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 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 349 382
Rank change year-on-year +3 +33 -34
Contract jobs citing VLAN 303 159 145
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.66% 0.58% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.03% 4.73% 3.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 103 86
10th Percentile £375 £225 £252
25th Percentile £413 £360 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £447 £463
Median % change year-on-year +10.74% -3.35% -7.50%
75th Percentile £593 £537 £563
90th Percentile £641 £672 £656
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +5.56% -2.70% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 0
10th Percentile £18.50 £57.20 -
25th Percentile £33.70 £58.63 -
Median hourly rate £54.88 £62.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.49% - -
75th Percentile £74.00 £65.13 -
90th Percentile £76.96 £66.40 -
UK median hourly rate £54.88 £62.00 -
% change year-on-year -11.49% - -

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 4,310 3,362 4,166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.44% 12.20% 12.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,606 2,083 2,545
10th Percentile £263 £250 £250
25th Percentile £400 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £504
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -2.38% +0.80%
75th Percentile £590 £600 £614
90th Percentile £687 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +3.52% -3.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 169 277
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.23
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £21.25
Median hourly rate £27.75 £43.50 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year -36.21% -20.73% -1.84%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £84.20 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.14 £46.25 £49.00
% change year-on-year -43.48% -5.61% -12.35%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 21 August 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 -55 89 £450 +12.36% 43
North of England -26 70 £500 +9.65% 20
South East -49 48 £475 +5.56% 55
North West -16 43 £519 +10.44% 8
South West -23 31 £495 +29.41% 16
Midlands -42 29 £413 -21.43% 23
Yorkshire -17 26 £488 +62.36% 10
West Midlands -51 15 £413 -7.30% 21
East Midlands -12 13 £275 -57.69% 2
East of England -18 9 £600 +60.00% 14
North East -36 1 - - 4
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 17 (5.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (3.96%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.98%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.65%) FactoryTalk
5 2 (0.66%) Apache
5 2 (0.66%) CloudStack
5 2 (0.66%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 89 (29.37%) Azure
2 44 (14.52%) AWS
3 38 (12.54%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (9.90%) Entra ID
5 18 (5.94%) GCP
5 18 (5.94%) GitHub
6 13 (4.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 13 (4.29%) IaaS
7 9 (2.97%) SaaS
8 8 (2.64%) PaaS
9 7 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.31%) Datadog
9 7 (2.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 6 (1.98%) Nutanix
10 6 (1.98%) OneDrive
11 5 (1.65%) Cohesity
11 5 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.32%) Azure Stack
13 3 (0.99%) AWS Direct Connect
13 3 (0.99%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 187 (61.72%) Firewall
2 121 (39.93%) DNS
3 110 (36.30%) BGP
4 101 (33.33%) OSPF
5 100 (33.00%) DHCP
6 99 (32.67%) VPN
7 92 (30.36%) WAN
8 72 (23.76%) LAN
9 70 (23.10%) TCP/IP
10 67 (22.11%) Network Security
11 63 (20.79%) Wireless
12 52 (17.16%) Wi-Fi
13 44 (14.52%) SAN
14 41 (13.53%) SD-WAN
15 36 (11.88%) Cisco Nexus
16 30 (9.90%) VXLAN
17 26 (8.58%) Cisco IOS
17 26 (8.58%) WLAN
18 25 (8.25%) Multicast
18 25 (8.25%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (3.96%) Jenkins
2 11 (3.63%) Git
3 10 (3.30%) JIRA
4 7 (2.31%) Chocolatey
5 5 (1.65%) GitLab
6 4 (1.32%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.66%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.66%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.66%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.33%) MSI
General
1 68 (22.44%) Social Skills
2 36 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (10.89%) Finance
4 16 (5.28%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (4.62%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.63%) Banking
6 11 (3.63%) Telecoms
7 10 (3.30%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.31%) Police
9 7 (2.31%) Retail
10 6 (1.98%) Legal
10 6 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.98%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.32%) Automotive
11 4 (1.32%) Games
12 3 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.66%) Advertising
13 2 (0.66%) French Language
13 2 (0.66%) Law
Job Titles
1 141 (46.53%) Network Engineer
2 63 (20.79%) Senior
3 48 (15.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 45 (14.85%) Senior Network Engineer
5 30 (9.90%) Architect
6 21 (6.93%) IT Engineer
7 19 (6.27%) Network Architect
8 18 (5.94%) Cisco Engineer
9 17 (5.61%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 16 (5.28%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 14 (4.62%) Network Specialist
12 12 (3.96%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (3.96%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 12 (3.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (3.63%) Azure Engineer
13 11 (3.63%) IT Support
13 11 (3.63%) Senior Network Specialist
13 11 (3.63%) Support Engineer
14 10 (3.30%) Technical Architect
15 9 (2.97%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (12.54%) Terraform
2 17 (5.61%) 802.1X
3 3 (0.99%) NETCONF
3 3 (0.99%) REST
4 2 (0.66%) .NET
4 2 (0.66%) cloud-init
4 2 (0.66%) eBPF
4 2 (0.66%) HTML
4 2 (0.66%) HTML5
4 2 (0.66%) ModSecurity
4 2 (0.66%) ODBC
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.33%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 99 (32.67%) Data Centre
2 19 (6.27%) Onboarding
2 19 (6.27%) Replication
3 18 (5.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 16 (5.28%) PKI
5 15 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (3.96%) Linux Command Line
6 12 (3.96%) Operational Technology
7 11 (3.63%) Cloud Native
7 11 (3.63%) Driving Licence
8 7 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.31%) Life Science
8 7 (2.31%) SCADA
8 7 (2.31%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.98%) Digital Signage
9 6 (1.98%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.65%) Clustering
10 5 (1.65%) CMDB
10 5 (1.65%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.65%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 82 (27.06%) Windows
2 43 (14.19%) Windows Server
3 33 (10.89%) Linux
4 14 (4.62%) Windows 10
5 13 (4.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.64%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.98%) CentOS
7 6 (1.98%) Rocky
7 6 (1.98%) Windows 7
8 4 (1.32%) SUSE
8 4 (1.32%) Unix
8 4 (1.32%) VMS
9 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.66%) Android
11 1 (0.33%) Debian
11 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (19.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 60 (19.80%) Migration
2 56 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (17.49%) Validation
4 48 (15.84%) ITSM
5 39 (12.87%) High Availability
6 37 (12.21%) Network Segmentation
7 34 (11.22%) ITIL
8 32 (10.56%) Project Delivery
9 30 (9.90%) Network Design
10 29 (9.57%) Disaster Recovery
11 27 (8.91%) Zero Trust
12 26 (8.58%) Infrastructure as Code
13 24 (7.92%) Continuous Improvement
14 21 (6.93%) Cybersecurity
14 21 (6.93%) Infrastructure Automation
15 20 (6.60%) DevOps
15 20 (6.60%) Runbook
16 19 (6.27%) Network Monitoring
17 18 (5.94%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 53 (17.49%) Python
2 35 (11.55%) PowerShell
3 17 (5.61%) Bash
4 6 (1.98%) VB
4 6 (1.98%) VBScript
5 5 (1.65%) ActionScript
6 4 (1.32%) SQL
7 2 (0.66%) Java
7 2 (0.66%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.33%) Bicep
8 1 (0.33%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 102 (33.66%) Security Cleared
2 78 (25.74%) Cisco Certification
3 75 (24.75%) SC Cleared
4 66 (21.78%) CCNP
5 43 (14.19%) CCNA
6 22 (7.26%) DV Cleared
7 18 (5.94%) Degree
8 17 (5.61%) Network+ Certification
9 14 (4.62%) Server+ Certification
10 13 (4.29%) Azure Certification
11 10 (3.30%) CCIE
12 7 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (1.65%) JNCIS
14 4 (1.32%) JNCIP
14 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (1.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.99%) CISM
15 3 (0.99%) CISSP
15 3 (0.99%) DBS Check
15 3 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.29%) QA
1 13 (4.29%) SLA
2 6 (1.98%) GxP
2 6 (1.98%) NCSC
2 6 (1.98%) NIST
3 5 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.32%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 4 (1.32%) NIST 800
5 3 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
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%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 62 (20.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 41 (13.53%) Active Directory
3 22 (7.26%) vSphere
4 19 (6.27%) Hyper-V
4 19 (6.27%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (5.28%) Firmware
5 16 (5.28%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (3.63%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.31%) BitLocker
7 7 (2.31%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (1.98%) KVM
9 4 (1.32%) NFS
10 3 (0.99%) VirtualBox
11 2 (0.66%) Ceph
12 1 (0.33%) Docker
12 1 (0.33%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.33%) QEMU
12 1 (0.33%) Snort
12 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 49 (16.17%) Ansible
2 23 (7.59%) FortiGate
3 22 (7.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (4.95%) SCCM
5 12 (3.96%) vCenter Server
6 8 (2.64%) Kubernetes
7 6 (1.98%) Cisco Prime
7 6 (1.98%) NetBackup
7 6 (1.98%) WSUS
8 5 (1.65%) Grafana
8 5 (1.65%) Nagios
9 4 (1.32%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.32%) systemd
9 4 (1.32%) VxRail
10 3 (0.99%) Avamar
10 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Clustering
10 3 (0.99%) PowerCLI
11 2 (0.66%) SELinux
11 2 (0.66%) vMotion
Vendors
1 171 (56.44%) Cisco
2 80 (26.40%) VMware
3 66 (21.78%) Microsoft
4 57 (18.81%) Fortinet
5 51 (16.83%) Palo Alto
6 44 (14.52%) F5
7 32 (10.56%) CheckPoint
8 31 (10.23%) Juniper
9 29 (9.57%) ServiceNow
10 25 (8.25%) Aruba
11 19 (6.27%) Arista
12 17 (5.61%) SolarWinds
12 17 (5.61%) Veeam
13 11 (3.63%) CyberArk
13 11 (3.63%) Meraki
13 11 (3.63%) Zscaler
14 10 (3.30%) Dynatrace
14 10 (3.30%) Ekahau
14 10 (3.30%) NetApp
15 8 (2.64%) Dell