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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 340 404
Rank change year-on-year -5 +64 -30
Contract jobs citing VLAN 271 144 135
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.64% 0.59% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.75% 4.56% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 95 88
10th Percentile £310 £195 £188
25th Percentile £408 £325 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £430 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.47% +7.50% -15.79%
75th Percentile £569 £536 £538
90th Percentile £625 £621 £664
UK median daily rate £470 £430 £400
% change year-on-year +9.30% +7.50% -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 4,012 3,158 4,838
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.50% 12.91% 12.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,490 1,978 2,892
10th Percentile £263 £225 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £589 £600 £601
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £498
% change year-on-year +3.09% -2.51% -2.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 123 390
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.30 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.30 £16.44
Median hourly rate £29.04 £39.32 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.14% -1.70% +122.22%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.95 £72.54
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £44.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.50% +10.00% +113.73%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -51 77 £450 +5.88% 36
North of England -14 71 £481 +1.32% 25
North West +11 57 £500 +5.26% 19
Midlands -52 33 £413 -23.96% 26
South East -67 33 £500 +11.11% 60
South West -2 29 £495 +65.00% 18
West Midlands -49 17 £413 +23.13% 16
East Midlands -20 15 £275 -54.55% 10
Yorkshire -44 13 £329 +9.49% 4
East of England -32 5 £540 +140.00% 16
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 (4.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.95%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.48%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.11%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.74%) Apache
5 2 (0.74%) CloudStack
Applications
1 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.11%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.74%) DELMIA
2 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 67 (24.72%) Azure
2 31 (11.44%) AWS
3 22 (8.12%) Entra ID
3 22 (8.12%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (3.69%) IaaS
5 9 (3.32%) GCP
6 8 (2.95%) Nutanix
7 7 (2.58%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 7 (2.58%) GitHub
7 7 (2.58%) PaaS
7 7 (2.58%) SaaS
8 6 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.21%) Datadog
9 5 (1.85%) Cohesity
10 4 (1.48%) Azure Stack
10 4 (1.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (1.11%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.11%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.74%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 163 (60.15%) Firewall
2 82 (30.26%) BGP
2 82 (30.26%) WAN
3 80 (29.52%) DNS
4 78 (28.78%) OSPF
5 72 (26.57%) DHCP
5 72 (26.57%) VPN
6 71 (26.20%) Network Security
7 66 (24.35%) LAN
8 46 (16.97%) TCP/IP
9 44 (16.24%) Wi-Fi
10 43 (15.87%) Wireless
11 33 (12.18%) SD-WAN
12 32 (11.81%) SAN
13 27 (9.96%) NX-OS
13 27 (9.96%) VXLAN
14 24 (8.86%) Structured Cabling
15 23 (8.49%) Cisco IOS
15 23 (8.49%) Cisco Nexus
15 23 (8.49%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (2.21%) Chocolatey
1 6 (2.21%) JIRA
2 5 (1.85%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.48%) Git
4 2 (0.74%) Browser DevTools
4 2 (0.74%) GitLab
4 2 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.37%) MSI
General
1 68 (25.09%) Social Skills
2 22 (8.12%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (6.64%) Documentation Skills
4 17 (6.27%) Finance
5 15 (5.54%) Telecoms
6 9 (3.32%) Banking
7 7 (2.58%) Legal
7 7 (2.58%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.58%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.74%) Aviation
11 2 (0.74%) Law
11 2 (0.74%) Police
11 2 (0.74%) Retail
12 1 (0.37%) Advertising
12 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.37%) Local Government
12 1 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 119 (43.91%) Network Engineer
2 35 (12.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 30 (11.07%) Architect
3 30 (11.07%) Senior
4 25 (9.23%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 22 (8.12%) IT Engineer
6 21 (7.75%) Senior Network Engineer
7 17 (6.27%) IT Support
8 16 (5.90%) Network Architect
9 14 (5.17%) Cisco Engineer
10 11 (4.06%) Azure Engineer
10 11 (4.06%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 11 (4.06%) Network Specialist
10 11 (4.06%) Technical Architect
11 10 (3.69%) Analyst
11 10 (3.69%) Security Engineer
11 10 (3.69%) Support Engineer
12 9 (3.32%) Network Security Engineer
13 8 (2.95%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
13 8 (2.95%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.01%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.48%) REST
3 2 (0.74%) cloud-init
3 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.74%) RFC 2544
3 2 (0.74%) XMPP
4 1 (0.37%) CSS
4 1 (0.37%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 90 (33.21%) Data Centre
2 21 (7.75%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.43%) Replication
4 9 (3.32%) Driving Licence
4 9 (3.32%) Operational Technology
4 9 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.58%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (2.21%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (2.21%) PKI
6 6 (2.21%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.85%) Clustering
7 5 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.48%) SCADA
8 4 (1.48%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.11%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.74%) Life Science
10 2 (0.74%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.74%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 52 (19.19%) Windows
2 17 (6.27%) Linux
2 17 (6.27%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.80%) Windows 10
4 8 (2.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.85%) VMS
6 4 (1.48%) SUSE
6 4 (1.48%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.11%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.74%) Unix
8 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.37%) Debian
9 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (21.03%) Migration
2 45 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (16.24%) ITSM
4 41 (15.13%) Network Segmentation
5 40 (14.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 37 (13.65%) Validation
7 30 (11.07%) High Availability
8 27 (9.96%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (9.59%) Project Delivery
10 25 (9.23%) Network Monitoring
11 24 (8.86%) Network Design
12 23 (8.49%) Disaster Recovery
13 22 (8.12%) ITIL
14 18 (6.64%) Change Control
14 18 (6.64%) Runbook
15 16 (5.90%) Cybersecurity
15 16 (5.90%) RBAC
16 14 (5.17%) Mentoring
16 14 (5.17%) Root Cause Analysis
16 14 (5.17%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 35 (12.92%) Python
2 19 (7.01%) PowerShell
3 14 (5.17%) Bash
4 6 (2.21%) VBScript
5 4 (1.48%) SQL
5 4 (1.48%) VB
6 3 (1.11%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.37%) Go
7 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.37%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.37%) Perl
Qualifications
1 104 (38.38%) Security Cleared
2 89 (32.84%) SC Cleared
3 83 (30.63%) Cisco Certification
4 72 (26.57%) CCNP
5 61 (22.51%) CCNA
6 19 (7.01%) Network+ Certification
7 16 (5.90%) DV Cleared
8 15 (5.54%) Server+ Certification
9 10 (3.69%) Degree
10 9 (3.32%) CCIE
11 8 (2.95%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.48%) ISTQB
13 4 (1.48%) PMI Certification
13 4 (1.48%) PMP
14 3 (1.11%) AWS Certification
14 3 (1.11%) CISSP
14 3 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (1.11%) JNCIS
15 2 (0.74%) Project+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.06%) QA
1 11 (4.06%) SLA
2 4 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.48%) NCSC
2 4 (1.48%) NIST
3 3 (1.11%) GDPR
3 3 (1.11%) GxP
3 3 (1.11%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.74%) GMP
4 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.37%) GRC
5 1 (0.37%) NIST 800
System Software
1 37 (13.65%) Active Directory
2 34 (12.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (8.49%) vSphere
4 19 (7.01%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (6.27%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (4.80%) Firmware
7 11 (4.06%) Hyper-V
8 4 (1.48%) BitLocker
8 4 (1.48%) KVM
8 4 (1.48%) NFS
8 4 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (1.11%) Ceph
9 3 (1.11%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.74%) VirtualBox
11 1 (0.37%) Docker
11 1 (0.37%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.37%) QEMU
11 1 (0.37%) Snort
11 1 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 22 (8.12%) Ansible
1 22 (8.12%) FortiGate
2 14 (5.17%) Terraform
3 13 (4.80%) vCenter Server
4 12 (4.43%) SCCM
5 11 (4.06%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (3.69%) VxRail
7 6 (2.21%) WSUS
8 4 (1.48%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.48%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.48%) Nagios
9 3 (1.11%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (1.11%) Iperf
9 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.74%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.74%) Nmap
10 2 (0.74%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.74%) SELinux
10 2 (0.74%) Suricata
Vendors
1 155 (57.20%) Cisco
2 53 (19.56%) Palo Alto
3 49 (18.08%) Microsoft
4 45 (16.61%) Fortinet
4 45 (16.61%) VMware
5 28 (10.33%) F5
6 24 (8.86%) CheckPoint
7 23 (8.49%) Juniper
8 22 (8.12%) Aruba
8 22 (8.12%) ServiceNow
9 15 (5.54%) Veeam
10 13 (4.80%) SolarWinds
11 12 (4.43%) Dell
11 12 (4.43%) Meraki
12 10 (3.69%) Arista
12 10 (3.69%) Ekahau
13 9 (3.32%) Zscaler
14 8 (2.95%) Citrix
15 7 (2.58%) AppDynamics
15 7 (2.58%) Dynatrace