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 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 361 320
Rank change year-on-year -1 -41 +244
Contract jobs citing VLAN 159 161 296
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.56% 0.51% 0.72%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.80% 4.20% 5.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 87 172
10th Percentile £219 £254 £220
25th Percentile £356 £356 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £672 £665 £700
UK median daily rate £447 £431 £475
% change year-on-year +3.65% -9.21% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 17
10th Percentile - - £26.25
25th Percentile £33.00 - £30.38
Median hourly rate £34.00 - £33.00
75th Percentile £58.75 - £71.90
90th Percentile £63.85 - £76.53
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £30.25 £33.22
% change year-on-year +12.40% -8.94% +7.16%

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 3,313 3,833 5,643
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.67% 12.14% 13.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,121 2,204 3,543
10th Percentile £213 £237 £215
25th Percentile £358 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% - -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £608
90th Percentile £688 £686 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 141 310
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.50 £17.30
25th Percentile £19.73 £26.25 £23.00
Median hourly rate £32.77 £57.25 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -42.76% +1.35% +37.68%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £48.56 £56.40
% change year-on-year -29.98% -13.90% +41.62%

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 October 2025.

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 October 2025.

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 October 2025. 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 +28 58 £450 -18.00% 52
South East +8 38 £400 +23.08% 63
North of England -37 19 £439 -7.63% 47
Midlands -35 16 £475 +5.56% 25
East of England +12 14 £460 -23.33% 22
West Midlands -27 13 £475 -18.52% 20
North West -28 12 £461 -7.80% 28
South West -8 6 £550 +10.00% 13
Yorkshire -28 6 £300 -17.24% 14
East Midlands -16 3 £408 +8.67% 5
North East -5 1 - - 10
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 (5.03%) OpenStack
2 7 (4.40%) Confluence
3 4 (2.52%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.26%) nginx
6 1 (0.63%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 60 (37.74%) Azure
2 46 (28.93%) AWS
3 20 (12.58%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (9.43%) GCP
5 8 (5.03%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.77%) SaaS
7 4 (2.52%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.89%) AWS Direct Connect
8 3 (1.89%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (1.89%) IaaS
8 3 (1.89%) PaaS
8 3 (1.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.26%) GitHub
9 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.63%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.63%) Amazon EventBridge
10 1 (0.63%) Route 53
10 1 (0.63%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 93 (58.49%) Firewall
2 73 (45.91%) DNS
3 67 (42.14%) DHCP
4 61 (38.36%) BGP
4 61 (38.36%) TCP/IP
5 56 (35.22%) OSPF
5 56 (35.22%) VPN
6 42 (26.42%) WAN
7 35 (22.01%) LAN
8 34 (21.38%) Network Security
9 24 (15.09%) Wireless
10 21 (13.21%) IPsec
11 19 (11.95%) SD-WAN
12 18 (11.32%) SSL
13 16 (10.06%) MPLS
13 16 (10.06%) Wi-Fi
14 14 (8.81%) Wireshark
15 13 (8.18%) EIGRP
16 12 (7.55%) SAN
17 9 (5.66%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 7 (4.40%) JIRA
2 4 (2.52%) Bitbucket
2 4 (2.52%) Git
3 2 (1.26%) Burp Suite
3 2 (1.26%) GitLab
3 2 (1.26%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.26%) sqlmap
General
1 48 (30.19%) Social Skills
2 30 (18.87%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (10.69%) Finance
4 15 (9.43%) Public Sector
5 7 (4.40%) Local Government
6 6 (3.77%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.52%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.26%) Advertising
10 2 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.26%) Legal
10 2 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.63%) Banking
11 1 (0.63%) Electronics
11 1 (0.63%) French Language
11 1 (0.63%) Law
11 1 (0.63%) Marketing
11 1 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 54 (33.96%) Network Engineer
2 33 (20.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 21 (13.21%) Support Engineer
4 14 (8.81%) Infrastructure Support
4 14 (8.81%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 9 (5.66%) Analyst
5 9 (5.66%) IT Engineer
6 8 (5.03%) Architect
6 8 (5.03%) Juniper Engineer
6 8 (5.03%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 8 (5.03%) Security Engineer
6 8 (5.03%) Senior
7 7 (4.40%) Administrator
7 7 (4.40%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (4.40%) Designer
7 7 (4.40%) Network Designer
7 7 (4.40%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (4.40%) Windows Engineer
8 6 (3.77%) Network Security Engineer
8 6 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.52%) Middleware
2 3 (1.89%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.63%) CrewAI
3 1 (0.63%) Flash
3 1 (0.63%) JFC
3 1 (0.63%) JSON
3 1 (0.63%) LangChain
3 1 (0.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.84%) Data Centre
2 12 (7.55%) Replication
3 11 (6.92%) Analytical Mindset
3 11 (6.92%) Operational Technology
4 7 (4.40%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.77%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (3.14%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.14%) iPad
6 5 (3.14%) iPhone
6 5 (3.14%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.52%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (2.52%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.89%) CCTV
8 3 (1.89%) Clustering
8 3 (1.89%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.26%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.26%) NHS
9 2 (1.26%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.26%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 56 (35.22%) Windows
2 23 (14.47%) Linux
3 13 (8.18%) Windows 10
3 13 (8.18%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.77%) Mac OS
5 5 (3.14%) Android
5 5 (3.14%) Windows 7
5 5 (3.14%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (2.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.89%) Check Point GAiA
8 2 (1.26%) CentOS
8 2 (1.26%) VMS
8 2 (1.26%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.63%) SUSE
9 1 (0.63%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (25.16%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (23.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 19 (11.95%) ITIL
3 19 (11.95%) Migration
4 18 (11.32%) Disaster Recovery
5 17 (10.69%) High Availability
6 15 (9.43%) Network Monitoring
7 13 (8.18%) Network Design
8 12 (7.55%) Preventative Maintenance
8 12 (7.55%) Service Management
8 12 (7.55%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 11 (6.92%) Network Architecture
10 9 (5.66%) Agile
10 9 (5.66%) Network Segmentation
11 8 (5.03%) DevOps
12 7 (4.40%) Business Continuity
12 7 (4.40%) Change Management
12 7 (4.40%) Performance Optimisation
12 7 (4.40%) SIEM
12 7 (4.40%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 20 (12.58%) Python
2 17 (10.69%) PowerShell
3 12 (7.55%) Bash
4 4 (2.52%) VBScript
5 2 (1.26%) SQL
6 1 (0.63%) Perl
6 1 (0.63%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 49 (30.82%) Cisco Certification
2 45 (28.30%) Security Cleared
3 39 (24.53%) CCNP
4 33 (20.75%) SC Cleared
5 13 (8.18%) Azure Certification
6 12 (7.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (7.55%) Network+ Certification
7 11 (6.92%) CCNA
7 11 (6.92%) Degree
7 11 (6.92%) DV Cleared
7 11 (6.92%) Server+ Certification
8 9 (5.66%) CCSA
9 6 (3.77%) CCIE
9 6 (3.77%) CCSE
10 4 (2.52%) AWS Certification
10 4 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (2.52%) JNCIP
10 4 (2.52%) JNCIS
11 3 (1.89%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.89%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.89%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.89%) SLA
4 2 (1.26%) GRC
4 2 (1.26%) NIST
5 1 (0.63%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.63%) GDPR
5 1 (0.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 41 (25.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (15.72%) Active Directory
3 24 (15.09%) Hyper-V
4 11 (6.92%) Firmware
5 9 (5.66%) Docker
5 9 (5.66%) vSphere
6 6 (3.77%) VMware NSX
7 4 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (2.52%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.89%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (1.26%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.63%) KVM
10 1 (0.63%) Squid
10 1 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.63%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 19 (11.95%) FortiGate
2 16 (10.06%) Ansible
3 10 (6.29%) SCCM
4 6 (3.77%) Terraform
4 6 (3.77%) vCenter Server
5 5 (3.14%) Nagios
5 5 (3.14%) Nmap
5 5 (3.14%) Tivoli
6 4 (2.52%) CA Spectrum
6 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.89%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (1.89%) Iperf
8 2 (1.26%) AppManager
8 2 (1.26%) HAProxy
8 2 (1.26%) Kubernetes
8 2 (1.26%) Nessus
8 2 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.63%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.63%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.63%) Observium
Vendors
1 66 (41.51%) Cisco
2 55 (34.59%) VMware
3 38 (23.90%) Microsoft
4 31 (19.50%) Palo Alto
5 27 (16.98%) Fortinet
6 26 (16.35%) SolarWinds
7 25 (15.72%) Juniper
8 22 (13.84%) Dell
9 17 (10.69%) F5
10 15 (9.43%) CheckPoint
11 14 (8.81%) Veeam
12 12 (7.55%) Citrix
13 11 (6.92%) Meraki
14 9 (5.66%) Aruba
14 9 (5.66%) NetApp
15 7 (4.40%) HP
16 4 (2.52%) Arista
17 3 (1.89%) Red Hat
17 3 (1.89%) ServiceNow
17 3 (1.89%) Zscaler