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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 330 414
Rank change year-on-year -8 +84 -61
Contract jobs citing VLAN 271 148 136
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.63% 0.60% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.67% 4.61% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 96 88
10th Percentile £333 £196 £188
25th Percentile £413 £325 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £428 £400
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +6.88% -15.79%
75th Percentile £569 £528 £538
90th Percentile £625 £615 £664
UK median daily rate £470 £430 £400
% change year-on-year +9.30% +7.50% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 0
10th Percentile £12.43 - -
25th Percentile £16.98 £56.25 -
Median hourly rate £60.50 £57.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% - -
75th Percentile £74.00 £58.75 -
90th Percentile £75.38 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +5.22% +4.55% +78.86%

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 4,062 3,211 4,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.45% 12.94% 12.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,517 2,000 2,884
10th Percentile £250 £225 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -1.10% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 132 393
10th Percentile £16.18 £14.69 £13.57
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.30 £17.69
Median hourly rate £29.52 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.28% -6.25% +117.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.35 £72.82
UK median hourly rate £27.88 £44.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -36.64% +10.00% +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 18 June 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 18 June 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 18 June 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 -32 78 £450 +5.88% 38
North of England -15 70 £491 +9.76% 22
North West +6 54 £508 +9.14% 13
South East -51 34 £500 +11.11% 59
Midlands -45 31 £413 -21.43% 23
South West -3 29 £495 +65.00% 15
East Midlands -14 15 £275 -50.89% 10
Yorkshire -48 15 £329 +9.49% 7
West Midlands -51 15 £413 +23.13% 13
East of England -35 5 £540 +140.00% 19
North East - 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 12 (4.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.95%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.48%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.74%) Apache
4 2 (0.74%) CloudStack
4 2 (0.74%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.11%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.74%) DELMIA
2 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 68 (25.09%) Azure
2 32 (11.81%) AWS
3 24 (8.86%) Entra ID
4 22 (8.12%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (4.43%) IaaS
6 11 (4.06%) GCP
7 10 (3.69%) GitHub
8 8 (2.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 8 (2.95%) Nutanix
9 7 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.58%) PaaS
9 7 (2.58%) SaaS
10 6 (2.21%) Datadog
11 5 (1.85%) Cohesity
12 4 (1.48%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (1.48%) Azure Stack
13 3 (1.11%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (1.11%) OneDrive
13 3 (1.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 2 (0.74%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 166 (61.25%) Firewall
2 84 (31.00%) WAN
3 83 (30.63%) BGP
4 82 (30.26%) DNS
5 78 (28.78%) OSPF
6 74 (27.31%) VPN
7 72 (26.57%) DHCP
8 70 (25.83%) Network Security
9 67 (24.72%) LAN
10 47 (17.34%) TCP/IP
11 45 (16.61%) Wireless
12 43 (15.87%) Wi-Fi
13 34 (12.55%) SAN
13 34 (12.55%) SD-WAN
14 27 (9.96%) NX-OS
14 27 (9.96%) VXLAN
15 24 (8.86%) Structured Cabling
16 23 (8.49%) Cisco IOS
16 23 (8.49%) MPLS
17 22 (8.12%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (2.95%) JIRA
2 7 (2.58%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.21%) Chocolatey
4 5 (1.85%) Git
5 2 (0.74%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.74%) GitLab
6 1 (0.37%) MSI
6 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 68 (25.09%) Social Skills
2 21 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (7.01%) Documentation Skills
4 17 (6.27%) Finance
5 13 (4.80%) Telecoms
6 9 (3.32%) Banking
7 7 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.58%) Legal
7 7 (2.58%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.58%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.11%) Retail
10 2 (0.74%) Aviation
10 2 (0.74%) Police
11 1 (0.37%) Advertising
11 1 (0.37%) Games
11 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.37%) Local Government
11 1 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 121 (44.65%) Network Engineer
2 40 (14.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 30 (11.07%) Architect
3 30 (11.07%) Senior
4 23 (8.49%) IT Engineer
5 22 (8.12%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 21 (7.75%) Senior Network Engineer
7 16 (5.90%) IT Support
7 16 (5.90%) Network Architect
8 14 (5.17%) Cisco Engineer
9 11 (4.06%) Azure Engineer
9 11 (4.06%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 11 (4.06%) Network Specialist
9 11 (4.06%) Security Engineer
9 11 (4.06%) Technical Architect
10 10 (3.69%) Network Security Engineer
11 9 (3.32%) Analyst
11 9 (3.32%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (3.32%) Support Engineer
12 8 (2.95%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (7.38%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.48%) REST
3 2 (0.74%) cloud-init
3 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.74%) RFC 2544
3 2 (0.74%) XMPP
4 1 (0.37%) CSS
4 1 (0.37%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 90 (33.21%) Data Centre
2 23 (8.49%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.43%) Replication
4 9 (3.32%) Driving Licence
4 9 (3.32%) Operational Technology
4 9 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (2.58%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (2.21%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (2.21%) PKI
6 6 (2.21%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.85%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.85%) Clustering
8 4 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.48%) SCADA
8 4 (1.48%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.74%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.74%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 51 (18.82%) Windows
2 19 (7.01%) Windows Server
3 16 (5.90%) Linux
4 12 (4.43%) Windows 10
5 7 (2.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.48%) SUSE
6 4 (1.48%) VMS
6 4 (1.48%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.11%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.74%) Unix
8 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.37%) Debian
9 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (21.03%) Migration
2 46 (16.97%) ITSM
3 45 (16.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 45 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (15.50%) Network Segmentation
5 40 (14.76%) Validation
6 31 (11.44%) High Availability
7 27 (9.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (9.59%) Network Design
9 25 (9.23%) Disaster Recovery
9 25 (9.23%) Project Delivery
10 22 (8.12%) Network Monitoring
11 21 (7.75%) Runbook
12 19 (7.01%) ITIL
13 18 (6.64%) Change Control
14 17 (6.27%) Cybersecurity
14 17 (6.27%) RBAC
15 16 (5.90%) Zero Trust
16 15 (5.54%) CI/CD
17 14 (5.17%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 37 (13.65%) Python
2 20 (7.38%) PowerShell
3 13 (4.80%) Bash
4 6 (2.21%) VBScript
5 5 (1.85%) ActionScript
6 4 (1.48%) SQL
6 4 (1.48%) VB
7 1 (0.37%) Bicep
7 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.37%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.37%) Perl
Qualifications
1 100 (36.90%) Security Cleared
2 85 (31.37%) SC Cleared
3 80 (29.52%) Cisco Certification
4 69 (25.46%) CCNP
5 59 (21.77%) CCNA
6 19 (7.01%) Network+ Certification
7 16 (5.90%) DV Cleared
8 15 (5.54%) Server+ Certification
9 9 (3.32%) CCIE
10 8 (2.95%) Azure Certification
11 7 (2.58%) Degree
12 4 (1.48%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.48%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.48%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.48%) PMP
13 3 (1.11%) CISSP
13 3 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.11%) JNCIS
14 2 (0.74%) BC Cleared
14 2 (0.74%) Project+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.06%) QA
1 11 (4.06%) SLA
2 5 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.48%) NCSC
4 3 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.11%) GDPR
4 3 (1.11%) GxP
4 3 (1.11%) NIST
5 2 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.74%) GMP
5 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.74%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.37%) GRC
6 1 (0.37%) NIST 800
System Software
1 37 (13.65%) Active Directory
2 35 (12.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (8.86%) vSphere
4 18 (6.64%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (6.27%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (4.80%) Firmware
7 11 (4.06%) Hyper-V
8 5 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.48%) BitLocker
9 4 (1.48%) NFS
10 3 (1.11%) KVM
10 3 (1.11%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.74%) Ceph
11 2 (0.74%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.37%) Docker
12 1 (0.37%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.37%) QEMU
12 1 (0.37%) Snort
12 1 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 25 (9.23%) FortiGate
2 22 (8.12%) Ansible
3 18 (6.64%) Terraform
4 13 (4.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (4.80%) vCenter Server
5 12 (4.43%) SCCM
6 10 (3.69%) VxRail
7 6 (2.21%) WSUS
8 4 (1.48%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.48%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.48%) Nagios
8 4 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.11%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (1.11%) Grafana
9 3 (1.11%) Iperf
9 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.74%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.74%) Nmap
10 2 (0.74%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.74%) SELinux
Vendors
1 152 (56.09%) Cisco
2 53 (19.56%) Palo Alto
3 48 (17.71%) Fortinet
3 48 (17.71%) Microsoft
4 46 (16.97%) VMware
5 30 (11.07%) F5
6 24 (8.86%) CheckPoint
6 24 (8.86%) Juniper
7 23 (8.49%) Aruba
8 22 (8.12%) ServiceNow
9 15 (5.54%) Veeam
10 13 (4.80%) SolarWinds
11 12 (4.43%) Dell
11 12 (4.43%) Meraki
12 11 (4.06%) Arista
13 10 (3.69%) Ekahau
13 10 (3.69%) Zscaler
14 8 (2.95%) Citrix
15 7 (2.58%) AppDynamics
15 7 (2.58%) Dynatrace