VLAN Contracts in Reading

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring VLAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VLAN over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 89 60
Rank change year-on-year +43 -29 +25
Contract jobs citing VLAN 14 2 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.35% 0.17% 2.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.28% 0.81% 14.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 10
10th Percentile £439 - £489
25th Percentile - - £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £200 £675
Median % change year-on-year +125.00% -70.37% +66.67%
75th Percentile - - £700
90th Percentile £476 - £714
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £413 £663
% change year-on-year +9.09% -37.74% +63.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £81.37
Berkshire median hourly rate - - £81.37

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 86 246 184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 14.41% 20.64% 17.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 113 97
10th Percentile £221 £205 £337
25th Percentile £307 £335 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £499 £608 £650
90th Percentile £623 - £718
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -8.16% +0.51% +4.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 3
10th Percentile - £77.22 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £87.46 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year - +32.52% +153.85%
75th Percentile - £87.53 £73.69
90th Percentile - - £78.30
Berkshire median hourly rate £24.66 £83.77 £66.00
% change year-on-year -70.56% +26.92% +288.24%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing VLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for VLAN in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VLAN in Reading.

Daily rate trend for VLAN in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VLAN in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for VLAN in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) AWS
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
1 5 (35.71%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) BGP
1 10 (71.43%) TCP/IP
2 5 (35.71%) MPLS
2 5 (35.71%) OSPF
3 4 (28.57%) Firewall
3 4 (28.57%) Network Security
3 4 (28.57%) VPN
4 3 (21.43%) 802.11
4 3 (21.43%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (21.43%) Wireless
5 1 (7.14%) DWDM
5 1 (7.14%) Ethernet
5 1 (7.14%) TACACS
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Robot Framework
General
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Telecoms
3 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Automation Tester
1 5 (35.71%) Telecoms Tester
1 5 (35.71%) Tester
2 3 (21.43%) Senior
2 3 (21.43%) Wireless Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Capacity Planner
3 1 (7.14%) Network Capacity Planner
3 1 (7.14%) Network Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Network Planner
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) 802.1X
2 1 (7.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Cloud Native
1 5 (35.71%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Containerisation
1 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (35.71%) Test Automation
1 5 (35.71%) Test Strategy
2 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 4 (28.57%) Proactive Monitoring
2 4 (28.57%) Security Monitoring
2 4 (28.57%) Security Operations
2 4 (28.57%) SIEM
3 3 (21.43%) Data Collection
3 3 (21.43%) Network Design
4 1 (7.14%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (7.14%) Network Planning
4 1 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) CCNP
1 4 (28.57%) CCSA
1 4 (28.57%) CCSE
1 4 (28.57%) Check Point Certification
1 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 3 (21.43%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (64.29%) Ansible
2 5 (35.71%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Cisco
2 5 (35.71%) Palo Alto
3 4 (28.57%) CheckPoint
4 3 (21.43%) AirMagnet
4 3 (21.43%) Aruba
4 3 (21.43%) Ekahau
4 3 (21.43%) Extreme Networks
4 3 (21.43%) Juniper
4 3 (21.43%) Meraki
5 1 (7.14%) Ciena
5 1 (7.14%) Nokia