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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 357 374
Rank change year-on-year -6 +17 -62
Contract jobs citing VLAN 295 158 160
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.63% 0.57% 0.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.82% 4.87% 4.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 111 86
10th Percentile £356 £219 £258
25th Percentile £408 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £445 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.24% -1.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £547 £588
90th Percentile £656 £660 £665
UK median daily rate £475 £447 £450
% change year-on-year +6.26% -0.67% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 5 0
10th Percentile £18.50 - -
25th Percentile £33.70 £33.00 -
Median hourly rate £42.00 £34.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% - -
75th Percentile £61.50 £58.75 -
90th Percentile £74.00 £63.85 -
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £34.00 £30.25
% change year-on-year +23.53% +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 4,325 3,244 3,892
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.29% 11.62% 12.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,549 2,075 2,238
10th Percentile £261 £214 £240
25th Percentile £400 £356 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% -4.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £588 £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 393 170 148
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £17.23
25th Percentile £21.33 £20.32 £26.25
Median hourly rate £38.72 £34.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.88% -40.87% +1.79%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £67.14
90th Percentile £95.80 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £34.50 £48.56
% change year-on-year -5.80% -28.95% -14.04%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -48 87 £450 +3.21% 107
North of England -11 66 £500 +13.96% 43
South East -56 49 £475 +15.15% 63
North West -27 34 £512 +11.06% 29
Yorkshire -9 31 £475 +117.14% 10
South West -8 30 £495 -10.00% 25
Midlands -38 22 £400 -15.79% 29
East of England -21 17 £600 +30.43% 20
West Midlands -47 16 £400 -15.79% 17
East Midlands -8 6 - - 12
North East -41 1 - - 7
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 14 (4.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (4.41%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.03%) FactoryTalk
3 6 (2.03%) Skype for Business
4 5 (1.69%) Confluence
5 2 (0.68%) Apache
5 2 (0.68%) CloudStack
5 2 (0.68%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.03%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 77 (26.10%) Azure
2 42 (14.24%) AWS
3 37 (12.54%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (10.51%) Entra ID
5 24 (8.14%) GitHub
6 18 (6.10%) GCP
7 12 (4.07%) IaaS
8 8 (2.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 8 (2.71%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (2.03%) Cohesity
9 6 (2.03%) Nutanix
9 6 (2.03%) PaaS
9 6 (2.03%) SaaS
10 5 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.36%) AWS Direct Connect
11 4 (1.36%) Datadog
11 4 (1.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (1.02%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.02%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 184 (62.37%) Firewall
2 119 (40.34%) DNS
3 105 (35.59%) BGP
4 98 (33.22%) VPN
5 96 (32.54%) DHCP
6 91 (30.85%) OSPF
7 85 (28.81%) WAN
8 78 (26.44%) TCP/IP
9 66 (22.37%) LAN
10 63 (21.36%) Wireless
11 62 (21.02%) Network Security
12 43 (14.58%) Wi-Fi
13 39 (13.22%) SD-WAN
14 36 (12.20%) Cisco Nexus
14 36 (12.20%) SAN
15 28 (9.49%) IPsec
16 27 (9.15%) VXLAN
17 26 (8.81%) WLAN
18 25 (8.47%) Multicast
19 22 (7.46%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.08%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.34%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 18 (6.10%) Git
2 16 (5.42%) Jenkins
3 15 (5.08%) JIRA
4 7 (2.37%) GitLab
5 6 (2.03%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (1.36%) Chocolatey
7 3 (1.02%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.02%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.34%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 58 (19.66%) Social Skills
2 38 (12.88%) Analytical Skills
2 38 (12.88%) Finance
3 16 (5.42%) Documentation Skills
4 14 (4.75%) Telecoms
5 12 (4.07%) Banking
5 12 (4.07%) Manufacturing
5 12 (4.07%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.37%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.03%) Police
8 6 (2.03%) Retail
9 4 (1.36%) Automotive
9 4 (1.36%) Games
9 4 (1.36%) Legal
10 3 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.68%) French Language
11 2 (0.68%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.34%) Law
Job Titles
1 134 (45.42%) Network Engineer
2 59 (20.00%) Senior
3 48 (16.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 42 (14.24%) Senior Network Engineer
5 24 (8.14%) Architect
6 18 (6.10%) Network Architect
7 17 (5.76%) Cisco Engineer
8 15 (5.08%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 15 (5.08%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 14 (4.75%) IT Engineer
10 13 (4.41%) Support Engineer
11 12 (4.07%) IT Support
11 12 (4.07%) Network Specialist
12 11 (3.73%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (3.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (3.39%) Senior Network Specialist
14 8 (2.71%) Implementation Engineer
14 8 (2.71%) Network Implementation Engineer
14 8 (2.71%) Security Architect
14 8 (2.71%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (14.92%) Terraform
2 13 (4.41%) 802.1X
3 5 (1.69%) JSON
3 5 (1.69%) NETCONF
3 5 (1.69%) REST
4 3 (1.02%) .NET
4 3 (1.02%) RESTCONF
5 2 (0.68%) cloud-init
5 2 (0.68%) eBPF
5 2 (0.68%) gRPC
5 2 (0.68%) HTML
5 2 (0.68%) HTML5
5 2 (0.68%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.68%) ODBC
5 2 (0.68%) YAML
6 1 (0.34%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 97 (32.88%) Data Centre
2 17 (5.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (5.08%) PKI
4 14 (4.75%) Replication
5 13 (4.41%) Onboarding
5 13 (4.41%) Operational Technology
6 12 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (3.73%) Cloud Native
8 10 (3.39%) Driving Licence
8 10 (3.39%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (3.05%) CMDB
10 8 (2.71%) Digital Signage
10 8 (2.71%) Life Science
10 8 (2.71%) SCADA
11 7 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (2.03%) IoT
12 6 (2.03%) Private Cloud
12 6 (2.03%) Virtual Team
13 5 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 79 (26.78%) Windows
2 45 (15.25%) Windows Server
3 35 (11.86%) Linux
4 11 (3.73%) Windows 10
5 9 (3.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.71%) Ubuntu
7 6 (2.03%) CentOS
7 6 (2.03%) Rocky
7 6 (2.03%) Unix
7 6 (2.03%) Windows 7
8 5 (1.69%) Android
9 3 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.68%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.34%) Debian
11 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.34%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 54 (18.31%) Migration
3 53 (17.97%) Validation
4 50 (16.95%) ITSM
5 48 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (13.56%) Network Segmentation
7 35 (11.86%) High Availability
7 35 (11.86%) Network Design
8 33 (11.19%) Project Delivery
9 32 (10.85%) Infrastructure as Code
10 31 (10.51%) ITIL
11 27 (9.15%) Disaster Recovery
12 25 (8.47%) Zero Trust
13 24 (8.14%) CI/CD
14 23 (7.80%) Runbook
14 23 (7.80%) Stakeholder Management
15 22 (7.46%) Continuous Improvement
16 21 (7.12%) Cybersecurity
16 21 (7.12%) Load Balancing
17 20 (6.78%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 50 (16.95%) Python
2 38 (12.88%) PowerShell
3 14 (4.75%) Bash
4 7 (2.37%) VBScript
5 6 (2.03%) VB
6 5 (1.69%) ActionScript
7 3 (1.02%) Java
8 2 (0.68%) SQL
8 2 (0.68%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.34%) Bicep
9 1 (0.34%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 84 (28.47%) Security Cleared
2 63 (21.36%) Cisco Certification
3 61 (20.68%) SC Cleared
4 52 (17.63%) CCNP
5 29 (9.83%) CCNA
6 22 (7.46%) DV Cleared
7 18 (6.10%) Degree
8 12 (4.07%) Network+ Certification
9 10 (3.39%) CCIE
10 9 (3.05%) Server+ Certification
11 7 (2.37%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (1.69%) JNCIP
12 5 (1.69%) JNCIS
12 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (1.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (1.02%) CISM
14 3 (1.02%) CISSP
14 3 (1.02%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.42%) QA
2 11 (3.73%) SLA
3 7 (2.37%) GxP
3 7 (2.37%) NIST
4 6 (2.03%) NCSC
5 5 (1.69%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 5 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.36%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.68%) GDPR
7 2 (0.68%) GMP
7 2 (0.68%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 66 (22.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 41 (13.90%) Active Directory
3 24 (8.14%) vSphere
4 17 (5.76%) Hyper-V
4 17 (5.76%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (5.42%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (3.73%) Firmware
7 10 (3.39%) VMware NSX
8 7 (2.37%) BitLocker
8 7 (2.37%) KVM
9 5 (1.69%) NFS
9 5 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (1.36%) VirtualBox
11 2 (0.68%) Ceph
11 2 (0.68%) Docker
12 1 (0.34%) etcd
12 1 (0.34%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.34%) QEMU
12 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 54 (18.31%) Ansible
2 23 (7.80%) FortiGate
3 18 (6.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (4.41%) SCCM
5 12 (4.07%) Kubernetes
6 11 (3.73%) Cisco Prime
6 11 (3.73%) vCenter Server
7 8 (2.71%) Grafana
8 6 (2.03%) NetBackup
9 4 (1.36%) Nagios
9 4 (1.36%) Prometheus
9 4 (1.36%) systemd
9 4 (1.36%) vMotion
10 3 (1.02%) Avamar
10 3 (1.02%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (1.02%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (1.02%) WSUS
11 2 (0.68%) PowerCLI
11 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.68%) SELinux
Vendors
1 167 (56.61%) Cisco
2 81 (27.46%) VMware
3 68 (23.05%) Microsoft
4 53 (17.97%) Fortinet
5 50 (16.95%) F5
6 47 (15.93%) Palo Alto
7 35 (11.86%) Juniper
8 32 (10.85%) ServiceNow
9 25 (8.47%) CheckPoint
10 22 (7.46%) Arista
11 21 (7.12%) Aruba
12 20 (6.78%) Veeam
13 18 (6.10%) SolarWinds
14 17 (5.76%) Meraki
15 16 (5.42%) NetApp
16 12 (4.07%) CyberArk
17 9 (3.05%) Zscaler
18 8 (2.71%) Dynatrace
18 8 (2.71%) Splunk
19 7 (2.37%) Dell