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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 392 333 358
Rank change year-on-year -59 +25 +143
Contract jobs citing VLAN 153 180 210
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.49% 0.62% 0.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.52% 4.86% 3.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 107 118
10th Percentile £219 £230 £234
25th Percentile £356 £316 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -2.78% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £592
90th Percentile £675 £641 £700
UK median daily rate £453 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +6.47% -10.53% +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 10
10th Percentile - - £31.39
25th Percentile £33.00 - £32.36
Median hourly rate £66.50 - £51.13
75th Percentile £74.26 - £76.53
90th Percentile £84.06 - -
UK median hourly rate £66.50 £30.25 £38.04
% change year-on-year +119.83% -20.48% +26.80%

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 3,388 3,707 5,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.89% 12.75% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,185 2,175 3,295
10th Percentile £206 £220 £210
25th Percentile £356 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% - -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 115 324
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.64 £17.73
25th Percentile £20.42 £21.46 £22.94
Median hourly rate £34.50 £41.00 £56.45
Median % change year-on-year -15.85% -27.36% +26.28%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £37.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% -31.82% +31.50%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -16 52 £449 -5.78% 31
South East -10 38 £425 -2.86% 64
North of England -47 29 £525 +50.00% 49
North West -22 21 £550 +10.00% 31
Midlands -52 13 £525 +16.67% 24
East of England -12 10 £588 +139.80% 20
West Midlands -41 10 £525 -10.63% 15
Yorkshire -48 7 £300 +22.45% 13
South West -25 4 £550 +33.33% 16
North East - 4 £550 - 7
East Midlands -19 3 £463 +23.33% 9
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 8 (5.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.27%) OpenStack
3 5 (3.27%) Skype for Business
4 2 (1.31%) WordPress
5 1 (0.65%) Apache
5 1 (0.65%) Confluence
5 1 (0.65%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.31%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 57 (37.25%) Azure
2 40 (26.14%) AWS
3 21 (13.73%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (8.50%) GCP
5 9 (5.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 9 (5.88%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.27%) SaaS
6 5 (3.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (1.96%) AWS Direct Connect
7 3 (1.96%) IaaS
7 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (1.96%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.96%) PaaS
8 2 (1.31%) Akamai
8 2 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.31%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.65%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.65%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.65%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.65%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 88 (57.52%) Firewall
2 67 (43.79%) DNS
3 61 (39.87%) DHCP
4 52 (33.99%) TCP/IP
4 52 (33.99%) VPN
5 51 (33.33%) BGP
6 48 (31.37%) WAN
7 41 (26.80%) LAN
8 38 (24.84%) OSPF
9 37 (24.18%) Network Security
10 24 (15.69%) Wi-Fi
11 23 (15.03%) Wireless
12 19 (12.42%) SD-WAN
13 14 (9.15%) MPLS
13 14 (9.15%) WLAN
14 11 (7.19%) Cisco ISE
14 11 (7.19%) EIGRP
14 11 (7.19%) Software-Defined Networking
15 10 (6.54%) Cisco ASA
15 10 (6.54%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.96%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.65%) MySQL
2 1 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.31%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.31%) Git
1 2 (1.31%) Metasploit
1 2 (1.31%) sqlmap
2 1 (0.65%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.65%) JIRA
General
1 53 (34.64%) Social Skills
2 37 (24.18%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (13.07%) Public Sector
4 11 (7.19%) Finance
5 7 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (3.27%) Legal
7 4 (2.61%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.96%) Local Government
8 3 (1.96%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.31%) Advertising
9 2 (1.31%) Electronics
9 2 (1.31%) Law
9 2 (1.31%) Marketing
10 1 (0.65%) Banking
10 1 (0.65%) French Language
10 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (32.03%) Network Engineer
2 27 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 21 (13.73%) Support Engineer
4 15 (9.80%) Architect
5 12 (7.84%) Infrastructure Support
5 12 (7.84%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 10 (6.54%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 9 (5.88%) Analyst
7 9 (5.88%) Senior
8 8 (5.23%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (5.23%) Platform Engineer
8 8 (5.23%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (4.58%) Security Engineer
10 6 (3.92%) IT Engineer
10 6 (3.92%) Juniper Engineer
10 6 (3.92%) Network Architect
11 5 (3.27%) Administrator
11 5 (3.27%) Consultant
11 5 (3.27%) Network Security Engineer
11 5 (3.27%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.61%) 802.1X
1 4 (2.61%) Middleware
2 1 (0.65%) CrewAI
2 1 (0.65%) JFC
2 1 (0.65%) JSON
2 1 (0.65%) LAMP
2 1 (0.65%) LangChain
2 1 (0.65%) LAPP Stack
2 1 (0.65%) LDAP
2 1 (0.65%) libvirt
2 1 (0.65%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (20.92%) Data Centre
2 14 (9.15%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (7.84%) Replication
4 8 (5.23%) Onboarding
4 8 (5.23%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.27%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (3.27%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (2.61%) CCTV
6 4 (2.61%) NHS
6 4 (2.61%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.96%) Clustering
7 3 (1.96%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (1.96%) iPad
7 3 (1.96%) iPhone
7 3 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.96%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.31%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.31%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.31%) PKI
8 2 (1.31%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 62 (40.52%) Windows
2 32 (20.92%) Linux
3 21 (13.73%) Windows Server
4 16 (10.46%) Windows 10
5 12 (7.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (5.23%) Windows 7
7 4 (2.61%) Mac OS
8 3 (1.96%) Android
8 3 (1.96%) VMS
9 2 (1.31%) CentOS
9 2 (1.31%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.31%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.65%) SUSE
10 1 (0.65%) Unix
10 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (28.76%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (22.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 21 (13.73%) Service Management
4 20 (13.07%) ITIL
4 20 (13.07%) Migration
5 19 (12.42%) High Availability
6 17 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
6 17 (11.11%) Network Design
6 17 (11.11%) Virtual Infrastructure
7 16 (10.46%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (10.46%) ITSM
8 13 (8.50%) Incident Response
9 12 (7.84%) Containerisation
9 12 (7.84%) Preventative Maintenance
10 11 (7.19%) Change Control
10 11 (7.19%) Network Monitoring
11 10 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (6.54%) Validation
12 9 (5.88%) Network Management
13 8 (5.23%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 30 (19.61%) PowerShell
2 22 (14.38%) Python
3 21 (13.73%) Bash
4 8 (5.23%) VBScript
5 7 (4.58%) Perl
6 5 (3.27%) VB
7 4 (2.61%) SQL
8 1 (0.65%) Go
8 1 (0.65%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 56 (36.60%) Security Cleared
2 46 (30.07%) Cisco Certification
3 42 (27.45%) CCNP
4 38 (24.84%) SC Cleared
5 16 (10.46%) Azure Certification
6 15 (9.80%) Network+ Certification
7 14 (9.15%) Degree
8 13 (8.50%) CCNA
8 13 (8.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (7.19%) DV Cleared
9 11 (7.19%) Server+ Certification
10 8 (5.23%) CCIE
11 6 (3.92%) CCDP
11 6 (3.92%) CCSA
12 5 (3.27%) AWS Certification
12 5 (3.27%) CISSP
12 5 (3.27%) JNCIP
12 5 (3.27%) JNCIS
13 3 (1.96%) DBS Check
13 3 (1.96%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (4.58%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (4.58%) PCI DSS
3 6 (3.92%) NIST
4 4 (2.61%) GDPR
5 3 (1.96%) SLA
6 2 (1.31%) GRC
7 1 (0.65%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (30.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (20.92%) Active Directory
3 20 (13.07%) Hyper-V
4 10 (6.54%) Firmware
5 9 (5.88%) VMware NSX
6 8 (5.23%) Docker
7 6 (3.92%) KVM
7 6 (3.92%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (3.27%) BitLocker
8 5 (3.27%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (3.27%) vSphere
9 3 (1.96%) Ceph
9 3 (1.96%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (1.31%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.65%) Lustre
11 1 (0.65%) NFS
11 1 (0.65%) Samba
11 1 (0.65%) Squid
11 1 (0.65%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.65%) Xen
Systems Management
1 22 (14.38%) FortiGate
2 13 (8.50%) Ansible
2 13 (8.50%) SCCM
3 10 (6.54%) Terraform
4 7 (4.58%) vCenter Server
5 6 (3.92%) Kubernetes
5 6 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (3.27%) Nagios
6 5 (3.27%) Nmap
7 4 (2.61%) CA Spectrum
8 3 (1.96%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (1.96%) Iperf
9 2 (1.31%) Nessus
9 2 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.31%) VxRail
10 1 (0.65%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.65%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.65%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 60 (39.22%) Cisco
2 54 (35.29%) VMware
3 42 (27.45%) Microsoft
4 32 (20.92%) Palo Alto
5 26 (16.99%) Fortinet
6 24 (15.69%) Juniper
7 23 (15.03%) SolarWinds
8 18 (11.76%) Dell
9 17 (11.11%) F5
10 15 (9.80%) Meraki
11 11 (7.19%) CheckPoint
12 10 (6.54%) Aruba
12 10 (6.54%) Citrix
12 10 (6.54%) Red Hat
13 9 (5.88%) Veeam
14 8 (5.23%) NetApp
15 7 (4.58%) ServiceNow
16 6 (3.92%) HP
17 4 (2.61%) Zscaler
18 3 (1.96%) Okta