VLAN Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring VLAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
31 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 272 272
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 -9
Contract jobs citing VLAN 196 103 96
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.71% 0.67% 0.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.69% 4.89% 3.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 71 60
10th Percentile £328 £219 £250
25th Percentile £410 £357 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £450 £406
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +10.77% -12.63%
75th Percentile £600 £537 £575
90th Percentile £654 £695 £672
UK median daily rate £475 £447 £425
% change year-on-year +6.26% +5.18% -11.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 1 0
10th Percentile £18.50 - -
25th Percentile £33.70 £65.75 -
Median hourly rate £58.25 £66.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.41% - -
75th Percentile £74.00 £67.25 -
90th Percentile £77.41 - -
UK median hourly rate £58.25 £62.00 -
% change year-on-year -6.05% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,929 2,107 2,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.58% 13.66% 14.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,633 1,289 1,493
10th Percentile £213 £204 £213
25th Percentile £358 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £470 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% -6.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £640 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 138 250
10th Percentile £14.79 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.88 £21.37
Median hourly rate £25.81 £42.50 £55.75
Median % change year-on-year -39.28% -23.76% -1.32%
75th Percentile £65.88 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% -10.00% -9.62%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

VLAN job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

VLAN
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VLAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VLAN

VLAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VLAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for VLAN in the UK excluding London

VLAN
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VLAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing VLAN

VLAN
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing VLAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for VLAN in the UK excluding London

VLAN
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 August 2026. 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
North of England -25 64 £500 +9.65% 25
South East -56 49 £500 +11.11% 46
North West -28 36 £519 +9.26% 12
South West -17 31 £495 +29.41% 17
Midlands -42 28 £413 -21.43% 20
Yorkshire -20 27 £500 +150.00% 10
West Midlands -45 14 £413 -7.30% 17
East Midlands -6 13 £275 -57.69% 2
Scotland -14 11 £375 -14.77% 2
East of England -16 11 £600 +54.84% 19
Wales - 4 £363 - 2
North East -36 1 - - 5
VLAN
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VLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (7.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (5.10%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.06%) Skype for Business
4 5 (2.55%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.51%) Apache
5 1 (0.51%) JBoss
5 1 (0.51%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 56 (28.57%) Azure
2 33 (16.84%) AWS
3 28 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (10.20%) Entra ID
5 12 (6.12%) GCP
6 11 (5.61%) GitHub
7 6 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.06%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (3.06%) Nutanix
8 5 (2.55%) IaaS
8 5 (2.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (2.04%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.02%) AWS Direct Connect
11 2 (1.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (1.02%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.51%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 1 (0.51%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.51%) Route 53
12 1 (0.51%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 107 (54.59%) Firewall
2 95 (48.47%) DNS
3 80 (40.82%) DHCP
4 63 (32.14%) BGP
4 63 (32.14%) OSPF
4 63 (32.14%) VPN
5 59 (30.10%) LAN
5 59 (30.10%) WAN
6 56 (28.57%) TCP/IP
7 45 (22.96%) Wireless
8 38 (19.39%) Network Security
8 38 (19.39%) Wi-Fi
9 34 (17.35%) SAN
10 31 (15.82%) Cisco Nexus
11 30 (15.31%) SD-WAN
12 23 (11.73%) NAS
12 23 (11.73%) WLAN
13 22 (11.22%) Cisco IOS
13 22 (11.22%) NX-OS
14 20 (10.20%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.10%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.51%) OpenStack Swift
Development Applications
1 11 (5.61%) Jenkins
2 8 (4.08%) JIRA
3 6 (3.06%) GitLab
4 2 (1.02%) Git
4 2 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.51%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.51%) MSI
General
1 45 (22.96%) Social Skills
2 24 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 12 (6.12%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (4.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (4.59%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.06%) Police
6 6 (3.06%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.55%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (2.04%) Finance
8 4 (2.04%) Games
8 4 (2.04%) Legal
9 3 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.02%) Advertising
11 1 (0.51%) Law
Job Titles
1 75 (38.27%) Network Engineer
2 42 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 26 (13.27%) Architect
3 26 (13.27%) Senior
4 18 (9.18%) IT Engineer
5 15 (7.65%) Network Architect
6 14 (7.14%) Senior Network Engineer
7 11 (5.61%) Cisco Engineer
8 10 (5.10%) Technical Architect
9 9 (4.59%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 9 (4.59%) IT Support
9 9 (4.59%) Test Engineer
10 8 (4.08%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (4.08%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (4.08%) Support Engineer
11 7 (3.57%) Automation Specialist
11 7 (3.57%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 6 (3.06%) Lead
12 6 (3.06%) Systems Engineer
12 6 (3.06%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (12.24%) Terraform
2 7 (3.57%) 802.1X
3 4 (2.04%) NETCONF
4 2 (1.02%) HTML
4 2 (1.02%) HTML5
4 2 (1.02%) ModSecurity
4 2 (1.02%) ODBC
4 2 (1.02%) REST
4 2 (1.02%) RESTCONF
5 1 (0.51%) .NET
5 1 (0.51%) gRPC
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 70 (35.71%) Data Centre
2 15 (7.65%) Onboarding
2 15 (7.65%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (6.12%) PKI
4 11 (5.61%) Replication
5 9 (4.59%) Cloud Native
5 9 (4.59%) Operational Technology
6 8 (4.08%) Driving Licence
7 7 (3.57%) SCADA
8 6 (3.06%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (3.06%) Life Science
8 6 (3.06%) Virtual Team
9 4 (2.04%) Animation
9 4 (2.04%) CMDB
9 4 (2.04%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (1.53%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 66 (33.67%) Windows
2 43 (21.94%) Windows Server
3 22 (11.22%) Linux
4 14 (7.14%) Windows 10
5 10 (5.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (3.57%) Rocky
7 6 (3.06%) CentOS
7 6 (3.06%) Windows 7
8 5 (2.55%) Unix
9 2 (1.02%) Android
9 2 (1.02%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.51%) VMS
10 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (28.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 40 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (17.86%) Validation
4 30 (15.31%) Network Segmentation
5 27 (13.78%) ITIL
6 23 (11.73%) ITSM
7 22 (11.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (11.22%) High Availability
8 21 (10.71%) Disaster Recovery
9 20 (10.20%) Infrastructure as Code
9 20 (10.20%) Project Delivery
10 18 (9.18%) CI/CD
10 18 (9.18%) Migration
10 18 (9.18%) Network Design
11 16 (8.16%) Infrastructure Automation
12 15 (7.65%) Mentoring
12 15 (7.65%) Network Monitoring
13 14 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
14 12 (6.12%) Service Management
14 12 (6.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 29 (14.80%) PowerShell
2 21 (10.71%) Python
3 6 (3.06%) VB
3 6 (3.06%) VBScript
4 5 (2.55%) ActionScript
4 5 (2.55%) Bash
5 4 (2.04%) SQL
6 2 (1.02%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.51%) Bicep
7 1 (0.51%) C#
Qualifications
1 79 (40.31%) Security Cleared
2 62 (31.63%) Cisco Certification
3 55 (28.06%) CCNP
3 55 (28.06%) SC Cleared
4 34 (17.35%) CCNA
5 20 (10.20%) DV Cleared
6 12 (6.12%) Degree
7 11 (5.61%) Network+ Certification
7 11 (5.61%) Server+ Certification
8 9 (4.59%) CCIE
9 4 (2.04%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.53%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.53%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.51%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.08%) QA
2 6 (3.06%) NCSC
3 5 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.55%) SLA
4 4 (2.04%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 4 (2.04%) GxP
4 4 (2.04%) NIST
4 4 (2.04%) NIST 800
5 3 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.02%) GDPR
6 2 (1.02%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 57 (29.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 33 (16.84%) Active Directory
3 19 (9.69%) Hyper-V
4 18 (9.18%) vSphere
5 14 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (6.63%) Firmware
7 10 (5.10%) VMware NSX
8 9 (4.59%) Virtual Machines
9 7 (3.57%) BitLocker
10 5 (2.55%) Virtual Desktop
11 4 (2.04%) KVM
12 3 (1.53%) NFS
12 3 (1.53%) VirtualBox
13 1 (0.51%) iptables
13 1 (0.51%) Samba
13 1 (0.51%) Snort
13 1 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 31 (15.82%) Ansible
2 13 (6.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (4.59%) vCenter Server
4 8 (4.08%) SCCM
5 7 (3.57%) WSUS
6 6 (3.06%) FortiGate
6 6 (3.06%) NetBackup
7 5 (2.55%) Kubernetes
8 4 (2.04%) Nagios
9 3 (1.53%) Avamar
9 3 (1.53%) PowerCLI
9 3 (1.53%) vMotion
10 2 (1.02%) Grafana
10 2 (1.02%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (1.02%) Suricata
11 1 (0.51%) MobiControl
11 1 (0.51%) SCOM
11 1 (0.51%) WMI
11 1 (0.51%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 100 (51.02%) Cisco
2 74 (37.76%) VMware
3 49 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 28 (14.29%) F5
5 24 (12.24%) Palo Alto
6 23 (11.73%) ServiceNow
7 17 (8.67%) Veeam
8 16 (8.16%) CheckPoint
9 15 (7.65%) Fortinet
9 15 (7.65%) SolarWinds
10 14 (7.14%) Juniper
11 13 (6.63%) Aruba
12 12 (6.12%) Meraki
13 10 (5.10%) NetApp
14 7 (3.57%) Citrix
15 6 (3.06%) CyberArk
15 6 (3.06%) Ekahau
15 6 (3.06%) HP
16 5 (2.55%) Rockwell
16 5 (2.55%) Zerto
127 VLAN jobs in the UK excluding London