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 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 344 420
Rank change year-on-year -19 +76 -67
Contract jobs citing VLAN 280 161 135
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.63% 0.60% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.58% 4.73% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 102 91
10th Percentile £329 £203 £190
25th Percentile £413 £325 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +6.25% -15.79%
75th Percentile £588 £519 £539
90th Percentile £630 £636 £625
UK median daily rate £472 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +11.06% +6.25% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 1 0
10th Percentile £12.43 - -
25th Percentile £18.50 £56.25 -
Median hourly rate £60.50 £57.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% - -
75th Percentile £74.00 £58.75 -
90th Percentile £76.96 - -
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 4,254 3,407 4,854
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.51% 12.63% 13.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,623 2,116 2,892
10th Percentile £250 £235 £215
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +4.06% -3.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 300 148 390
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.90 £13.87
25th Percentile £20.50 £22.45 £17.69
Median hourly rate £26.72 £40.50 £45.44
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% -10.87% +65.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.35 £74.10
UK median hourly rate £26.55 £45.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -41.00% +2.27% +53.04%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 9 July 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 -56 76 £450 +9.09% 46
North of England -34 60 £508 +13.53% 24
North West -10 43 £575 +23.66% 11
South East -44 40 £500 +11.11% 50
South West -11 31 £495 +65.00% 16
Midlands -53 31 £413 -7.30% 14
Yorkshire -36 16 £363 +20.73% 10
West Midlands -64 16 £413 +13.01% 9
East Midlands -7 14 £275 -57.69% 5
East of England -30 10 £551 +138.38% 17
North East -32 1 - - 3
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 (4.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.57%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.43%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.71%) Apache
4 2 (0.71%) CloudStack
4 2 (0.71%) FactoryTalk
4 2 (0.71%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.71%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 74 (26.43%) Azure
2 39 (13.93%) AWS
3 24 (8.57%) Entra ID
4 23 (8.21%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (5.36%) GCP
6 12 (4.29%) GitHub
6 12 (4.29%) IaaS
7 10 (3.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 8 (2.86%) Nutanix
9 7 (2.50%) PaaS
9 7 (2.50%) SaaS
9 7 (2.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 6 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.14%) Datadog
11 5 (1.79%) Cohesity
11 5 (1.79%) OneDrive
12 4 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (1.43%) Azure Stack
13 3 (1.07%) Azure Monitor
14 2 (0.71%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 176 (62.86%) Firewall
2 98 (35.00%) BGP
3 96 (34.29%) DNS
4 92 (32.86%) OSPF
5 88 (31.43%) WAN
6 86 (30.71%) VPN
7 79 (28.21%) DHCP
8 72 (25.71%) LAN
9 71 (25.36%) Network Security
10 62 (22.14%) TCP/IP
11 49 (17.50%) Wireless
12 42 (15.00%) Wi-Fi
13 38 (13.57%) SAN
13 38 (13.57%) SD-WAN
14 29 (10.36%) Cisco Nexus
15 27 (9.64%) NX-OS
15 27 (9.64%) VXLAN
16 24 (8.57%) MPLS
17 23 (8.21%) NAS
18 22 (7.86%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (2.86%) JIRA
2 7 (2.50%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.14%) Chocolatey
4 5 (1.79%) Git
5 4 (1.43%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.71%) Browser DevTools
6 2 (0.71%) GitLab
7 1 (0.36%) MSI
General
1 73 (26.07%) Social Skills
2 25 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 17 (6.07%) Finance
5 15 (5.36%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.93%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.21%) Banking
8 7 (2.50%) Legal
8 7 (2.50%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.43%) Police
11 4 (1.43%) Retail
12 3 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.71%) Advertising
13 2 (0.71%) Aviation
13 2 (0.71%) Games
14 1 (0.36%) Local Government
14 1 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 127 (45.36%) Network Engineer
2 40 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 38 (13.57%) Architect
3 38 (13.57%) Senior
4 26 (9.29%) Senior Network Engineer
5 23 (8.21%) IT Engineer
5 23 (8.21%) Network Architect
6 16 (5.71%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 14 (5.00%) IT Support
7 14 (5.00%) Technical Architect
8 12 (4.29%) Network Specialist
9 11 (3.93%) Azure Engineer
9 11 (3.93%) Security Engineer
9 11 (3.93%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 10 (3.57%) Cisco Engineer
10 10 (3.57%) Network Security Engineer
10 10 (3.57%) Support Engineer
11 9 (3.21%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 9 (3.21%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (3.21%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.36%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.43%) REST
3 2 (0.71%) cloud-init
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.71%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.71%) NETCONF
3 2 (0.71%) RFC 2544
4 1 (0.36%) CSS
4 1 (0.36%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 92 (32.86%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.43%) Onboarding
3 15 (5.36%) Replication
4 13 (4.64%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (3.93%) Operational Technology
5 11 (3.93%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (3.57%) Driving Licence
7 9 (3.21%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.50%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (2.50%) PKI
9 6 (2.14%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (2.14%) Private Cloud
9 6 (2.14%) SCADA
9 6 (2.14%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.79%) Clustering
11 4 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.43%) Life Science
11 4 (1.43%) Security Posture
12 3 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.07%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 56 (20.00%) Windows
2 26 (9.29%) Windows Server
3 20 (7.14%) Linux
4 12 (4.29%) Windows 10
5 10 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.43%) SUSE
6 4 (1.43%) VMS
6 4 (1.43%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.07%) CentOS
7 3 (1.07%) Rocky
7 3 (1.07%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.07%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.71%) Unix
8 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.36%) Debian
9 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (20.71%) Migration
2 47 (16.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 47 (16.79%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (16.43%) ITSM
4 41 (14.64%) Validation
5 40 (14.29%) Network Segmentation
6 30 (10.71%) High Availability
7 29 (10.36%) Network Design
8 28 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (9.64%) Project Delivery
10 26 (9.29%) Disaster Recovery
11 24 (8.57%) ITIL
11 24 (8.57%) Zero Trust
12 23 (8.21%) Runbook
13 22 (7.86%) Network Monitoring
14 20 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
15 16 (5.71%) CI/CD
15 16 (5.71%) Mentoring
16 15 (5.36%) Infrastructure as Code
16 15 (5.36%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 43 (15.36%) Python
2 26 (9.29%) PowerShell
3 13 (4.64%) Bash
4 6 (2.14%) VBScript
5 5 (1.79%) ActionScript
6 4 (1.43%) VB
7 2 (0.71%) SQL
8 1 (0.36%) Bicep
8 1 (0.36%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.36%) Ladder Logic
8 1 (0.36%) Perl
Qualifications
1 107 (38.21%) Security Cleared
2 82 (29.29%) SC Cleared
3 78 (27.86%) Cisco Certification
4 68 (24.29%) CCNP
5 51 (18.21%) CCNA
6 26 (9.29%) DV Cleared
7 19 (6.79%) Network+ Certification
8 15 (5.36%) Server+ Certification
9 12 (4.29%) CCIE
9 12 (4.29%) Degree
10 7 (2.50%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.43%) ISTQB
11 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.07%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.07%) CISSP
12 3 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.71%) BC Cleared
13 2 (0.71%) JNCIS
13 2 (0.71%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.93%) QA
2 10 (3.57%) NCSC
3 8 (2.86%) SLA
4 5 (1.79%) GxP
4 5 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.79%) NIST
5 3 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.07%) GDPR
5 3 (1.07%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.71%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.71%) GMP
6 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.71%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.71%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.36%) GRC
System Software
1 46 (16.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 37 (13.21%) Active Directory
3 23 (8.21%) vSphere
4 18 (6.43%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (5.36%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (5.00%) Firmware
6 14 (5.00%) Hyper-V
7 11 (3.93%) VMware NSX
8 6 (2.14%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.43%) BitLocker
9 4 (1.43%) NFS
10 3 (1.07%) KVM
11 2 (0.71%) Ceph
11 2 (0.71%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.36%) Docker
12 1 (0.36%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.36%) QEMU
12 1 (0.36%) Snort
12 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 35 (12.50%) Ansible
2 25 (8.93%) Terraform
3 24 (8.57%) FortiGate
4 16 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (4.29%) SCCM
6 11 (3.93%) vCenter Server
7 6 (2.14%) VxRail
7 6 (2.14%) WSUS
8 4 (1.43%) Cisco Prime
8 4 (1.43%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.43%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.43%) Nagios
8 4 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.07%) Grafana
9 3 (1.07%) Iperf
9 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (1.07%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.71%) Nmap
10 2 (0.71%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.71%) SELinux
Vendors
1 159 (56.79%) Cisco
2 60 (21.43%) VMware
3 56 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 52 (18.57%) Fortinet
5 49 (17.50%) Microsoft
6 37 (13.21%) F5
7 29 (10.36%) Juniper
8 28 (10.00%) CheckPoint
9 23 (8.21%) Aruba
10 22 (7.86%) ServiceNow
11 18 (6.43%) SolarWinds
12 15 (5.36%) Veeam
13 13 (4.64%) Arista
14 12 (4.29%) Meraki
14 12 (4.29%) Zscaler
15 11 (3.93%) Ekahau
16 8 (2.86%) Citrix
16 8 (2.86%) Dell
17 7 (2.50%) Google
17 7 (2.50%) NetApp