VLAN Contracts in the South East

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 125 172 178
Rank change year-on-year +47 +6 +28
Contract jobs citing VLAN 34 33 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.13% 0.59% 0.76%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.63% 2.63% 4.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 20 22
10th Percentile £333 - £185
25th Percentile £450 £184 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £230 £500
Median % change year-on-year +120.65% -54.00% +85.19%
75th Percentile £588 £359 £688
90th Percentile £612 £646 £700
England median daily rate £443 £431 £469
% change year-on-year +2.61% -8.00% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £81.37
England median hourly rate - - £32.50
% change year-on-year - - +0.78%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 513 1,255 980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.04% 22.58% 16.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 617 590
10th Percentile £216 £205 £235
25th Percentile £325 £371 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £490 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £585 £588
90th Percentile £630 £638 £700
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 131 74
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.25 £18.33
25th Percentile £20.26 £27.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.38 £67.50
90th Percentile £66.88 £85.65 £80.25
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing VLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for VLAN in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VLAN in the South East.

Daily rate trend for VLAN in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VLAN in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VLAN in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VLAN in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for VLAN in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Thames Valley +62 24 £508 +153.75% 28
Berkshire +42 15 £450 +9.09% 17
Buckinghamshire - 9 £508 - 8
Hampshire +18 6 £575 +43.75% 12
Surrey +10 2 £295 +49.37%
West Sussex +11 1 - - 5
East Sussex - 1 £625 - 4
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.82%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (32.35%) Azure
2 9 (26.47%) AWS
3 5 (14.71%) GCP
3 5 (14.71%) Google Workspace
4 3 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (44.12%) BGP
1 15 (44.12%) Firewall
2 14 (41.18%) TCP/IP
3 10 (29.41%) DNS
3 10 (29.41%) OSPF
3 10 (29.41%) VPN
4 9 (26.47%) MPLS
5 8 (23.53%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (17.65%) DHCP
7 5 (14.71%) Wireless
8 4 (11.76%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (11.76%) iSCSI
8 4 (11.76%) Network Security
8 4 (11.76%) NGFW
8 4 (11.76%) SAN
8 4 (11.76%) SD-WAN
8 4 (11.76%) WAN
9 3 (8.82%) 802.11
9 3 (8.82%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (5.88%) IP Telephony
Development Applications
1 5 (14.71%) Robot Framework
General
1 18 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Telecoms
3 6 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.88%) Marketing
5 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Electronics
6 1 (2.94%) Finance
6 1 (2.94%) Law
6 1 (2.94%) Legal
6 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.94%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (14.71%) Architect
1 5 (14.71%) Automation Tester
1 5 (14.71%) IT Support
1 5 (14.71%) Lead
1 5 (14.71%) Senior
1 5 (14.71%) Telecoms Tester
1 5 (14.71%) Tester
2 4 (11.76%) IT Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) Designer
3 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) Network Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) Technical Architect
3 3 (8.82%) Wireless Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Analyst
4 2 (5.88%) IT Analyst
4 2 (5.88%) Migration Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Network Analyst
4 2 (5.88%) Network Architect
4 2 (5.88%) Senior Architect
4 2 (5.88%) Senior Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.82%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Cloud Native
1 5 (14.71%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (11.76%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (11.76%) Public Cloud
3 3 (8.82%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (8.82%) PKI
4 2 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.94%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.94%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.59%) Windows
2 3 (8.82%) Linux
3 2 (5.88%) Windows 10
3 2 (5.88%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (26.47%) Proactive Monitoring
2 7 (20.59%) Containerisation
2 7 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (20.59%) Test Automation
3 5 (14.71%) Content Management
3 5 (14.71%) Customer Service
3 5 (14.71%) Network Segmentation
3 5 (14.71%) Post-Production
3 5 (14.71%) Test Strategy
3 5 (14.71%) Workflow
4 4 (11.76%) Computer Science
4 4 (11.76%) DevSecOps
4 4 (11.76%) Migration
4 4 (11.76%) RBAC
4 4 (11.76%) Security Monitoring
4 4 (11.76%) Security Operations
4 4 (11.76%) SIEM
4 4 (11.76%) TOGAF
5 3 (8.82%) Network Design
5 3 (8.82%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (26.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 7 (20.59%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (20.59%) SC Cleared
3 5 (14.71%) CCNP
4 4 (11.76%) CCSA
4 4 (11.76%) CCSE
4 4 (11.76%) Check Point Certification
4 4 (11.76%) Degree
5 3 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (5.88%) CCNA
6 2 (5.88%) DV Cleared
6 2 (5.88%) HP APS
6 2 (5.88%) MCSE
6 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (5.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (8.82%) NCSC
1 3 (8.82%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (14.71%) Docker
1 5 (14.71%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (14.71%) VMware NSX
2 4 (11.76%) vSphere
3 2 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (26.47%) Ansible
2 5 (14.71%) Kubernetes
3 2 (5.88%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (5.88%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 16 (47.06%) Cisco
2 11 (32.35%) Palo Alto
3 6 (17.65%) CheckPoint
3 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
4 5 (14.71%) Google
4 5 (14.71%) VMware
5 4 (11.76%) Meraki
6 3 (8.82%) AirMagnet
6 3 (8.82%) Aruba
6 3 (8.82%) Ekahau
6 3 (8.82%) Extreme Networks
6 3 (8.82%) Juniper
7 2 (5.88%) HP
7 2 (5.88%) Infoblox
7 2 (5.88%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.94%) Ciena
8 1 (2.94%) Nokia
8 1 (2.94%) SAP
8 1 (2.94%) Sophos