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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 344 358
Rank change year-on-year -19 +14 +46
Contract jobs citing VLAN 208 141 189
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.58% 0.56% 0.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.72% 4.21% 3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 91 110
10th Percentile £219 £223 £199
25th Percentile £379 £264 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £435 £426
Median % change year-on-year +8.51% +2.05% -7.78%
75th Percentile £555 £588 £529
90th Percentile £611 £625 £600
UK median daily rate £460 £433 £450
% change year-on-year +6.36% -3.89% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 6
10th Percentile - - £48.82
25th Percentile £12.43 - £66.11
Median hourly rate £34.00 - £76.53
75th Percentile £74.26 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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 3,639 3,350 5,292
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.12% 13.31% 14.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,350 2,017 3,185
10th Percentile £204 £210 £205
25th Percentile £363 £365 £350
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 £680 £700
UK median daily rate £481 £500 £480
% change year-on-year -3.75% +4.17% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 102 367
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.23 £14.27
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.46 £19.99
Median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -12.50% +107.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £74.40
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -1.43% -12.50% +107.25%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -19 61 £491 +50.96% 27
London -24 59 £450 -0.44% 30
North West -1 49 £520 +15.56% 17
South East -28 36 £463 -19.57% 46
Midlands -56 19 £425 -27.65% 9
West Midlands -49 16 £475 -19.14% 5
Yorkshire -57 12 £363 +49.48% 9
South West -39 10 £400 -3.03% 14
East of England -24 9 £475 +156.76% 18
East Midlands -31 3 £275 -56.69% 4
North East - 3 £550 - 2
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 (5.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.33%) Skype for Business
3 5 (2.40%) OpenStack
3 5 (2.40%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.96%) WordPress
5 1 (0.48%) Apache
Applications
1 9 (4.33%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.96%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 67 (32.21%) Azure
2 36 (17.31%) AWS
3 25 (12.02%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (7.21%) Entra ID
5 13 (6.25%) GCP
6 8 (3.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 8 (3.85%) IaaS
6 8 (3.85%) PaaS
7 7 (3.37%) SaaS
8 6 (2.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 5 (2.40%) Datadog
10 4 (1.92%) AWS Direct Connect
11 2 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.96%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.96%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.48%) Akamai
12 1 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.48%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.48%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 131 (62.98%) Firewall
2 71 (34.13%) VPN
3 69 (33.17%) DNS
4 66 (31.73%) DHCP
4 66 (31.73%) WAN
5 64 (30.77%) LAN
6 57 (27.40%) Network Security
7 53 (25.48%) BGP
8 50 (24.04%) Wi-Fi
9 49 (23.56%) TCP/IP
10 41 (19.71%) OSPF
11 29 (13.94%) Wireless
12 27 (12.98%) MPLS
13 20 (9.62%) SD-WAN
14 15 (7.21%) Cisco ASA
15 14 (6.73%) Cisco ISE
15 14 (6.73%) EIGRP
15 14 (6.73%) SAN
16 13 (6.25%) WLAN
17 12 (5.77%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.48%) MySQL
2 1 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.40%) Chocolatey
2 2 (0.96%) Burp Suite
2 2 (0.96%) Git
2 2 (0.96%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (0.96%) sqlmap
3 1 (0.48%) Browser DevTools
General
1 61 (29.33%) Social Skills
2 31 (14.90%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (6.25%) Public Sector
3 13 (6.25%) Telecoms
4 12 (5.77%) Documentation Skills
4 12 (5.77%) Finance
5 7 (3.37%) Banking
6 6 (2.88%) Legal
7 4 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.92%) Local Government
7 4 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.44%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.96%) Aviation
10 1 (0.48%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.48%) Electronics
10 1 (0.48%) Law
10 1 (0.48%) Marketing
10 1 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (37.50%) Network Engineer
2 23 (11.06%) Architect
3 22 (10.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 20 (9.62%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 17 (8.17%) Senior
6 15 (7.21%) Support Engineer
7 14 (6.73%) Analyst
8 12 (5.77%) Network Architect
9 11 (5.29%) IT Engineer
9 11 (5.29%) IT Support
10 9 (4.33%) Azure Engineer
11 8 (3.85%) Platform Engineer
12 7 (3.37%) Cisco Engineer
12 7 (3.37%) IT Analyst
12 7 (3.37%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (3.37%) Technical Architect
13 6 (2.88%) Consultant
13 6 (2.88%) IT Support Analyst
13 6 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
13 6 (2.88%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.69%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.44%) Middleware
3 2 (0.96%) RFC 2544
3 2 (0.96%) XMPP
4 1 (0.48%) CSS
4 1 (0.48%) HTML
4 1 (0.48%) LAMP
4 1 (0.48%) LAPP Stack
4 1 (0.48%) LDAP
4 1 (0.48%) libvirt
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.48%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 52 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.81%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.33%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (3.85%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.88%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.88%) Security Posture
6 5 (2.40%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.92%) CCTV
7 4 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.44%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (1.44%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.44%) NHS
8 3 (1.44%) SCADA
9 2 (0.96%) PKI
9 2 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.48%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.48%) Replication
10 1 (0.48%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 65 (31.25%) Windows
2 24 (11.54%) Linux
3 19 (9.13%) Windows Server
4 17 (8.17%) Windows 10
5 11 (5.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (4.33%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.44%) VMS
8 2 (0.96%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.48%) CentOS
9 1 (0.48%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.48%) Unix
9 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (15.87%) ITSM
3 32 (15.38%) Migration
4 30 (14.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 25 (12.02%) Network Design
6 23 (11.06%) Network Monitoring
7 22 (10.58%) Disaster Recovery
7 22 (10.58%) Service Management
8 21 (10.10%) ITIL
9 20 (9.62%) Change Control
9 20 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (9.13%) Cybersecurity
10 19 (9.13%) High Availability
11 17 (8.17%) Network Segmentation
12 14 (6.73%) Validation
13 13 (6.25%) Incident Response
13 13 (6.25%) Project Delivery
13 13 (6.25%) Root Cause Analysis
14 12 (5.77%) Virtual Infrastructure
15 11 (5.29%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 31 (14.90%) PowerShell
2 24 (11.54%) Python
3 22 (10.58%) Bash
4 13 (6.25%) VBScript
5 9 (4.33%) VB
6 8 (3.85%) Perl
7 4 (1.92%) SQL
8 1 (0.48%) Go
8 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 84 (40.38%) Security Cleared
2 70 (33.65%) Cisco Certification
3 69 (33.17%) SC Cleared
4 62 (29.81%) CCNP
5 45 (21.63%) CCNA
6 18 (8.65%) Degree
7 17 (8.17%) DV Cleared
8 15 (7.21%) Network+ Certification
9 12 (5.77%) Azure Certification
9 12 (5.77%) CCIE
10 11 (5.29%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (4.33%) Server+ Certification
12 7 (3.37%) JNCIS
13 6 (2.88%) AWS Certification
13 6 (2.88%) CCDP
14 5 (2.40%) CISSP
14 5 (2.40%) JNCIP
15 4 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (1.92%) ISTQB
16 3 (1.44%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.29%) SLA
2 6 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.40%) GDPR
3 5 (2.40%) NIST
3 5 (2.40%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.92%) NCSC
5 3 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.96%) QA
7 1 (0.48%) GRC
7 1 (0.48%) GxP
7 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 43 (20.67%) Active Directory
2 34 (16.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (6.25%) Hyper-V
4 10 (4.81%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (4.81%) vSphere
5 9 (4.33%) BitLocker
6 8 (3.85%) Docker
7 7 (3.37%) Firmware
8 6 (2.88%) VMware NSX
9 5 (2.40%) KVM
10 4 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (1.44%) Ceph
12 1 (0.48%) iptables
12 1 (0.48%) NFS
12 1 (0.48%) QEMU
12 1 (0.48%) RHEV
12 1 (0.48%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.48%) SRDF
12 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.48%) Xen
Systems Management
1 21 (10.10%) SCCM
2 18 (8.65%) FortiGate
3 13 (6.25%) Ansible
4 11 (5.29%) Terraform
5 10 (4.81%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (4.33%) Nagios
6 9 (4.33%) vCenter Server
7 7 (3.37%) VxRail
8 5 (2.40%) Kubernetes
8 5 (2.40%) Nmap
9 3 (1.44%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (1.44%) Iperf
10 2 (0.96%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.96%) Cisco Prime
10 2 (0.96%) Grafana
10 2 (0.96%) Nessus
10 2 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.48%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.48%) SELinux
Vendors
1 94 (45.19%) Cisco
2 56 (26.92%) Microsoft
3 47 (22.60%) Palo Alto
4 45 (21.63%) VMware
5 23 (11.06%) Fortinet
6 20 (9.62%) Juniper
6 20 (9.62%) SolarWinds
7 17 (8.17%) Dell
8 16 (7.69%) Aruba
9 15 (7.21%) Meraki
9 15 (7.21%) ServiceNow
10 12 (5.77%) CheckPoint
10 12 (5.77%) F5
11 10 (4.81%) Citrix
11 10 (4.81%) Red Hat
12 8 (3.85%) Veeam
12 8 (3.85%) Zscaler
13 7 (3.37%) HP
14 6 (2.88%) AppDynamics
14 6 (2.88%) Dynatrace