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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 352 377
Rank change year-on-year +13 +25 -42
Contract jobs citing VLAN 306 168 150
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.66% 0.60% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.10% 5.10% 3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 109 83
10th Percentile £375 £219 £251
25th Percentile £413 £350 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £435 £438
Median % change year-on-year +14.94% -0.57% -7.89%
75th Percentile £600 £536 £588
90th Percentile £668 £663 £671
UK median daily rate £485 £445 £425
% change year-on-year +8.99% +4.71% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 4 0
10th Percentile £18.50 - -
25th Percentile £33.70 £33.00 -
Median hourly rate £58.25 £45.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.32% - -
75th Percentile £74.00 £60.88 -
90th Percentile £77.41 £64.70 -
UK median hourly rate £58.25 £45.75 £30.25
% change year-on-year +27.32% +51.24% -5.10%

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 4,312 3,291 3,974
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.34% 11.83% 12.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,552 2,064 2,323
10th Percentile £250 £227 £242
25th Percentile £400 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £508
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -3.94% +1.50%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £610
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 373 165 215
10th Percentile £16.02 £15.28 £14.82
25th Percentile £21.33 £25.00 £23.45
Median hourly rate £43.50 £41.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +4.82% -27.64% +1.52%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £91.69 £78.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £51.00
% change year-on-year -23.53% -16.67% -9.72%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 -35 96 £469 +15.31% 129
North of England -24 59 £505 +12.98% 39
South East -54 50 £500 +11.11% 98
North West -31 32 £520 +9.47% 27
South West -11 31 £495 +29.41% 25
Midlands -39 27 £263 -44.74% 32
Yorkshire -15 26 £500 +173.97% 9
East of England -30 15 £600 +34.83% 22
East Midlands -5 14 £275 -32.52% 8
West Midlands -47 13 £250 -47.37% 24
North East -46 1 - - 5
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 16 (5.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.96%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.63%) FactoryTalk
5 3 (0.98%) Confluence
6 2 (0.65%) Apache
6 2 (0.65%) CloudStack
6 2 (0.65%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.31%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 88 (28.76%) Azure
2 45 (14.71%) AWS
3 36 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (10.46%) Entra ID
5 23 (7.52%) GitHub
6 18 (5.88%) GCP
7 12 (3.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 12 (3.92%) IaaS
8 7 (2.29%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (2.29%) SaaS
9 6 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.96%) PaaS
9 6 (1.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (1.63%) Cohesity
10 5 (1.63%) Datadog
10 5 (1.63%) Nutanix
10 5 (1.63%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.31%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (1.31%) Azure Stack
12 3 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 187 (61.11%) Firewall
2 119 (38.89%) DNS
3 114 (37.25%) BGP
4 100 (32.68%) OSPF
5 99 (32.35%) VPN
6 98 (32.03%) DHCP
7 88 (28.76%) WAN
8 67 (21.90%) Network Security
9 66 (21.57%) TCP/IP
10 64 (20.92%) LAN
11 62 (20.26%) Wireless
12 44 (14.38%) Wi-Fi
13 40 (13.07%) SD-WAN
14 38 (12.42%) SAN
15 36 (11.76%) Cisco Nexus
16 30 (9.80%) Multicast
16 30 (9.80%) VXLAN
17 27 (8.82%) IPsec
18 26 (8.50%) Cisco IOS
19 24 (7.84%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.21%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.33%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 13 (4.25%) Git
1 13 (4.25%) Jenkins
1 13 (4.25%) JIRA
2 6 (1.96%) GitLab
3 5 (1.63%) Chocolatey
3 5 (1.63%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.65%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.65%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.33%) MSI
General
1 61 (19.93%) Social Skills
2 34 (11.11%) Finance
3 33 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (6.21%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (4.25%) Public Sector
5 13 (4.25%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.59%) Banking
7 10 (3.27%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.29%) Retail
10 6 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.96%) Police
11 5 (1.63%) Legal
11 5 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.31%) Automotive
12 4 (1.31%) Games
13 3 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.65%) Advertising
14 2 (0.65%) French Language
14 2 (0.65%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 141 (46.08%) Network Engineer
2 66 (21.57%) Senior
3 53 (17.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 48 (15.69%) Senior Network Engineer
5 28 (9.15%) Architect
6 19 (6.21%) Cisco Engineer
6 19 (6.21%) IT Engineer
7 18 (5.88%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 17 (5.56%) Network Architect
8 17 (5.56%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 14 (4.58%) Network Specialist
10 13 (4.25%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (3.92%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (3.92%) Senior Network Specialist
12 11 (3.59%) Support Engineer
13 10 (3.27%) Azure Engineer
13 10 (3.27%) Technical Architect
14 9 (2.94%) IT Support
14 9 (2.94%) Security Engineer
15 8 (2.61%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (14.05%) Terraform
2 13 (4.25%) 802.1X
3 5 (1.63%) NETCONF
3 5 (1.63%) REST
4 3 (0.98%) RESTCONF
5 2 (0.65%) .NET
5 2 (0.65%) cloud-init
5 2 (0.65%) eBPF
5 2 (0.65%) gRPC
5 2 (0.65%) HTML
5 2 (0.65%) HTML5
5 2 (0.65%) JSON
5 2 (0.65%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.65%) ODBC
5 2 (0.65%) YAML
6 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 100 (32.68%) Data Centre
2 19 (6.21%) Hybrid Cloud
3 18 (5.88%) Replication
4 17 (5.56%) Onboarding
5 16 (5.23%) PKI
6 15 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (3.92%) Linux Command Line
7 12 (3.92%) Operational Technology
8 11 (3.59%) Cloud Native
9 10 (3.27%) Driving Licence
10 9 (2.94%) Virtual Team
11 8 (2.61%) Digital Signage
12 7 (2.29%) Life Science
12 7 (2.29%) SCADA
13 6 (1.96%) CMDB
13 6 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (1.96%) Private Cloud
14 5 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
14 5 (1.63%) Robotics
14 5 (1.63%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 86 (28.10%) Windows
2 45 (14.71%) Windows Server
3 36 (11.76%) Linux
4 14 (4.58%) Windows 10
5 13 (4.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.61%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.96%) CentOS
7 6 (1.96%) Rocky
7 6 (1.96%) Windows 7
8 5 (1.63%) Unix
9 4 (1.31%) SUSE
9 4 (1.31%) VMS
10 3 (0.98%) Android
10 3 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.33%) Debian
11 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (21.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 61 (19.93%) Migration
3 59 (19.28%) Validation
4 51 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (15.03%) ITSM
6 42 (13.73%) High Availability
7 37 (12.09%) Network Segmentation
8 34 (11.11%) ITIL
8 34 (11.11%) Network Design
9 33 (10.78%) Project Delivery
10 30 (9.80%) Infrastructure as Code
11 29 (9.48%) Disaster Recovery
12 27 (8.82%) Zero Trust
13 23 (7.52%) Continuous Improvement
14 22 (7.19%) Runbook
15 21 (6.86%) Infrastructure Automation
16 20 (6.54%) CI/CD
16 20 (6.54%) Cybersecurity
16 20 (6.54%) Load Balancing
17 19 (6.21%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 52 (16.99%) Python
2 40 (13.07%) PowerShell
3 15 (4.90%) Bash
4 7 (2.29%) VBScript
5 6 (1.96%) VB
6 5 (1.63%) ActionScript
7 2 (0.65%) Java
7 2 (0.65%) SQL
7 2 (0.65%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.33%) Bicep
8 1 (0.33%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 100 (32.68%) Security Cleared
2 73 (23.86%) SC Cleared
3 69 (22.55%) Cisco Certification
4 59 (19.28%) CCNP
5 33 (10.78%) CCNA
6 23 (7.52%) DV Cleared
7 16 (5.23%) Degree
8 13 (4.25%) Network+ Certification
9 12 (3.92%) Azure Certification
10 11 (3.59%) Server+ Certification
11 10 (3.27%) CCIE
12 5 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (1.63%) JNCIP
12 5 (1.63%) JNCIS
12 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (1.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (0.98%) CISM
14 3 (0.98%) CISSP
14 3 (0.98%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.58%) QA
2 12 (3.92%) SLA
3 7 (2.29%) NIST
4 6 (1.96%) GxP
4 6 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.96%) NCSC
5 4 (1.31%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 4 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.31%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.65%) GDPR
6 2 (0.65%) GMP
6 2 (0.65%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.65%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 66 (21.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 41 (13.40%) Active Directory
3 26 (8.50%) vSphere
4 20 (6.54%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (6.54%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (6.21%) Hyper-V
6 14 (4.58%) Firmware
7 11 (3.59%) VMware NSX
8 7 (2.29%) BitLocker
9 6 (1.96%) KVM
9 6 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (1.31%) NFS
11 3 (0.98%) VirtualBox
12 2 (0.65%) Ceph
12 2 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.33%) Docker
13 1 (0.33%) ProxySG
13 1 (0.33%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 52 (16.99%) Ansible
2 25 (8.17%) FortiGate
3 21 (6.86%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (4.90%) vCenter Server
5 13 (4.25%) SCCM
6 9 (2.94%) Kubernetes
7 8 (2.61%) Cisco Prime
8 6 (1.96%) Grafana
8 6 (1.96%) NetBackup
8 6 (1.96%) WSUS
9 4 (1.31%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (1.31%) Nagios
9 4 (1.31%) systemd
9 4 (1.31%) VxRail
10 3 (0.98%) Avamar
10 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Clustering
10 3 (0.98%) PowerCLI
10 3 (0.98%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.98%) vMotion
Vendors
1 177 (57.84%) Cisco
2 83 (27.12%) VMware
3 66 (21.57%) Microsoft
4 57 (18.63%) Fortinet
5 49 (16.01%) F5
6 45 (14.71%) Palo Alto
7 35 (11.44%) Juniper
8 30 (9.80%) ServiceNow
9 26 (8.50%) CheckPoint
10 22 (7.19%) Arista
11 19 (6.21%) Aruba
11 19 (6.21%) Veeam
12 17 (5.56%) SolarWinds
13 13 (4.25%) Meraki
13 13 (4.25%) NetApp
14 11 (3.59%) CyberArk
14 11 (3.59%) Zscaler
15 9 (2.94%) Dell
16 8 (2.61%) Dynatrace
17 7 (2.29%) Google