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 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 316 356
Rank change year-on-year -48 +40 -10
Contract jobs citing VLAN 82 56 39
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.40% 0.42% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.00% 4.26% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 35 14
10th Percentile £368 £278 £369
25th Percentile £393 £363 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £530
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -19.81% +8.72%
75th Percentile £535 £513 £634
90th Percentile £683 £618 £650
England median daily rate £500 £445 £450
% change year-on-year +12.36% -1.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60.50 - -
Median hourly rate £61.00 - -
75th Percentile £61.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £49.25 £34.00 -
% change year-on-year +44.85% - -

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 1,640 1,315 1,548
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.06% 9.75% 9.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,035 841 966
10th Percentile £284 £281 £256
25th Percentile £404 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £631
90th Percentile £725 £711 £725
England median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 37 18
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.69 £23.80
25th Percentile £22.50 - £24.39
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -35.10% +46.23%
75th Percentile £100.00 £40.00 £57.94
90th Percentile £155.00 £59.40 £67.06
England median hourly rate £43.50 £35.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +24.29% -38.97% +1.52%

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 October 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 October 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 -8 22 £425 +6.25% 12
West London -33 1 £500 +29.03% 4
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 (2.44%) Apache
1 2 (2.44%) CloudStack
2 1 (1.22%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (26.83%) Azure
2 11 (13.41%) Entra ID
3 7 (8.54%) AWS
3 7 (8.54%) GitHub
4 6 (7.32%) IaaS
4 6 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (6.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 5 (6.10%) Cohesity
5 5 (6.10%) Nutanix
5 5 (6.10%) PaaS
5 5 (6.10%) SaaS
6 4 (4.88%) Datadog
7 3 (3.66%) GCP
8 2 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.44%) Azure Functions
8 2 (2.44%) OpenShift
8 2 (2.44%) Serverless
9 1 (1.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (1.22%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 54 (65.85%) Firewall
2 31 (37.80%) BGP
3 26 (31.71%) VPN
4 21 (25.61%) OSPF
5 19 (23.17%) DNS
5 19 (23.17%) Multicast
5 19 (23.17%) Network Security
6 18 (21.95%) Wireless
7 17 (20.73%) WAN
8 16 (19.51%) DHCP
9 15 (18.29%) TCP/IP
10 13 (15.85%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (12.20%) Cisco ISE
12 8 (9.76%) Cisco Wireless
12 8 (9.76%) IPsec
12 8 (9.76%) TACACS
13 7 (8.54%) VXLAN
14 6 (7.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 6 (7.32%) Spanning Tree
15 5 (6.10%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (9.76%) Git
2 4 (4.88%) Chocolatey
3 2 (2.44%) Artifactory
3 2 (2.44%) Bitbucket
3 2 (2.44%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 28 (34.15%) Finance
2 15 (18.29%) Social Skills
3 13 (15.85%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (10.98%) Banking
5 8 (9.76%) Telecoms
6 5 (6.10%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (6.10%) Retail
7 4 (4.88%) Automotive
8 2 (2.44%) French Language
8 2 (2.44%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.44%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.22%) Law
9 1 (1.22%) Legal
Job Titles
1 50 (60.98%) Network Engineer
2 24 (29.27%) Senior
3 18 (21.95%) Senior Network Engineer
4 9 (10.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (9.76%) Cisco Engineer
5 8 (9.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 8 (9.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (8.54%) Implementation Engineer
6 7 (8.54%) Network Implementation Engineer
7 6 (7.32%) Network Security Engineer
7 6 (7.32%) Security Engineer
8 5 (6.10%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (6.10%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (4.88%) Cloud Engineer
9 4 (4.88%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (4.88%) Testing Specialist
10 3 (3.66%) Consultant
10 3 (3.66%) Senior Cisco Engineer
10 3 (3.66%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
11 2 (2.44%) Network Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (17.07%) Terraform
2 5 (6.10%) 802.1X
3 2 (2.44%) .NET
3 2 (2.44%) cloud-init
3 2 (2.44%) eBPF
4 1 (1.22%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 22 (26.83%) Data Centre
2 9 (10.98%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (9.76%) Digital Signage
4 6 (7.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (6.10%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (6.10%) Replication
5 5 (6.10%) Robotics
6 4 (4.88%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (4.88%) IoT
6 4 (4.88%) PKI
6 4 (4.88%) Public Cloud
7 3 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (3.66%) Onboarding
8 2 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.44%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.44%) Driving Licence
8 2 (2.44%) Life Science
8 2 (2.44%) Operational Technology
8 2 (2.44%) Private Cloud
8 2 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (21.95%) Windows
2 9 (10.98%) Linux
3 7 (8.54%) Ubuntu
4 5 (6.10%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.22%) Debian
5 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.22%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (50.00%) Migration
2 24 (29.27%) Validation
3 15 (18.29%) ITSM
4 13 (15.85%) Project Delivery
5 10 (12.20%) Runbook
6 9 (10.98%) DevOps
6 9 (10.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 9 (10.98%) Network Segmentation
6 9 (10.98%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (9.76%) Load Balancing
7 8 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (9.76%) Use Case
8 7 (8.54%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (8.54%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (8.54%) ITIL
8 7 (8.54%) Low Latency
8 7 (8.54%) Zero Trust
9 6 (7.32%) Change Management
9 6 (7.32%) Network Design
10 5 (6.10%) AI
Programming Languages
1 22 (26.83%) Python
2 8 (9.76%) Bash
3 6 (7.32%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.44%) Java
5 1 (1.22%) Ladder Logic
5 1 (1.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (18.29%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (14.63%) CCNP
3 6 (7.32%) CCNA
4 5 (6.10%) Azure Certification
4 5 (6.10%) Degree
5 4 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (4.88%) JNCIP
5 4 (4.88%) JNCIS
6 3 (3.66%) CISM
6 3 (3.66%) CISSP
7 2 (2.44%) CCIE
7 2 (2.44%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (2.44%) PMI Certification
7 2 (2.44%) PMP
7 2 (2.44%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.44%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.22%) CCSA
8 1 (1.22%) CCSE
8 1 (1.22%) CWNA
8 1 (1.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.32%) QA
2 5 (6.10%) SLA
3 2 (2.44%) GMP
3 2 (2.44%) GxP
3 2 (2.44%) NIST
4 1 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (9.76%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (8.54%) Active Directory
3 4 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.66%) KVM
5 2 (2.44%) Ceph
5 2 (2.44%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.44%) NFS
6 1 (1.22%) Docker
6 1 (1.22%) QEMU
6 1 (1.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (18.29%) Ansible
2 14 (17.07%) FortiGate
3 8 (9.76%) Cisco Prime
4 6 (7.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (6.10%) SCCM
6 4 (4.88%) systemd
7 3 (3.66%) Grafana
7 3 (3.66%) Kubernetes
8 2 (2.44%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (2.44%) SELinux
9 1 (1.22%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (1.22%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 57 (69.51%) Cisco
2 21 (25.61%) Fortinet
3 19 (23.17%) Palo Alto
4 15 (18.29%) F5
4 15 (18.29%) Microsoft
5 13 (15.85%) Arista
6 10 (12.20%) Juniper
7 9 (10.98%) Aruba
8 8 (9.76%) VMware
8 8 (9.76%) Zscaler
9 7 (8.54%) CheckPoint
10 6 (7.32%) Dynatrace
11 5 (6.10%) CyberArk
12 4 (4.88%) AppDynamics
12 4 (4.88%) MikroTik
12 4 (4.88%) Tenable
13 3 (3.66%) Meraki
13 3 (3.66%) Qualys
13 3 (3.66%) ServiceNow
13 3 (3.66%) Splunk