VLAN Contracts in England

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring VLAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VLAN over the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 347 419 352
Rank change year-on-year +72 -67 +201
Contract jobs citing VLAN 145 132 308
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.58% 0.35% 0.65%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.51% 2.76% 5.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 87 192
10th Percentile £190 £188 £220
25th Percentile £318 £254 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £625
90th Percentile £588 £665 £700
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 13
10th Percentile - - £25.25
25th Percentile £56.25 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 - £30.75
75th Percentile £58.75 - £33.75
90th Percentile - - £39.30
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £55.00 £30.75
% change year-on-year +4.55% +78.86% -30.90%

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 3,218 4,788 5,977
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.84% 12.82% 12.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,997 2,850 3,877
10th Percentile £230 £213 £231
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 394 411
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.61 £9.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.77% +131.58% -22.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.60
90th Percentile £81.35 £73.60 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.48 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +3.69% +110.53% -33.12%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing VLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for VLAN in England

VLAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VLAN in England.

Daily rate trend for VLAN in England

VLAN
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VLAN in England over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VLAN in England

VLAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VLAN in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 24 June 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 +71 55 £425 -15.00% 116
South East +43 29 £450 +71.02% 49
Midlands +20 22 £345 +6.15% 33
West Midlands +14 15 £335 +67.50% 21
North of England +11 14 £447 -13.04% 44
East of England +32 13 £225 -43.75% 11
North West +8 12 £465 +111.36% 19
South West +32 8 £300 -47.83% 27
East Midlands +7 7 £408 +8.67% 12
Yorkshire -12 2 £300 -42.81% 18
VLAN
UK

VLAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (8.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (6.90%) Confluence
3 7 (4.83%) SharePoint
4 5 (3.45%) OpenStack
5 4 (2.76%) Skype for Business
6 2 (1.38%) nginx
7 1 (0.69%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 39 (26.90%) Azure
2 38 (26.21%) AWS
3 25 (17.24%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (9.66%) GCP
5 7 (4.83%) OneDrive
6 6 (4.14%) Entra ID
6 6 (4.14%) Google Workspace
7 4 (2.76%) SaaS
8 3 (2.07%) GitHub
8 3 (2.07%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.38%) Akamai
9 2 (1.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.38%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.38%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.38%) Rubrik
9 2 (1.38%) Serverless
9 2 (1.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.69%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 75 (51.72%) Firewall
2 60 (41.38%) DNS
3 57 (39.31%) OSPF
4 56 (38.62%) BGP
5 55 (37.93%) DHCP
5 55 (37.93%) VPN
6 37 (25.52%) WAN
7 36 (24.83%) TCP/IP
8 34 (23.45%) LAN
8 34 (23.45%) Network Security
9 23 (15.86%) SSL
10 22 (15.17%) IPsec
11 19 (13.10%) Wi-Fi
11 19 (13.10%) Wireless
12 17 (11.72%) SD-WAN
13 16 (11.03%) EIGRP
14 12 (8.28%) MPLS
15 10 (6.90%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 10 (6.90%) VoIP
16 9 (6.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.07%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.69%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.69%) MySQL
2 1 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.69%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 10 (6.90%) JIRA
2 5 (3.45%) Git
3 4 (2.76%) Bitbucket
4 3 (2.07%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.38%) GitLab
5 2 (1.38%) Maven
5 2 (1.38%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.69%) TeamCity
General
1 52 (35.86%) Social Skills
2 20 (13.79%) Finance
3 19 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (4.83%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (4.83%) Public Sector
5 7 (4.83%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.76%) Local Government
7 3 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.38%) Legal
8 2 (1.38%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.69%) Aviation
9 1 (0.69%) Banking
9 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.69%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.69%) French Language
9 1 (0.69%) Marketing
9 1 (0.69%) Military
9 1 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (21.38%) Network Engineer
2 14 (9.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (8.28%) IT Support
4 10 (6.90%) Designer
4 10 (6.90%) Lead
5 9 (6.21%) Network Designer
5 9 (6.21%) Windows Engineer
6 8 (5.52%) Analyst
6 8 (5.52%) IT Engineer
6 8 (5.52%) Support Engineer
7 7 (4.83%) Architect
7 7 (4.83%) Consultant
7 7 (4.83%) Support Analyst
8 6 (4.14%) Administrator
8 6 (4.14%) Check Point Expert
8 6 (4.14%) Desktop Engineer
8 6 (4.14%) Network Administrator
8 6 (4.14%) Network Architect
9 5 (3.45%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (3.45%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.83%) 802.1X
2 3 (2.07%) LDAP
3 2 (1.38%) YAML
4 1 (0.69%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.34%) Data Centre
2 8 (5.52%) Operational Technology
3 6 (4.14%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (3.45%) Replication
5 4 (2.76%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.76%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.76%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (2.76%) Video\Live Streaming
6 3 (2.07%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.07%) iPad
6 3 (2.07%) iPhone
6 3 (2.07%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.07%) Private Cloud
6 3 (2.07%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.38%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.38%) PKI
7 2 (1.38%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 51 (35.17%) Windows
2 20 (13.79%) Windows 10
3 10 (6.90%) Linux
4 9 (6.21%) Windows 7
5 6 (4.14%) Check Point GAiA
6 5 (3.45%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (2.76%) CentOS
7 4 (2.76%) Windows Server
8 3 (2.07%) Android
8 3 (2.07%) Mac OS
8 3 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (2.07%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.38%) Debian
9 2 (1.38%) Unix
9 2 (1.38%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.69%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.69%) Solaris
10 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (13.10%) High Availability
3 17 (11.72%) Migration
3 17 (11.72%) Network Monitoring
4 16 (11.03%) Customer Service
4 16 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 13 (8.97%) Network Design
5 13 (8.97%) Proactive Monitoring
5 13 (8.97%) SIEM
6 12 (8.28%) Computer Science
6 12 (8.28%) Network Architecture
7 9 (6.21%) ITIL
7 9 (6.21%) Network Segmentation
8 8 (5.52%) Agile
8 8 (5.52%) ITSM
8 8 (5.52%) Patch Management
8 8 (5.52%) Time Management
9 7 (4.83%) Security Operations
9 7 (4.83%) Strategic Roadmap
9 7 (4.83%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 20 (13.79%) PowerShell
1 20 (13.79%) Python
2 10 (6.90%) VBScript
3 4 (2.76%) Bash
3 4 (2.76%) VB
4 2 (1.38%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.69%) C#
5 1 (0.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (30.34%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (22.07%) CCNP
3 26 (17.93%) Security Cleared
4 22 (15.17%) SC Cleared
5 14 (9.66%) CCSE
6 13 (8.97%) CCNA
6 13 (8.97%) CCSA
6 13 (8.97%) Degree
7 9 (6.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (5.52%) CCIE
9 7 (4.83%) DV Cleared
10 6 (4.14%) Check Point Certification
10 6 (4.14%) JNCIA
10 6 (4.14%) JNCIE
11 5 (3.45%) DBS Check
11 5 (3.45%) Master's Degree
12 4 (2.76%) AWS Certification
12 4 (2.76%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.76%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.38%) GDPR
3 2 (1.38%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.69%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.69%) NIST
4 1 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.69%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (19.31%) Active Directory
2 18 (12.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (6.21%) vSphere
4 8 (5.52%) Docker
4 8 (5.52%) Firmware
4 8 (5.52%) Hyper-V
5 5 (3.45%) VMware NSX
6 4 (2.76%) BitLocker
6 4 (2.76%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (2.07%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (13.10%) SCCM
2 18 (12.41%) Ansible
3 7 (4.83%) FortiGate
3 7 (4.83%) Terraform
4 6 (4.14%) Nagios
4 6 (4.14%) Tivoli
5 5 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (2.76%) AppManager
6 4 (2.76%) CA Spectrum
6 4 (2.76%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (1.38%) Cisco Prime
7 2 (1.38%) Cisco UCCX
7 2 (1.38%) HAProxy
7 2 (1.38%) Icinga
7 2 (1.38%) Nessus
7 2 (1.38%) Netcool
7 2 (1.38%) Observium
7 2 (1.38%) Proxmox
7 2 (1.38%) Puppet
8 1 (0.69%) VxRail
Vendors
1 70 (48.28%) Cisco
2 34 (23.45%) Microsoft
3 29 (20.00%) VMware
4 26 (17.93%) Juniper
5 22 (15.17%) SolarWinds
6 21 (14.48%) CheckPoint
7 18 (12.41%) F5
7 18 (12.41%) Palo Alto
8 17 (11.72%) Fortinet
9 10 (6.90%) Meraki
9 10 (6.90%) Veeam
10 9 (6.21%) Google
11 7 (4.83%) Arista
11 7 (4.83%) Dell
12 6 (4.14%) ServiceNow
13 5 (3.45%) AirMagnet
13 5 (3.45%) Citrix
13 5 (3.45%) Ekahau
14 4 (2.76%) Aruba
14 4 (2.76%) Ivanti