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 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 346 370
Rank change year-on-year -14 +24 -38
Contract jobs citing VLAN 302 172 147
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.65% 0.62% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.93% 5.24% 3.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 112 80
10th Percentile £375 £219 £254
25th Percentile £413 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £441 £444
Median % change year-on-year +13.31% -0.56% -8.27%
75th Percentile £600 £537 £591
90th Percentile £668 £660 £672
UK median daily rate £495 £447 £431
% change year-on-year +10.74% +3.65% -10.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 5 0
10th Percentile £18.50 - -
25th Percentile £33.70 £33.00 -
Median hourly rate £54.88 £34.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +61.40% - -
75th Percentile £74.00 £58.75 -
90th Percentile £77.87 £63.85 -
UK median hourly rate £54.88 £34.00 £30.25
% change year-on-year +61.40% +12.40% -8.33%

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 4,356 3,280 3,933
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.35% 11.79% 12.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,574 2,056 2,278
10th Percentile £250 £225 £243
25th Percentile £400 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £505
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.97% +1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £478 £500
% change year-on-year +4.71% -4.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 384 170 195
10th Percentile £16.02 £15.50 £15.65
25th Percentile £21.33 £24.25 £23.99
Median hourly rate £43.50 £39.66 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -30.85% +1.52%
75th Percentile £69.63 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £92.11 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £42.50 £51.00
% change year-on-year -22.35% -16.67% -9.72%

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 24 September 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 -52 93 £463 +8.82% 134
North of England -23 61 £500 +11.86% 48
South East -56 49 £525 +23.53% 102
North West -32 33 £520 +9.38% 36
South West -14 31 £495 +29.41% 21
Yorkshire -11 27 £500 +173.97% 9
Midlands -42 24 £250 -47.37% 42
East of England -29 16 £600 +34.83% 26
East Midlands -10 12 - - 9
West Midlands -48 12 £250 -47.37% 33
North East -44 1 - - 5
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 14 (4.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.64%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.99%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.66%) FactoryTalk
5 4 (1.32%) Confluence
6 2 (0.66%) Apache
6 2 (0.66%) CloudStack
6 2 (0.66%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.66%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 86 (28.48%) Azure
2 45 (14.90%) AWS
3 34 (11.26%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (9.93%) Entra ID
5 23 (7.62%) GitHub
6 18 (5.96%) GCP
7 13 (4.30%) IaaS
8 12 (3.97%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 7 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (2.32%) PaaS
10 6 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.99%) SaaS
11 5 (1.66%) Cohesity
11 5 (1.66%) Datadog
11 5 (1.66%) Nutanix
11 5 (1.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (1.32%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (1.32%) Azure Stack
12 4 (1.32%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 186 (61.59%) Firewall
2 117 (38.74%) DNS
3 111 (36.75%) BGP
4 99 (32.78%) VPN
5 97 (32.12%) OSPF
6 95 (31.46%) DHCP
7 84 (27.81%) WAN
8 68 (22.52%) TCP/IP
9 66 (21.85%) Network Security
10 62 (20.53%) Wireless
11 61 (20.20%) LAN
12 42 (13.91%) Wi-Fi
13 40 (13.25%) SD-WAN
14 38 (12.58%) SAN
15 36 (11.92%) Cisco Nexus
16 30 (9.93%) VXLAN
17 28 (9.27%) Multicast
18 27 (8.94%) IPsec
19 24 (7.95%) Cisco IOS
19 24 (7.95%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.96%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.33%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 14 (4.64%) JIRA
2 13 (4.30%) Git
2 13 (4.30%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.99%) GitLab
4 5 (1.66%) Chocolatey
4 5 (1.66%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.66%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.66%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.33%) MSI
General
1 58 (19.21%) Social Skills
2 34 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (10.60%) Finance
4 19 (6.29%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (4.30%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.97%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.64%) Banking
8 10 (3.31%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.32%) Retail
11 6 (1.99%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.99%) Police
12 5 (1.66%) Legal
12 5 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.32%) Automotive
13 4 (1.32%) Games
14 3 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.66%) Advertising
15 2 (0.66%) French Language
15 2 (0.66%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 137 (45.36%) Network Engineer
2 63 (20.86%) Senior
3 54 (17.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 45 (14.90%) Senior Network Engineer
5 29 (9.60%) Architect
6 18 (5.96%) Network Architect
7 17 (5.63%) Cisco Engineer
7 17 (5.63%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 16 (5.30%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 16 (5.30%) IT Engineer
9 14 (4.64%) Network Specialist
10 13 (4.30%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (3.97%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (3.97%) Senior Network Specialist
12 11 (3.64%) Azure Engineer
13 10 (3.31%) Support Engineer
13 10 (3.31%) Technical Architect
14 9 (2.98%) Security Engineer
15 8 (2.65%) Data Centre Engineer
15 8 (2.65%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (14.24%) Terraform
2 13 (4.30%) 802.1X
3 5 (1.66%) NETCONF
3 5 (1.66%) REST
4 3 (0.99%) RESTCONF
5 2 (0.66%) .NET
5 2 (0.66%) cloud-init
5 2 (0.66%) eBPF
5 2 (0.66%) gRPC
5 2 (0.66%) HTML
5 2 (0.66%) HTML5
5 2 (0.66%) JSON
5 2 (0.66%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.66%) ODBC
5 2 (0.66%) YAML
6 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 100 (33.11%) Data Centre
2 19 (6.29%) Hybrid Cloud
3 18 (5.96%) Replication
4 16 (5.30%) Onboarding
4 16 (5.30%) PKI
5 14 (4.64%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (3.97%) Linux Command Line
6 12 (3.97%) Operational Technology
7 11 (3.64%) Cloud Native
8 10 (3.31%) Driving Licence
9 8 (2.65%) Digital Signage
9 8 (2.65%) Virtual Team
10 7 (2.32%) Life Science
10 7 (2.32%) SCADA
11 6 (1.99%) CMDB
11 6 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 6 (1.99%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.66%) Robotics
12 5 (1.66%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 84 (27.81%) Windows
2 43 (14.24%) Windows Server
3 36 (11.92%) Linux
4 13 (4.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (4.30%) Windows 10
5 8 (2.65%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.99%) CentOS
6 6 (1.99%) Rocky
6 6 (1.99%) Windows 7
7 5 (1.66%) Unix
8 4 (1.32%) SUSE
8 4 (1.32%) VMS
9 3 (0.99%) Android
9 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.33%) Debian
10 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (21.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 62 (20.53%) Migration
3 59 (19.54%) Validation
4 50 (16.56%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (15.56%) ITSM
6 43 (14.24%) High Availability
7 39 (12.91%) Network Segmentation
8 34 (11.26%) Network Design
8 34 (11.26%) Project Delivery
9 33 (10.93%) ITIL
10 30 (9.93%) Disaster Recovery
10 30 (9.93%) Infrastructure as Code
11 27 (8.94%) Zero Trust
12 23 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
13 22 (7.28%) Runbook
14 21 (6.95%) Infrastructure Automation
14 21 (6.95%) Load Balancing
15 20 (6.62%) CI/CD
15 20 (6.62%) Cybersecurity
16 19 (6.29%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 51 (16.89%) Python
2 38 (12.58%) PowerShell
3 15 (4.97%) Bash
4 7 (2.32%) VBScript
5 6 (1.99%) VB
6 5 (1.66%) ActionScript
7 2 (0.66%) Java
7 2 (0.66%) SQL
7 2 (0.66%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.33%) Bicep
8 1 (0.33%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 99 (32.78%) Security Cleared
2 72 (23.84%) SC Cleared
3 69 (22.85%) Cisco Certification
4 59 (19.54%) CCNP
5 33 (10.93%) CCNA
6 23 (7.62%) DV Cleared
7 16 (5.30%) Degree
8 13 (4.30%) Network+ Certification
9 12 (3.97%) Azure Certification
10 11 (3.64%) Server+ Certification
11 9 (2.98%) CCIE
12 5 (1.66%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (1.66%) JNCIP
12 5 (1.66%) JNCIS
12 5 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (1.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (0.99%) CISM
14 3 (0.99%) CISSP
14 3 (0.99%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.64%) QA
2 12 (3.97%) SLA
3 7 (2.32%) NIST
4 6 (1.99%) GxP
4 6 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.99%) NCSC
5 4 (1.32%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 4 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.32%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.66%) GDPR
6 2 (0.66%) GMP
6 2 (0.66%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 66 (21.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 39 (12.91%) Active Directory
3 27 (8.94%) vSphere
4 21 (6.95%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (6.62%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (6.29%) Hyper-V
7 14 (4.64%) Firmware
8 11 (3.64%) VMware NSX
9 7 (2.32%) BitLocker
10 6 (1.99%) KVM
10 6 (1.99%) Virtual Desktop
11 4 (1.32%) NFS
12 3 (0.99%) VirtualBox
13 2 (0.66%) Ceph
13 2 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.33%) Docker
14 1 (0.33%) ProxySG
14 1 (0.33%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 51 (16.89%) Ansible
2 27 (8.94%) FortiGate
3 19 (6.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (4.97%) vCenter Server
5 13 (4.30%) SCCM
6 9 (2.98%) Kubernetes
7 8 (2.65%) Cisco Prime
8 6 (1.99%) Grafana
8 6 (1.99%) NetBackup
9 5 (1.66%) WSUS
10 4 (1.32%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (1.32%) Nagios
10 4 (1.32%) systemd
10 4 (1.32%) VxRail
11 3 (0.99%) Avamar
11 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Clustering
11 3 (0.99%) PowerCLI
11 3 (0.99%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.99%) vMotion
12 2 (0.66%) Iperf
Vendors
1 173 (57.28%) Cisco
2 83 (27.48%) VMware
3 65 (21.52%) Microsoft
4 57 (18.87%) Fortinet
5 50 (16.56%) F5
6 43 (14.24%) Palo Alto
7 35 (11.59%) Juniper
8 30 (9.93%) ServiceNow
9 26 (8.61%) CheckPoint
10 20 (6.62%) Arista
10 20 (6.62%) Aruba
10 20 (6.62%) Veeam
11 17 (5.63%) SolarWinds
12 14 (4.64%) NetApp
13 13 (4.30%) Meraki
14 11 (3.64%) CyberArk
14 11 (3.64%) Zscaler
15 9 (2.98%) Dell
16 8 (2.65%) Dynatrace
17 7 (2.32%) Google