6.25%) Veeam
11 16 (5.56%) SolarWinds
12 15 (5.21%) Arista
13 14 (4.86%) Zscaler
14 11 (3.82%) Meraki
15 10 (3.47%) Dynatrace
15 10 (3.47%) Ekahau
16 9 (3.13%) AppDynamics
16 9 (3.13%) NetApp
17 8 (2.78%) Dell