VLAN Contracts in the South East

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for VLAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VLAN over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 165 163 205
Rank change year-on-year -2 +42 -29
Contract jobs citing VLAN 36 49 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.64% 0.87% 0.65%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.99% 5.10% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 27 26
10th Percentile £184 £185 £201
25th Percentile £203 £238 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £525 £293
Median % change year-on-year -49.88% +79.49% -26.88%
75th Percentile £369 £694 £414
90th Percentile £672 £700 £513
England median daily rate £413 £473 £450
% change year-on-year -12.70% +5.00% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.00
Median hourly rate - £81.37 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year - +152.31% +75.15%
75th Percentile - - £48.38
90th Percentile - - £49.76
England median hourly rate - £31.63 £32.25
% change year-on-year - -1.94% +46.59%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

VLAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,203 960 1,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.32% 17.02% 16.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 585 570 772
10th Percentile £205 £245 £205
25th Percentile £375 £372 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £486 £453
Median % change year-on-year +2.83% +7.34% +6.59%
75th Percentile £608 £588 £563
90th Percentile £650 £700 £656
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 71 78
10th Percentile £16.68 £18.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £27.13 £42.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £57.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% +167.44% -49.41%
75th Percentile £65.00 £74.63 £47.50
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £60.98
England median hourly rate £40.00 £17.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +135.29% -28.90% +3.48%

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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 June 2024.

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 June 2024. 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
Hampshire +9 15 £672 +34.40% 3
Surrey - 14 £257 - 4
Thames Valley -17 4 £275 -57.36% 14
Kent +7 3 £205 -50.90% 2
Berkshire -38 3 £200 -70.37% 6
Oxfordshire +5 1 £350 +94.44% 6
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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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (36.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (13.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (11.11%) AWS
2 4 (11.11%) Azure
3 3 (8.33%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.78%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 25 (69.44%) Firewall
2 17 (47.22%) TCP/IP
2 17 (47.22%) VPN
3 15 (41.67%) DHCP
4 13 (36.11%) DNS
5 11 (30.56%) Wireless
6 9 (25.00%) iSCSI
6 9 (25.00%) SAN
7 7 (19.44%) BGP
8 6 (16.67%) LAN
8 6 (16.67%) WAN
8 6 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (11.11%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (11.11%) HSRP
9 4 (11.11%) IPsec
9 4 (11.11%) NAS
9 4 (11.11%) OSPF
9 4 (11.11%) SSL
9 4 (11.11%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) Power BI
1 1 (2.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.67%) Finance
3 4 (11.11%) Financial Institution
4 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.56%) Automotive
4 2 (5.56%) French Language
4 2 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.56%) Portuguese Language
4 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.56%) Spanish Language
4 2 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (22.22%) Support Engineer
2 7 (19.44%) 2nd Line Support
2 7 (19.44%) IT Support
2 7 (19.44%) Network Support
3 6 (16.67%) Architect
3 6 (16.67%) Network Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) IT Support Specialist
4 5 (13.89%) Network Specialist
4 5 (13.89%) Network Support Specialist
4 5 (13.89%) Support Specialist
4 5 (13.89%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) Virtualisation Architect
5 4 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
6 3 (8.33%) Deskside Support
6 3 (8.33%) Desktop Support
6 3 (8.33%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) 802.1X
1 3 (8.33%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.78%) LIMS
4 1 (2.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (25.00%) Linux
2 7 (19.44%) Windows
3 4 (11.11%) Apple iOS
3 4 (11.11%) Unix
4 3 (8.33%) Windows 10
4 3 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (5.56%) Android
5 2 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (2.78%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (22.22%) Customer Service
2 6 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
3 5 (13.89%) Business Case
3 5 (13.89%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (13.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (13.89%) Problem Management
3 5 (13.89%) RBAC
4 4 (11.11%) Change Control
4 4 (11.11%) Change Management
4 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Management
4 4 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (11.11%) Security Management
4 4 (11.11%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 3 (8.33%) Logistics
5 3 (8.33%) Project Delivery
5 3 (8.33%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (8.33%) Validation
6 2 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (5.56%) Mentoring
6 2 (5.56%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (13.89%) CCNA
4 4 (11.11%) Degree
4 4 (11.11%) MCSE
4 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (8.33%) CCNP
5 3 (8.33%) SC Cleared
6 2 (5.56%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.78%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) SLA
2 1 (2.78%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.78%) QA
System Software
1 13 (36.11%) VMware Infrastructure
1 13 (36.11%) vSphere
2 11 (30.56%) Active Directory
3 4 (11.11%) Firmware
3 4 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (22.22%) SCCM
2 6 (16.67%) Nessus
3 5 (13.89%) WSUS
4 3 (8.33%) AppManager
Vendors
1 16 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 13 (36.11%) Cisco
2 13 (36.11%) VMware
3 6 (16.67%) Qualys
4 4 (11.11%) Apple
4 4 (11.11%) Avaya
4 4 (11.11%) Juniper
5 3 (8.33%) F5
5 3 (8.33%) Ivanti
6 2 (5.56%) Genesys
7 1 (2.78%) Aruba
7 1 (2.78%) Atlassian
7 1 (2.78%) Dell
7 1 (2.78%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.78%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.78%) Salesforce