VLAN Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring VLAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 111 135
Rank change year-on-year -2 +24 +32
Contract jobs citing VLAN 7 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.44% 0.34% 0.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.07% 2.56% 2.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 8
10th Percentile £353 £292 £418
25th Percentile £413 - £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £650
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -38.46% +52.94%
75th Percentile £470 - -
90th Percentile - - £665
UK median daily rate £450 £413 £475
% change year-on-year +9.09% -13.16% +5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 172 234 314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 10.72% 13.16% 12.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 125 184
10th Percentile £187 £153 £156
25th Percentile £302 £300 £342
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £438 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -16.67% +16.67%
75th Percentile £500 £525 £641
90th Percentile £564 £608 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 20
10th Percentile £57.00 £13.50 £17.72
25th Percentile £63.75 £15.75 £18.63
Median hourly rate £75.00 £19.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +294.74% -65.45% +210.38%
75th Percentile - £30.75 £64.56
90th Percentile - £57.30 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% -18.18% +30.95%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

VLAN job vacancy trend in Scotland

VLAN
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing VLAN

VLAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VLAN in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VLAN in Scotland

VLAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing VLAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing VLAN

VLAN
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 November 2025. 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
Aberdeen - 5 £440 - 7
Glasgow -2 4 £440 +100.00% 3
Edinburgh +13 3 £455 -
South Ayrshire - 1 £325 -
VLAN
UK

VLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) BGP
1 5 (71.43%) Firewall
1 5 (71.43%) OSPF
2 4 (57.14%) LAN
2 4 (57.14%) Network Security
2 4 (57.14%) WAN
3 3 (42.86%) EIGRP
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (28.57%) VPN
4 2 (28.57%) Wireless
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (14.29%) DHCP
5 1 (14.29%) DNS
5 1 (14.29%) Ethernet
5 1 (14.29%) IP Telephony
5 1 (14.29%) Modbus
5 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
5 1 (14.29%) TACACS
5 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Legal
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) 3D Printing
1 1 (14.29%) IoT
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
1 1 (14.29%) Public Cloud
1 1 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Information Security
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Network Design
2 2 (28.57%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (28.57%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) High Availability
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Management
3 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 1 (14.29%) Security Management
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Service Management
3 1 (14.29%) SIEM
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CCNP
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (28.57%) CCIE
3 1 (14.29%) CCNA
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (42.86%) Palo Alto
3 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
3 1 (14.29%) Meraki
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle
3 1 (14.29%) Riverbed
3 1 (14.29%) SAP
3 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds