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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 373 343 367
Rank change year-on-year -30 +24 +39
Contract jobs citing VLAN 200 146 187
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.56% 0.59% 0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.54% 4.35% 3.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 97 108
10th Percentile £219 £223 £190
25th Percentile £380 £300 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £414
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +8.76% -10.42%
75th Percentile £569 £585 £532
90th Percentile £612 £615 £600
UK median daily rate £464 £435 £450
% change year-on-year +6.61% -3.33% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 5
10th Percentile - - £68.19
25th Percentile £12.43 - -
Median hourly rate £34.00 - £76.53
75th Percentile £74.26 - -
90th Percentile £76.71 - -
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £30.25 £76.53
% change year-on-year +12.40% -60.47% +135.48%

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 3,609 3,358 5,362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.02% 13.48% 14.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,327 2,051 3,220
10th Percentile £204 £210 £205
25th Percentile £366 £366 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 112 380
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.01 £14.27
25th Percentile £20.32 £21.46 £19.83
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% +110.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £72.97
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% +110.53%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 -18 60 £500 +53.85% 25
London -24 56 £460 +2.22% 21
North West +11 49 £520 +15.56% 16
South East -40 35 £465 -19.13% 41
Midlands -55 20 £413 -29.25% 10
West Midlands -47 17 £469 -19.60% 6
Yorkshire -55 11 £363 +47.96% 7
South West -37 10 £400 -3.03% 15
East of England -34 7 £508 +174.32% 18
East Midlands -35 3 £275 -56.69% 4
North East - 3 £550 - 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 11 (5.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.50%) Skype for Business
3 5 (2.50%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.00%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.00%) WordPress
5 1 (0.50%) Apache
Applications
1 9 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.00%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 64 (32.00%) Azure
2 29 (14.50%) AWS
3 24 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (7.00%) Entra ID
5 12 (6.00%) GCP
6 8 (4.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 8 (4.00%) IaaS
6 8 (4.00%) PaaS
7 7 (3.50%) SaaS
8 6 (3.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 5 (2.50%) Datadog
10 4 (2.00%) AWS Direct Connect
11 3 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.50%) Nutanix
12 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (1.00%) OneDrive
13 1 (0.50%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.50%) Google Ads
13 1 (0.50%) OCI
13 1 (0.50%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 125 (62.50%) Firewall
2 69 (34.50%) VPN
3 67 (33.50%) WAN
4 65 (32.50%) LAN
5 64 (32.00%) DNS
6 61 (30.50%) DHCP
7 58 (29.00%) Network Security
8 53 (26.50%) BGP
9 51 (25.50%) Wi-Fi
10 47 (23.50%) TCP/IP
11 41 (20.50%) OSPF
12 26 (13.00%) Wireless
13 25 (12.50%) MPLS
14 21 (10.50%) SD-WAN
15 14 (7.00%) Cisco ASA
15 14 (7.00%) EIGRP
15 14 (7.00%) SAN
15 14 (7.00%) WLAN
16 13 (6.50%) Cisco ISE
16 13 (6.50%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.50%) MySQL
2 1 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.50%) Chocolatey
2 2 (1.00%) Browser DevTools
2 2 (1.00%) Git
2 2 (1.00%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.50%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.50%) JIRA
3 1 (0.50%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.50%) sqlmap
General
1 57 (28.50%) Social Skills
2 30 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (6.00%) Documentation Skills
3 12 (6.00%) Public Sector
3 12 (6.00%) Telecoms
4 11 (5.50%) Finance
5 8 (4.00%) Banking
6 6 (3.00%) Legal
7 4 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.50%) Local Government
8 3 (1.50%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.00%) Aviation
10 1 (0.50%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.50%) Electronics
10 1 (0.50%) Law
10 1 (0.50%) Marketing
10 1 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 81 (40.50%) Network Engineer
2 20 (10.00%) Architect
2 20 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 20 (10.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 15 (7.50%) Senior
4 13 (6.50%) Support Engineer
5 12 (6.00%) Analyst
5 12 (6.00%) IT Support
5 12 (6.00%) Network Architect
6 11 (5.50%) IT Engineer
7 9 (4.50%) Azure Engineer
8 8 (4.00%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (3.50%) Cisco Engineer
9 7 (3.50%) IT Analyst
9 7 (3.50%) Technical Architect
10 6 (3.00%) IT Support Analyst
10 6 (3.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (3.00%) Support Analyst
11 5 (2.50%) Infrastructure Support
11 5 (2.50%) Juniper Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.50%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.00%) Middleware
2 2 (1.00%) RFC 2544
2 2 (1.00%) XMPP
3 1 (0.50%) CSS
3 1 (0.50%) HTML
3 1 (0.50%) LAMP
3 1 (0.50%) LAPP Stack
3 1 (0.50%) LDAP
3 1 (0.50%) libvirt
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 52 (26.00%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.50%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.50%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (3.00%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.50%) Operational Technology
6 5 (2.50%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.50%) CCTV
8 3 (1.50%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (1.50%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.50%) NHS
8 3 (1.50%) SCADA
9 2 (1.00%) PKI
9 2 (1.00%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.50%) Replication
10 1 (0.50%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.50%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 62 (31.00%) Windows
2 20 (10.00%) Linux
3 19 (9.50%) Windows Server
4 16 (8.00%) Windows 10
5 11 (5.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (4.50%) Windows 7
7 2 (1.00%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.00%) VMS
7 2 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.50%) CentOS
8 1 (0.50%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (17.00%) Migration
3 33 (16.50%) ITSM
4 28 (14.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 25 (12.50%) Network Design
6 23 (11.50%) Network Monitoring
7 21 (10.50%) Change Control
8 20 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (10.00%) High Availability
8 20 (10.00%) Service Management
9 19 (9.50%) Cybersecurity
9 19 (9.50%) ITIL
10 18 (9.00%) Disaster Recovery
11 17 (8.50%) Network Segmentation
12 15 (7.50%) Root Cause Analysis
12 15 (7.50%) Validation
13 13 (6.50%) Project Delivery
14 12 (6.00%) Incident Response
14 12 (6.00%) Runbook
15 11 (5.50%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 32 (16.00%) PowerShell
2 23 (11.50%) Python
3 20 (10.00%) Bash
4 13 (6.50%) VBScript
5 9 (4.50%) VB
6 8 (4.00%) Perl
7 6 (3.00%) SQL
8 1 (0.50%) Go
8 1 (0.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 83 (41.50%) Security Cleared
2 68 (34.00%) Cisco Certification
2 68 (34.00%) SC Cleared
3 61 (30.50%) CCNP
4 45 (22.50%) CCNA
5 18 (9.00%) DV Cleared
6 17 (8.50%) Degree
7 13 (6.50%) Network+ Certification
8 11 (5.50%) CCIE
9 10 (5.00%) Azure Certification
10 9 (4.50%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (3.50%) JNCIS
11 7 (3.50%) Server+ Certification
12 6 (3.00%) AWS Certification
12 6 (3.00%) CCDP
13 5 (2.50%) CISSP
13 5 (2.50%) JNCIP
14 4 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (2.00%) ISTQB
15 3 (1.50%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.50%) SLA
2 6 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.50%) GDPR
3 5 (2.50%) NIST
3 5 (2.50%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.00%) NCSC
5 3 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.00%) QA
7 1 (0.50%) GRC
7 1 (0.50%) GxP
7 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 41 (20.50%) Active Directory
2 28 (14.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (5.50%) vSphere
4 9 (4.50%) BitLocker
4 9 (4.50%) Hyper-V
4 9 (4.50%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (3.50%) Firmware
6 6 (3.00%) VMware NSX
7 5 (2.50%) Docker
7 5 (2.50%) KVM
8 3 (1.50%) Ceph
8 3 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.50%) iptables
9 1 (0.50%) NFS
9 1 (0.50%) QEMU
9 1 (0.50%) RHEV
9 1 (0.50%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.50%) SRDF
9 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.50%) Xen
Systems Management
1 21 (10.50%) SCCM
2 17 (8.50%) FortiGate
3 13 (6.50%) Ansible
4 11 (5.50%) Terraform
5 10 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (4.50%) Nagios
6 9 (4.50%) vCenter Server
7 7 (3.50%) VxRail
8 5 (2.50%) Kubernetes
9 3 (1.50%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (1.50%) Nmap
10 2 (1.00%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (1.00%) Cisco Prime
10 2 (1.00%) Grafana
10 2 (1.00%) Iperf
10 2 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.50%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.50%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.50%) SELinux
11 1 (0.50%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 92 (46.00%) Cisco
2 53 (26.50%) Microsoft
3 43 (21.50%) Palo Alto
4 39 (19.50%) VMware
5 24 (12.00%) Fortinet
6 22 (11.00%) Juniper
7 18 (9.00%) SolarWinds
8 17 (8.50%) Aruba
9 15 (7.50%) Meraki
10 14 (7.00%) ServiceNow
11 12 (6.00%) F5
12 11 (5.50%) CheckPoint
12 11 (5.50%) Dell
13 10 (5.00%) Red Hat
14 9 (4.50%) Veeam
15 8 (4.00%) Citrix
15 8 (4.00%) Zscaler
16 6 (3.00%) AppDynamics
16 6 (3.00%) Dynatrace
16 6 (3.00%) HP