VLAN Contracts in the UK excluding London

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for VLAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VLAN over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 317 312 368
Rank change year-on-year -5 +56 -69
Contract jobs citing VLAN 86 147 156
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.42% 0.61% 0.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.52% 4.11% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 105 94
10th Percentile £184 £189 £185
25th Percentile £208 £313 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £525
90th Percentile £688 £675 £584
UK median daily rate £450 £473 £450
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 8
10th Percentile - £19.30 £18.65
25th Percentile - £23.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate - £33.00 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year - +2.33% +65.81%
75th Percentile - £57.94 £47.63
90th Percentile - £72.00 £49.36
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £32.25
% change year-on-year +69.23% +0.78% +46.59%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

VLAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,406 3,579 4,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.48% 14.97% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,948 2,273 2,639
10th Percentile £203 £211 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £438
Median % change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile £600 £586 £540
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 360 325 235
10th Percentile £13.48 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.44
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -9.71%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £59.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £27.50
% change year-on-year +111.30% -31.16% +3.77%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing VLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for VLAN in the UK excluding London

VLAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VLAN in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for VLAN in the UK excluding London

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 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VLAN in the UK excluding London

VLAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VLAN in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend 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 3 May 2024. 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 33 £514 +37.07% 31
South East +6 29 £230 -54.00% 24
Yorkshire +23 17 £525 +10.53% 11
North West +12 14 £220 -45.85% 16
Midlands +2 9 £250 -31.03% 33
South West +3 8 £300 -31.27% 22
West Midlands +11 6 £200 -61.54% 20
East of England +10 4 £400 -27.27% 15
Scotland +39 3 £700 - 3
East Midlands +5 3 £325 - 13
North East +17 2 £400 +190.91% 4
Wales +14 1 - - 4
VLAN
UK

VLAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (13.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.81%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.33%) IIS
4 1 (1.16%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (12.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.44%) Azure
2 14 (16.28%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (10.47%) AWS
4 7 (8.14%) GCP
5 3 (3.49%) AWS Direct Connect
5 3 (3.49%) OneDrive
5 3 (3.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.16%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.16%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.16%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.16%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 42 (48.84%) VPN
2 36 (41.86%) Firewall
3 28 (32.56%) DHCP
3 28 (32.56%) DNS
3 28 (32.56%) TCP/IP
4 18 (20.93%) LAN
5 17 (19.77%) WAN
6 15 (17.44%) OSPF
7 14 (16.28%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (15.12%) SAN
9 11 (12.79%) BGP
9 11 (12.79%) VoIP
10 9 (10.47%) iSCSI
10 9 (10.47%) Wireless
11 7 (8.14%) NAS
12 6 (6.98%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (6.98%) Cisco Nexus
12 6 (6.98%) HSRP
12 6 (6.98%) MPLS
12 6 (6.98%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.49%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.16%) Power BI
2 1 (1.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.16%) JIRA
General
1 32 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 18 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (6.98%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (6.98%) Public Sector
4 4 (4.65%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.65%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.49%) Finance
6 2 (2.33%) Automotive
6 2 (2.33%) French Language
6 2 (2.33%) Portuguese Language
6 2 (2.33%) Retail
6 2 (2.33%) Spanish Language
7 1 (1.16%) Advertising
7 1 (1.16%) Banking
7 1 (1.16%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (29.07%) Network Engineer
2 12 (13.95%) Support Engineer
3 11 (12.79%) 2nd Line Support
4 10 (11.63%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 9 (10.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (10.47%) IT Support
6 8 (9.30%) Storage Engineer
7 7 (8.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 7 (8.14%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 7 (8.14%) Network Support
8 6 (6.98%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 6 (6.98%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) Architect
8 6 (6.98%) Data Protection Engineer
9 5 (5.81%) Data Engineer
9 5 (5.81%) IT Support Specialist
9 5 (5.81%) Network Support Specialist
9 5 (5.81%) Support Specialist
9 5 (5.81%) Virtualisation Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.65%) 802.1X
2 3 (3.49%) XMPP
3 2 (2.33%) ADSI
4 1 (1.16%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.28%) Replication
2 9 (10.47%) Driving Licence
3 6 (6.98%) Clustering
4 5 (5.81%) Data Centre
4 5 (5.81%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.49%) Private Cloud
6 2 (2.33%) CMDB
7 1 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.16%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 40 (46.51%) Windows
2 28 (32.56%) Linux
3 14 (16.28%) Windows Server
4 12 (13.95%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (10.47%) Windows 10
6 6 (6.98%) Mac OS
6 6 (6.98%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (5.81%) Unix
8 3 (3.49%) Apple iOS
9 2 (2.33%) Android
9 2 (2.33%) VMS
9 2 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (26.74%) Change Management
2 13 (15.12%) Service Delivery
3 12 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (11.63%) Data Protection
4 10 (11.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (10.47%) Migration
6 6 (6.98%) Decision-Making
6 6 (6.98%) Mobile Device Management
6 6 (6.98%) Quality Management
7 5 (5.81%) Business Case
7 5 (5.81%) Network Monitoring
7 5 (5.81%) Problem Management
7 5 (5.81%) RBAC
7 5 (5.81%) Security Management
8 4 (4.65%) Agile
8 4 (4.65%) Computer Science
8 4 (4.65%) Customer Service
8 4 (4.65%) Infrastructure Management
8 4 (4.65%) Project Delivery
8 4 (4.65%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 16 (18.60%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.49%) Python
3 2 (2.33%) Bash
4 1 (1.16%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (22.09%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (20.93%) Security Cleared
3 14 (16.28%) Degree
4 13 (15.12%) CCNP
5 10 (11.63%) CCNA
6 8 (9.30%) SC Cleared
7 6 (6.98%) DV Cleared
8 5 (5.81%) CCIE
8 5 (5.81%) MCSE
8 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (4.65%) VCAP
9 4 (4.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (2.33%) DBS Check
11 1 (1.16%) CCDP
11 1 (1.16%) GIAC
11 1 (1.16%) JNCIS
11 1 (1.16%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.49%) SLA
2 2 (2.33%) QA
3 1 (1.16%) Data Quality
System Software
1 21 (24.42%) Active Directory
2 19 (22.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (11.63%) vSphere
4 9 (10.47%) Hyper-V
5 6 (6.98%) Firmware
6 4 (4.65%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (2.33%) Docker
7 2 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (1.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (20.93%) Puppet
2 17 (19.77%) Ansible
3 14 (16.28%) NetBackup
4 11 (12.79%) SCCM
5 6 (6.98%) Autotask
5 6 (6.98%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (6.98%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (3.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (3.49%) AppManager
7 2 (2.33%) WSUS
8 1 (1.16%) Kubernetes
8 1 (1.16%) Nessus
8 1 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.16%) Terraform
8 1 (1.16%) vRealize
Vendors
1 25 (29.07%) Microsoft
2 24 (27.91%) VMware
3 23 (26.74%) Cisco
4 14 (16.28%) Veritas
5 9 (10.47%) Apple
6 6 (6.98%) Datto
6 6 (6.98%) F5
6 6 (6.98%) Juniper
7 5 (5.81%) Palo Alto
8 4 (4.65%) LogicMonitor
8 4 (4.65%) SolarWinds
9 3 (3.49%) Fortinet
9 3 (3.49%) Google
9 3 (3.49%) Ivanti
9 3 (3.49%) Oracle
10 2 (2.33%) Aruba
10 2 (2.33%) HP
11 1 (1.16%) Salesforce
11 1 (1.16%) Symantec
11 1 (1.16%) WatchGuard