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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 251 303
Rank change year-on-year -28 +52 -8
Contract jobs citing VLAN 161 90 95
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.70% 0.71% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.24% 4.47% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 62 68
10th Percentile £270 £214 £184
25th Percentile £403 £243 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £407 £375
Median % change year-on-year +18.39% +8.40% -11.76%
75th Percentile £569 £536 £538
90th Percentile £628 £624 £661
UK median daily rate £470 £428 £400
% change year-on-year +9.94% +6.88% -15.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.43 - -
Median hourly rate £74.00 - -
75th Percentile £74.26 - -
90th Percentile £76.28 - -
UK median hourly rate £74.00 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - +69.23%

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 2,581 2,014 3,607
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.19% 15.91% 17.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,607 1,237 2,094
10th Percentile £204 £200 £202
25th Percentile £356 £313 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £469 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -1.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £656 £638 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £480
% change year-on-year +2.56% +1.56% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 127 346
10th Percentile £15.52 £14.67 £13.50
25th Percentile £19.34 £20.15 £17.69
Median hourly rate £54.00 £28.00 £45.44
Median % change year-on-year +92.86% -38.38% +145.62%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.41 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £43.85 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +16.94% - +97.37%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -24 65 £500 +53.85% 35
North West +15 56 £508 +10.93% 24
South East -50 37 £500 -1.48% 43
Midlands -43 31 £413 -31.82% 24
West Midlands -44 19 £469 +223.28% 21
South West -26 12 £475 +33.33% 13
East Midlands -29 11 £275 -57.69% 3
Yorkshire -55 9 £363 +47.96% 8
Scotland +17 8 £325 -18.75% 3
Wales -8 5 £293 -35.71% 3
East of England -41 5 £540 +188.00% 12
North East - 3 £550 - 3
VLAN
UK

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 (9.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.59%) Skype for Business
3 4 (2.48%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.24%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.24%) WordPress
5 1 (0.62%) Apache
5 1 (0.62%) JBoss
Applications
1 10 (6.21%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.48%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 43 (26.71%) Azure
2 25 (15.53%) AWS
3 12 (7.45%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (6.83%) Entra ID
5 7 (4.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 6 (3.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 6 (3.73%) GCP
7 5 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.86%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.24%) AWS IoT
9 2 (1.24%) IaaS
9 2 (1.24%) PaaS
9 2 (1.24%) SaaS
10 1 (0.62%) Akamai
10 1 (0.62%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.62%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.62%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.62%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.62%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 102 (63.35%) Firewall
2 60 (37.27%) WAN
3 59 (36.65%) LAN
4 58 (36.02%) DNS
5 57 (35.40%) DHCP
6 55 (34.16%) VPN
7 43 (26.71%) BGP
8 42 (26.09%) Network Security
8 42 (26.09%) TCP/IP
9 39 (24.22%) Wi-Fi
10 35 (21.74%) OSPF
11 32 (19.88%) Wireless
12 27 (16.77%) SD-WAN
13 18 (11.18%) MPLS
14 16 (9.94%) WLAN
15 12 (7.45%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (7.45%) IPv4
15 12 (7.45%) IPv6
16 11 (6.83%) EIGRP
16 11 (6.83%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.62%) OpenStack Swift
Development Applications
1 2 (1.24%) Git
1 2 (1.24%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.62%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (0.62%) JIRA
2 1 (0.62%) MSI
General
1 46 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 19 (11.80%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (7.45%) Documentation Skills
4 10 (6.21%) Public Sector
5 7 (4.35%) Legal
5 7 (4.35%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.24%) Aviation
9 2 (1.24%) Law
9 2 (1.24%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.62%) Advertising
10 1 (0.62%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.62%) Finance
10 1 (0.62%) Police
10 1 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (40.99%) Network Engineer
2 23 (14.29%) Architect
2 23 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 19 (11.80%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 12 (7.45%) IT Engineer
4 12 (7.45%) IT Support
5 11 (6.83%) Network Architect
6 10 (6.21%) Analyst
7 9 (5.59%) Technical Architect
8 8 (4.97%) Cisco Engineer
8 8 (4.97%) Senior
9 7 (4.35%) IT Analyst
9 7 (4.35%) Platform Engineer
10 6 (3.73%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 6 (3.73%) IT Support Analyst
10 6 (3.73%) Support Analyst
10 6 (3.73%) Support Engineer
10 6 (3.73%) Test Engineer
11 5 (3.11%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (3.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.45%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.24%) RFC 2544
2 2 (1.24%) XMPP
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.62%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 45 (27.95%) Data Centre
2 15 (9.32%) Onboarding
3 9 (5.59%) Product Ownership
4 8 (4.97%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.48%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.48%) Security Posture
5 4 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.86%) 3D Printing
6 3 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.86%) IoT
6 3 (1.86%) SCADA
6 3 (1.86%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.24%) CCTV
7 2 (1.24%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.24%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.24%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.24%) Replication
8 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.62%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 47 (29.19%) Windows
2 22 (13.66%) Windows Server
3 17 (10.56%) Windows 10
4 13 (8.07%) Linux
5 10 (6.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (5.59%) Windows 7
7 2 (1.24%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.62%) CentOS
8 1 (0.62%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (18.01%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (17.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 26 (16.15%) ITSM
4 22 (13.66%) Network Segmentation
5 21 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (12.42%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (12.42%) Network Design
6 20 (12.42%) Network Monitoring
7 19 (11.80%) Service Management
8 18 (11.18%) High Availability
9 17 (10.56%) Project Delivery
10 14 (8.70%) ITIL
11 13 (8.07%) Change Control
11 13 (8.07%) Root Cause Analysis
12 12 (7.45%) Disaster Recovery
12 12 (7.45%) Incident Response
12 12 (7.45%) Migration
13 10 (6.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 9 (5.59%) CI/CD
14 9 (5.59%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 27 (16.77%) PowerShell
2 21 (13.04%) Python
3 14 (8.70%) Bash
4 10 (6.21%) VBScript
5 9 (5.59%) VB
6 7 (4.35%) Perl
7 4 (2.48%) SQL
8 1 (0.62%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 82 (50.93%) Security Cleared
2 68 (42.24%) SC Cleared
3 67 (41.61%) Cisco Certification
4 62 (38.51%) CCNP
5 48 (29.81%) CCNA
6 15 (9.32%) DV Cleared
6 15 (9.32%) Network+ Certification
7 14 (8.70%) Degree
8 10 (6.21%) CCIE
9 6 (3.73%) Server+ Certification
10 5 (3.11%) Azure Certification
10 5 (3.11%) JNCIS
10 5 (3.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (2.48%) AWS Certification
11 4 (2.48%) CCDP
11 4 (2.48%) CISSP
11 4 (2.48%) ISTQB
12 3 (1.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.86%) CCIE Security
12 3 (1.86%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.11%) NIST
2 5 (3.11%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.48%) GDPR
3 4 (2.48%) NCSC
3 4 (2.48%) SLA
4 2 (1.24%) QA
5 1 (0.62%) GRC
5 1 (0.62%) GxP
5 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 33 (20.50%) Active Directory
2 25 (15.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (8.70%) vSphere
4 12 (7.45%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (5.59%) BitLocker
6 5 (3.11%) Firmware
6 5 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (3.11%) VMware NSX
7 4 (2.48%) Docker
8 3 (1.86%) KVM
9 2 (1.24%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.62%) Ceph
10 1 (0.62%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 1 (0.62%) iptables
10 1 (0.62%) NFS
10 1 (0.62%) QEMU
10 1 (0.62%) RHEV
10 1 (0.62%) Samba
10 1 (0.62%) Snort
10 1 (0.62%) Xen
Systems Management
1 12 (7.45%) Ansible
2 11 (6.83%) SCCM
3 10 (6.21%) Terraform
4 9 (5.59%) FortiGate
4 9 (5.59%) Nagios
4 9 (5.59%) vCenter Server
5 7 (4.35%) VxRail
6 5 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (3.11%) WSUS
7 4 (2.48%) Kubernetes
8 3 (1.86%) Iperf
9 2 (1.24%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (1.24%) Cisco Prime
9 2 (1.24%) Grafana
9 2 (1.24%) Nmap
9 2 (1.24%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.62%) Suricata
10 1 (0.62%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.62%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 82 (50.93%) Cisco
2 42 (26.09%) Microsoft
3 33 (20.50%) Palo Alto
4 29 (18.01%) VMware
5 20 (12.42%) Fortinet
6 18 (11.18%) SolarWinds
7 17 (10.56%) Aruba
8 16 (9.94%) ServiceNow
9 14 (8.70%) CheckPoint
9 14 (8.70%) Juniper
10 12 (7.45%) Veeam
11 11 (6.83%) F5
12 9 (5.59%) Citrix
12 9 (5.59%) Ekahau
12 9 (5.59%) Meraki
13 8 (4.97%) Red Hat
14 7 (4.35%) Dell
15 4 (2.48%) HP
15 4 (2.48%) Zerto
16 3 (1.86%) Arista