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 3 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 240 239 238
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +88
Contract jobs citing VLAN 30 22 33
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.40% 0.29% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.80% 2.89% 3.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 13 19
10th Percentile £350 £267 £283
25th Percentile £384 £425 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £477 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.42% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £571 £512
90th Percentile £653 £605 £595
England median daily rate £465 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -2.57%

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 625 762 931
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.38% 10.06% 10.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 472 594
10th Percentile £283 £260 £200
25th Percentile £410 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £681 £738 £750
England median daily rate £475 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% -2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 6 38
10th Percentile £21.27 £27.42 £18.93
25th Percentile £25.15 £32.19 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.31 £37.25 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -32.05% +63.74% -11.51%
75th Percentile £26.97 £43.00 £59.50
90th Percentile £61.38 £63.48 £71.10
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -28.14% -38.04% +39.43%

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 3 months to 13 December 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 3 months to 13 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 3 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +4 3 £538 -1.92% 6
East London +1 1 £675 +175.51% 1
West London - 1 £275 -
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 3 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.70%) OpenStack
3 1 (1.85%) Apache
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 18 (33.33%) Azure
2 13 (24.07%) AWS
3 12 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 6 (11.11%) GCP
5 5 (9.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (5.56%) OneDrive
7 2 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.85%) Akamai
8 1 (1.85%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.85%) Cloud Run
8 1 (1.85%) IaaS
8 1 (1.85%) PaaS
8 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (59.26%) Firewall
2 27 (50.00%) DHCP
2 27 (50.00%) DNS
3 24 (44.44%) WAN
4 22 (40.74%) Network Security
5 20 (37.04%) VPN
6 16 (29.63%) LAN
7 15 (27.78%) BGP
8 14 (25.93%) SD-WAN
9 13 (24.07%) TCP/IP
10 12 (22.22%) OSPF
11 11 (20.37%) Wireless
12 8 (14.81%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (12.96%) Cisco ISE
13 7 (12.96%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 6 (11.11%) Cisco Wireless
14 6 (11.11%) WLAN
15 5 (9.26%) EIGRP
15 5 (9.26%) MPLS
15 5 (9.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.85%) MySQL
1 1 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Burp Suite
1 2 (3.70%) Git
1 2 (3.70%) Metasploit
1 2 (3.70%) sqlmap
General
1 25 (46.30%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (12.96%) Finance
4 5 (9.26%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Electronics
6 1 (1.85%) French Language
6 1 (1.85%) Law
6 1 (1.85%) Local Government
6 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.85%) Marketing
6 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (40.74%) Network Engineer
2 6 (11.11%) Juniper Engineer
3 5 (9.26%) Analyst
3 5 (9.26%) Architect
3 5 (9.26%) Network Security Engineer
3 5 (9.26%) Security Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (7.41%) Support Analyst
4 4 (7.41%) Support Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Consultant
5 3 (5.56%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Lead
5 3 (5.56%) Operations Engineer
6 2 (3.70%) Azure Architect
6 2 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (3.70%) Citrix Engineer
6 2 (3.70%) LAN Engineer
6 2 (3.70%) Network Operations Engineer
6 2 (3.70%) Network Security Administrator
6 2 (3.70%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.56%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.85%) CrewAI
2 1 (1.85%) JSON
2 1 (1.85%) LAMP
2 1 (1.85%) LangChain
2 1 (1.85%) LAPP Stack
2 1 (1.85%) LDAP
2 1 (1.85%) libvirt
2 1 (1.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.37%) Data Centre
2 5 (9.26%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (7.41%) iPad
3 4 (7.41%) iPhone
3 4 (7.41%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.56%) Enterprise Storage
4 3 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.70%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.70%) Operational Technology
5 2 (3.70%) Public Cloud
5 2 (3.70%) Replication
5 2 (3.70%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.85%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.85%) CCTV
6 1 (1.85%) EMC VMAX
6 1 (1.85%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.85%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.85%) IoT
6 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.85%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 21 (38.89%) Windows
2 7 (12.96%) Linux
2 7 (12.96%) Windows 10
3 5 (9.26%) Mac OS
4 4 (7.41%) Android
4 4 (7.41%) Windows 7
4 4 (7.41%) Windows Server
5 3 (5.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (3.70%) CentOS
7 1 (1.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.93%) Migration
2 13 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (14.81%) Network Design
4 7 (12.96%) Network Monitoring
5 6 (11.11%) Validation
6 5 (9.26%) Cloud Security
6 5 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (7.41%) Agile
7 4 (7.41%) Application Security
7 4 (7.41%) Containerisation
7 4 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (7.41%) High Availability
7 4 (7.41%) Incident Response
7 4 (7.41%) Infrastructure as Code
7 4 (7.41%) Network Virtualisation
8 3 (5.56%) Business Continuity
8 3 (5.56%) ITSM
8 3 (5.56%) Patch Management
8 3 (5.56%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (5.56%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.96%) Bash
1 7 (12.96%) PowerShell
1 7 (12.96%) Python
2 3 (5.56%) VBScript
3 2 (3.70%) Perl
4 1 (1.85%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (31.48%) CCNP
3 7 (12.96%) Security Cleared
4 6 (11.11%) CCSA
5 5 (9.26%) CCNA
6 3 (5.56%) CCDP
6 3 (5.56%) Degree
6 3 (5.56%) DV Cleared
6 3 (5.56%) JNCIP
6 3 (5.56%) JNCIS
6 3 (5.56%) OSCP
7 2 (3.70%) Azure Certification
7 2 (3.70%) CCIE
7 2 (3.70%) CISSP
7 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.70%) GPEN
7 2 (3.70%) GXPN
7 2 (3.70%) OSCE
7 2 (3.70%) SANS
7 2 (3.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.70%) GRC
2 2 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.70%) NIST
2 2 (3.70%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.85%) SLA
3 1 (1.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (20.37%) Active Directory
2 9 (16.67%) Firmware
3 6 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (5.56%) Docker
5 2 (3.70%) KVM
5 2 (3.70%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (3.70%) VMware NSX
5 2 (3.70%) vSphere
6 1 (1.85%) Ceph
6 1 (1.85%) iptables
6 1 (1.85%) Lustre
6 1 (1.85%) NFS
6 1 (1.85%) Samba
6 1 (1.85%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (1.85%) Squid
6 1 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (12.96%) SCCM
2 4 (7.41%) CA Spectrum
2 4 (7.41%) FortiGate
2 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (5.56%) Ansible
3 3 (5.56%) Terraform
4 2 (3.70%) Nessus
4 2 (3.70%) Nmap
4 2 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.85%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.85%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (1.85%) Grafana
5 1 (1.85%) HAProxy
5 1 (1.85%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.85%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.85%) SELinux
Vendors
1 22 (40.74%) Cisco
2 14 (25.93%) Juniper
3 13 (24.07%) Microsoft
4 11 (20.37%) Meraki
5 9 (16.67%) F5
5 9 (16.67%) Palo Alto
6 7 (12.96%) CheckPoint
7 6 (11.11%) SolarWinds
7 6 (11.11%) VMware
8 3 (5.56%) Citrix
8 3 (5.56%) Dell
8 3 (5.56%) Fortinet
8 3 (5.56%) NetApp
8 3 (5.56%) Red Hat
9 2 (3.70%) Aruba
9 2 (3.70%) Google
9 2 (3.70%) Qualys
9 2 (3.70%) ServiceNow
9 2 (3.70%) Tenable
9 2 (3.70%) Zscaler