VLAN Contracts in England

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring VLAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VLAN over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 339 427 355
Rank change year-on-year +88 -72 +202
Contract jobs citing VLAN 157 132 306
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.60% 0.35% 0.64%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.70% 2.73% 5.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 89 193
10th Percentile £200 £190 £220
25th Percentile £325 £255 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £488 £540 £626
90th Percentile £605 £630 £700
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 13
10th Percentile - - £25.25
25th Percentile £56.25 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 - £30.75
75th Percentile £58.75 - £33.75
90th Percentile - - £39.30
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £55.00 £30.75
% change year-on-year +4.55% +78.86% -30.90%

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 3,342 4,835 6,050
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.68% 12.95% 12.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,064 2,876 3,935
10th Percentile £235 £214 £240
25th Percentile £363 £359 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £503
% change year-on-year -4.00% -0.50% +0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 390 380
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.87 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.79 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.44 £22.34
Median % change year-on-year -17.47% +103.45% -10.66%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £63.00
90th Percentile £81.35 £74.10 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -6.67% +100.00% -22.57%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing VLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for VLAN in England

VLAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VLAN in England.

Daily rate trend for VLAN in England

VLAN
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VLAN in England over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VLAN in England

VLAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VLAN in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 4 July 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 +61 62 £413 -17.50% 226
South East +37 29 £450 +73.75% 96
Midlands +20 24 £445 +18.67% 54
West Midlands +21 16 £365 +82.50% 32
North of England -9 15 £447 -13.04% 105
East of England +33 14 £225 -43.75% 36
North West +3 12 £465 +50.00% 49
South West +30 8 £300 -46.67% 64
East Midlands +6 8 £650 +73.33% 22
Yorkshire -11 2 £300 -42.81% 40
North East +2 1 - - 17
VLAN
UK

VLAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (7.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (6.37%) Confluence
3 7 (4.46%) SharePoint
4 5 (3.18%) OpenStack
5 4 (2.55%) Skype for Business
6 2 (1.27%) nginx
7 1 (0.64%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (9.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 44 (28.03%) AWS
2 42 (26.75%) Azure
3 27 (17.20%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (9.55%) GCP
5 7 (4.46%) Entra ID
5 7 (4.46%) OneDrive
6 6 (3.82%) Google Workspace
7 4 (2.55%) SaaS
8 3 (1.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.91%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (1.91%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.91%) GitHub
8 3 (1.91%) Mimecast
8 3 (1.91%) Serverless
8 3 (1.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.27%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.27%) IaaS
9 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.27%) PaaS
9 2 (1.27%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 83 (52.87%) Firewall
2 69 (43.95%) DNS
3 64 (40.76%) DHCP
4 61 (38.85%) BGP
4 61 (38.85%) OSPF
5 60 (38.22%) VPN
6 45 (28.66%) WAN
7 40 (25.48%) LAN
7 40 (25.48%) Network Security
8 39 (24.84%) TCP/IP
9 28 (17.83%) SSL
10 25 (15.92%) Wireless
11 23 (14.65%) SD-WAN
12 22 (14.01%) IPsec
13 20 (12.74%) EIGRP
14 19 (12.10%) Wi-Fi
15 15 (9.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 13 (8.28%) Cisco Wireless
16 13 (8.28%) WLAN
17 12 (7.64%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.55%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.64%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.64%) MySQL
2 1 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.64%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 10 (6.37%) JIRA
2 5 (3.18%) Git
3 4 (2.55%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.91%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.27%) GitLab
5 2 (1.27%) Maven
5 2 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.64%) TeamCity
General
1 57 (36.31%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.01%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (12.74%) Finance
4 14 (8.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (6.37%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (4.46%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.55%) Local Government
8 3 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.91%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.27%) Legal
10 1 (0.64%) Aviation
10 1 (0.64%) Banking
10 1 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.64%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.64%) French Language
10 1 (0.64%) Marketing
10 1 (0.64%) Military
10 1 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (21.66%) Network Engineer
2 17 (10.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 13 (8.28%) IT Support
4 10 (6.37%) Analyst
4 10 (6.37%) Designer
4 10 (6.37%) IT Engineer
4 10 (6.37%) Lead
5 9 (5.73%) Network Designer
5 9 (5.73%) Support Analyst
5 9 (5.73%) Support Engineer
5 9 (5.73%) Windows Engineer
6 8 (5.10%) Administrator
6 8 (5.10%) Architect
6 8 (5.10%) Network Administrator
7 7 (4.46%) Consultant
7 7 (4.46%) Network Architect
8 6 (3.82%) Check Point Expert
8 6 (3.82%) Desktop Engineer
8 6 (3.82%) Network Security Engineer
8 6 (3.82%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.46%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.91%) LDAP
3 2 (1.27%) YAML
4 1 (0.64%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.19%) Data Centre
2 8 (5.10%) Operational Technology
3 7 (4.46%) Replication
4 6 (3.82%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (3.82%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (3.18%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (3.18%) iPad
5 5 (3.18%) iPhone
6 4 (2.55%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.55%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (1.91%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.91%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.91%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.91%) PKI
7 3 (1.91%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.91%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.27%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.64%) CMDB
9 1 (0.64%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 56 (35.67%) Windows
2 22 (14.01%) Windows 10
3 12 (7.64%) Linux
4 11 (7.01%) Windows 7
5 6 (3.82%) Check Point GAiA
5 6 (3.82%) Windows Server
6 5 (3.18%) Android
6 5 (3.18%) Mac OS
6 5 (3.18%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (2.55%) CentOS
7 4 (2.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (2.55%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.27%) Debian
8 2 (1.27%) Unix
8 2 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.64%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.64%) Solaris
9 1 (0.64%) SUSE
9 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (13.38%) Network Monitoring
3 19 (12.10%) High Availability
3 19 (12.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 17 (10.83%) Migration
5 16 (10.19%) Customer Service
6 13 (8.28%) Network Design
6 13 (8.28%) Proactive Monitoring
6 13 (8.28%) SIEM
7 12 (7.64%) Computer Science
7 12 (7.64%) Network Architecture
8 11 (7.01%) Patch Management
9 9 (5.73%) ITIL
9 9 (5.73%) Network Segmentation
10 8 (5.10%) Agile
10 8 (5.10%) Change Management
10 8 (5.10%) ITSM
10 8 (5.10%) Time Management
11 7 (4.46%) Data Protection
11 7 (4.46%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 22 (14.01%) PowerShell
2 21 (13.38%) Python
3 10 (6.37%) VBScript
4 5 (3.18%) Bash
5 4 (2.55%) VB
6 3 (1.91%) SQL
7 2 (1.27%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.64%) C#
Qualifications
1 49 (31.21%) Cisco Certification
2 37 (23.57%) CCNP
3 29 (18.47%) Security Cleared
4 23 (14.65%) SC Cleared
5 18 (11.46%) CCSA
6 14 (8.92%) CCSE
7 13 (8.28%) CCNA
7 13 (8.28%) Degree
8 9 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (5.10%) CCIE
10 7 (4.46%) DV Cleared
11 6 (3.82%) Check Point Certification
11 6 (3.82%) JNCIA
11 6 (3.82%) JNCIE
12 5 (3.18%) AWS Certification
12 5 (3.18%) DBS Check
12 5 (3.18%) Master's Degree
13 4 (2.55%) Azure Certification
13 4 (2.55%) Network+ Certification
14 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.82%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.91%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.27%) GDPR
4 2 (1.27%) NIST
4 2 (1.27%) SLA
5 1 (0.64%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.64%) GRC
5 1 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.64%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (20.38%) Active Directory
2 20 (12.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (8.28%) Firmware
4 9 (5.73%) Hyper-V
4 9 (5.73%) vSphere
5 8 (5.10%) Docker
6 6 (3.82%) VMware NSX
7 4 (2.55%) BitLocker
7 4 (2.55%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (2.55%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.91%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.64%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 19 (12.10%) SCCM
2 18 (11.46%) Ansible
3 8 (5.10%) CA Spectrum
3 8 (5.10%) FortiGate
4 7 (4.46%) Terraform
5 6 (3.82%) Nagios
5 6 (3.82%) Tivoli
6 5 (3.18%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (2.55%) AppManager
7 4 (2.55%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (1.27%) Cisco Prime
8 2 (1.27%) Cisco UCCX
8 2 (1.27%) HAProxy
8 2 (1.27%) Icinga
8 2 (1.27%) Nessus
8 2 (1.27%) Netcool
8 2 (1.27%) Observium
8 2 (1.27%) Proxmox
8 2 (1.27%) Puppet
9 1 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 76 (48.41%) Cisco
2 37 (23.57%) Microsoft
3 32 (20.38%) Juniper
3 32 (20.38%) VMware
4 26 (16.56%) CheckPoint
4 26 (16.56%) SolarWinds
5 24 (15.29%) F5
6 18 (11.46%) Fortinet
6 18 (11.46%) Palo Alto
7 15 (9.55%) Meraki
8 12 (7.64%) Veeam
9 9 (5.73%) Google
10 7 (4.46%) Dell
11 6 (3.82%) Arista
11 6 (3.82%) Aruba
11 6 (3.82%) Citrix
11 6 (3.82%) ServiceNow
12 5 (3.18%) AirMagnet
12 5 (3.18%) Ekahau
13 4 (2.55%) Ivanti