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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 355 375
Rank change year-on-year -11 +20 -40
Contract jobs citing VLAN 286 165 149
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.59% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.62% 5.02% 3.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 113 79
10th Percentile £370 £219 £254
25th Percentile £413 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £445 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.36% -1.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £588
90th Percentile £661 £660 £669
UK median daily rate £495 £447 £438
% change year-on-year +10.74% +2.17% -8.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 5 0
10th Percentile £18.50 - -
25th Percentile £33.70 £33.00 -
Median hourly rate £47.00 £34.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.24% - -
75th Percentile £74.00 £58.75 -
90th Percentile - £63.85 -
UK median hourly rate £47.00 £34.00 £30.25
% change year-on-year +38.24% +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 4,322 3,290 3,887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.28% 11.77% 12.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,543 2,092 2,231
10th Percentile £258 £219 £243
25th Percentile £400 £360 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £486 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.83% -2.75% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £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 394 172 162
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £16.30
25th Percentile £21.33 £20.81 £26.25
Median hourly rate £38.72 £35.00 £57.43
Median % change year-on-year +10.63% -39.05% +1.66%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £66.52
90th Percentile £92.52 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £41.23 £50.00
% change year-on-year -21.16% -17.55% -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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -53 84 £450 +5.88% 146
North of England -30 59 £500 +12.74% 55
South East -55 48 £475 +15.15% 105
South West -18 31 £495 +29.41% 24
North West -23 30 £519 +9.27% 36
Yorkshire -12 28 £500 +128.57% 14
Midlands -42 22 £325 -31.58% 37
East of England -21 17 £600 +30.43% 29
West Midlands -49 15 £325 -31.58% 27
East Midlands -13 7 - - 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 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.85%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.10%) 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 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.10%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 76 (26.57%) Azure
2 41 (14.34%) AWS
3 34 (11.89%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (10.14%) Entra ID
5 23 (8.04%) GitHub
6 18 (6.29%) GCP
7 12 (4.20%) IaaS
8 8 (2.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 8 (2.80%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (2.10%) 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 (63.64%) Firewall
2 115 (40.21%) DNS
3 103 (36.01%) BGP
4 93 (32.52%) DHCP
4 93 (32.52%) VPN
5 89 (31.12%) OSPF
6 81 (28.32%) WAN
7 70 (24.48%) TCP/IP
8 64 (22.38%) LAN
9 63 (22.03%) Network Security
10 60 (20.98%) Wireless
11 43 (15.03%) Wi-Fi
12 38 (13.29%) SD-WAN
13 37 (12.94%) Cisco Nexus
14 34 (11.89%) SAN
15 28 (9.79%) VXLAN
16 26 (9.09%) IPsec
16 26 (9.09%) Multicast
16 26 (9.09%) WLAN
17 22 (7.69%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.24%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.35%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 15 (5.24%) JIRA
2 14 (4.90%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.55%) Git
4 7 (2.45%) 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 (19.93%) Social Skills
2 34 (11.89%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (11.19%) Finance
4 16 (5.59%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (4.90%) Telecoms
6 13 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.50%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.15%) Banking
9 8 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.10%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (2.10%) Police
10 6 (2.10%) 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%) Billing
Job Titles
1 135 (47.20%) Network Engineer
2 61 (21.33%) Senior
3 50 (17.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 44 (15.38%) Senior Network Engineer
5 24 (8.39%) Architect
6 18 (6.29%) Network Architect
7 16 (5.59%) Cisco Engineer
7 16 (5.59%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 15 (5.24%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 14 (4.90%) IT Engineer
10 13 (4.55%) Network Specialist
11 12 (4.20%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (3.85%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (3.85%) Senior Network Specialist
12 11 (3.85%) Support Engineer
13 9 (3.15%) IT Support
14 8 (2.80%) Implementation Engineer
14 8 (2.80%) Network Security Architect
14 8 (2.80%) Security Architect
14 8 (2.80%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (15.03%) Terraform
2 14 (4.90%) 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 95 (33.22%) Data Centre
2 17 (5.94%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (5.24%) PKI
4 14 (4.90%) Onboarding
5 13 (4.55%) Replication
6 12 (4.20%) Operational Technology
6 12 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (3.85%) Cloud Native
8 10 (3.50%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (3.15%) Driving Licence
10 8 (2.80%) Digital Signage
11 7 (2.45%) Life Science
11 7 (2.45%) SCADA
11 7 (2.45%) Virtual Team
12 6 (2.10%) CMDB
12 6 (2.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (2.10%) IoT
12 6 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (2.10%) Private Cloud
13 5 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 78 (27.27%) Windows
2 43 (15.03%) Windows Server
3 33 (11.54%) Linux
4 11 (3.85%) Windows 10
5 9 (3.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.80%) Ubuntu
7 6 (2.10%) CentOS
7 6 (2.10%) Rocky
7 6 (2.10%) Unix
7 6 (2.10%) Windows 7
8 3 (1.05%) Android
8 3 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.35%) Debian
9 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.35%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (21.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 54 (18.88%) Migration
3 51 (17.83%) Validation
4 47 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (15.03%) ITSM
6 40 (13.99%) Network Segmentation
7 36 (12.59%) High Availability
7 36 (12.59%) Network Design
8 33 (11.54%) Project Delivery
9 31 (10.84%) Infrastructure as Code
9 31 (10.84%) ITIL
10 27 (9.44%) Disaster Recovery
11 25 (8.74%) Zero Trust
12 22 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (6.99%) CI/CD
13 20 (6.99%) Cybersecurity
13 20 (6.99%) Load Balancing
13 20 (6.99%) Runbook
14 19 (6.64%) Infrastructure Automation
14 19 (6.64%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (16.08%) Python
2 35 (12.24%) PowerShell
3 13 (4.55%) Bash
4 7 (2.45%) VBScript
5 6 (2.10%) 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 87 (30.42%) Security Cleared
2 64 (22.38%) Cisco Certification
2 64 (22.38%) SC Cleared
3 54 (18.88%) CCNP
4 28 (9.79%) CCNA
5 22 (7.69%) DV Cleared
6 16 (5.59%) Degree
7 11 (3.85%) Network+ Certification
8 10 (3.50%) CCIE
9 9 (3.15%) Server+ Certification
10 7 (2.45%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (1.75%) JNCIP
11 5 (1.75%) JNCIS
11 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (1.05%) CISM
13 3 (1.05%) CISSP
13 3 (1.05%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.24%) QA
2 11 (3.85%) SLA
3 7 (2.45%) NIST
4 6 (2.10%) GxP
4 6 (2.10%) 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 63 (22.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 38 (13.29%) Active Directory
3 24 (8.39%) vSphere
4 16 (5.59%) Hyper-V
4 16 (5.59%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (5.59%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (3.85%) Firmware
6 10 (3.50%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.45%) BitLocker
8 6 (2.10%) KVM
9 5 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (1.40%) NFS
10 4 (1.40%) VirtualBox
11 2 (0.70%) Ceph
11 2 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.35%) Docker
12 1 (0.35%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.35%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 50 (17.48%) Ansible
2 24 (8.39%) FortiGate
3 18 (6.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (4.20%) SCCM
5 10 (3.50%) Kubernetes
5 10 (3.50%) vCenter Server
6 8 (2.80%) Cisco Prime
7 7 (2.45%) Grafana
8 6 (2.10%) 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
10 3 (1.05%) WSUS
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
12 1 (0.35%) MobiControl
Vendors
1 166 (58.04%) Cisco
2 78 (27.27%) VMware
3 65 (22.73%) Microsoft
4 52 (18.18%) Fortinet
5 48 (16.78%) F5
6 44 (15.38%) Palo Alto
7 33 (11.54%) Juniper
8 27 (9.44%) CheckPoint
8 27 (9.44%) ServiceNow
9 21 (7.34%) Veeam
10 20 (6.99%) Aruba
11 19 (6.64%) Arista
11 19 (6.64%) SolarWinds
12 17 (5.94%) Meraki
12 17 (5.94%) NetApp
13 11 (3.85%) CyberArk
14 10 (3.50%) Zscaler
15 7 (2.45%) Dynatrace
15 7 (2.45%) Google
15 7 (2.45%) Xerox