VLAN Contract Job Trends in Merton

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merton requiring VLAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VLAN 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merton 2.78% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £425 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Merton

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 Merton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 11.11% 19.23% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile - £428 -
25th Percentile £185 £450 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £308 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year -35.26% - -
75th Percentile £438 £497 -
90th Percentile - £514 -
South London median daily rate £488 £438 £525
% change year-on-year +11.43% -16.67% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £83.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +65.11%
South London median hourly rate - - £83.25
% change year-on-year - - +65.11%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

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

VLAN job vacancy trend in Merton

VLAN
Daily Rate Trend in Merton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing VLAN

VLAN
Contract Job Locations in Merton

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the Merton region over the 6 months to 10 February 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
Morden - 1 £425 - 1
VLAN
South London

VLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merton 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Infoblox
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto