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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 335 356
Rank change year-on-year +19 +21 +147
Contract jobs citing VLAN 57 42 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.42% 0.26% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.29% 2.74% 4.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 17 56
10th Percentile £269 £350 £359
25th Percentile £356 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £407 £520 £494
Median % change year-on-year -21.83% +5.32% -5.41%
75th Percentile £497 £600 £629
90th Percentile £638 £650 £706
England median daily rate £435 £438 £475
% change year-on-year -0.57% -7.89% +2.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £30.38
Median hourly rate - - £30.75
75th Percentile - - £31.13
90th Percentile - - £34.05
England median hourly rate £45.75 - £30.75
% change year-on-year - - -3.91%

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 1,328 1,531 2,291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.86% 9.39% 10.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 845 972 1,590
10th Percentile £289 £250 £250
25th Percentile £404 £389 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
England median daily rate £488 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -3.94% +1.50% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 19 44
10th Percentile £18.56 £20.40 £18.93
25th Percentile - £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +13.82% +28.61%
75th Percentile £44.75 £55.88 £70.00
90th Percentile £62.05 £66.38 £79.25
England median hourly rate £41.50 £57.35 £56.49
% change year-on-year -27.64% +1.52% +34.50%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for VLAN 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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 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
West London +4 11 £400 -15.79% 2
Central London +7 7 £413 -14.06% 6
VLAN
England

VLAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (3.51%) nginx
1 2 (3.51%) OpenStack
1 2 (3.51%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.75%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (40.35%) Azure
2 20 (35.09%) AWS
3 9 (15.79%) GCP
4 8 (14.04%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (10.53%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (3.51%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (3.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (3.51%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (3.51%) GitHub
6 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (3.51%) OneDrive
6 2 (3.51%) SaaS
6 2 (3.51%) Serverless
7 1 (1.75%) Akamai
7 1 (1.75%) Cloud Run
7 1 (1.75%) Google Docs
7 1 (1.75%) Google Sheets
7 1 (1.75%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 37 (64.91%) DNS
2 35 (61.40%) DHCP
3 30 (52.63%) Firewall
4 21 (36.84%) VPN
5 20 (35.09%) WAN
6 17 (29.82%) BGP
6 17 (29.82%) TCP/IP
7 16 (28.07%) LAN
7 16 (28.07%) OSPF
8 14 (24.56%) SD-WAN
9 13 (22.81%) Network Security
9 13 (22.81%) Wireless
10 10 (17.54%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 9 (15.79%) Cisco Wireless
12 8 (14.04%) Cisco ISE
13 7 (12.28%) SSL
13 7 (12.28%) WLAN
14 6 (10.53%) EIGRP
15 5 (8.77%) IP Telephony
15 5 (8.77%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Git
2 2 (3.51%) Bitbucket
2 2 (3.51%) Burp Suite
2 2 (3.51%) GitLab
2 2 (3.51%) Metasploit
2 2 (3.51%) sqlmap
General
1 23 (40.35%) Social Skills
2 11 (19.30%) Finance
3 8 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (7.02%) Local Government
5 4 (7.02%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Banking
7 1 (1.75%) French Language
7 1 (1.75%) Law
Job Titles
1 19 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 6 (10.53%) Analyst
2 6 (10.53%) Support Analyst
3 5 (8.77%) Architect
3 5 (8.77%) Juniper Engineer
3 5 (8.77%) Network Security Engineer
3 5 (8.77%) Security Engineer
4 4 (7.02%) Administrator
4 4 (7.02%) Desktop Engineer
4 4 (7.02%) Network Administrator
4 4 (7.02%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (5.26%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Consultant
5 3 (5.26%) IT Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Lead
5 3 (5.26%) Network Security Administrator
5 3 (5.26%) SCCM Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Security Administrator
5 3 (5.26%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.75%) CrewAI
1 1 (1.75%) JSON
1 1 (1.75%) LangChain
1 1 (1.75%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.79%) Data Centre
2 6 (10.53%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (8.77%) iPad
3 5 (8.77%) iPhone
4 4 (7.02%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (7.02%) Onboarding
4 4 (7.02%) Public Cloud
4 4 (7.02%) Video\Live Streaming
5 3 (5.26%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (3.51%) Operational Technology
6 2 (3.51%) Private Cloud
6 2 (3.51%) Replication
6 2 (3.51%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.75%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.75%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.75%) EMC VMAX
7 1 (1.75%) Hedge funds
7 1 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.75%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 21 (36.84%) Windows
2 12 (21.05%) Windows 10
3 8 (14.04%) Linux
4 5 (8.77%) Android
4 5 (8.77%) Mac OS
4 5 (8.77%) Windows 7
5 4 (7.02%) Windows Server
6 2 (3.51%) CentOS
6 2 (3.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (3.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.56%) Migration
2 13 (22.81%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (19.30%) Network Monitoring
4 6 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (10.53%) Data Protection
4 6 (10.53%) Patch Management
4 6 (10.53%) Time Management
5 5 (8.77%) Cloud Security
5 5 (8.77%) Network Design
6 4 (7.02%) Incident Response
6 4 (7.02%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (7.02%) Validation
6 4 (7.02%) Zero Trust
7 3 (5.26%) Agile
7 3 (5.26%) Asset Management
7 3 (5.26%) Identity Access Management
7 3 (5.26%) ITIL
7 3 (5.26%) Network Architecture
7 3 (5.26%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (5.26%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.54%) PowerShell
2 8 (14.04%) Python
3 6 (10.53%) VBScript
4 4 (7.02%) Bash
5 1 (1.75%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (31.58%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (26.32%) CCNP
3 9 (15.79%) CCSA
4 5 (8.77%) Security Cleared
5 3 (5.26%) OSCP
5 3 (5.26%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.51%) CCIE
6 2 (3.51%) Degree
6 2 (3.51%) DV Cleared
6 2 (3.51%) GPEN
6 2 (3.51%) GXPN
6 2 (3.51%) JNCIA
6 2 (3.51%) OSCE
6 2 (3.51%) SANS
7 1 (1.75%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.75%) CCDP
7 1 (1.75%) CCNA
7 1 (1.75%) CEH
7 1 (1.75%) CISSP
7 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.77%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (7.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (5.26%) NIST
3 3 (5.26%) PCI DSS
4 2 (3.51%) GRC
5 1 (1.75%) SLA
5 1 (1.75%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (21.05%) Active Directory
2 11 (19.30%) Firmware
3 9 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (8.77%) VMware NSX
5 3 (5.26%) vSphere
6 2 (3.51%) Docker
6 2 (3.51%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (1.75%) Hyper-V
7 1 (1.75%) KVM
7 1 (1.75%) Squid
7 1 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (15.79%) SCCM
2 5 (8.77%) Ansible
2 5 (8.77%) CA Spectrum
3 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (3.51%) HAProxy
4 2 (3.51%) Nessus
4 2 (3.51%) Nmap
4 2 (3.51%) Terraform
5 1 (1.75%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.75%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (1.75%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.75%) Icinga
5 1 (1.75%) Nagios
5 1 (1.75%) Observium
5 1 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (49.12%) Cisco
2 13 (22.81%) F5
2 13 (22.81%) Microsoft
3 12 (21.05%) Juniper
4 11 (19.30%) VMware
5 10 (17.54%) Meraki
6 8 (14.04%) CheckPoint
6 8 (14.04%) SolarWinds
7 7 (12.28%) Palo Alto
8 4 (7.02%) NetApp
9 3 (5.26%) Dell
9 3 (5.26%) Fortinet
9 3 (5.26%) Google
10 2 (3.51%) EMC
10 2 (3.51%) Qualys
10 2 (3.51%) Red Hat
10 2 (3.51%) ServiceNow
10 2 (3.51%) Tenable
11 1 (1.75%) AlgoSec
11 1 (1.75%) QNAP