VLAN Contract Job Trends in Preston

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring VLAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VLAN 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 4.94% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £550 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 20 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 24.69% 6.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 17 2 0
10th Percentile £304 £479 -
25th Percentile - £484 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £680 £522 -
90th Percentile £693 £531 -
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £475 £440
% change year-on-year +15.79% +7.95% -13.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £41.94 £24.76 -
Median % change year-on-year +69.39% - -
75th Percentile £58.10 - -
90th Percentile £67.80 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £74.26 £24.76 -
% change year-on-year +199.92% - -

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

VLAN job vacancy trend in Preston

VLAN
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing VLAN

VLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 4 (100.00%) BGP
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Software-Defined Networking
2 2 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Platform Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Change Control
1 4 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) High Availability
2 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Management
2 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Bash
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (50.00%) Perl
2 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) CCDP
2 2 (50.00%) CCNA
2 2 (50.00%) CCNP
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix
2 2 (50.00%) VMware