VLAN Contracts in the Thames Valley

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 78 140 115
Rank change year-on-year +62 -25 +25
Contract jobs citing VLAN 24 5 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.59% 0.19% 1.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.52% 0.83% 7.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 3 16
10th Percentile £439 £184 -
25th Percentile £450 £190 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £200 £515
Median % change year-on-year +153.75% -61.17% +32.05%
75th Percentile £554 £419 £691
90th Percentile £609 £550 £706
South East median daily rate £508 £230 £500
% change year-on-year +120.65% -54.00% +85.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £81.37
South East median hourly rate - - £81.37
% change year-on-year - - +152.31%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 252 605 475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.68% 22.52% 16.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 295 291
10th Percentile £242 £205 £313
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +2.46% +5.51%
75th Percentile £550 £594 £570
90th Percentile £618 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £480 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 50 15
10th Percentile - £17.79 £19.70
25th Percentile - £23.78 £25.75
Median hourly rate £14.20 £65.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -78.15% -1.52% +288.24%
75th Percentile £22.09 £85.65 £80.25
90th Percentile £31.44 £87.47 £81.22
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing VLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for VLAN in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VLAN in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for VLAN in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for VLAN in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VLAN in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for VLAN in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +42 15 £450 +9.09% 15
Buckinghamshire - 9 £508 - 8
VLAN
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (37.50%) AWS
1 9 (37.50%) Azure
2 5 (20.83%) GCP
2 5 (20.83%) Google Workspace
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (58.33%) BGP
1 14 (58.33%) TCP/IP
2 13 (54.17%) Firewall
3 9 (37.50%) MPLS
3 9 (37.50%) OSPF
4 8 (33.33%) VPN
4 8 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (16.67%) DNS
5 4 (16.67%) Network Security
5 4 (16.67%) NGFW
5 4 (16.67%) SD-WAN
5 4 (16.67%) WAN
6 3 (12.50%) 802.11
6 3 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (12.50%) Wireless
7 2 (8.33%) VSAN
8 1 (4.17%) DWDM
8 1 (4.17%) Ethernet
8 1 (4.17%) TACACS
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Robot Framework
General
1 16 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Law
4 1 (4.17%) Marketing
4 1 (4.17%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Automation Tester
1 5 (20.83%) IT Support
1 5 (20.83%) Lead
1 5 (20.83%) Senior
1 5 (20.83%) Telecoms Tester
1 5 (20.83%) Tester
2 4 (16.67%) Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Technical Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Wireless Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Technical Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Capacity Planner
5 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Network Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Network Capacity Planner
5 1 (4.17%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Network Planner
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) 802.1X
2 1 (4.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Cloud Native
1 5 (20.83%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (16.67%) Public Cloud
3 3 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (12.50%) PKI
4 1 (4.17%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Proactive Monitoring
2 7 (29.17%) Containerisation
3 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (20.83%) Content Management
4 5 (20.83%) Customer Service
4 5 (20.83%) Network Segmentation
4 5 (20.83%) Post-Production
4 5 (20.83%) Test Automation
4 5 (20.83%) Test Strategy
4 5 (20.83%) Workflow
5 4 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 4 (16.67%) DevSecOps
5 4 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
5 4 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 4 (16.67%) SIEM
5 4 (16.67%) TOGAF
6 3 (12.50%) Adaptive Security
6 3 (12.50%) Data Collection
6 3 (12.50%) IT Strategy
6 3 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 9 (37.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) CCNP
1 4 (16.67%) CCSA
1 4 (16.67%) CCSE
1 4 (16.67%) Check Point Certification
1 4 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (16.67%) Degree
1 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) MCSE
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (8.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (12.50%) NCSC
1 3 (12.50%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) Docker
1 5 (20.83%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (20.83%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (37.50%) Ansible
2 5 (20.83%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) Cisco
2 9 (37.50%) Palo Alto
3 5 (20.83%) Google
3 5 (20.83%) VMware
4 4 (16.67%) CheckPoint
5 3 (12.50%) AirMagnet
5 3 (12.50%) Aruba
5 3 (12.50%) Ekahau
5 3 (12.50%) Extreme Networks
5 3 (12.50%) Juniper
5 3 (12.50%) Meraki
5 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
6 1 (4.17%) Ciena
6 1 (4.17%) Nokia
6 1 (4.17%) Sophos