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 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 335 376
Rank change year-on-year -32 +41 +57
Contract jobs citing VLAN 198 145 188
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.58% 0.56% 0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.66% 4.26% 3.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 90 110
10th Percentile £202 £223 £190
25th Percentile £350 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £428 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.36% +6.88% -11.11%
75th Percentile £569 £588 £544
90th Percentile £601 £625 £650
UK median daily rate £456 £420 £414
% change year-on-year +8.57% +1.51% -11.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 7
10th Percentile £12.43 - £33.80
25th Percentile £17.57 - £48.82
Median hourly rate £34.00 - £76.53
75th Percentile £74.26 - -
90th Percentile £76.71 - -
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £30.25 £67.27
% change year-on-year +12.40% -55.03% +106.97%

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 3,497 3,404 5,305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.26% 13.10% 13.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,278 1,997 3,177
10th Percentile £204 £213 £205
25th Percentile £355 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £677 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -5.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 97 382
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £14.48
25th Percentile £18.59 £20.30 £21.06
Median hourly rate £28.38 £32.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.68% -31.58% +137.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.38 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -12.68% -31.58% +143.59%

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 15 February 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 15 February 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 15 February 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 +2 56 £470 +3.98% 36
North of England -27 55 £481 +48.08% 34
North West +1 43 £525 +16.67% 20
South East -30 40 £458 -19.65% 52
Midlands -52 17 £475 -19.14% 10
West Midlands -42 15 £525 -10.63% 8
Yorkshire -60 12 £363 +49.48% 11
South West -36 11 £500 +21.21% 22
East of England -22 6 £475 +155.03% 22
North East - 3 £550 - 5
East Midlands -27 2 £275 -56.69% 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 12 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.55%) Skype for Business
3 5 (2.53%) OpenStack
3 5 (2.53%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.01%) WordPress
5 1 (0.51%) Apache
5 1 (0.51%) Confluence
5 1 (0.51%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.02%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.01%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 64 (32.32%) Azure
2 38 (19.19%) AWS
3 24 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (6.57%) GCP
5 11 (5.56%) Entra ID
6 7 (3.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (2.53%) IaaS
7 5 (2.53%) PaaS
7 5 (2.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (2.02%) SaaS
9 3 (1.52%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.01%) Datadog
10 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.01%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.01%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.51%) Akamai
11 1 (0.51%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.51%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 113 (57.07%) Firewall
2 65 (32.83%) DNS
3 63 (31.82%) DHCP
4 61 (30.81%) VPN
5 59 (29.80%) WAN
6 58 (29.29%) LAN
7 53 (26.77%) Network Security
8 51 (25.76%) BGP
9 50 (25.25%) TCP/IP
10 43 (21.72%) Wi-Fi
11 38 (19.19%) OSPF
12 25 (12.63%) MPLS
13 23 (11.62%) Wireless
14 19 (9.60%) SD-WAN
15 16 (8.08%) Cisco ASA
16 12 (6.06%) Cisco ISE
16 12 (6.06%) EIGRP
17 11 (5.56%) Software-Defined Networking
17 11 (5.56%) VXLAN
17 11 (5.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.02%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.51%) MySQL
2 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.01%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.01%) Chocolatey
1 2 (1.01%) Git
1 2 (1.01%) Metasploit
1 2 (1.01%) sqlmap
2 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.51%) JIRA
2 1 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 57 (28.79%) Social Skills
2 36 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (7.58%) Telecoms
4 14 (7.07%) Public Sector
5 12 (6.06%) Finance
6 10 (5.05%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.03%) Legal
8 4 (2.02%) Banking
8 4 (2.02%) Local Government
8 4 (2.02%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.01%) Aviation
10 2 (1.01%) Electronics
10 2 (1.01%) Law
10 2 (1.01%) Marketing
11 1 (0.51%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (34.85%) Network Engineer
2 27 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 22 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 17 (8.59%) Architect
5 16 (8.08%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 15 (7.58%) Senior
7 14 (7.07%) Analyst
8 12 (6.06%) Infrastructure Support
8 12 (6.06%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 10 (5.05%) IT Support
10 9 (4.55%) IT Engineer
10 9 (4.55%) Platform Engineer
11 7 (3.54%) IT Analyst
11 7 (3.54%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (3.54%) Technical Architect
12 6 (3.03%) Cisco Engineer
12 6 (3.03%) IT Support Analyst
12 6 (3.03%) Network Architect
12 6 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
12 6 (3.03%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.05%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.02%) Middleware
3 2 (1.01%) RFC 2544
3 2 (1.01%) XMPP
4 1 (0.51%) CrewAI
4 1 (0.51%) CSS
4 1 (0.51%) HTML
4 1 (0.51%) JFC
4 1 (0.51%) JSON
4 1 (0.51%) LAMP
4 1 (0.51%) LangChain
4 1 (0.51%) LAPP Stack
4 1 (0.51%) LDAP
4 1 (0.51%) libvirt
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.51%) REST
4 1 (0.51%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (24.24%) Data Centre
2 14 (7.07%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (5.05%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.55%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.03%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.53%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.02%) CCTV
7 4 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.02%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.02%) NHS
7 4 (2.02%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.52%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.01%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (1.01%) PKI
9 2 (1.01%) Replication
9 2 (1.01%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.51%) EMC VMAX
10 1 (0.51%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 70 (35.35%) Windows
2 31 (15.66%) Linux
3 20 (10.10%) Windows Server
4 18 (9.09%) Windows 10
5 11 (5.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (4.55%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.52%) VMS
8 2 (1.01%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.51%) CentOS
9 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.51%) Unix
9 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (23.74%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (17.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 29 (14.65%) Migration
4 28 (14.14%) Service Management
5 26 (13.13%) Disaster Recovery
5 26 (13.13%) ITIL
5 26 (13.13%) ITSM
6 24 (12.12%) Network Design
7 20 (10.10%) Change Control
7 20 (10.10%) Network Monitoring
8 19 (9.60%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (9.09%) High Availability
9 18 (9.09%) Virtual Infrastructure
10 16 (8.08%) Cybersecurity
10 16 (8.08%) Validation
11 13 (6.57%) Network Segmentation
12 12 (6.06%) Incident Response
12 12 (6.06%) Project Delivery
13 11 (5.56%) Containerisation
13 11 (5.56%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 31 (15.66%) PowerShell
2 24 (12.12%) Python
3 22 (11.11%) Bash
4 13 (6.57%) VBScript
5 9 (4.55%) VB
6 8 (4.04%) Perl
7 4 (2.02%) SQL
8 1 (0.51%) Go
8 1 (0.51%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 81 (40.91%) Security Cleared
2 65 (32.83%) SC Cleared
3 58 (29.29%) Cisco Certification
4 52 (26.26%) CCNP
5 34 (17.17%) CCNA
6 18 (9.09%) Azure Certification
6 18 (9.09%) DV Cleared
7 17 (8.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (8.08%) Degree
8 16 (8.08%) Network+ Certification
9 12 (6.06%) CCIE
9 12 (6.06%) Server+ Certification
10 7 (3.54%) JNCIS
11 6 (3.03%) AWS Certification
11 6 (3.03%) CCDP
12 5 (2.53%) CISSP
12 5 (2.53%) JNCIP
13 4 (2.02%) ISTQB
14 3 (1.52%) CCSP
14 3 (1.52%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.04%) SLA
2 6 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.03%) PCI DSS
3 5 (2.53%) GDPR
3 5 (2.53%) NIST
4 4 (2.02%) NCSC
5 3 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.01%) QA
7 1 (0.51%) GRC
7 1 (0.51%) GxP
7 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 39 (19.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 37 (18.69%) Active Directory
3 20 (10.10%) Hyper-V
4 11 (5.56%) vSphere
5 10 (5.05%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (4.55%) BitLocker
7 8 (4.04%) Docker
8 6 (3.03%) KVM
8 6 (3.03%) VMware NSX
9 5 (2.53%) Firmware
10 4 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (1.52%) Ceph
12 1 (0.51%) iptables
12 1 (0.51%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.51%) NFS
12 1 (0.51%) QEMU
12 1 (0.51%) RHEV
12 1 (0.51%) Samba
12 1 (0.51%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.51%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 19 (9.60%) SCCM
2 17 (8.59%) FortiGate
3 15 (7.58%) Ansible
4 11 (5.56%) Terraform
5 9 (4.55%) vCenter Server
6 7 (3.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (3.54%) Nagios
6 7 (3.54%) VxRail
7 6 (3.03%) Kubernetes
7 6 (3.03%) Nmap
8 4 (2.02%) Iperf
9 3 (1.52%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (1.52%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (1.01%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (1.01%) Nessus
10 2 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.51%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.51%) SELinux
11 1 (0.51%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 86 (43.43%) Cisco
2 56 (28.28%) Microsoft
3 49 (24.75%) VMware
4 45 (22.73%) Palo Alto
5 23 (11.62%) Fortinet
6 19 (9.60%) Juniper
6 19 (9.60%) SolarWinds
7 18 (9.09%) Dell
8 14 (7.07%) Meraki
9 13 (6.57%) Aruba
10 12 (6.06%) F5
10 12 (6.06%) ServiceNow
11 11 (5.56%) Citrix
12 10 (5.05%) Red Hat
13 9 (4.55%) CheckPoint
14 8 (4.04%) Veeam
15 7 (3.54%) HP
15 7 (3.54%) Zscaler
16 4 (2.02%) ADVA
16 4 (2.02%) Nokia