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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 340 427
Rank change year-on-year -11 +87 -71
Contract jobs citing VLAN 271 157 132
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.62% 0.60% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.48% 4.71% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 99 89
10th Percentile £338 £200 £190
25th Percentile £413 £325 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +6.25% -15.79%
75th Percentile £588 £488 £540
90th Percentile £630 £605 £630
UK median daily rate £470 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +10.59% +6.25% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 1 0
10th Percentile £12.43 - -
25th Percentile £18.50 £56.25 -
Median hourly rate £74.00 £57.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.70% - -
75th Percentile - £58.75 -
90th Percentile £75.16 - -
UK median hourly rate £74.00 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +28.70% +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 4,184 3,335 4,835
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.51% 12.66% 12.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,579 2,064 2,876
10th Percentile £250 £235 £214
25th Percentile £400 £363 £359
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 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 143 390
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.75 £13.87
25th Percentile £20.63 £20.84 £17.69
Median hourly rate £26.72 £40.00 £45.44
Median % change year-on-year -33.20% -11.97% +103.45%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.35 £74.10
UK median hourly rate £26.44 £44.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.58% -1.11% +100.00%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -54 75 £450 +9.09% 55
North of England -29 60 £515 +15.21% 26
North West -8 44 £575 +23.66% 12
South East -48 37 £500 +11.11% 54
Midlands -49 30 £413 -7.30% 21
South West -12 28 £495 +65.00% 18
Yorkshire -41 15 £388 +29.06% 12
West Midlands -64 15 £413 +13.01% 11
East Midlands -9 14 £275 -57.69% 10
East of England -34 9 £551 +145.00% 23
North East -35 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 12 (4.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.32%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.48%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.74%) Apache
4 2 (0.74%) CloudStack
4 2 (0.74%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.74%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 71 (26.20%) Azure
2 36 (13.28%) AWS
3 24 (8.86%) Entra ID
4 23 (8.49%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (5.54%) GCP
6 12 (4.43%) IaaS
7 11 (4.06%) GitHub
8 9 (3.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 8 (2.95%) Nutanix
10 7 (2.58%) PaaS
10 7 (2.58%) SaaS
10 7 (2.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 6 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.21%) Datadog
12 5 (1.85%) Cohesity
13 4 (1.48%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (1.48%) Azure Stack
13 4 (1.48%) OneDrive
14 3 (1.11%) Azure Monitor
15 2 (0.74%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 168 (61.99%) Firewall
2 94 (34.69%) DNS
3 93 (34.32%) BGP
4 87 (32.10%) OSPF
5 86 (31.73%) WAN
6 80 (29.52%) VPN
7 77 (28.41%) DHCP
8 70 (25.83%) LAN
9 67 (24.72%) Network Security
10 56 (20.66%) TCP/IP
11 46 (16.97%) Wireless
12 42 (15.50%) Wi-Fi
13 38 (14.02%) SAN
14 37 (13.65%) SD-WAN
15 28 (10.33%) Cisco Nexus
16 27 (9.96%) NX-OS
17 26 (9.59%) VXLAN
18 23 (8.49%) MPLS
18 23 (8.49%) NAS
19 22 (8.12%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (2.95%) JIRA
2 7 (2.58%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.21%) Chocolatey
4 5 (1.85%) Git
5 3 (1.11%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.74%) Browser DevTools
6 2 (0.74%) GitLab
7 1 (0.37%) MSI
General
1 70 (25.83%) Social Skills
2 23 (8.49%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (7.38%) Documentation Skills
4 17 (6.27%) Finance
5 15 (5.54%) Telecoms
6 10 (3.69%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.32%) Banking
8 7 (2.58%) Legal
8 7 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.85%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.48%) Police
11 4 (1.48%) Retail
12 3 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.74%) Aviation
13 2 (0.74%) Games
14 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.37%) Law
14 1 (0.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 120 (44.28%) Network Engineer
2 39 (14.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 38 (14.02%) Architect
4 37 (13.65%) Senior
5 25 (9.23%) Senior Network Engineer
6 23 (8.49%) IT Engineer
6 23 (8.49%) Network Architect
7 17 (6.27%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 15 (5.54%) IT Support
9 14 (5.17%) Technical Architect
10 13 (4.80%) Network Specialist
11 12 (4.43%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 11 (4.06%) Azure Engineer
12 11 (4.06%) Security Engineer
13 10 (3.69%) Cisco Engineer
13 10 (3.69%) Network Security Engineer
13 10 (3.69%) Senior Network Specialist
13 10 (3.69%) Support Engineer
14 9 (3.32%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 9 (3.32%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.90%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.48%) REST
3 2 (0.74%) cloud-init
3 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.74%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.74%) RFC 2544
4 1 (0.37%) CSS
4 1 (0.37%) HTML
4 1 (0.37%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 90 (33.21%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.64%) Onboarding
3 15 (5.54%) Replication
4 12 (4.43%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (3.69%) Driving Licence
7 9 (3.32%) Cloud Native
7 9 (3.32%) Operational Technology
8 8 (2.95%) PKI
9 7 (2.58%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (2.21%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (2.21%) Private Cloud
10 6 (2.21%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.85%) Clustering
12 4 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.48%) SCADA
12 4 (1.48%) Security Posture
13 3 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (1.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 2 (0.74%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 54 (19.93%) Windows
2 23 (8.49%) Windows Server
3 20 (7.38%) Linux
4 12 (4.43%) Windows 10
5 10 (3.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.48%) SUSE
6 4 (1.48%) VMS
6 4 (1.48%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.11%) CentOS
7 3 (1.11%) Rocky
7 3 (1.11%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.74%) Unix
8 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.37%) Debian
9 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (20.66%) Migration
2 46 (16.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 46 (16.97%) ITSM
3 45 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (14.76%) Validation
5 39 (14.39%) Network Segmentation
6 31 (11.44%) High Availability
7 28 (10.33%) Network Design
8 26 (9.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (9.59%) Disaster Recovery
8 26 (9.59%) Project Delivery
9 24 (8.86%) Zero Trust
10 22 (8.12%) ITIL
10 22 (8.12%) Runbook
11 19 (7.01%) Network Monitoring
12 18 (6.64%) Cybersecurity
13 16 (5.90%) Change Control
13 16 (5.90%) CI/CD
14 15 (5.54%) Infrastructure as Code
14 15 (5.54%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 41 (15.13%) Python
2 24 (8.86%) PowerShell
3 13 (4.80%) Bash
4 6 (2.21%) VBScript
5 5 (1.85%) ActionScript
6 4 (1.48%) VB
7 2 (0.74%) SQL
8 1 (0.37%) Bicep
8 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.37%) Ladder Logic
8 1 (0.37%) Perl
Qualifications
1 105 (38.75%) Security Cleared
2 83 (30.63%) SC Cleared
3 76 (28.04%) Cisco Certification
4 67 (24.72%) CCNP
5 50 (18.45%) CCNA
6 23 (8.49%) DV Cleared
7 19 (7.01%) Network+ Certification
8 15 (5.54%) Server+ Certification
9 11 (4.06%) CCIE
10 10 (3.69%) Degree
11 7 (2.58%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.48%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (1.11%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.11%) CISSP
13 3 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (0.74%) BC Cleared
14 2 (0.74%) JNCIS
14 2 (0.74%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.06%) QA
2 10 (3.69%) NCSC
3 8 (2.95%) SLA
4 5 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.85%) NIST
5 3 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.11%) GDPR
5 3 (1.11%) GxP
5 3 (1.11%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.74%) GMP
6 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.74%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.74%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.37%) GRC
System Software
1 40 (14.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 37 (13.65%) Active Directory
3 20 (7.38%) vSphere
4 18 (6.64%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (5.54%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (5.17%) Firmware
7 13 (4.80%) Hyper-V
8 8 (2.95%) VMware NSX
9 5 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (1.48%) BitLocker
10 4 (1.48%) NFS
11 3 (1.11%) KVM
12 2 (0.74%) Ceph
12 2 (0.74%) VirtualBox
13 1 (0.37%) Docker
13 1 (0.37%) ProxySG
13 1 (0.37%) QEMU
13 1 (0.37%) Snort
13 1 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (11.07%) Ansible
2 24 (8.86%) FortiGate
3 21 (7.75%) Terraform
4 15 (5.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (4.43%) SCCM
6 11 (4.06%) vCenter Server
7 6 (2.21%) VxRail
7 6 (2.21%) WSUS
8 4 (1.48%) Cisco Prime
8 4 (1.48%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.48%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.48%) Nagios
8 4 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.11%) Grafana
9 3 (1.11%) Iperf
9 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (1.11%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.74%) Avamar
10 2 (0.74%) Nmap
10 2 (0.74%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 154 (56.83%) Cisco
2 54 (19.93%) Palo Alto
2 54 (19.93%) VMware
3 52 (19.19%) Fortinet
4 49 (18.08%) Microsoft
5 35 (12.92%) F5
6 28 (10.33%) CheckPoint
7 27 (9.96%) Juniper
8 23 (8.49%) Aruba
9 22 (8.12%) ServiceNow
10 17 (6.27%) SolarWinds
11 15 (5.54%) Veeam
12 13 (4.80%) Arista
13 12 (4.43%) Meraki
14 11 (4.06%) Zscaler
15 10 (3.69%) Ekahau
16 8 (2.95%) Citrix
16 8 (2.95%) Dell
17 7 (2.58%) Google
17 7 (2.58%) NetApp