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 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 259 299
Rank change year-on-year -39 +40 -23
Contract jobs citing VLAN 179 98 100
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.66% 0.66% 0.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.12% 4.52% 3.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 61 69
10th Percentile £359 £178 £190
25th Percentile £416 £325 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £447 £375
Median % change year-on-year +11.30% +19.20% -16.67%
75th Percentile £602 £536 £540
90th Percentile £671 £650 £633
UK median daily rate £474 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +11.57% - -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 0 0
10th Percentile £12.43 - -
25th Percentile £18.50 - -
Median hourly rate £47.00 - -
75th Percentile £74.00 - -
90th Percentile £76.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £47.00 £57.50 -
% change year-on-year -18.26% - -

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 2,923 2,169 3,132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.83% 14.51% 15.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,691 1,303 1,791
10th Percentile £213 £200 £205
25th Percentile £369 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.84% -5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £581 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £638 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 281 137 339
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.99 £13.45
25th Percentile £19.34 £17.30 £16.30
Median hourly rate £26.44 £42.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -37.79% -7.37% -19.74%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £87.70 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £47.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -45.26% +18.75% -11.11%

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 20 July 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 20 July 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 20 July 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 -36 55 £500 +11.86% 23
South East -55 42 £525 +16.67% 56
North West -26 35 £575 +23.66% 13
South West -12 31 £495 +65.00% 15
Midlands -38 29 £413 -7.30% 15
Yorkshire -35 19 £444 +47.79% 7
East Midlands -7 14 £275 -57.69% 6
West Midlands -63 14 £413 +13.01% 9
East of England -21 12 £581 +144.74% 18
Scotland -12 9 £388 -14.84% 8
Wales -13 3 £175 -61.54% 4
North East -36 1 - - 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 8 (4.47%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (4.47%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.68%) FactoryTalk
3 1 (0.56%) Apache
3 1 (0.56%) JBoss
3 1 (0.56%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 49 (27.37%) Azure
2 27 (15.08%) AWS
3 18 (10.06%) Entra ID
4 17 (9.50%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (4.47%) GCP
6 7 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.91%) GitHub
7 6 (3.35%) IaaS
7 6 (3.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (2.23%) Nutanix
9 3 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.68%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.12%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (1.12%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.12%) Google Ads
10 2 (1.12%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.56%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 1 (0.56%) Route 53
11 1 (0.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 113 (63.13%) Firewall
2 79 (44.13%) DNS
3 65 (36.31%) DHCP
4 58 (32.40%) LAN
5 57 (31.84%) VPN
6 56 (31.28%) BGP
7 55 (30.73%) OSPF
8 54 (30.17%) TCP/IP
9 52 (29.05%) WAN
10 40 (22.35%) Wireless
11 35 (19.55%) Network Security
12 34 (18.99%) SAN
13 32 (17.88%) Wi-Fi
14 29 (16.20%) Cisco Nexus
15 26 (14.53%) NX-OS
16 23 (12.85%) NAS
17 22 (12.29%) SD-WAN
18 19 (10.61%) WLAN
19 18 (10.06%) Cisco IOS
19 18 (10.06%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.91%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.56%) OpenStack Swift
Development Applications
1 8 (4.47%) JIRA
2 7 (3.91%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.68%) Git
3 3 (1.68%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (1.12%) GitLab
5 1 (0.56%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.56%) MSI
General
1 56 (31.28%) Social Skills
2 17 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (8.38%) Documentation Skills
4 13 (7.26%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.59%) Telecoms
6 7 (3.91%) Manufacturing
6 7 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.35%) Legal
8 5 (2.79%) Police
9 4 (2.23%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.68%) Finance
10 3 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.12%) Advertising
11 2 (1.12%) Aviation
11 2 (1.12%) Games
12 1 (0.56%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.56%) Law
Job Titles
1 71 (39.66%) Network Engineer
2 43 (24.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 30 (16.76%) Architect
4 19 (10.61%) Network Architect
4 19 (10.61%) Senior
5 18 (10.06%) IT Engineer
6 13 (7.26%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 12 (6.70%) IT Support
8 10 (5.59%) Senior Network Engineer
8 10 (5.59%) Technical Architect
9 9 (5.03%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (5.03%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (5.03%) Support Engineer
10 8 (4.47%) Test Engineer
11 7 (3.91%) IT Support Engineer
12 6 (3.35%) Automation Specialist
12 6 (3.35%) Cisco Engineer
13 5 (2.79%) Technical Specialist
14 4 (2.23%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 4 (2.23%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.59%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.12%) ModSecurity
2 2 (1.12%) NETCONF
2 2 (1.12%) RFC 2544
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 66 (36.87%) Data Centre
2 14 (7.82%) Onboarding
2 14 (7.82%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (5.59%) PKI
3 10 (5.59%) Replication
4 9 (5.03%) Cloud Native
4 9 (5.03%) Operational Technology
5 7 (3.91%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (3.91%) SCADA
6 5 (2.79%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.23%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.23%) Life Science
7 4 (2.23%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.23%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.12%) Animation
9 2 (1.12%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 43 (24.02%) Windows
2 30 (16.76%) Windows Server
3 15 (8.38%) Linux
4 9 (5.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (3.91%) Windows 10
6 6 (3.35%) Rocky
7 5 (2.79%) CentOS
8 2 (1.12%) Unix
8 2 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.56%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (29.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 40 (22.35%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (18.99%) Network Segmentation
4 26 (14.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (12.29%) ITSM
6 20 (11.17%) ITIL
6 20 (11.17%) Validation
7 18 (10.06%) Project Delivery
8 17 (9.50%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (8.94%) CI/CD
9 16 (8.94%) Network Design
9 16 (8.94%) Network Monitoring
10 15 (8.38%) High Availability
10 15 (8.38%) Mentoring
10 15 (8.38%) Migration
11 14 (7.82%) Cybersecurity
12 13 (7.26%) Infrastructure as Code
13 12 (6.70%) DevOps
13 12 (6.70%) Infrastructure Automation
13 12 (6.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 20 (11.17%) Python
2 19 (10.61%) PowerShell
3 6 (3.35%) Bash
4 5 (2.79%) ActionScript
5 2 (1.12%) SQL
6 1 (0.56%) Bicep
6 1 (0.56%) Perl
6 1 (0.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 81 (45.25%) Security Cleared
2 67 (37.43%) Cisco Certification
3 63 (35.20%) CCNP
4 62 (34.64%) SC Cleared
5 42 (23.46%) CCNA
6 19 (10.61%) DV Cleared
7 17 (9.50%) Network+ Certification
8 15 (8.38%) Server+ Certification
9 12 (6.70%) Degree
10 9 (5.03%) CCIE
11 5 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (2.23%) ISTQB
13 3 (1.68%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.68%) Azure Certification
13 3 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (1.12%) BC Cleared
15 1 (0.56%) GCIA
15 1 (0.56%) JNCIA
15 1 (0.56%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.59%) NCSC
2 5 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.23%) GxP
3 4 (2.23%) QA
4 3 (1.68%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 3 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.68%) NIST
4 3 (1.68%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.12%) GDPR
5 2 (1.12%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.56%) GRC
6 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 41 (22.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (17.32%) Active Directory
3 18 (10.06%) vSphere
4 13 (7.26%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (6.15%) Hyper-V
6 10 (5.59%) VMware NSX
7 9 (5.03%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (3.91%) Firmware
9 4 (2.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (1.68%) NFS
11 2 (1.12%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.56%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 1 (0.56%) iptables
12 1 (0.56%) Samba
12 1 (0.56%) Snort
12 1 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 22 (12.29%) Ansible
2 18 (10.06%) Terraform
3 10 (5.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (4.47%) vCenter Server
4 8 (4.47%) WSUS
5 6 (3.35%) FortiGate
6 5 (2.79%) NetBackup
7 3 (1.68%) Avamar
7 3 (1.68%) Grafana
7 3 (1.68%) Iperf
7 3 (1.68%) Nagios
7 3 (1.68%) PowerCLI
8 2 (1.12%) Cisco Prime
8 2 (1.12%) Kubernetes
8 2 (1.12%) Nmap
8 2 (1.12%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.12%) Suricata
8 2 (1.12%) VxRail
9 1 (0.56%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 94 (52.51%) Cisco
2 54 (30.17%) VMware
3 34 (18.99%) Microsoft
4 27 (15.08%) Palo Alto
5 26 (14.53%) F5
6 19 (10.61%) Veeam
7 18 (10.06%) CheckPoint
7 18 (10.06%) ServiceNow
8 17 (9.50%) Aruba
9 16 (8.94%) Fortinet
9 16 (8.94%) SolarWinds
10 14 (7.82%) Juniper
11 10 (5.59%) Ekahau
12 9 (5.03%) Citrix
12 9 (5.03%) NetApp
13 8 (4.47%) Meraki
14 6 (3.35%) HP
15 5 (2.79%) Google
15 5 (2.79%) Rockwell
15 5 (2.79%) Zerto