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 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 327 408
Rank change year-on-year -36 +81 -14
Contract jobs citing VLAN 239 143 131
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.59% 0.59% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.25% 4.48% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 98 86
10th Percentile £290 £212 £184
25th Percentile £400 £300 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £450 £431
Median % change year-on-year +5.33% +4.35% -7.26%
75th Percentile £538 £572 £525
90th Percentile £610 £618 £606
UK median daily rate £460 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +2.22% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 0
10th Percentile £12.43 - -
25th Percentile £13.95 - -
Median hourly rate £74.00 - -
75th Percentile £74.20 - -
90th Percentile £79.69 - -
UK median hourly rate £74.00 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - +73.91%

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 3,824 3,191 4,859
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.42% 13.13% 13.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,389 1,975 2,932
10th Percentile £250 £220 £208
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £498
Median % change year-on-year - +0.50% -5.24%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £488 £495
% change year-on-year +1.54% -1.52% -4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 119 392
10th Percentile £16.52 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £15.44 £16.72
Median hourly rate £42.10 £29.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.16% -27.50% +116.22%
75th Percentile £65.88 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.08 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £31.79 £40.00
% change year-on-year +31.93% -20.53% +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 12 May 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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -40 68 £450 +4.65% 46
North of England -26 56 £475 +93.88% 19
North West +4 47 £481 +1.32% 11
South East -50 40 £495 -2.46% 46
Midlands -43 30 £413 -31.82% 22
South West -17 22 £475 +5.56% 14
West Midlands -60 15 £413 +184.48% 15
East Midlands -26 14 £275 -57.69% 7
Yorkshire -54 8 £329 +35.57% 7
East of England -34 5 £540 +188.00% 10
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 (5.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.93%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.67%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.84%) WordPress
5 1 (0.42%) Apache
5 1 (0.42%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.84%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 69 (28.87%) Azure
2 32 (13.39%) AWS
3 23 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (8.79%) Entra ID
5 8 (3.35%) SaaS
6 7 (2.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 7 (2.93%) GCP
6 7 (2.93%) IaaS
6 7 (2.93%) Nutanix
6 7 (2.93%) PaaS
7 6 (2.51%) Datadog
8 5 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.67%) Azure Stack
9 4 (1.67%) Cohesity
9 4 (1.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.26%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.84%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.84%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.84%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 142 (59.41%) Firewall
2 72 (30.13%) WAN
3 70 (29.29%) VPN
4 69 (28.87%) BGP
4 69 (28.87%) DNS
5 68 (28.45%) OSPF
6 67 (28.03%) Network Security
7 65 (27.20%) DHCP
8 62 (25.94%) LAN
9 46 (19.25%) TCP/IP
10 44 (18.41%) Wi-Fi
11 33 (13.81%) Wireless
12 26 (10.88%) SD-WAN
13 20 (8.37%) Cisco ISE
14 19 (7.95%) MPLS
14 19 (7.95%) SAN
14 19 (7.95%) VXLAN
15 16 (6.69%) Cisco Nexus
16 15 (6.28%) Structured Cabling
16 15 (6.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.44%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.42%) MySQL
2 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.51%) Chocolatey
2 3 (1.26%) JIRA
3 2 (0.84%) Browser DevTools
3 2 (0.84%) Git
3 2 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.42%) MSI
General
1 62 (25.94%) Social Skills
2 20 (8.37%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (6.28%) Finance
4 14 (5.86%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (5.02%) Telecoms
6 10 (4.18%) Banking
6 10 (4.18%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.09%) Legal
8 5 (2.09%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.84%) Aviation
11 2 (0.84%) Law
11 2 (0.84%) Retail
12 1 (0.42%) Advertising
12 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.42%) Local Government
12 1 (0.42%) Police
Job Titles
1 104 (43.51%) Network Engineer
2 27 (11.30%) Senior
3 25 (10.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 23 (9.62%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 21 (8.79%) Architect
6 19 (7.95%) IT Engineer
7 17 (7.11%) Senior Network Engineer
8 15 (6.28%) IT Support
9 12 (5.02%) Cisco Engineer
9 12 (5.02%) Network Architect
10 11 (4.60%) Azure Engineer
11 10 (4.18%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 9 (3.77%) Analyst
12 9 (3.77%) Network Specialist
12 9 (3.77%) Support Engineer
13 8 (3.35%) Security Engineer
14 7 (2.93%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 7 (2.93%) Network Security Engineer
15 6 (2.51%) IT Analyst
15 6 (2.51%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.95%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (0.84%) REST
2 2 (0.84%) RFC 2544
2 2 (0.84%) XMPP
3 1 (0.42%) CSS
3 1 (0.42%) HTML
3 1 (0.42%) LAMP
3 1 (0.42%) LAPP Stack
3 1 (0.42%) LDAP
3 1 (0.42%) libvirt
Miscellaneous
1 67 (28.03%) Data Centre
2 18 (7.53%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.02%) Replication
4 9 (3.77%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.35%) Operational Technology
6 7 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.51%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (2.51%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.67%) Clustering
8 4 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.67%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.26%) PKI
9 3 (1.26%) SCADA
10 2 (0.84%) CCTV
10 2 (0.84%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (0.84%) Life Science
10 2 (0.84%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 55 (23.01%) Windows
2 18 (7.53%) Windows Server
3 16 (6.69%) Windows 10
4 11 (4.60%) Linux
5 7 (2.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (2.09%) VMS
7 4 (1.67%) SUSE
7 4 (1.67%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.42%) Debian
9 1 (0.42%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.42%) Unix
9 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (21.76%) Migration
2 42 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (15.06%) Validation
4 32 (13.39%) ITSM
5 30 (12.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 26 (10.88%) Network Segmentation
7 24 (10.04%) High Availability
7 24 (10.04%) Network Monitoring
8 23 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (8.79%) Network Design
9 21 (8.79%) Project Delivery
10 20 (8.37%) Disaster Recovery
11 19 (7.95%) Runbook
12 18 (7.53%) ITIL
13 17 (7.11%) Change Control
14 16 (6.69%) RBAC
15 14 (5.86%) Root Cause Analysis
16 12 (5.02%) Cybersecurity
17 11 (4.60%) Zero Trust
18 10 (4.18%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.46%) Python
2 22 (9.21%) PowerShell
3 12 (5.02%) Bash
4 7 (2.93%) VBScript
5 6 (2.51%) SQL
6 4 (1.67%) VB
7 2 (0.84%) Perl
8 1 (0.42%) Go
8 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.42%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 90 (37.66%) Security Cleared
2 76 (31.80%) SC Cleared
3 71 (29.71%) Cisco Certification
4 64 (26.78%) CCNP
5 49 (20.50%) CCNA
6 12 (5.02%) DV Cleared
6 12 (5.02%) Network+ Certification
7 9 (3.77%) CCIE
8 8 (3.35%) Azure Certification
8 8 (3.35%) Degree
9 7 (2.93%) Server+ Certification
10 5 (2.09%) JNCIS
10 5 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.67%) ISTQB
11 4 (1.67%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.67%) PMP
12 3 (1.26%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.26%) CISSP
12 3 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.84%) Project+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.60%) SLA
2 8 (3.35%) QA
3 4 (1.67%) NCSC
4 3 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.26%) GxP
5 2 (0.84%) GMP
5 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.42%) GDPR
6 1 (0.42%) GRC
6 1 (0.42%) NIST
6 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 41 (17.15%) Active Directory
2 27 (11.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (8.79%) vSphere
4 18 (7.53%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (6.28%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (4.60%) Firmware
7 8 (3.35%) Hyper-V
8 4 (1.67%) BitLocker
8 4 (1.67%) KVM
9 3 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.84%) Ceph
10 2 (0.84%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.42%) Docker
11 1 (0.42%) iptables
11 1 (0.42%) Lustre
11 1 (0.42%) QEMU
11 1 (0.42%) RHEV
11 1 (0.42%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.42%) SRDF
11 1 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (8.37%) FortiGate
2 16 (6.69%) Ansible
3 13 (5.44%) SCCM
3 13 (5.44%) vCenter Server
4 12 (5.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (4.60%) VxRail
6 9 (3.77%) Nagios
6 9 (3.77%) Terraform
7 6 (2.51%) WSUS
8 5 (2.09%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (1.26%) Iperf
9 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.84%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.84%) Cisco Prime
10 2 (0.84%) Grafana
10 2 (0.84%) Nmap
10 2 (0.84%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.42%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.42%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 127 (53.14%) Cisco
2 48 (20.08%) Palo Alto
3 46 (19.25%) Microsoft
4 38 (15.90%) VMware
5 37 (15.48%) Fortinet
6 23 (9.62%) Juniper
7 20 (8.37%) Aruba
7 20 (8.37%) CheckPoint
8 19 (7.95%) F5
9 16 (6.69%) SolarWinds
10 14 (5.86%) Dell
10 14 (5.86%) Veeam
11 13 (5.44%) ServiceNow
12 10 (4.18%) Ekahau
12 10 (4.18%) Meraki
13 9 (3.77%) Zscaler
14 8 (3.35%) Arista
14 8 (3.35%) Citrix
15 7 (2.93%) AppDynamics
15 7 (2.93%) Dynatrace