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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 342 415
Rank change year-on-year -18 +73 -60
Contract jobs citing VLAN 268 147 134
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.62% 0.58% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.54% 4.57% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 93 89
10th Percentile £338 £193 £190
25th Percentile £413 £325 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +6.25% -15.79%
75th Percentile £584 £488 £538
90th Percentile £628 £598 £633
UK median daily rate £472 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +11.06% +6.25% -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 4,097 3,215 4,814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.44% 12.75% 12.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,539 1,985 2,865
10th Percentile £250 £231 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 282 136 395
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.69 £13.87
25th Percentile £21.25 £19.30 £17.69
Median hourly rate £28.96 £39.66 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -26.98% -13.56% +141.47%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.35 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £27.88 £44.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -36.64% -2.22% +136.84%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -45 77 £450 +5.88% 39
North of England -18 62 £515 +15.21% 25
North West -8 47 £575 +23.66% 14
South East -51 36 £525 +16.67% 48
Midlands -55 30 £413 +19.57% 17
South West -13 28 £495 +65.00% 14
West Midlands -58 15 £413 +23.13% 9
East Midlands -2 14 £275 -32.52% 8
Yorkshire -35 14 £329 +9.49% 9
East of England -35 7 £540 +140.00% 21
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 (4.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.99%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.49%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.75%) Apache
4 2 (0.75%) CloudStack
4 2 (0.75%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) DELMIA
1 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 70 (26.12%) Azure
2 35 (13.06%) AWS
3 23 (8.58%) Entra ID
4 21 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (4.85%) GCP
6 12 (4.48%) IaaS
7 11 (4.10%) GitHub
8 9 (3.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 8 (2.99%) Nutanix
10 7 (2.61%) PaaS
10 7 (2.61%) SaaS
10 7 (2.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 6 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.24%) Datadog
12 5 (1.87%) Cohesity
13 4 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (1.49%) Azure Stack
14 3 (1.12%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (1.12%) OneDrive
15 2 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 164 (61.19%) Firewall
2 88 (32.84%) BGP
3 87 (32.46%) DNS
4 85 (31.72%) WAN
5 83 (30.97%) OSPF
6 75 (27.99%) VPN
7 71 (26.49%) DHCP
8 69 (25.75%) LAN
9 66 (24.63%) Network Security
10 50 (18.66%) TCP/IP
11 44 (16.42%) Wireless
12 42 (15.67%) Wi-Fi
13 37 (13.81%) SD-WAN
14 36 (13.43%) SAN
15 27 (10.07%) NX-OS
16 26 (9.70%) Cisco Nexus
16 26 (9.70%) VXLAN
17 25 (9.33%) MPLS
18 23 (8.58%) Structured Cabling
19 22 (8.21%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.48%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (2.99%) JIRA
2 7 (2.61%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.24%) Chocolatey
4 5 (1.87%) Git
5 3 (1.12%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.75%) Browser DevTools
6 2 (0.75%) GitLab
7 1 (0.37%) MSI
General
1 68 (25.37%) Social Skills
2 21 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (7.09%) Documentation Skills
4 17 (6.34%) Finance
5 16 (5.97%) Telecoms
6 9 (3.36%) Banking
7 7 (2.61%) Legal
7 7 (2.61%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.24%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.49%) Retail
10 3 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.75%) Aviation
11 2 (0.75%) Police
12 1 (0.37%) Advertising
12 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.37%) Law
12 1 (0.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 118 (44.03%) Network Engineer
2 40 (14.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 35 (13.06%) Architect
4 33 (12.31%) Senior
5 22 (8.21%) IT Engineer
5 22 (8.21%) Senior Network Engineer
6 20 (7.46%) Network Architect
7 19 (7.09%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 15 (5.60%) IT Support
9 14 (5.22%) Technical Architect
10 12 (4.48%) Network Specialist
11 11 (4.10%) Azure Engineer
11 11 (4.10%) Cisco Engineer
11 11 (4.10%) Security Engineer
12 10 (3.73%) Network Security Engineer
12 10 (3.73%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
13 9 (3.36%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 9 (3.36%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (3.36%) Senior Network Specialist
13 9 (3.36%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.72%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.49%) REST
3 2 (0.75%) cloud-init
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.75%) RFC 2544
4 1 (0.37%) CSS
4 1 (0.37%) HTML
4 1 (0.37%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 90 (33.58%) Data Centre
2 20 (7.46%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.85%) Replication
4 12 (4.48%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (3.36%) Cloud Native
5 9 (3.36%) Driving Licence
5 9 (3.36%) Operational Technology
5 9 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.61%) Linux Command Line
6 7 (2.61%) PKI
7 6 (2.24%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (2.24%) Private Cloud
7 6 (2.24%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.87%) Clustering
9 4 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.49%) SCADA
9 4 (1.49%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (0.75%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 52 (19.40%) Windows
2 21 (7.84%) Windows Server
3 19 (7.09%) Linux
4 12 (4.48%) Windows 10
5 9 (3.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.49%) SUSE
6 4 (1.49%) VMS
6 4 (1.49%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.12%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.75%) CentOS
8 2 (0.75%) Rocky
8 2 (0.75%) Unix
8 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.37%) Debian
9 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (21.27%) Migration
2 46 (17.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 46 (17.16%) ITSM
3 44 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (15.30%) Validation
5 40 (14.93%) Network Segmentation
6 30 (11.19%) High Availability
7 27 (10.07%) Network Design
8 26 (9.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (9.70%) Disaster Recovery
9 25 (9.33%) Project Delivery
10 22 (8.21%) ITIL
10 22 (8.21%) Runbook
10 22 (8.21%) Zero Trust
11 19 (7.09%) Network Monitoring
12 18 (6.72%) Cybersecurity
13 17 (6.34%) Change Control
14 16 (5.97%) CI/CD
14 16 (5.97%) RBAC
15 14 (5.22%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 40 (14.93%) Python
2 22 (8.21%) PowerShell
3 13 (4.85%) Bash
4 6 (2.24%) VBScript
5 5 (1.87%) ActionScript
6 4 (1.49%) VB
7 3 (1.12%) SQL
8 1 (0.37%) Bicep
8 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.37%) Ladder Logic
8 1 (0.37%) Perl
Qualifications
1 102 (38.06%) Security Cleared
2 83 (30.97%) SC Cleared
3 77 (28.73%) Cisco Certification
4 67 (25.00%) CCNP
5 53 (19.78%) CCNA
6 20 (7.46%) DV Cleared
7 19 (7.09%) Network+ Certification
8 15 (5.60%) Server+ Certification
9 11 (4.10%) CCIE
10 10 (3.73%) Degree
11 8 (2.99%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.49%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.49%) ISTQB
13 3 (1.12%) CISSP
13 3 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (1.12%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.12%) PMP
13 3 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (0.75%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.10%) QA
2 9 (3.36%) SLA
3 8 (2.99%) NCSC
4 5 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.12%) GDPR
5 3 (1.12%) GxP
5 3 (1.12%) NIST
6 2 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.75%) GMP
6 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.75%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.37%) GRC
7 1 (0.37%) NIST 800
System Software
1 38 (14.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 36 (13.43%) Active Directory
3 22 (8.21%) vSphere
4 18 (6.72%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (6.34%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (4.85%) Firmware
7 12 (4.48%) Hyper-V
8 8 (2.99%) VMware NSX
9 5 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (1.49%) BitLocker
10 4 (1.49%) NFS
11 3 (1.12%) KVM
12 2 (0.75%) Ceph
12 2 (0.75%) VirtualBox
13 1 (0.37%) Docker
13 1 (0.37%) ProxySG
13 1 (0.37%) QEMU
13 1 (0.37%) Snort
13 1 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (10.45%) Ansible
2 25 (9.33%) FortiGate
3 21 (7.84%) Terraform
4 13 (4.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (4.85%) vCenter Server
5 12 (4.48%) SCCM
6 8 (2.99%) VxRail
7 6 (2.24%) WSUS
8 4 (1.49%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.49%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.12%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (1.12%) Grafana
9 3 (1.12%) Iperf
9 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (1.12%) Nagios
10 2 (0.75%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.75%) Nmap
10 2 (0.75%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.75%) SELinux
Vendors
1 152 (56.72%) Cisco
2 55 (20.52%) Palo Alto
3 52 (19.40%) VMware
4 50 (18.66%) Fortinet
5 49 (18.28%) Microsoft
6 34 (12.69%) F5
7 25 (9.33%) CheckPoint
7 25 (9.33%) Juniper
8 23 (8.58%) Aruba
9 22 (8.21%) ServiceNow
10 16 (5.97%) SolarWinds
11 15 (5.60%) Veeam
12 12 (4.48%) Arista
12 12 (4.48%) Meraki
13 11 (4.10%) Zscaler
14 10 (3.73%) Dell
14 10 (3.73%) Ekahau
15 8 (2.99%) Citrix
16 7 (2.61%) AppDynamics
16 7 (2.61%) Dynatrace