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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 357 373
Rank change year-on-year 0 +16 -41
Contract jobs citing VLAN 285 164 154
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.62% 0.59% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.63% 5.00% 3.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 112 83
10th Percentile £361 £219 £256
25th Percentile £413 £350 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £445 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.36% -1.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £594
90th Percentile £660 £660 £667
UK median daily rate £485 £447 £450
% change year-on-year +8.50% -0.67% -5.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 0
10th Percentile £18.50 - -
25th Percentile £29.90 £33.00 -
Median hourly rate £42.86 £34.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +26.06% - -
75th Percentile £64.63 £58.75 -
90th Percentile £74.00 £63.85 -
UK median hourly rate £42.86 £34.00 £30.25
% change year-on-year +26.06% +12.40% -8.94%

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 4,297 3,283 3,905
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.29% 11.73% 12.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,536 2,084 2,245
10th Percentile £259 £219 £240
25th Percentile £400 £360 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £599 £608
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 391 172 161
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £16.30
25th Percentile £21.33 £20.81 £26.25
Median hourly rate £38.72 £35.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.63% -39.13% +1.79%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £67.02
90th Percentile £92.53 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £40.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -19.75% -19.00% -11.49%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 8 October 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 -57 84 £450 +3.21% 149
North of England -20 60 £500 +12.74% 54
South East -54 47 £475 +15.15% 101
South West -14 31 £495 +29.41% 27
North West -26 31 £519 +9.26% 36
Yorkshire -12 28 £500 +128.57% 13
Midlands -46 22 £400 -15.79% 34
East of England -31 17 £600 +30.43% 26
West Midlands -44 16 £400 -15.79% 24
East Midlands -9 6 - - 10
North East -39 1 - - 8
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 13 (4.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (4.21%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.11%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.75%) Confluence
4 5 (1.75%) FactoryTalk
5 2 (0.70%) Apache
5 2 (0.70%) CloudStack
5 2 (0.70%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 76 (26.67%) Azure
2 41 (14.39%) AWS
3 36 (12.63%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (10.53%) Entra ID
5 23 (8.07%) GitHub
6 18 (6.32%) GCP
7 12 (4.21%) IaaS
8 8 (2.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 8 (2.81%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (2.11%) PaaS
10 5 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.75%) Cohesity
10 5 (1.75%) Nutanix
10 5 (1.75%) SaaS
11 4 (1.40%) AWS Direct Connect
11 4 (1.40%) Datadog
11 4 (1.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (1.05%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 182 (63.86%) Firewall
2 115 (40.35%) DNS
3 102 (35.79%) BGP
4 93 (32.63%) DHCP
4 93 (32.63%) VPN
5 88 (30.88%) OSPF
6 82 (28.77%) WAN
7 72 (25.26%) TCP/IP
8 64 (22.46%) LAN
9 62 (21.75%) Network Security
10 61 (21.40%) Wireless
11 43 (15.09%) Wi-Fi
12 38 (13.33%) SD-WAN
13 37 (12.98%) Cisco Nexus
14 34 (11.93%) SAN
15 28 (9.82%) VXLAN
16 27 (9.47%) IPsec
17 26 (9.12%) Multicast
17 26 (9.12%) WLAN
18 22 (7.72%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.91%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.35%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 15 (5.26%) JIRA
2 14 (4.91%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.56%) Git
4 7 (2.46%) GitLab
5 5 (1.75%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (1.40%) Chocolatey
7 2 (0.70%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.70%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 57 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 34 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (11.23%) Finance
4 16 (5.61%) Documentation Skills
5 15 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 13 (4.56%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.51%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.16%) Banking
9 8 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (2.11%) Police
10 6 (2.11%) Retail
11 5 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.40%) Automotive
12 4 (1.40%) Games
12 4 (1.40%) Legal
13 3 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.70%) French Language
14 2 (0.70%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.35%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 133 (46.67%) Network Engineer
2 60 (21.05%) Senior
3 48 (16.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 43 (15.09%) Senior Network Engineer
5 24 (8.42%) Architect
6 18 (6.32%) Network Architect
7 16 (5.61%) Cisco Engineer
8 15 (5.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 15 (5.26%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 13 (4.56%) IT Engineer
10 12 (4.21%) Network Specialist
11 11 (3.86%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (3.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (3.86%) Support Engineer
12 10 (3.51%) IT Support
12 10 (3.51%) Senior Network Specialist
13 8 (2.81%) Implementation Engineer
13 8 (2.81%) Network Security Engineer
13 8 (2.81%) Security Architect
13 8 (2.81%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (15.09%) Terraform
2 14 (4.91%) 802.1X
3 5 (1.75%) NETCONF
3 5 (1.75%) REST
4 3 (1.05%) RESTCONF
5 2 (0.70%) .NET
5 2 (0.70%) cloud-init
5 2 (0.70%) eBPF
5 2 (0.70%) gRPC
5 2 (0.70%) HTML
5 2 (0.70%) HTML5
5 2 (0.70%) JSON
5 2 (0.70%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.70%) ODBC
5 2 (0.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 94 (32.98%) Data Centre
2 17 (5.96%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (5.26%) PKI
4 13 (4.56%) Onboarding
4 13 (4.56%) Replication
5 12 (4.21%) Operational Technology
6 11 (3.86%) Cloud Native
6 11 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (3.51%) Driving Licence
7 10 (3.51%) Linux Command Line
8 8 (2.81%) Digital Signage
9 7 (2.46%) Life Science
9 7 (2.46%) SCADA
10 6 (2.11%) CMDB
10 6 (2.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (2.11%) IoT
10 6 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (2.11%) Private Cloud
10 6 (2.11%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 77 (27.02%) Windows
2 42 (14.74%) Windows Server
3 33 (11.58%) Linux
4 10 (3.51%) Windows 10
5 9 (3.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.81%) Ubuntu
7 6 (2.11%) CentOS
7 6 (2.11%) Rocky
7 6 (2.11%) Unix
7 6 (2.11%) Windows 7
8 4 (1.40%) Android
9 3 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.35%) Debian
10 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.35%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (20.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 53 (18.60%) Migration
3 51 (17.89%) Validation
4 46 (16.14%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (15.44%) ITSM
6 40 (14.04%) Network Segmentation
7 35 (12.28%) High Availability
7 35 (12.28%) Network Design
8 34 (11.93%) Project Delivery
9 31 (10.88%) Infrastructure as Code
9 31 (10.88%) ITIL
10 27 (9.47%) Disaster Recovery
11 25 (8.77%) Zero Trust
12 22 (7.72%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (7.02%) CI/CD
13 20 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
13 20 (7.02%) Load Balancing
13 20 (7.02%) Runbook
14 19 (6.67%) Infrastructure Automation
14 19 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (16.14%) Python
2 35 (12.28%) PowerShell
3 13 (4.56%) Bash
4 7 (2.46%) VBScript
5 6 (2.11%) VB
6 5 (1.75%) ActionScript
7 2 (0.70%) Java
7 2 (0.70%) SQL
7 2 (0.70%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.35%) Bicep
8 1 (0.35%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 85 (29.82%) Security Cleared
2 65 (22.81%) Cisco Certification
3 62 (21.75%) SC Cleared
4 54 (18.95%) CCNP
5 29 (10.18%) CCNA
6 22 (7.72%) DV Cleared
7 16 (5.61%) Degree
8 12 (4.21%) Network+ Certification
9 10 (3.51%) CCIE
10 9 (3.16%) Server+ Certification
11 7 (2.46%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (1.75%) JNCIP
12 5 (1.75%) JNCIS
12 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (1.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (1.05%) CISM
14 3 (1.05%) CISSP
14 3 (1.05%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.26%) QA
2 11 (3.86%) SLA
3 7 (2.46%) NIST
4 6 (2.11%) GxP
4 6 (2.11%) NCSC
5 5 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.40%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.40%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.70%) GDPR
7 2 (0.70%) GMP
7 2 (0.70%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.70%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 61 (21.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 40 (14.04%) Active Directory
3 23 (8.07%) vSphere
4 16 (5.61%) Hyper-V
4 16 (5.61%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (3.86%) Firmware
7 10 (3.51%) VMware NSX
8 7 (2.46%) BitLocker
9 6 (2.11%) KVM
10 5 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
11 4 (1.40%) NFS
11 4 (1.40%) VirtualBox
12 2 (0.70%) Ceph
12 2 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.35%) Docker
13 1 (0.35%) ProxySG
13 1 (0.35%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 50 (17.54%) Ansible
2 24 (8.42%) FortiGate
3 18 (6.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (4.21%) SCCM
5 10 (3.51%) Kubernetes
5 10 (3.51%) vCenter Server
6 8 (2.81%) Cisco Prime
7 7 (2.46%) Grafana
8 6 (2.11%) NetBackup
9 4 (1.40%) Nagios
9 4 (1.40%) Prometheus
9 4 (1.40%) systemd
10 3 (1.05%) Avamar
10 3 (1.05%) vMotion
11 2 (0.70%) ITRS Geneos
11 2 (0.70%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.70%) SELinux
11 2 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.70%) WSUS
12 1 (0.35%) MobiControl
Vendors
1 165 (57.89%) Cisco
2 76 (26.67%) VMware
3 66 (23.16%) Microsoft
4 52 (18.25%) Fortinet
5 48 (16.84%) F5
6 44 (15.44%) Palo Alto
7 33 (11.58%) Juniper
8 27 (9.47%) ServiceNow
9 26 (9.12%) CheckPoint
10 20 (7.02%) Aruba
10 20 (7.02%) Veeam
11 19 (6.67%) Arista
12 18 (6.32%) SolarWinds
13 16 (5.61%) Meraki
13 16 (5.61%) NetApp
14 11 (3.86%) CyberArk
15 10 (3.51%) Zscaler
16 7 (2.46%) Dynatrace
16 7 (2.46%) Google
17 6 (2.11%) Remedy