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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 336 408
Rank change year-on-year -3 +72 -37
Contract jobs citing VLAN 279 142 135
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.66% 0.58% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.88% 4.50% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 93 88
10th Percentile £308 £193 £188
25th Percentile £410 £325 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £435 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.20% +8.75% -15.79%
75th Percentile £569 £536 £538
90th Percentile £624 £623 £664
UK median daily rate £470 £443 £400
% change year-on-year +6.21% +10.63% -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 4,056 3,159 4,811
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.56% 12.96% 12.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,514 1,971 2,869
10th Percentile £263 £220 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £601
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £495
% change year-on-year +4.17% -3.03% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 123 390
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.30 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.30 £16.44
Median hourly rate £32.50 £39.32 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.34% -1.70% +128.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.18 £81.95 £71.94
UK median hourly rate £27.88 £41.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -32.82% +3.75% +116.22%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -50 78 £450 +5.88% 37
North of England -9 73 £491 +3.29% 25
North West +15 59 £508 +6.84% 18
South East -52 38 £488 +8.33% 60
Midlands -47 33 £413 -26.34% 22
South West -7 29 £495 +65.00% 18
West Midlands -53 17 £413 +184.48% 15
East Midlands -21 15 £275 -54.55% 7
Yorkshire -48 13 £329 +9.49% 5
East of England -37 5 £540 +188.00% 15
North East - 1 - - 2
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 13 (4.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.87%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.43%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.08%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.72%) Apache
5 2 (0.72%) CloudStack
Applications
1 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.43%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) DELMIA
2 1 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 72 (25.81%) Azure
2 34 (12.19%) AWS
3 24 (8.60%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (8.24%) Entra ID
5 10 (3.58%) IaaS
6 9 (3.23%) GCP
7 8 (2.87%) Nutanix
8 7 (2.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 7 (2.51%) GitHub
8 7 (2.51%) PaaS
8 7 (2.51%) SaaS
9 6 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (2.15%) Datadog
10 5 (1.79%) Cohesity
11 4 (1.43%) Azure Stack
11 4 (1.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (1.08%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (1.08%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.72%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 168 (60.22%) Firewall
2 86 (30.82%) BGP
2 86 (30.82%) WAN
3 85 (30.47%) DNS
4 82 (29.39%) OSPF
5 77 (27.60%) DHCP
5 77 (27.60%) VPN
6 75 (26.88%) Network Security
7 70 (25.09%) LAN
8 51 (18.28%) TCP/IP
9 46 (16.49%) Wi-Fi
10 43 (15.41%) Wireless
11 33 (11.83%) SD-WAN
12 32 (11.47%) SAN
13 27 (9.68%) NX-OS
13 27 (9.68%) VXLAN
14 24 (8.60%) Cisco IOS
14 24 (8.60%) MPLS
14 24 (8.60%) Structured Cabling
15 23 (8.24%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (2.15%) Chocolatey
1 6 (2.15%) JIRA
2 5 (1.79%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.43%) Git
4 2 (0.72%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (0.72%) GitLab
4 2 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.36%) MSI
General
1 72 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 25 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (7.53%) Documentation Skills
4 18 (6.45%) Finance
5 15 (5.38%) Telecoms
6 9 (3.23%) Banking
7 8 (2.87%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.51%) Legal
8 7 (2.51%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.72%) Aviation
12 2 (0.72%) Law
12 2 (0.72%) Police
12 2 (0.72%) Retail
13 1 (0.36%) Advertising
13 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.36%) Local Government
13 1 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 122 (43.73%) Network Engineer
2 35 (12.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 31 (11.11%) Senior
4 30 (10.75%) Architect
5 27 (9.68%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 22 (7.89%) IT Engineer
7 21 (7.53%) Senior Network Engineer
8 18 (6.45%) IT Support
9 16 (5.73%) Network Architect
10 14 (5.02%) Cisco Engineer
11 11 (3.94%) Analyst
11 11 (3.94%) Azure Engineer
11 11 (3.94%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 11 (3.94%) Network Specialist
11 11 (3.94%) Support Engineer
11 11 (3.94%) Technical Architect
12 10 (3.58%) Security Engineer
13 9 (3.23%) Network Security Engineer
14 8 (2.87%) Senior Network Specialist
14 8 (2.87%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (7.17%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.43%) REST
3 2 (0.72%) cloud-init
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.72%) RFC 2544
3 2 (0.72%) XMPP
4 1 (0.36%) CSS
4 1 (0.36%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 91 (32.62%) Data Centre
2 22 (7.89%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.30%) Replication
4 10 (3.58%) Driving Licence
5 9 (3.23%) Operational Technology
5 9 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.51%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (2.15%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (2.15%) PKI
7 6 (2.15%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.79%) Clustering
8 5 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.43%) SCADA
9 4 (1.43%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.08%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.72%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.72%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 54 (19.35%) Windows
2 17 (6.09%) Linux
2 17 (6.09%) Windows Server
3 14 (5.02%) Windows 10
4 8 (2.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.79%) VMS
6 4 (1.43%) SUSE
6 4 (1.43%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.08%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.72%) Unix
8 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.36%) Debian
9 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (20.43%) Migration
2 45 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (15.77%) ITSM
4 41 (14.70%) Network Segmentation
5 40 (14.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 38 (13.62%) Validation
7 31 (11.11%) High Availability
8 28 (10.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (10.04%) Network Monitoring
9 26 (9.32%) Network Design
9 26 (9.32%) Project Delivery
10 23 (8.24%) Disaster Recovery
11 22 (7.89%) ITIL
12 18 (6.45%) Change Control
12 18 (6.45%) RBAC
12 18 (6.45%) Runbook
13 16 (5.73%) Cybersecurity
14 14 (5.02%) Mentoring
14 14 (5.02%) Root Cause Analysis
14 14 (5.02%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 35 (12.54%) Python
2 19 (6.81%) PowerShell
3 14 (5.02%) Bash
4 6 (2.15%) VBScript
5 4 (1.43%) SQL
5 4 (1.43%) VB
6 3 (1.08%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.36%) Go
7 1 (0.36%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.36%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.36%) Perl
Qualifications
1 109 (39.07%) Security Cleared
2 93 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 87 (31.18%) Cisco Certification
4 76 (27.24%) CCNP
5 62 (22.22%) CCNA
6 22 (7.89%) Network+ Certification
7 16 (5.73%) DV Cleared
8 15 (5.38%) Server+ Certification
9 10 (3.58%) Degree
10 9 (3.23%) CCIE
11 8 (2.87%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.43%) ISTQB
13 4 (1.43%) JNCIS
13 4 (1.43%) PMI Certification
13 4 (1.43%) PMP
14 3 (1.08%) AWS Certification
14 3 (1.08%) CISSP
14 3 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
15 2 (0.72%) Project+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.94%) QA
1 11 (3.94%) SLA
2 4 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.43%) NCSC
2 4 (1.43%) NIST
3 3 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.08%) GDPR
3 3 (1.08%) GxP
3 3 (1.08%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.72%) GMP
4 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.36%) GRC
5 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
System Software
1 39 (13.98%) Active Directory
2 34 (12.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (8.24%) vSphere
4 19 (6.81%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (6.09%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (4.66%) Firmware
7 11 (3.94%) Hyper-V
8 4 (1.43%) BitLocker
8 4 (1.43%) KVM
8 4 (1.43%) NFS
8 4 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (1.08%) Ceph
9 3 (1.08%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.72%) VirtualBox
11 1 (0.36%) Docker
11 1 (0.36%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.36%) QEMU
11 1 (0.36%) Snort
11 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 23 (8.24%) FortiGate
2 22 (7.89%) Ansible
3 14 (5.02%) Terraform
4 13 (4.66%) vCenter Server
5 12 (4.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (4.30%) SCCM
6 10 (3.58%) VxRail
7 8 (2.87%) Nagios
8 6 (2.15%) WSUS
9 5 (1.79%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (1.43%) Kubernetes
11 3 (1.08%) Cisco Prime
11 3 (1.08%) Iperf
11 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Clustering
11 3 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.72%) Avamar
12 2 (0.72%) Cisco CUCM
12 2 (0.72%) Nmap
12 2 (0.72%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.72%) SELinux
Vendors
1 160 (57.35%) Cisco
2 53 (19.00%) Palo Alto
3 51 (18.28%) Microsoft
4 46 (16.49%) Fortinet
5 45 (16.13%) VMware
6 29 (10.39%) F5
7 27 (9.68%) Juniper
8 24 (8.60%) CheckPoint
9 22 (7.89%) Aruba
9 22 (7.89%) ServiceNow
10 17 (6.09%) SolarWinds
11 15 (5.38%) Veeam
12 12 (4.30%) Dell
12 12 (4.30%) Meraki
13 10 (3.58%) Arista
13 10 (3.58%) Ekahau
14 9 (3.23%) Zscaler
15 8 (2.87%) Citrix
16 7 (2.51%) AppDynamics
16 7 (2.51%) Dynatrace