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 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 336 355
Rank change year-on-year -34 +19 +91
Contract jobs citing VLAN 184 157 202
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.56% 0.59% 0.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.32% 4.58% 3.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 93 122
10th Percentile £219 £225 £203
25th Percentile £350 £300 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £430 £444
Median % change year-on-year +10.47% -3.10% -1.17%
75th Percentile £569 £588 £573
90th Percentile £610 £623 £675
UK median daily rate £462 £428 £450
% change year-on-year +8.04% -5.00% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 8
10th Percentile £26.83 - £31.51
25th Percentile £33.00 - £34.25
Median hourly rate £50.25 - £71.90
75th Percentile £74.26 - £76.53
90th Percentile £81.61 - -
UK median hourly rate £50.25 £30.25 £61.13
% change year-on-year +66.12% -50.52% +88.10%

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 3,456 3,430 5,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.45% 12.93% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,255 1,966 3,267
10th Percentile £204 £213 £205
25th Percentile £355 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +2.56% -7.13%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £678 £683 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £493
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.47% -4.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 105 375
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.08 £15.65
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.30 £22.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -30.00% +141.49%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.00 £75.40
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -7.69% -35.00% +146.91%

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 31 January 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 31 January 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 31 January 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
North of England -19 55 £481 +48.08% 25
London -28 49 £475 +5.56% 36
North West +3 45 £500 +11.11% 14
South East -26 41 £460 -18.58% 49
Midlands -49 16 £525 -9.95% 15
West Midlands -45 14 £531 -10.24% 11
Yorkshire -45 10 £363 +49.48% 8
South West -35 8 £425 +3.03% 18
East of England -11 5 £460 +87.76% 16
North East - 3 £550 - 5
East Midlands -25 2 £275 -41.18% 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 12 (6.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.89%) Skype for Business
3 6 (3.26%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.72%) OpenStack
5 2 (1.09%) WordPress
6 1 (0.54%) Apache
6 1 (0.54%) Confluence
6 1 (0.54%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (5.43%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 62 (33.70%) Azure
2 38 (20.65%) AWS
3 23 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (6.52%) GCP
5 11 (5.98%) Entra ID
6 7 (3.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (2.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (2.17%) SaaS
9 3 (1.63%) AWS Direct Connect
9 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.63%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.09%) IaaS
10 2 (1.09%) PaaS
11 1 (0.54%) Akamai
11 1 (0.54%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.54%) Cloud Run
11 1 (0.54%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 102 (55.43%) Firewall
2 60 (32.61%) DNS
3 56 (30.43%) DHCP
4 54 (29.35%) WAN
5 51 (27.72%) VPN
6 50 (27.17%) LAN
7 48 (26.09%) TCP/IP
8 47 (25.54%) BGP
8 47 (25.54%) Network Security
9 38 (20.65%) Wi-Fi
10 35 (19.02%) OSPF
11 23 (12.50%) MPLS
12 22 (11.96%) Wireless
13 20 (10.87%) SD-WAN
14 16 (8.70%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (6.52%) Cisco ISE
15 12 (6.52%) EIGRP
16 11 (5.98%) Software-Defined Networking
16 11 (5.98%) VXLAN
16 11 (5.98%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.09%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.54%) MySQL
2 1 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.09%) Git
1 2 (1.09%) Metasploit
1 2 (1.09%) sqlmap
2 1 (0.54%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.54%) JIRA
2 1 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 49 (26.63%) Social Skills
2 34 (18.48%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (9.24%) Public Sector
4 12 (6.52%) Finance
4 12 (6.52%) Telecoms
5 7 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.72%) Legal
7 4 (2.17%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.63%) Local Government
9 2 (1.09%) Electronics
9 2 (1.09%) Law
9 2 (1.09%) Marketing
10 1 (0.54%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.54%) Aviation
10 1 (0.54%) Banking
10 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (34.24%) Network Engineer
2 27 (14.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 21 (11.41%) Support Engineer
4 16 (8.70%) Architect
5 15 (8.15%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 12 (6.52%) Infrastructure Support
6 12 (6.52%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 12 (6.52%) Senior
7 11 (5.98%) Analyst
8 8 (4.35%) IT Support
8 8 (4.35%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (4.35%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (3.80%) IT Analyst
9 7 (3.80%) IT Engineer
9 7 (3.80%) Lead
9 7 (3.80%) Technical Architect
10 6 (3.26%) Cisco Engineer
10 6 (3.26%) IT Support Analyst
10 6 (3.26%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (3.26%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.43%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.17%) Middleware
3 2 (1.09%) XMPP
4 1 (0.54%) CrewAI
4 1 (0.54%) JFC
4 1 (0.54%) JSON
4 1 (0.54%) LAMP
4 1 (0.54%) LangChain
4 1 (0.54%) LAPP Stack
4 1 (0.54%) LDAP
4 1 (0.54%) libvirt
4 1 (0.54%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 14 (7.61%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (5.43%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.35%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.26%) Replication
6 4 (2.17%) CCTV
6 4 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.17%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.17%) NHS
6 4 (2.17%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.63%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.63%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.09%) Clustering
8 2 (1.09%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.09%) PKI
8 2 (1.09%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.54%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 66 (35.87%) Windows
2 29 (15.76%) Linux
3 20 (10.87%) Windows Server
4 17 (9.24%) Windows 10
5 10 (5.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (4.89%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.63%) VMS
8 2 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.54%) CentOS
9 1 (0.54%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.54%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.54%) Unix
9 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (21.20%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (19.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 26 (14.13%) ITIL
4 25 (13.59%) Service Management
5 23 (12.50%) Network Design
6 22 (11.96%) ITSM
7 21 (11.41%) Disaster Recovery
7 21 (11.41%) Migration
8 19 (10.33%) Network Monitoring
9 18 (9.78%) Change Control
10 17 (9.24%) High Availability
10 17 (9.24%) Virtual Infrastructure
11 16 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (7.61%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (7.61%) Validation
13 12 (6.52%) Containerisation
13 12 (6.52%) Project Delivery
14 11 (5.98%) Incident Response
14 11 (5.98%) Preventative Maintenance
15 9 (4.89%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 31 (16.85%) PowerShell
2 22 (11.96%) Python
3 20 (10.87%) Bash
4 12 (6.52%) VBScript
5 9 (4.89%) VB
6 7 (3.80%) Perl
7 4 (2.17%) SQL
8 1 (0.54%) Go
8 1 (0.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 80 (43.48%) Security Cleared
2 62 (33.70%) SC Cleared
3 52 (28.26%) Cisco Certification
4 46 (25.00%) CCNP
5 28 (15.22%) CCNA
6 18 (9.78%) Azure Certification
7 17 (9.24%) DV Cleared
8 16 (8.70%) Degree
9 15 (8.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (8.15%) Network+ Certification
10 11 (5.98%) CCIE
10 11 (5.98%) Server+ Certification
11 7 (3.80%) JNCIS
12 6 (3.26%) AWS Certification
13 5 (2.72%) CCDP
13 5 (2.72%) JNCIP
14 4 (2.17%) CISSP
15 3 (1.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 3 (1.63%) CCSP
15 3 (1.63%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (3.26%) PCI DSS
1 6 (3.26%) SLA
2 5 (2.72%) NIST
3 4 (2.17%) GDPR
4 3 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.09%) QA
6 1 (0.54%) GRC
6 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.54%) NCSC
System Software
1 40 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 34 (18.48%) Active Directory
3 19 (10.33%) Hyper-V
4 9 (4.89%) BitLocker
4 9 (4.89%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (4.89%) vSphere
5 8 (4.35%) Docker
6 6 (3.26%) KVM
6 6 (3.26%) VMware NSX
7 4 (2.17%) Firmware
7 4 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.63%) Ceph
9 2 (1.09%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.54%) iptables
10 1 (0.54%) NFS
10 1 (0.54%) RHEV
10 1 (0.54%) Samba
10 1 (0.54%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.54%) Squid
10 1 (0.54%) Xen
Systems Management
1 17 (9.24%) SCCM
2 16 (8.70%) FortiGate
3 15 (8.15%) Ansible
4 11 (5.98%) Terraform
4 11 (5.98%) vCenter Server
5 7 (3.80%) Nagios
6 6 (3.26%) Kubernetes
6 6 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (3.26%) Nmap
6 6 (3.26%) VxRail
7 4 (2.17%) Iperf
8 3 (1.63%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (1.09%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (1.09%) Cisco Prime
9 2 (1.09%) Nessus
9 2 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.54%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.54%) Grafana
10 1 (0.54%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.54%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 79 (42.93%) Cisco
2 51 (27.72%) Microsoft
3 47 (25.54%) VMware
4 42 (22.83%) Palo Alto
5 23 (12.50%) Fortinet
6 22 (11.96%) SolarWinds
7 21 (11.41%) Dell
8 18 (9.78%) Juniper
9 12 (6.52%) Aruba
9 12 (6.52%) F5
9 12 (6.52%) Meraki
10 11 (5.98%) ServiceNow
10 11 (5.98%) Veeam
11 9 (4.89%) CheckPoint
11 9 (4.89%) Citrix
11 9 (4.89%) Red Hat
12 6 (3.26%) HP
13 5 (2.72%) NetApp
13 5 (2.72%) Zscaler
14 4 (2.17%) Nokia