VLAN Contract Job Trends in London

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring VLAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 297 371
Rank change year-on-year -56 +74 -12
Contract jobs citing VLAN 74 62 36
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.38% 0.47% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.87% 4.60% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 41 20
10th Percentile £331 £250 £318
25th Percentile £400 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -17.50% +1.27%
75th Percentile £511 £469 £541
90th Percentile £588 £585 £614
England median daily rate £475 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +11.76% +6.25% -15.79%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,520 1,349 1,684
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.87% 10.30% 9.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 990 867 1,115
10th Percentile £300 £263 £226
25th Percentile £407 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.37% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £610 £624 £619
90th Percentile £716 £716 £738
England median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 26 49
10th Percentile £16.70 £19.14 £14.48
25th Percentile £22.21 £24.78 £16.86
Median hourly rate £28.88 £33.75 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -14.43% +41.81% -37.81%
75th Percentile £53.75 £49.69 £41.25
90th Percentile £86.75 £62.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £26.72 £40.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -33.20% -12.82% +121.59%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

VLAN job vacancy trend in London

VLAN
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing VLAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing VLAN

VLAN
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VLAN in London over the 6 months to 3 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VLAN in London

VLAN
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing VLAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing VLAN

VLAN
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the London region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
Central London -11 6 £475 +15.15% 20
South London - 2 £463 - 4
West London -39 1 £500 +24.84% 3
North London - 1 £225 -
VLAN
England

VLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 2 (2.70%) Apache
1 2 (2.70%) CloudStack
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.35%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 27 (36.49%) Azure
2 10 (13.51%) AWS
3 9 (12.16%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (10.81%) Entra ID
5 7 (9.46%) GCP
6 6 (8.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 6 (8.11%) Datadog
6 6 (8.11%) IaaS
6 6 (8.11%) PaaS
6 6 (8.11%) SaaS
7 5 (6.76%) Cohesity
7 5 (6.76%) Nutanix
8 4 (5.41%) Azure Stack
9 3 (4.05%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (4.05%) GitHub
10 2 (2.70%) OneDrive
11 1 (1.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 1 (1.35%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (1.35%) Google Workspace
11 1 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 48 (64.86%) Firewall
2 26 (35.14%) Network Security
2 26 (35.14%) VPN
3 21 (28.38%) BGP
4 19 (25.68%) OSPF
5 18 (24.32%) DNS
6 17 (22.97%) WAN
7 13 (17.57%) DHCP
8 12 (16.22%) Cisco ISE
8 12 (16.22%) TACACS
9 10 (13.51%) TCP/IP
10 8 (10.81%) LAN
10 8 (10.81%) Multicast
11 7 (9.46%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (9.46%) Wireless
12 6 (8.11%) SAN
13 5 (6.76%) SD-WAN
14 4 (5.41%) Spanning Tree
14 4 (5.41%) VSAN
14 4 (5.41%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (8.11%) Chocolatey
2 2 (2.70%) Git
3 1 (1.35%) Browser DevTools
General
1 18 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 14 (18.92%) Finance
3 10 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.11%) Banking
4 6 (8.11%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.05%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (4.05%) Retail
6 2 (2.70%) Legal
6 2 (2.70%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 36 (48.65%) Network Engineer
2 14 (18.92%) Senior
3 10 (13.51%) Azure Engineer
3 10 (13.51%) Senior Network Engineer
4 9 (12.16%) Security Engineer
5 8 (10.81%) Network Security Engineer
6 5 (6.76%) IT Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Integration Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Migration Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Network Operations Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Operations Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Senior IT Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Testing Specialist
7 4 (5.41%) Web Engineer
8 3 (4.05%) Cisco Engineer
8 3 (4.05%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (4.05%) Cloud Engineer
8 3 (4.05%) Senior Cisco Engineer
8 3 (4.05%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
9 2 (2.70%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.05%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.70%) cloud-init
2 2 (2.70%) REST
3 1 (1.35%) CSS
3 1 (1.35%) HTML
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.57%) Data Centre
2 9 (12.16%) Replication
3 6 (8.11%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (5.41%) Clustering
4 4 (5.41%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (4.05%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (4.05%) Driving Licence
5 3 (4.05%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (4.05%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.70%) Life Science
6 2 (2.70%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.70%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.35%) BYOD
7 1 (1.35%) Device Driver
7 1 (1.35%) Digital Signage
7 1 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.35%) Lidar
7 1 (1.35%) Robotics
7 1 (1.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (20.27%) Windows
2 7 (9.46%) Linux
3 4 (5.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (5.41%) SUSE
3 4 (5.41%) VMS
4 3 (4.05%) Ubuntu
5 2 (2.70%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.35%) Debian
6 1 (1.35%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.35%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (43.24%) Migration
2 22 (29.73%) Validation
3 18 (24.32%) ITSM
4 9 (12.16%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (12.16%) RBAC
5 8 (10.81%) Disaster Recovery
5 8 (10.81%) Zero Trust
6 7 (9.46%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (9.46%) Runbook
6 7 (9.46%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (8.11%) Analytical Thinking
7 6 (8.11%) Data Protection
7 6 (8.11%) Low Latency
7 6 (8.11%) Procure-to-Pay
7 6 (8.11%) Project Delivery
7 6 (8.11%) Security Patching
7 6 (8.11%) SIEM
8 5 (6.76%) High Availability
8 5 (6.76%) ITIL
8 5 (6.76%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 18 (24.32%) Python
2 7 (9.46%) Bash
2 7 (9.46%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.35%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.35%) Ladder Logic
3 1 (1.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (17.57%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (12.16%) CCNA
2 9 (12.16%) CCNP
3 8 (10.81%) Security Cleared
4 6 (8.11%) SC Cleared
5 4 (5.41%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.70%) CISM
6 2 (2.70%) CISSP
6 2 (2.70%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (2.70%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.70%) PMP
7 1 (1.35%) CCIE
7 1 (1.35%) CCSA
7 1 (1.35%) CCSE
7 1 (1.35%) CWNA
7 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.11%) QA
1 6 (8.11%) SLA
2 2 (2.70%) GMP
2 2 (2.70%) GxP
3 1 (1.35%) GDPR
3 1 (1.35%) NIST
3 1 (1.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (16.22%) Virtual Machines
2 9 (12.16%) Active Directory
3 8 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (8.11%) Firmware
4 6 (8.11%) Hyper-V
5 5 (6.76%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (6.76%) vSphere
6 3 (4.05%) KVM
7 2 (2.70%) Ceph
7 2 (2.70%) NFS
7 2 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (1.35%) Docker
8 1 (1.35%) QEMU
8 1 (1.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (20.27%) FortiGate
2 10 (13.51%) Ansible
3 7 (9.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (9.46%) SCCM
4 5 (6.76%) Terraform
5 4 (5.41%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (5.41%) vCenter Server
5 4 (5.41%) VxRail
6 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (2.70%) SELinux
7 2 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.35%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (1.35%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (1.35%) Grafana
8 1 (1.35%) Kubernetes
8 1 (1.35%) PaperCut
8 1 (1.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 37 (50.00%) Cisco
2 21 (28.38%) Palo Alto
3 18 (24.32%) Fortinet
4 13 (17.57%) Microsoft
4 13 (17.57%) VMware
5 10 (13.51%) CheckPoint
6 8 (10.81%) Zscaler
7 7 (9.46%) Arista
8 6 (8.11%) AppDynamics
8 6 (8.11%) Dell
8 6 (8.11%) Dynatrace
8 6 (8.11%) Juniper
8 6 (8.11%) Tenable
9 5 (6.76%) CyberArk
10 4 (5.41%) Aruba
10 4 (5.41%) F5
11 3 (4.05%) ADVA
11 3 (4.05%) Blue Coat
11 3 (4.05%) Google
11 3 (4.05%) Nokia