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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 258 274
Rank change year-on-year -30 +16 -21
Contract jobs citing VLAN 196 110 104
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.70% 0.71% 0.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.70% 5.27% 4.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 77 62
10th Percentile £326 £219 £246
25th Percentile £422 £325 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £447 £413
Median % change year-on-year +11.86% +8.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £536 £584
90th Percentile £655 £683 £672
UK median daily rate £485 £445 £425
% change year-on-year +8.99% +4.71% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 1 1
10th Percentile £18.50 - -
25th Percentile £33.70 £65.75 £21.25
Median hourly rate £58.25 £66.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.41% +195.56% -32.27%
75th Percentile £74.00 £67.25 £23.75
90th Percentile £77.41 - -
UK median hourly rate £58.25 £45.75 £30.25
% change year-on-year +27.32% +51.24% -5.10%

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 2,927 2,087 2,593
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.42% 13.49% 14.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,608 1,312 1,439
10th Percentile £210 £200 £205
25th Percentile £350 £315 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +10.50%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £596
90th Percentile £650 £640 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 134 218
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.03 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.50 £21.37
Median hourly rate £29.50 £42.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -30.59% -25.89% -0.26%
75th Percentile £67.47 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.81 £82.51 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £51.00
% change year-on-year -23.53% -16.67% -9.72%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 59 £505 +12.98% 40
South East -54 50 £500 +11.11% 101
North West -31 32 £520 +9.47% 27
South West -11 31 £495 +29.41% 25
Midlands -39 27 £263 -44.74% 34
Yorkshire -15 26 £500 +173.97% 10
East of England -30 15 £600 +34.83% 21
East Midlands -5 14 £275 -32.52% 9
West Midlands -47 13 £250 -47.37% 25
Scotland -18 10 £375 -14.77% 16
Wales - 4 £363 - 3
North East -46 1 - - 5
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 (7.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (5.10%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.06%) Skype for Business
4 5 (2.55%) FactoryTalk
5 4 (2.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.04%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 56 (28.57%) Azure
2 35 (17.86%) AWS
3 28 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (10.20%) Entra ID
5 14 (7.14%) GCP
6 12 (6.12%) GitHub
7 6 (3.06%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (2.55%) IaaS
8 5 (2.55%) Nutanix
8 5 (2.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.04%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.53%) AWS Direct Connect
10 3 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (1.02%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
12 1 (0.51%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 1 (0.51%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.51%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 109 (55.61%) Firewall
2 98 (50.00%) DNS
3 81 (41.33%) DHCP
4 66 (33.67%) VPN
5 63 (32.14%) BGP
6 61 (31.12%) OSPF
7 58 (29.59%) WAN
8 57 (29.08%) LAN
9 55 (28.06%) TCP/IP
10 43 (21.94%) Wireless
11 39 (19.90%) Network Security
12 33 (16.84%) Wi-Fi
13 32 (16.33%) SAN
14 30 (15.31%) Cisco Nexus
15 29 (14.80%) SD-WAN
16 23 (11.73%) Cisco IOS
17 22 (11.22%) NAS
17 22 (11.22%) NX-OS
18 21 (10.71%) VXLAN
18 21 (10.71%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.10%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.51%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 12 (6.12%) JIRA
2 11 (5.61%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.06%) GitLab
4 3 (1.53%) Git
5 2 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.51%) MSI
General
1 45 (22.96%) Social Skills
2 22 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (6.63%) Documentation Skills
3 13 (6.63%) Public Sector
4 10 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (4.59%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.06%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.55%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (2.55%) Police
8 4 (2.04%) Games
9 3 (1.53%) Finance
9 3 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.53%) Legal
10 2 (1.02%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 72 (36.73%) Network Engineer
2 45 (22.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 29 (14.80%) Senior
4 25 (12.76%) Architect
5 17 (8.67%) IT Engineer
6 16 (8.16%) Senior Network Engineer
7 14 (7.14%) Network Architect
8 11 (5.61%) Cisco Engineer
9 10 (5.10%) Technical Architect
10 9 (4.59%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 9 (4.59%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (4.08%) IT Support
11 8 (4.08%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 8 (4.08%) Support Engineer
12 7 (3.57%) Automation Specialist
12 7 (3.57%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (3.57%) Test Engineer
13 6 (3.06%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
13 6 (3.06%) Systems Engineer
13 6 (3.06%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (12.76%) Terraform
2 6 (3.06%) 802.1X
3 5 (2.55%) NETCONF
4 4 (2.04%) REST
5 3 (1.53%) RESTCONF
6 2 (1.02%) gRPC
6 2 (1.02%) HTML
6 2 (1.02%) HTML5
6 2 (1.02%) ModSecurity
6 2 (1.02%) ODBC
7 1 (0.51%) .NET
7 1 (0.51%) JSON
7 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.51%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 68 (34.69%) Data Centre
2 15 (7.65%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (7.14%) Onboarding
4 12 (6.12%) PKI
5 10 (5.10%) Operational Technology
5 10 (5.10%) Replication
6 9 (4.59%) Cloud Native
7 8 (4.08%) Driving Licence
7 8 (4.08%) Virtual Team
8 7 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (3.57%) SCADA
9 6 (3.06%) Life Science
10 5 (2.55%) CMDB
11 4 (2.04%) Animation
11 4 (2.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (2.04%) Private Cloud
12 3 (1.53%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
13 2 (1.02%) Acoustics
13 2 (1.02%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 67 (34.18%) Windows
2 43 (21.94%) Windows Server
3 22 (11.22%) Linux
4 14 (7.14%) Windows 10
5 9 (4.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (3.06%) CentOS
6 6 (3.06%) Rocky
6 6 (3.06%) Windows 7
7 5 (2.55%) Unix
8 3 (1.53%) Android
9 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.51%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (29.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 41 (20.92%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (18.37%) Validation
4 30 (15.31%) Network Segmentation
5 29 (14.80%) ITSM
6 25 (12.76%) ITIL
7 23 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (11.73%) Infrastructure as Code
8 21 (10.71%) Disaster Recovery
8 21 (10.71%) High Availability
8 21 (10.71%) Project Delivery
9 20 (10.20%) Network Design
10 18 (9.18%) CI/CD
11 16 (8.16%) Infrastructure Automation
11 16 (8.16%) Mentoring
11 16 (8.16%) Migration
11 16 (8.16%) Network Monitoring
12 15 (7.65%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (7.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 13 (6.63%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 32 (16.33%) PowerShell
2 20 (10.20%) Python
3 6 (3.06%) VB
3 6 (3.06%) VBScript
4 5 (2.55%) ActionScript
4 5 (2.55%) Bash
5 2 (1.02%) SQL
5 2 (1.02%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.51%) Bicep
6 1 (0.51%) C#
Qualifications
1 81 (41.33%) Security Cleared
2 60 (30.61%) Cisco Certification
3 58 (29.59%) SC Cleared
4 54 (27.55%) CCNP
5 32 (16.33%) CCNA
6 20 (10.20%) DV Cleared
7 12 (6.12%) Degree
8 11 (5.61%) Network+ Certification
8 11 (5.61%) Server+ Certification
9 9 (4.59%) CCIE
10 5 (2.55%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (2.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (1.53%) Azure Certification
12 3 (1.53%) DBS Check
13 2 (1.02%) AWS Certification
13 2 (1.02%) JNCIE
14 1 (0.51%) CWNA
14 1 (0.51%) JNCIP
14 1 (0.51%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.08%) QA
2 6 (3.06%) NCSC
2 6 (3.06%) SLA
3 5 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
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%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.02%) GDPR
6 2 (1.02%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 60 (30.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 34 (17.35%) Active Directory
3 21 (10.71%) vSphere
4 19 (9.69%) Hyper-V
5 18 (9.18%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (6.12%) 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%) VirtualBox
13 2 (1.02%) NFS
13 2 (1.02%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 33 (16.84%) Ansible
2 13 (6.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (5.61%) vCenter Server
4 8 (4.08%) SCCM
5 7 (3.57%) FortiGate
5 7 (3.57%) WSUS
6 6 (3.06%) NetBackup
7 5 (2.55%) Kubernetes
8 4 (2.04%) Nagios
9 3 (1.53%) Avamar
9 3 (1.53%) Grafana
9 3 (1.53%) PowerCLI
9 3 (1.53%) vMotion
10 2 (1.02%) Iperf
10 2 (1.02%) Prometheus
10 2 (1.02%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.51%) MobiControl
11 1 (0.51%) Suricata
11 1 (0.51%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 97 (49.49%) Cisco
2 76 (38.78%) VMware
3 51 (26.02%) Microsoft
4 30 (15.31%) F5
5 27 (13.78%) ServiceNow
6 22 (11.22%) Palo Alto
7 19 (9.69%) Veeam
8 17 (8.67%) SolarWinds
9 16 (8.16%) Juniper
10 15 (7.65%) CheckPoint
11 13 (6.63%) Fortinet
11 13 (6.63%) NetApp
12 11 (5.61%) Meraki
13 7 (3.57%) Aruba
13 7 (3.57%) Citrix
14 6 (3.06%) CyberArk
15 5 (2.55%) Google
15 5 (2.55%) Rockwell
15 5 (2.55%) Xerox
16 4 (2.04%) HP