VXLAN Contract Job Trends in England

Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring VXLAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 528 471 495
Rank change year-on-year -57 +24 +46
Contract jobs citing VXLAN 114 30 38
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.25% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.65% 0.91% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 17 17
10th Percentile £406 £424 £350
25th Percentile £428 £466 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £470
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +17.02% -6.00%
75th Percentile £688 £600 £538
90th Percentile £738 £648 -
UK median daily rate £503 £500 £470
% change year-on-year +0.50% +6.38% -6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £75.80 £36.63 -
25th Percentile £76.25 £37.19 -
Median hourly rate £77.50 £38.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% - -
75th Percentile £78.75 £39.69 -
90th Percentile - £39.88 -
UK median hourly rate £77.50 £38.75 -
% change year-on-year +100.00% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

VXLAN 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 4,304 3,293 3,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.33% 11.86% 12.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,549 2,057 2,306
10th Percentile £250 £230 £242
25th Percentile £400 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £508
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -3.45% +1.50%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £476 £500
% change year-on-year +5.04% -4.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 376 165 218
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.28 £14.47
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.00 £22.84
Median hourly rate £35.52 £41.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -14.41% -27.64% +1.52%
75th Percentile £69.63 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £43.00 £50.50
% change year-on-year -31.40% -14.85% -10.60%

VXLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VXLAN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

VXLAN job vacancy trend in England

VXLAN
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VXLAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VXLAN

VXLAN
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VXLAN in England over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VXLAN in England

VXLAN
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VXLAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing VXLAN

VXLAN
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 VXLAN within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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 -73 39 £600 +9.09% 52
North of England - 26 £575 - 6
South East -50 20 £625 +25.00% 13
North West - 15 £575 - 3
South West -34 13 £495 +10.00% 6
North East - 13 £650 -
Midlands - 6 £674 - 6
West Midlands - 6 £674 - 6
Yorkshire - 4 - - 3
VXLAN
UK

VXLAN
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 3 (2.63%) OpenStack
2 2 (1.75%) Apache
2 2 (1.75%) CloudStack
3 1 (0.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.63%) AutoCAD
2 2 (1.75%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 42 (36.84%) AWS
2 41 (35.96%) Azure
3 23 (20.18%) OCI
4 12 (10.53%) SaaS
5 9 (7.89%) GitHub
6 8 (7.02%) GCP
7 4 (3.51%) AWS Direct Connect
8 3 (2.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (1.75%) AWS IoT
9 2 (1.75%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.88%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 88 (77.19%) BGP
2 69 (60.53%) Ethernet VPN
3 61 (53.51%) OSPF
4 49 (42.98%) Firewall
4 49 (42.98%) WAN
5 32 (28.07%) SD-WAN
6 31 (27.19%) BIG-IP
7 30 (26.32%) VLAN
8 26 (22.81%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 22 (19.30%) NX-OS
10 21 (18.42%) Cisco Nexus
11 16 (14.04%) LAN
11 16 (14.04%) Network Security
12 14 (12.28%) VPN
13 13 (11.40%) Wi-Fi
13 13 (11.40%) WLAN
14 12 (10.53%) DHCP
14 12 (10.53%) DNS
14 12 (10.53%) MPLS
15 10 (8.77%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 27 (23.68%) GitLab
2 10 (8.77%) Git
3 4 (3.51%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (2.63%) JIRA
5 1 (0.88%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (14.04%) Public Sector
2 12 (10.53%) Social Skills
3 8 (7.02%) Finance
3 8 (7.02%) Telecoms
4 7 (6.14%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.75%) Military
8 1 (0.88%) Banking
8 1 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Police
8 1 (0.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 35 (30.70%) Network Engineer
2 33 (28.95%) Senior
3 24 (21.05%) Architect
4 21 (18.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (16.67%) Network Architect
5 19 (16.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (7.89%) Consultant
7 8 (7.02%) Network Consultant
8 7 (6.14%) Senior Network Engineer
9 6 (5.26%) Cisco Engineer
9 6 (5.26%) Data Centre Engineer
9 6 (5.26%) Data Network Engineer
9 6 (5.26%) Network Specialist
10 5 (4.39%) Technical Architect
11 4 (3.51%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 4 (3.51%) Firewall Specialist
11 4 (3.51%) Lead Architect
11 4 (3.51%) Senior Consultant
11 4 (3.51%) Senior Network Consultant
11 4 (3.51%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (27.19%) Terraform
2 13 (11.40%) REST
3 10 (8.77%) 802.1X
3 10 (8.77%) YAML
4 8 (7.02%) JSON
5 3 (2.63%) NETCONF
6 2 (1.75%) cloud-init
6 2 (1.75%) eBPF
6 2 (1.75%) gRPC
6 2 (1.75%) RESTCONF
7 1 (0.88%) OpenConfig
7 1 (0.88%) Spine.js
7 1 (0.88%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 95 (83.33%) Data Centre
2 26 (22.81%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (11.40%) Cloud Native
4 5 (4.39%) Clustering
5 4 (3.51%) IoT
5 4 (3.51%) PKI
6 3 (2.63%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.75%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.75%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.75%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.88%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.88%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.88%) SCADA
8 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.88%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.14%) Windows
2 6 (5.26%) Linux
3 3 (2.63%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.88%) Unix
4 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 36 (31.58%) Infrastructure as Code
3 33 (28.95%) CI/CD
4 30 (26.32%) Zero Trust
5 27 (23.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 25 (21.93%) Network Architecture
7 24 (21.05%) High Availability
7 24 (21.05%) Network Design
8 20 (17.54%) Migration
9 19 (16.67%) Validation
10 17 (14.91%) Mentoring
10 17 (14.91%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (13.16%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 14 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (12.28%) DevOps
13 11 (9.65%) Change Control
14 10 (8.77%) Technical Leadership
15 8 (7.02%) Observability
15 8 (7.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 8 (7.02%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 47 (41.23%) Python
2 3 (2.63%) Bash
2 3 (2.63%) C
2 3 (2.63%) C++
2 3 (2.63%) Java
2 3 (2.63%) Lisp
3 1 (0.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 41 (35.96%) Security Cleared
2 34 (29.82%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (20.18%) CCNP
3 23 (20.18%) SC Cleared
4 16 (14.04%) CCIE
5 10 (8.77%) DV Cleared
6 9 (7.89%) Degree
7 5 (4.39%) CCSE
8 3 (2.63%) CCIE Security
8 3 (2.63%) JNCIE
9 2 (1.75%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.75%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.75%) CCNA
9 2 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.88%) CCDE
10 1 (0.88%) CCIE Service Provider
10 1 (0.88%) CISSP
10 1 (0.88%) VCAP
10 1 (0.88%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.75%) NIST
1 2 (1.75%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (11.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (5.26%) VMware NSX
3 4 (3.51%) Docker
3 4 (3.51%) vSphere
4 3 (2.63%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.75%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.75%) Ceph
5 2 (1.75%) Firmware
5 2 (1.75%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.75%) KVM
5 2 (1.75%) NFS
6 1 (0.88%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 46 (40.35%) Ansible
2 8 (7.02%) Kubernetes
3 7 (6.14%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.75%) Grafana
4 2 (1.75%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.75%) SELinux
5 1 (0.88%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.88%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.88%) Puppet
Vendors
1 73 (64.04%) Cisco
2 56 (49.12%) F5
3 43 (37.72%) Arista
4 41 (35.96%) Palo Alto
5 30 (26.32%) Aruba
6 19 (16.67%) Juniper
7 16 (14.04%) Fortinet
8 14 (12.28%) VMware
9 8 (7.02%) CheckPoint
9 8 (7.02%) ServiceNow
10 7 (6.14%) Red Hat
11 6 (5.26%) SolarWinds
12 4 (3.51%) Extreme Networks
12 4 (3.51%) Splunk
13 3 (2.63%) NVIDIA
14 2 (1.75%) Dell
14 2 (1.75%) Infoblox
14 2 (1.75%) Microsoft
15 1 (0.88%) HP
15 1 (0.88%) Oracle