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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 338 411
Rank change year-on-year -17 +73 -4
Contract jobs citing VLAN 237 145 132
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.58% 0.59% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.16% 4.54% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 100 87
10th Percentile £290 £212 £184
25th Percentile £406 £296 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £443 £425
Median % change year-on-year +7.16% +4.12% -8.60%
75th Percentile £538 £573 £525
90th Percentile £602 £625 £585
UK median daily rate £462 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +2.64% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.43 - -
Median hourly rate £74.00 - -
75th Percentile £74.26 - -
90th Percentile £80.14 - -
UK median hourly rate £74.00 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - +69.23%

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 3,850 3,197 4,912
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.47% 13.10% 13.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,412 1,981 2,966
10th Percentile £250 £220 £206
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
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% -4.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 125 395
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.26 £16.93
Median hourly rate £41.94 £32.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.05% -18.75% +116.22%
75th Percentile £65.88 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.01 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.54 £36.57 £40.00
% change year-on-year +10.85% -8.57% +112.54%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -34 66 £460 +6.98% 48
North of England -23 54 £475 +66.67% 26
North West -3 46 £479 +1.99% 14
South East -45 40 £495 -2.46% 48
Midlands -56 31 £413 -31.82% 19
South West -20 23 £485 +36.14% 13
West Midlands -50 16 £413 +184.48% 15
East Midlands -22 14 £275 -57.69% 4
Yorkshire -60 7 £329 +35.57% 12
East of England -40 5 £540 +188.00% 13
North East - 1 - - 1
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 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.53%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.69%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.84%) WordPress
5 1 (0.42%) Apache
5 1 (0.42%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.84%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 70 (29.54%) Azure
2 32 (13.50%) AWS
3 22 (9.28%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (6.75%) Entra ID
5 9 (3.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 8 (3.38%) GCP
6 8 (3.38%) SaaS
7 7 (2.95%) IaaS
7 7 (2.95%) PaaS
8 6 (2.53%) Datadog
9 5 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.69%) Azure Stack
10 4 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.27%) Nutanix
11 3 (1.27%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.84%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.84%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.84%) GitHub
12 2 (0.84%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 143 (60.34%) Firewall
2 72 (30.38%) VPN
3 71 (29.96%) WAN
4 69 (29.11%) BGP
4 69 (29.11%) Network Security
5 68 (28.69%) DNS
5 68 (28.69%) OSPF
6 63 (26.58%) DHCP
7 62 (26.16%) LAN
8 45 (18.99%) TCP/IP
8 45 (18.99%) Wi-Fi
9 34 (14.35%) Wireless
10 27 (11.39%) SD-WAN
11 21 (8.86%) Cisco ISE
12 20 (8.44%) MPLS
13 19 (8.02%) VXLAN
14 17 (7.17%) SAN
15 16 (6.75%) Cisco Nexus
16 14 (5.91%) Structured Cabling
16 14 (5.91%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.49%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.42%) MySQL
2 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.53%) Chocolatey
2 3 (1.27%) 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 57 (24.05%) Social Skills
2 19 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (6.33%) Finance
4 14 (5.91%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (5.49%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.49%) Telecoms
6 10 (4.22%) Banking
7 6 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.53%) Legal
7 6 (2.53%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.84%) Aviation
10 2 (0.84%) Law
10 2 (0.84%) Retail
11 1 (0.42%) Advertising
11 1 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.42%) Local Government
11 1 (0.42%) Marketing
11 1 (0.42%) Police
Job Titles
1 106 (44.73%) Network Engineer
2 26 (10.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 26 (10.97%) Senior
3 22 (9.28%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 21 (8.86%) Architect
5 17 (7.17%) IT Engineer
6 16 (6.75%) Senior Network Engineer
7 13 (5.49%) IT Support
8 12 (5.06%) Azure Engineer
8 12 (5.06%) Cisco Engineer
8 12 (5.06%) Network Architect
9 10 (4.22%) Analyst
9 10 (4.22%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 9 (3.80%) Network Specialist
11 8 (3.38%) Security Engineer
12 7 (2.95%) IT Analyst
12 7 (2.95%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (2.95%) Network Security Engineer
12 7 (2.95%) Support Engineer
13 6 (2.53%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.44%) 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 65 (27.43%) Data Centre
2 18 (7.59%) Onboarding
3 9 (3.80%) Driving Licence
3 9 (3.80%) Operational Technology
4 7 (2.95%) Replication
5 6 (2.53%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.53%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.69%) Clustering
7 4 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.69%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.27%) PKI
8 3 (1.27%) SCADA
9 2 (0.84%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.84%) IoT
9 2 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.84%) Life Science
9 2 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 55 (23.21%) Windows
2 19 (8.02%) Windows Server
3 16 (6.75%) Windows 10
4 12 (5.06%) Linux
5 7 (2.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (2.11%) VMS
7 4 (1.69%) SUSE
7 4 (1.69%) 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 50 (21.10%) Migration
2 40 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (15.19%) Validation
4 31 (13.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 31 (13.08%) ITSM
5 26 (10.97%) High Availability
5 26 (10.97%) Network Segmentation
6 25 (10.55%) Network Monitoring
7 23 (9.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (9.28%) Network Design
8 22 (9.28%) Project Delivery
9 21 (8.86%) Disaster Recovery
10 19 (8.02%) Runbook
11 18 (7.59%) ITIL
12 17 (7.17%) Change Control
13 14 (5.91%) Root Cause Analysis
14 13 (5.49%) Cybersecurity
15 12 (5.06%) RBAC
15 12 (5.06%) Zero Trust
16 10 (4.22%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.55%) Python
2 22 (9.28%) PowerShell
3 12 (5.06%) Bash
4 7 (2.95%) VBScript
5 6 (2.53%) SQL
6 4 (1.69%) VB
7 2 (0.84%) Perl
8 1 (0.42%) Go
8 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.42%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 89 (37.55%) Security Cleared
2 75 (31.65%) SC Cleared
3 73 (30.80%) Cisco Certification
4 66 (27.85%) CCNP
5 50 (21.10%) CCNA
6 12 (5.06%) DV Cleared
7 11 (4.64%) CCIE
7 11 (4.64%) Network+ Certification
8 9 (3.80%) Azure Certification
9 8 (3.38%) Degree
10 6 (2.53%) Server+ Certification
11 5 (2.11%) JNCIS
11 5 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.69%) CISSP
12 4 (1.69%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.69%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.69%) PMP
13 3 (1.27%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (0.84%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.64%) SLA
2 4 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (1.69%) NCSC
2 4 (1.69%) QA
3 3 (1.27%) GxP
3 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.84%) GMP
4 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.42%) GDPR
5 1 (0.42%) GRC
5 1 (0.42%) NIST
5 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 40 (16.88%) Active Directory
2 27 (11.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (8.86%) vSphere
4 18 (7.59%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (5.06%) Firmware
5 12 (5.06%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (2.95%) Hyper-V
7 5 (2.11%) KVM
8 4 (1.69%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.84%) Ceph
9 2 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.84%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.42%) Docker
10 1 (0.42%) iptables
10 1 (0.42%) QEMU
10 1 (0.42%) RHEV
10 1 (0.42%) Samba
10 1 (0.42%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.42%) Snort
10 1 (0.42%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 22 (9.28%) FortiGate
2 16 (6.75%) Ansible
3 13 (5.49%) SCCM
3 13 (5.49%) vCenter Server
4 11 (4.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (4.64%) VxRail
5 9 (3.80%) Nagios
5 9 (3.80%) Terraform
6 6 (2.53%) WSUS
7 5 (2.11%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (1.27%) Iperf
8 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.84%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.84%) Cisco Prime
9 2 (0.84%) Grafana
9 2 (0.84%) Nmap
9 2 (0.84%) PowerCLI
9 2 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.42%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 131 (55.27%) Cisco
2 49 (20.68%) Palo Alto
3 47 (19.83%) Microsoft
4 39 (16.46%) Fortinet
5 38 (16.03%) VMware
6 23 (9.70%) Juniper
7 22 (9.28%) Aruba
7 22 (9.28%) CheckPoint
8 19 (8.02%) F5
9 16 (6.75%) SolarWinds
10 14 (5.91%) Dell
11 13 (5.49%) Veeam
12 12 (5.06%) Meraki
12 12 (5.06%) ServiceNow
13 10 (4.22%) Ekahau
14 9 (3.80%) Zscaler
15 8 (3.38%) Citrix
16 7 (2.95%) AppDynamics
16 7 (2.95%) Arista
16 7 (2.95%) Tenable