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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 296 326
Rank change year-on-year -43 +30 +57
Contract jobs citing VLAN 64 53 56
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.37% 0.42% 0.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.61% 4.08% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 39 31
10th Percentile £208 £243 £300
25th Percentile £385 £356 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £435 £486
Median % change year-on-year +8.05% -10.49% +2.32%
75th Percentile £538 £554 £523
90th Percentile £600 £603 £600
England median daily rate £475 £430 £400
% change year-on-year +10.47% +7.50% -13.46%

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 1,389 1,298 1,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.10% 10.23% 9.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 902 843 1,175
10th Percentile £300 £263 £206
25th Percentile £413 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% +2.56% -11.88%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £607
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 16 63
10th Percentile £20.38 £24.66 £14.48
25th Percentile £22.02 £27.47 £18.36
Median hourly rate £25.79 £43.75 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% +98.86% -38.89%
75th Percentile £39.75 £54.31 £41.25
90th Percentile £94.13 £66.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £42.38 £35.75 £38.00
% change year-on-year +18.53% -5.92% +100.37%

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 5 April 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 5 April 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 -16 3 £475 -13.32% 8
South London - 2 £463 - 2
East London -6 1 £675 +62.65% 2
North London - 1 £225 - 1
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 (4.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (4.69%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.56%) Apache
2 1 (1.56%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) DELMIA
Cloud Services
1 33 (51.56%) Azure
2 14 (21.88%) AWS
2 14 (21.88%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (12.50%) GCP
4 7 (10.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 7 (10.94%) IaaS
4 7 (10.94%) PaaS
4 7 (10.94%) SaaS
5 6 (9.38%) Datadog
6 5 (7.81%) Entra ID
7 4 (6.25%) Azure Stack
8 3 (4.69%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (4.69%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.56%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (1.56%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (1.56%) GitHub
9 1 (1.56%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.56%) OpenShift
9 1 (1.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 38 (59.38%) Firewall
2 26 (40.63%) VPN
3 25 (39.06%) Network Security
4 23 (35.94%) DNS
5 20 (31.25%) WAN
6 18 (28.13%) DHCP
7 15 (23.44%) BGP
8 14 (21.88%) OSPF
9 13 (20.31%) LAN
9 13 (20.31%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (18.75%) TCP/IP
11 8 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
11 8 (12.50%) TACACS
12 6 (9.38%) SAN
13 5 (7.81%) MPLS
13 5 (7.81%) Multicast
13 5 (7.81%) SD-WAN
13 5 (7.81%) Wireless
14 4 (6.25%) Ethernet
14 4 (6.25%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.56%) MySQL
2 1 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (9.38%) Chocolatey
2 1 (1.56%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (1.56%) Git
General
1 18 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 12 (18.75%) Finance
3 10 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.38%) Banking
4 6 (9.38%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.69%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.13%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.56%) Electronics
7 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.56%) Legal
7 1 (1.56%) Local Government
7 1 (1.56%) Marketing
7 1 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (43.75%) Network Engineer
2 11 (17.19%) Azure Engineer
2 11 (17.19%) Senior
3 7 (10.94%) Senior Network Engineer
4 6 (9.38%) Operations Engineer
5 5 (7.81%) IT Engineer
5 5 (7.81%) Network Operations Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Integration Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Migration Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Senior IT Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Web Engineer
7 3 (4.69%) Lead
7 3 (4.69%) Security Engineer
8 2 (3.13%) Access Control Consultant
8 2 (3.13%) Deployment Engineer
8 2 (3.13%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 2 (3.13%) Juniper Engineer
8 2 (3.13%) Network Architect
8 2 (3.13%) Windows Deployment Engineer
8 2 (3.13%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.94%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.56%) CSS
2 1 (1.56%) HTML
2 1 (1.56%) LAMP
2 1 (1.56%) LAPP Stack
2 1 (1.56%) LDAP
2 1 (1.56%) libvirt
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.63%) Data Centre
2 6 (9.38%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (6.25%) Clustering
3 4 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (6.25%) Replication
4 3 (4.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (4.69%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (3.13%) PKI
6 1 (1.56%) BYOD
6 1 (1.56%) CCTV
6 1 (1.56%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.56%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.56%) IoT
6 1 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.56%) NHS
6 1 (1.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 19 (29.69%) Windows
2 6 (9.38%) Linux
3 5 (7.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (7.81%) VMS
4 4 (6.25%) SUSE
5 3 (4.69%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.56%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.56%) Unix
6 1 (1.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (32.81%) Migration
2 14 (21.88%) Validation
3 13 (20.31%) ITSM
4 12 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (14.06%) Disaster Recovery
6 8 (12.50%) Zero Trust
7 7 (10.94%) High Availability
7 7 (10.94%) Network Design
8 6 (9.38%) Analytical Thinking
8 6 (9.38%) Data Protection
8 6 (9.38%) ITIL
8 6 (9.38%) RBAC
8 6 (9.38%) Security Patching
9 5 (7.81%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (7.81%) Runbook
9 5 (7.81%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (6.25%) Change Control
10 4 (6.25%) Low Latency
10 4 (6.25%) Performance Tuning
10 4 (6.25%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.63%) Python
2 8 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 7 (10.94%) Bash
4 3 (4.69%) VBScript
5 2 (3.13%) SQL
6 1 (1.56%) Go
6 1 (1.56%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.56%) Perl
Qualifications
1 14 (21.88%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (17.19%) CCNP
2 11 (17.19%) Security Cleared
3 9 (14.06%) CCNA
4 7 (10.94%) Azure Certification
4 7 (10.94%) SC Cleared
5 4 (6.25%) DV Cleared
6 3 (4.69%) AWS Certification
6 3 (4.69%) CCIE
7 2 (3.13%) JNCIP
7 2 (3.13%) JNCIS
7 2 (3.13%) PMI Certification
7 2 (3.13%) PMP
7 2 (3.13%) Project+ Certification
8 1 (1.56%) CISSP
8 1 (1.56%) CWNA
8 1 (1.56%) GIAC
8 1 (1.56%) GSEC
8 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.38%) SLA
2 1 (1.56%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 7 (10.94%) Firmware
3 6 (9.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (7.81%) Hyper-V
4 5 (7.81%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (7.81%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (7.81%) vSphere
5 2 (3.13%) Ceph
5 2 (3.13%) KVM
5 2 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.56%) iptables
6 1 (1.56%) Lustre
6 1 (1.56%) NFS
6 1 (1.56%) Samba
6 1 (1.56%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 10 (15.63%) SCCM
2 8 (12.50%) FortiGate
2 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (9.38%) Ansible
4 4 (6.25%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (6.25%) vCenter Server
4 4 (6.25%) VxRail
5 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Clustering
5 3 (4.69%) Terraform
6 2 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.56%) Grafana
7 1 (1.56%) HAProxy
7 1 (1.56%) PaperCut
7 1 (1.56%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.56%) SELinux
Vendors
1 24 (37.50%) Cisco
2 16 (25.00%) Palo Alto
3 13 (20.31%) Microsoft
4 11 (17.19%) VMware
5 10 (15.63%) Fortinet
6 8 (12.50%) Juniper
7 6 (9.38%) AppDynamics
7 6 (9.38%) Dynatrace
7 6 (9.38%) Tenable
8 5 (7.81%) Arista
8 5 (7.81%) CheckPoint
8 5 (7.81%) Dell
9 4 (6.25%) ADVA
9 4 (6.25%) Aruba
9 4 (6.25%) Nokia
9 4 (6.25%) Zscaler
10 3 (4.69%) Meraki
11 2 (3.13%) F5
11 2 (3.13%) ForeScout
11 2 (3.13%) Google