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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 359 383
Rank change year-on-year +13 +24 -44
Contract jobs citing VLAN 295 158 142
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.65% 0.57% 0.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.87% 4.65% 3.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 102 88
10th Percentile £375 £225 £250
25th Percentile £413 £359 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £442 £463
Median % change year-on-year +11.93% -4.38% -6.33%
75th Percentile £599 £536 £563
90th Percentile £652 £674 £654
UK median daily rate £475 £447 £463
% change year-on-year +6.26% -3.35% -5.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 1 0
10th Percentile £18.50 - -
25th Percentile £33.70 £56.25 -
Median hourly rate £51.50 £57.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% - -
75th Percentile £74.00 £58.75 -
90th Percentile £76.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £51.50 £57.50 -
% change year-on-year -10.43% - -

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 4,296 3,396 4,199
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.43% 12.28% 12.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,599 2,110 2,580
10th Percentile £264 £250 £242
25th Percentile £402 £375 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £496 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% -0.90% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 167 285
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.48
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £20.50
Median hourly rate £27.75 £44.00 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year -36.93% -19.82% +3.54%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.48 £86.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £46.88 £49.00
% change year-on-year -44.53% -4.34% -6.67%

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 13 August 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 13 August 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 13 August 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 -59 83 £460 +13.16% 60
North of England -17 64 £500 +9.65% 29
South East -44 49 £475 +5.56% 50
North West -17 43 £519 +10.44% 14
South West -12 31 £495 +130.23% 19
Midlands -45 29 £413 -7.30% 20
Yorkshire -22 20 £438 +45.71% 11
East Midlands -9 14 £275 -57.69% 6
West Midlands -43 14 £413 +13.01% 14
East of England -22 12 £600 +60.00% 13
North East -42 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 16 (5.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.73%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.03%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.69%) FactoryTalk
5 2 (0.68%) Apache
5 2 (0.68%) CloudStack
5 2 (0.68%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (2.71%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 89 (30.17%) Azure
2 44 (14.92%) AWS
3 34 (11.53%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (10.85%) Entra ID
5 19 (6.44%) GCP
6 18 (6.10%) GitHub
7 13 (4.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 12 (4.07%) IaaS
9 8 (2.71%) SaaS
10 7 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.37%) Datadog
10 7 (2.37%) PaaS
10 7 (2.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 6 (2.03%) Nutanix
11 6 (2.03%) OneDrive
12 5 (1.69%) Cohesity
12 5 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.36%) Azure Stack
14 3 (1.02%) AWS Direct Connect
14 3 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 185 (62.71%) Firewall
2 114 (38.64%) DNS
3 106 (35.93%) BGP
4 100 (33.90%) VPN
5 98 (33.22%) OSPF
6 94 (31.86%) DHCP
7 87 (29.49%) WAN
8 72 (24.41%) LAN
9 68 (23.05%) TCP/IP
10 67 (22.71%) Network Security
11 59 (20.00%) Wireless
12 47 (15.93%) Wi-Fi
13 42 (14.24%) SAN
14 41 (13.90%) SD-WAN
15 32 (10.85%) Cisco Nexus
16 30 (10.17%) VXLAN
17 25 (8.47%) Cisco IOS
17 25 (8.47%) NX-OS
18 24 (8.14%) Cisco ISE
18 24 (8.14%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.10%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (3.73%) Jenkins
2 10 (3.39%) Git
3 9 (3.05%) JIRA
4 7 (2.37%) Chocolatey
5 5 (1.69%) GitLab
6 4 (1.36%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.68%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.34%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.34%) MSI
General
1 69 (23.39%) Social Skills
2 34 (11.53%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (8.47%) Finance
4 17 (5.76%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (4.41%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.39%) Banking
6 10 (3.39%) Manufacturing
7 8 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.71%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.37%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (2.37%) Retail
9 6 (2.03%) Legal
9 6 (2.03%) Police
10 4 (1.36%) Automotive
10 4 (1.36%) Games
11 3 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.68%) Advertising
12 2 (0.68%) Law
13 1 (0.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 134 (45.42%) Network Engineer
2 54 (18.31%) Senior
3 48 (16.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 37 (12.54%) Senior Network Engineer
5 33 (11.19%) Architect
6 22 (7.46%) IT Engineer
6 22 (7.46%) Network Architect
7 17 (5.76%) Cisco Engineer
8 16 (5.42%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 15 (5.08%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 13 (4.41%) Network Specialist
11 12 (4.07%) IT Support
11 12 (4.07%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (4.07%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 11 (3.73%) Azure Engineer
12 11 (3.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (3.39%) Senior Network Specialist
13 10 (3.39%) Support Engineer
13 10 (3.39%) Technical Architect
14 9 (3.05%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.10%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.02%) NETCONF
2 3 (1.02%) REST
3 2 (0.68%) cloud-init
3 2 (0.68%) eBPF
3 2 (0.68%) HTML
3 2 (0.68%) HTML5
3 2 (0.68%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.68%) ODBC
4 1 (0.34%) .NET
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.34%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 88 (29.83%) Data Centre
2 19 (6.44%) Replication
3 18 (6.10%) Hybrid Cloud
3 18 (6.10%) Onboarding
4 16 (5.42%) Operational Technology
5 14 (4.75%) PKI
5 14 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (4.07%) Linux Command Line
7 11 (3.73%) Cloud Native
8 10 (3.39%) Driving Licence
8 10 (3.39%) SCADA
9 7 (2.37%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (2.37%) Life Science
10 6 (2.03%) Private Cloud
10 6 (2.03%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.69%) Clustering
11 5 (1.69%) CMDB
11 5 (1.69%) Digital Signage
11 5 (1.69%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.69%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 72 (24.41%) Windows
2 38 (12.88%) Windows Server
3 30 (10.17%) Linux
4 14 (4.75%) Windows 10
5 12 (4.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.37%) Ubuntu
7 6 (2.03%) CentOS
7 6 (2.03%) Rocky
7 6 (2.03%) Windows 7
8 4 (1.36%) SUSE
8 4 (1.36%) Unix
8 4 (1.36%) VMS
9 3 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.34%) Android
10 1 (0.34%) Debian
10 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 56 (18.98%) Migration
3 55 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (15.59%) Validation
5 45 (15.25%) ITSM
6 40 (13.56%) Network Segmentation
7 37 (12.54%) High Availability
8 30 (10.17%) Network Design
8 30 (10.17%) Project Delivery
9 29 (9.83%) ITIL
10 28 (9.49%) Disaster Recovery
10 28 (9.49%) Zero Trust
11 25 (8.47%) Infrastructure as Code
12 23 (7.80%) Continuous Improvement
12 23 (7.80%) Cybersecurity
13 20 (6.78%) Infrastructure Automation
13 20 (6.78%) Network Monitoring
14 19 (6.44%) DevOps
15 18 (6.10%) CI/CD
15 18 (6.10%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 51 (17.29%) Python
2 31 (10.51%) PowerShell
3 15 (5.08%) Bash
4 6 (2.03%) VB
4 6 (2.03%) VBScript
5 5 (1.69%) ActionScript
6 4 (1.36%) SQL
7 2 (0.68%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.34%) Bicep
8 1 (0.34%) Java
8 1 (0.34%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 100 (33.90%) Security Cleared
2 78 (26.44%) Cisco Certification
3 74 (25.08%) SC Cleared
4 65 (22.03%) CCNP
5 45 (15.25%) CCNA
6 21 (7.12%) DV Cleared
7 18 (6.10%) Network+ Certification
8 16 (5.42%) Degree
9 14 (4.75%) Server+ Certification
10 11 (3.73%) CCIE
11 10 (3.39%) Azure Certification
12 6 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (1.69%) JNCIS
14 4 (1.36%) CISSP
14 4 (1.36%) JNCIP
14 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (1.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (1.02%) AWS Certification
15 3 (1.02%) CISM
15 3 (1.02%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.41%) QA
2 11 (3.73%) SLA
3 7 (2.37%) GxP
4 6 (2.03%) NCSC
4 6 (2.03%) NIST
5 5 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.36%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (1.36%) NIST 800
7 3 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.68%) GDPR
8 2 (0.68%) GMP
8 2 (0.68%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 58 (19.66%) VMware Infrastructure
2 42 (14.24%) Active Directory
3 21 (7.12%) vSphere
4 19 (6.44%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (5.76%) Hyper-V
6 14 (4.75%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (4.41%) Firmware
8 11 (3.73%) VMware NSX
9 7 (2.37%) BitLocker
9 7 (2.37%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (1.69%) KVM
11 4 (1.36%) NFS
12 3 (1.02%) VirtualBox
13 2 (0.68%) Ceph
14 1 (0.34%) Docker
14 1 (0.34%) ProxySG
14 1 (0.34%) QEMU
14 1 (0.34%) Snort
14 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 47 (15.93%) Ansible
2 37 (12.54%) Terraform
3 25 (8.47%) FortiGate
4 20 (6.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (4.75%) SCCM
6 10 (3.39%) vCenter Server
7 8 (2.71%) Kubernetes
8 6 (2.03%) Nagios
8 6 (2.03%) NetBackup
8 6 (2.03%) WSUS
9 5 (1.69%) Cisco Prime
10 4 (1.36%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (1.36%) Grafana
10 4 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.36%) systemd
10 4 (1.36%) VxRail
11 3 (1.02%) Avamar
11 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Clustering
11 3 (1.02%) PowerCLI
12 2 (0.68%) SELinux
Vendors
1 164 (55.59%) Cisco
2 76 (25.76%) VMware
3 67 (22.71%) Microsoft
4 57 (19.32%) Fortinet
5 51 (17.29%) Palo Alto
6 43 (14.58%) F5
7 33 (11.19%) Juniper
8 28 (9.49%) CheckPoint
9 27 (9.15%) ServiceNow
10 21 (7.12%) Aruba
11 18 (6.10%) SolarWinds
12 17 (5.76%) Veeam
13 15 (5.08%) Arista
14 12 (4.07%) Zscaler
15 11 (3.73%) CyberArk
15 11 (3.73%) Meraki
16 10 (3.39%) Ekahau
16 10 (3.39%) NetApp
17 9 (3.05%) Dynatrace
18 8 (2.71%) AppDynamics