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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 333 354 409
Rank change year-on-year +21 +55 -47
Contract jobs citing VLAN 288 159 137
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.64% 0.58% 0.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.75% 4.65% 3.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 100 89
10th Percentile £363 £201 £190
25th Percentile £413 £325 £267
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £595 £506 £540
90th Percentile £653 £650 £630
UK median daily rate £475 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +11.76% - -10.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 1 0
10th Percentile £12.43 - -
25th Percentile £18.50 £56.25 -
Median hourly rate £47.00 £57.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.26% - -
75th Percentile £74.00 £58.75 -
90th Percentile £76.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £47.00 £57.50 -
% change year-on-year -18.26% - -

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 4,265 3,423 4,557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.51% 12.56% 12.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,614 2,119 2,750
10th Percentile £250 £235 £220
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 161 346
10th Percentile £16.03 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £17.69
Median hourly rate £26.72 £44.00 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.27% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £87.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.22 £46.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year -43.31% +15.63% -16.52%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 21 July 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 -40 85 £450 +12.43% 52
North of England -32 56 £500 +11.86% 22
South East -55 43 £525 +16.67% 57
North West -23 36 £575 +23.66% 12
South West -12 31 £495 +92.23% 15
Midlands -42 29 £413 -7.30% 16
Yorkshire -36 19 £444 +47.79% 7
East Midlands -6 14 £275 -57.69% 6
West Midlands -55 14 £413 +13.01% 10
East of England -28 12 £581 +144.74% 18
North East -42 1 - - 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 (3.82%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.04%) FactoryTalk
4 2 (0.69%) Apache
4 2 (0.69%) CloudStack
4 2 (0.69%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 85 (29.51%) Azure
2 40 (13.89%) AWS
3 29 (10.07%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (9.72%) Entra ID
5 17 (5.90%) GCP
6 15 (5.21%) GitHub
7 13 (4.51%) IaaS
8 12 (4.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 8 (2.78%) Nutanix
9 8 (2.78%) PaaS
9 8 (2.78%) SaaS
10 7 (2.43%) Datadog
10 7 (2.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 6 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.08%) OneDrive
12 5 (1.74%) Cohesity
13 4 (1.39%) Azure Stack
14 3 (1.04%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (1.04%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 190 (65.97%) Firewall
2 108 (37.50%) BGP
3 106 (36.81%) DNS
4 99 (34.38%) OSPF
5 95 (32.99%) VPN
6 85 (29.51%) DHCP
7 82 (28.47%) WAN
8 70 (24.31%) LAN
8 70 (24.31%) TCP/IP
9 69 (23.96%) Network Security
10 56 (19.44%) Wireless
11 43 (14.93%) Wi-Fi
12 42 (14.58%) SAN
13 35 (12.15%) SD-WAN
14 33 (11.46%) Cisco Nexus
15 28 (9.72%) VXLAN
16 27 (9.38%) NX-OS
17 24 (8.33%) NAS
18 23 (7.99%) IPsec
19 22 (7.64%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (3.13%) JIRA
2 8 (2.78%) Git
2 8 (2.78%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.43%) Chocolatey
4 4 (1.39%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.69%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.69%) GitLab
6 1 (0.35%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.35%) MSI
General
1 74 (25.69%) Social Skills
2 29 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (8.33%) Finance
4 20 (6.94%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (4.51%) Public Sector
5 13 (4.51%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.82%) Banking
7 8 (2.78%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.43%) Legal
8 7 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.43%) Retail
9 6 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (2.08%) Police
10 3 (1.04%) Games
10 3 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.69%) Advertising
11 2 (0.69%) Automotive
11 2 (0.69%) Aviation
11 2 (0.69%) Law
Job Titles
1 131 (45.49%) Network Engineer
2 48 (16.67%) Senior
3 46 (15.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 34 (11.81%) Architect
5 33 (11.46%) Senior Network Engineer
6 23 (7.99%) IT Engineer
6 23 (7.99%) Network Architect
7 14 (4.86%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 13 (4.51%) Cisco Engineer
8 13 (4.51%) IT Support
8 13 (4.51%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 12 (4.17%) Azure Engineer
9 12 (4.17%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 12 (4.17%) Network Specialist
10 11 (3.82%) Security Engineer
10 11 (3.82%) Support Engineer
11 10 (3.47%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (3.47%) Network Security Engineer
11 10 (3.47%) Technical Architect
12 9 (3.13%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.56%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.39%) REST
3 2 (0.69%) cloud-init
3 2 (0.69%) eBPF
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.69%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.69%) NETCONF
3 2 (0.69%) RFC 2544
4 1 (0.35%) .NET
4 1 (0.35%) CSS
4 1 (0.35%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 96 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.25%) Replication
3 17 (5.90%) Onboarding
4 16 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (4.86%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (4.17%) Operational Technology
6 12 (4.17%) PKI
7 11 (3.82%) Cloud Native
7 11 (3.82%) Driving Licence
8 9 (3.13%) Linux Command Line
9 7 (2.43%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (2.43%) SCADA
10 6 (2.08%) Private Cloud
10 6 (2.08%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.74%) Clustering
11 5 (1.74%) Digital Signage
11 5 (1.74%) Life Science
12 4 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.39%) Security Posture
13 3 (1.04%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 59 (20.49%) Windows
2 32 (11.11%) Windows Server
3 25 (8.68%) Linux
4 12 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.78%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.74%) CentOS
6 5 (1.74%) Rocky
6 5 (1.74%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.39%) SUSE
7 4 (1.39%) VMS
8 3 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.69%) Unix
9 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.35%) Debian
10 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (21.88%) Migration
2 55 (19.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 51 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (15.28%) Validation
5 42 (14.58%) ITSM
6 40 (13.89%) Network Segmentation
7 32 (11.11%) High Availability
8 31 (10.76%) Project Delivery
9 30 (10.42%) Network Design
10 27 (9.38%) Disaster Recovery
10 27 (9.38%) Zero Trust
11 26 (9.03%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (9.03%) ITIL
12 24 (8.33%) Runbook
13 21 (7.29%) Cybersecurity
14 19 (6.60%) Infrastructure as Code
15 18 (6.25%) Network Monitoring
16 17 (5.90%) Infrastructure Automation
16 17 (5.90%) Load Balancing
17 16 (5.56%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 51 (17.71%) Python
2 28 (9.72%) PowerShell
3 16 (5.56%) Bash
4 5 (1.74%) ActionScript
5 2 (0.69%) SQL
5 2 (0.69%) VBScript
6 1 (0.35%) Bicep
6 1 (0.35%) Java
6 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.35%) Ladder Logic
6 1 (0.35%) Perl
Qualifications
1 99 (34.38%) Security Cleared
2 80 (27.78%) Cisco Certification
3 76 (26.39%) SC Cleared
4 70 (24.31%) CCNP
5 48 (16.67%) CCNA
6 23 (7.99%) DV Cleared
7 19 (6.60%) Network+ Certification
8 15 (5.21%) Server+ Certification
9 13 (4.51%) Degree
10 12 (4.17%) CCIE
11 8 (2.78%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.39%) CISSP
13 4 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (1.39%) ISTQB
14 3 (1.04%) AWS Certification
14 3 (1.04%) CISM
14 3 (1.04%) JNCIS
14 3 (1.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 2 (0.69%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.47%) NCSC
1 10 (3.47%) QA
2 8 (2.78%) SLA
3 6 (2.08%) GxP
4 5 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.74%) NIST
5 3 (1.04%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.04%) GDPR
5 3 (1.04%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.69%) GMP
6 2 (0.69%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.69%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.35%) GRC
7 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 51 (17.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 40 (13.89%) Active Directory
3 24 (8.33%) vSphere
4 19 (6.60%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (5.56%) Hyper-V
5 16 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (4.86%) Firmware
7 11 (3.82%) VMware NSX
8 7 (2.43%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.39%) NFS
10 3 (1.04%) KVM
11 2 (0.69%) Ceph
11 2 (0.69%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.35%) Docker
12 1 (0.35%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.35%) QEMU
12 1 (0.35%) Snort
12 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 42 (14.58%) Ansible
2 31 (10.76%) Terraform
3 26 (9.03%) FortiGate
4 19 (6.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (4.17%) vCenter Server
6 9 (3.13%) SCCM
7 7 (2.43%) Cisco Prime
8 6 (2.08%) Kubernetes
8 6 (2.08%) VxRail
8 6 (2.08%) WSUS
9 5 (1.74%) NetBackup
10 4 (1.39%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (1.39%) Grafana
10 4 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (1.04%) Avamar
11 3 (1.04%) Iperf
11 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Clustering
11 3 (1.04%) Nagios
11 3 (1.04%) PowerCLI
12 2 (0.69%) Nmap
Vendors
1 165 (57.29%) Cisco
2 66 (22.92%) VMware
3 58 (20.14%) Fortinet
4 57 (19.79%) Palo Alto
5 50 (17.36%) Microsoft
6 43 (14.93%) F5
7 32 (11.11%) Juniper
8 30 (10.42%) CheckPoint
9 22 (7.64%) Aruba
10 20 (6.94%) ServiceNow
11 19 (6.60%) Veeam
12 16 (5.56%) SolarWinds
13 15 (5.21%) Arista
14 14 (4.86%) Zscaler
15 12 (4.17%) Meraki
16 10 (3.47%) Ekahau
17 9 (3.13%) Dynatrace
17 9 (3.13%) NetApp
18 8 (2.78%) Citrix
18 8 (2.78%) Dell