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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 349 422
Rank change year-on-year +6 +73 -75
Contract jobs citing VLAN 275 149 134
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.64% 0.60% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.71% 4.65% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 94 86
10th Percentile £334 £194 £187
25th Percentile £413 £325 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +6.25% -15.79%
75th Percentile £569 £497 £538
90th Percentile £626 £611 £665
UK median daily rate £472 £428 £425
% change year-on-year +10.41% +0.59% -10.53%
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 4,096 3,205 4,841
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.48% 12.87% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,546 1,996 2,882
10th Percentile £250 £227 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £498 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% -0.46% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £484 £500
% change year-on-year +3.31% -3.20% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 280 129 394
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.59 £13.61
25th Percentile £21.25 £16.30 £17.69
Median hourly rate £29.52 £39.32 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.92% -5.25% +121.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £64.69
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.50 £73.14
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £45.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.91% +12.50% +110.53%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -52 78 £450 +5.88% 38
North of England -21 69 £500 +11.86% 25
North West -3 53 £515 +10.75% 13
South East -55 36 £500 +11.11% 60
Midlands -49 31 £413 +19.57% 20
South West -7 29 £495 +65.00% 14
East Midlands -9 15 £275 -32.52% 9
Yorkshire -46 15 £329 +9.49% 9
West Midlands -59 15 £413 +23.13% 11
East of England -40 6 £540 +140.00% 20
North East - 1 - - 4
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 (4.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.91%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.45%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.73%) Apache
4 2 (0.73%) CloudStack
4 2 (0.73%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.09%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.73%) DELMIA
2 1 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 71 (25.82%) Azure
2 34 (12.36%) AWS
3 24 (8.73%) Entra ID
4 22 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (4.36%) IaaS
6 11 (4.00%) GCP
6 11 (4.00%) GitHub
7 9 (3.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 8 (2.91%) Nutanix
9 7 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.55%) PaaS
9 7 (2.55%) SaaS
10 6 (2.18%) Datadog
11 5 (1.82%) Cohesity
11 5 (1.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (1.45%) Azure Stack
13 3 (1.09%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (1.09%) OneDrive
14 2 (0.73%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 170 (61.82%) Firewall
2 87 (31.64%) WAN
3 86 (31.27%) BGP
4 85 (30.91%) DNS
5 81 (29.45%) OSPF
6 77 (28.00%) VPN
7 72 (26.18%) DHCP
8 71 (25.82%) Network Security
9 69 (25.09%) LAN
10 49 (17.82%) TCP/IP
11 46 (16.73%) Wireless
12 44 (16.00%) Wi-Fi
13 37 (13.45%) SD-WAN
14 34 (12.36%) SAN
15 27 (9.82%) NX-OS
15 27 (9.82%) VXLAN
16 25 (9.09%) MPLS
17 24 (8.73%) Cisco Nexus
17 24 (8.73%) Structured Cabling
18 23 (8.36%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.36%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (2.91%) JIRA
2 7 (2.55%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.18%) Chocolatey
4 5 (1.82%) Git
5 2 (0.73%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.73%) GitLab
6 1 (0.36%) MSI
6 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 68 (24.73%) Social Skills
2 21 (7.64%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (6.91%) Documentation Skills
4 17 (6.18%) Finance
5 14 (5.09%) Telecoms
6 9 (3.27%) Banking
7 7 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.55%) Legal
7 7 (2.55%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.55%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.45%) Retail
9 3 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.73%) Aviation
10 2 (0.73%) Police
11 1 (0.36%) Advertising
11 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Law
11 1 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 121 (44.00%) Network Engineer
2 41 (14.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 33 (12.00%) Architect
4 31 (11.27%) Senior
5 23 (8.36%) IT Engineer
6 21 (7.64%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 21 (7.64%) Senior Network Engineer
7 18 (6.55%) Network Architect
8 16 (5.82%) IT Support
9 13 (4.73%) Cisco Engineer
10 12 (4.36%) Technical Architect
11 11 (4.00%) Azure Engineer
11 11 (4.00%) Network Specialist
11 11 (4.00%) Security Engineer
12 10 (3.64%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 10 (3.64%) Network Security Engineer
13 9 (3.27%) Analyst
13 9 (3.27%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (3.27%) Support Engineer
14 8 (2.91%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (7.27%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.45%) REST
3 2 (0.73%) cloud-init
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.73%) RFC 2544
3 2 (0.73%) XMPP
4 1 (0.36%) CSS
4 1 (0.36%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 92 (33.45%) Data Centre
2 23 (8.36%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.36%) Replication
4 10 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (3.27%) Driving Licence
5 9 (3.27%) Operational Technology
5 9 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.55%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.55%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (2.18%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (2.18%) PKI
7 6 (2.18%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.82%) Clustering
9 4 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.45%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.45%) SCADA
9 4 (1.45%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.73%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 52 (18.91%) Windows
2 20 (7.27%) Windows Server
3 17 (6.18%) Linux
4 12 (4.36%) Windows 10
5 8 (2.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.45%) SUSE
6 4 (1.45%) VMS
6 4 (1.45%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.09%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.73%) Unix
8 2 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.36%) CentOS
9 1 (0.36%) Debian
9 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.36%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (21.09%) Migration
2 46 (16.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 46 (16.73%) ITSM
3 45 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (15.27%) Network Segmentation
5 41 (14.91%) Validation
6 31 (11.27%) High Availability
7 28 (10.18%) Network Design
8 27 (9.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
9 25 (9.09%) Project Delivery
10 22 (8.00%) Runbook
11 21 (7.64%) ITIL
11 21 (7.64%) Network Monitoring
12 20 (7.27%) Zero Trust
13 18 (6.55%) Change Control
13 18 (6.55%) Cybersecurity
14 17 (6.18%) RBAC
15 15 (5.45%) CI/CD
16 14 (5.09%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 38 (13.82%) Python
2 21 (7.64%) PowerShell
3 13 (4.73%) Bash
4 6 (2.18%) VBScript
5 5 (1.82%) ActionScript
6 4 (1.45%) SQL
6 4 (1.45%) VB
7 1 (0.36%) Bicep
7 1 (0.36%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.36%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.36%) Perl
Qualifications
1 103 (37.45%) Security Cleared
2 85 (30.91%) SC Cleared
3 80 (29.09%) Cisco Certification
4 69 (25.09%) CCNP
5 58 (21.09%) CCNA
6 19 (6.91%) DV Cleared
6 19 (6.91%) Network+ Certification
7 15 (5.45%) Server+ Certification
8 9 (3.27%) Azure Certification
8 9 (3.27%) CCIE
9 8 (2.91%) Degree
10 5 (1.82%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.45%) ISTQB
11 4 (1.45%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.45%) PMP
12 3 (1.09%) CISSP
12 3 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.09%) JNCIS
12 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.73%) Project+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.00%) QA
1 11 (4.00%) SLA
2 6 (2.18%) NCSC
3 5 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.09%) GDPR
4 3 (1.09%) GxP
4 3 (1.09%) NIST
5 2 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.73%) GMP
5 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.73%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.36%) GRC
6 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
System Software
1 37 (13.45%) Active Directory
1 37 (13.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (8.73%) vSphere
3 18 (6.55%) Virtual Machines
3 18 (6.55%) VMware ESXi
4 13 (4.73%) Firmware
5 11 (4.00%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (1.82%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.45%) BitLocker
7 4 (1.45%) NFS
8 3 (1.09%) KVM
9 2 (0.73%) Ceph
9 2 (0.73%) VirtualBox
10 1 (0.36%) Docker
10 1 (0.36%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.36%) QEMU
10 1 (0.36%) Snort
10 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 26 (9.45%) FortiGate
2 24 (8.73%) Ansible
3 19 (6.91%) Terraform
4 14 (5.09%) vCenter Server
5 13 (4.73%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (4.36%) SCCM
7 10 (3.64%) VxRail
8 6 (2.18%) WSUS
9 4 (1.45%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (1.45%) Kubernetes
9 4 (1.45%) Nagios
9 4 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (1.09%) Cisco Prime
10 3 (1.09%) Grafana
10 3 (1.09%) Iperf
10 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.73%) Cisco CUCM
11 2 (0.73%) Nmap
11 2 (0.73%) PowerCLI
11 2 (0.73%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 155 (56.36%) Cisco
2 56 (20.36%) Palo Alto
3 50 (18.18%) Fortinet
3 50 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 49 (17.82%) VMware
5 33 (12.00%) F5
6 26 (9.45%) Juniper
7 25 (9.09%) CheckPoint
8 23 (8.36%) Aruba
9 22 (8.00%) ServiceNow
10 16 (5.82%) Veeam
11 15 (5.45%) SolarWinds
12 12 (4.36%) Dell
12 12 (4.36%) Meraki
13 11 (4.00%) Arista
13 11 (4.00%) Zscaler
14 10 (3.64%) Ekahau
15 8 (2.91%) Citrix
16 7 (2.55%) AppDynamics
16 7 (2.55%) Dynatrace