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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 309 363
Rank change year-on-year -65 +54 +107
Contract jobs citing VLAN 173 170 206
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.55% 0.64% 0.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.24% 5.00% 4.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 99 118
10th Percentile £219 £233 £211
25th Percentile £356 £316 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £569 £594 £586
90th Percentile £645 £646 £691
UK median daily rate £474 £434 £463
% change year-on-year +9.28% -6.22% -1.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 10
10th Percentile - - £31.39
25th Percentile £33.00 - £32.36
Median hourly rate £66.50 - £51.13
75th Percentile £74.26 - £76.53
90th Percentile £84.06 - -
UK median hourly rate £66.50 £30.25 £38.04
% change year-on-year +119.83% -20.48% +26.80%

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 3,302 3,400 5,095
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.54% 12.79% 14.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,129 1,978 3,165
10th Percentile £204 £220 £206
25th Percentile £356 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £607 £600
90th Percentile £688 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 98 313
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £18.93
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.30 £24.00
Median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -38.04% +125.96%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.25 £65.98
90th Percentile £74.48 £72.00 £75.59
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £32.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year +6.15% -42.47% +125.96%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -31 50 £475 +46.15% 15
South East -17 44 £463 +2.78% 44
London -38 44 £500 +5.26% 21
North West 0 41 £481 +1.32% 11
Midlands -55 14 £525 -8.66% 15
West Midlands -44 12 £531 -9.56% 10
Yorkshire -43 9 £300 +23.71% 3
South West -33 7 £425 +3.03% 15
East of England -13 6 £475 +93.88% 15
North East - 3 £550 - 2
East Midlands -20 2 £275 -41.18% 5
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 8 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.47%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.89%) OpenStack
3 5 (2.89%) Skype for Business
4 2 (1.16%) WordPress
5 1 (0.58%) Apache
5 1 (0.58%) Confluence
5 1 (0.58%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.31%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.16%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 60 (34.68%) Azure
2 37 (21.39%) AWS
3 21 (12.14%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (6.36%) Entra ID
4 11 (6.36%) GCP
5 7 (4.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 5 (2.89%) SaaS
6 5 (2.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (1.73%) AWS Direct Connect
7 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (1.73%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.16%) IaaS
8 2 (1.16%) PaaS
9 1 (0.58%) Akamai
9 1 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.58%) Cloud Run
9 1 (0.58%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 101 (58.38%) Firewall
2 55 (31.79%) DNS
3 50 (28.90%) DHCP
3 50 (28.90%) TCP/IP
3 50 (28.90%) VPN
4 49 (28.32%) BGP
5 48 (27.75%) Network Security
6 46 (26.59%) WAN
7 41 (23.70%) LAN
8 37 (21.39%) OSPF
9 30 (17.34%) Wi-Fi
10 21 (12.14%) Wireless
11 20 (11.56%) MPLS
12 17 (9.83%) SD-WAN
13 15 (8.67%) Cisco ASA
14 12 (6.94%) IPsec
15 11 (6.36%) EIGRP
15 11 (6.36%) Software-Defined Networking
15 11 (6.36%) VXLAN
16 10 (5.78%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.16%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.58%) MySQL
2 1 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.16%) Git
1 2 (1.16%) Metasploit
1 2 (1.16%) sqlmap
2 1 (0.58%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.58%) JIRA
2 1 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 49 (28.32%) Social Skills
2 35 (20.23%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (9.83%) Public Sector
4 12 (6.94%) Finance
5 8 (4.62%) Telecoms
6 7 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.89%) Legal
8 4 (2.31%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.73%) Local Government
10 2 (1.16%) Advertising
10 2 (1.16%) Electronics
10 2 (1.16%) Law
10 2 (1.16%) Marketing
11 1 (0.58%) Banking
11 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (35.84%) Network Engineer
2 26 (15.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 20 (11.56%) Support Engineer
4 19 (10.98%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 12 (6.94%) Architect
5 12 (6.94%) Senior
6 11 (6.36%) Infrastructure Support
6 11 (6.36%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 10 (5.78%) Analyst
8 8 (4.62%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (4.62%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (4.05%) Lead
10 6 (3.47%) Cisco Engineer
10 6 (3.47%) IT Analyst
10 6 (3.47%) IT Engineer
10 6 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (2.89%) Administrator
11 5 (2.89%) Consultant
11 5 (2.89%) Support Analyst
11 5 (2.89%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.78%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.31%) Middleware
3 2 (1.16%) XMPP
4 1 (0.58%) CrewAI
4 1 (0.58%) JFC
4 1 (0.58%) JSON
4 1 (0.58%) LAMP
4 1 (0.58%) LangChain
4 1 (0.58%) LAPP Stack
4 1 (0.58%) LDAP
4 1 (0.58%) libvirt
4 1 (0.58%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (25.43%) Data Centre
2 14 (8.09%) Analytical Mindset
3 11 (6.36%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.62%) Product Ownership
5 7 (4.05%) Replication
6 4 (2.31%) CCTV
6 4 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.31%) NHS
6 4 (2.31%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.73%) Clustering
7 3 (1.73%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.16%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.16%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.16%) PKI
8 2 (1.16%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.16%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.58%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 61 (35.26%) Windows
2 30 (17.34%) Linux
3 21 (12.14%) Windows Server
4 12 (6.94%) Windows 10
5 11 (6.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (2.89%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.73%) VMS
8 2 (1.16%) CentOS
8 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.58%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (23.70%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (19.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 24 (13.87%) ITIL
4 23 (13.29%) Network Design
5 21 (12.14%) High Availability
5 21 (12.14%) Service Management
6 20 (11.56%) Migration
7 18 (10.40%) Disaster Recovery
7 18 (10.40%) Network Monitoring
8 17 (9.83%) ITSM
8 17 (9.83%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 15 (8.67%) Change Control
10 13 (7.51%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (7.51%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (7.51%) Project Delivery
11 12 (6.94%) Containerisation
12 11 (6.36%) Incident Response
12 11 (6.36%) Network Architecture
12 11 (6.36%) Preventative Maintenance
12 11 (6.36%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 27 (15.61%) PowerShell
2 22 (12.72%) Python
3 20 (11.56%) Bash
4 7 (4.05%) Perl
4 7 (4.05%) VBScript
5 5 (2.89%) VB
6 4 (2.31%) SQL
7 1 (0.58%) Go
7 1 (0.58%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 73 (42.20%) Security Cleared
2 55 (31.79%) SC Cleared
3 53 (30.64%) Cisco Certification
4 47 (27.17%) CCNP
5 28 (16.18%) CCNA
6 18 (10.40%) Azure Certification
7 15 (8.67%) Degree
7 15 (8.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (8.67%) Network+ Certification
8 13 (7.51%) DV Cleared
9 11 (6.36%) Server+ Certification
10 8 (4.62%) CCIE
11 7 (4.05%) JNCIS
12 6 (3.47%) AWS Certification
13 5 (2.89%) CCDP
13 5 (2.89%) JNCIP
14 4 (2.31%) CISSP
15 3 (1.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 3 (1.73%) CCSP
15 3 (1.73%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (3.47%) PCI DSS
1 6 (3.47%) SLA
2 5 (2.89%) NIST
3 4 (2.31%) GDPR
4 3 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.58%) QA
System Software
1 42 (24.28%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (17.92%) Active Directory
3 19 (10.98%) Hyper-V
4 8 (4.62%) Docker
4 8 (4.62%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (4.05%) vSphere
6 6 (3.47%) KVM
6 6 (3.47%) VMware NSX
7 5 (2.89%) BitLocker
8 4 (2.31%) Firmware
8 4 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (1.73%) Ceph
10 2 (1.16%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (1.16%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.58%) iptables
11 1 (0.58%) Lustre
11 1 (0.58%) NFS
11 1 (0.58%) Samba
11 1 (0.58%) Squid
11 1 (0.58%) Xen
Systems Management
1 19 (10.98%) FortiGate
2 14 (8.09%) Ansible
3 12 (6.94%) SCCM
4 11 (6.36%) Terraform
5 10 (5.78%) vCenter Server
6 7 (4.05%) Nagios
7 6 (3.47%) Kubernetes
7 6 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (2.89%) Nmap
8 5 (2.89%) VxRail
9 3 (1.73%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (1.73%) Iperf
10 2 (1.16%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (1.16%) Nessus
10 2 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.58%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.58%) Grafana
11 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.58%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 77 (44.51%) Cisco
2 48 (27.75%) VMware
3 46 (26.59%) Microsoft
4 41 (23.70%) Palo Alto
5 26 (15.03%) Fortinet
6 22 (12.72%) SolarWinds
7 21 (12.14%) Dell
8 19 (10.98%) Juniper
9 13 (7.51%) F5
10 10 (5.78%) Aruba
10 10 (5.78%) Meraki
10 10 (5.78%) Red Hat
10 10 (5.78%) Veeam
11 9 (5.20%) Citrix
12 7 (4.05%) CheckPoint
12 7 (4.05%) ServiceNow
13 6 (3.47%) NetApp
14 5 (2.89%) HP
14 5 (2.89%) Zscaler
15 3 (1.73%) Okta