VLAN Job Trends in Bristol

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring VLAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 104 120
Rank change year-on-year +17 +16 +30
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 7 3 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.35% 0.21% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.35% 2.00% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 6
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,875 £32,750
25th Percentile £35,625 £42,813 £33,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £51,250 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% +36.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £60,313 £38,750
90th Percentile - £64,625 £48,125
South West median annual salary £32,500 £57,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -43.48% +53.33% +7.14%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

VLAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 161 150 174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 8.05% 10.37% 10.56%
Number of salaries quoted 124 96 158
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £30,750 £38,148
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -7.27% +5.94%
75th Percentile £52,500 £74,375 £66,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £82,500 £77,715
South West median annual salary £34,000 £52,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -34.62% +6.12% +3.16%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing VLAN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

VLAN job vacancy trend in Bristol

VLAN
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing VLAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing VLAN

VLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 6 (85.71%) IIS
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) DHCP
1 7 (100.00%) DNS
1 7 (100.00%) Firewall
2 6 (85.71%) Cisco IOS
2 6 (85.71%) IPsec
2 6 (85.71%) VoIP
2 6 (85.71%) VPN
2 6 (85.71%) Wireless
3 1 (14.29%) LAN
3 1 (14.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Amazon RDS
1 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Electronics
2 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) Manufacturing
2 5 (71.43%) Marketing
2 5 (71.43%) Public Sector
2 5 (71.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 6 (85.71%) IT Engineer
2 6 (85.71%) IT Support
2 6 (85.71%) IT Support Engineer
2 6 (85.71%) Senior
2 6 (85.71%) Senior IT Engineer
2 6 (85.71%) Senior IT Support
2 6 (85.71%) Senior Support Engineer
3 5 (71.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 5 (71.43%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (71.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 5 (71.43%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
3 5 (71.43%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
3 5 (71.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 5 (71.43%) 3rd Line Support
3 5 (71.43%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 6 (85.71%) Linux
2 6 (85.71%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (85.71%) Coaching
2 6 (85.71%) Collaborative Culture
2 6 (85.71%) Containerisation
2 6 (85.71%) IT Strategy
2 6 (85.71%) ITIL
2 6 (85.71%) Mentoring
2 6 (85.71%) Migration
2 6 (85.71%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 6 (85.71%) Server Building
2 6 (85.71%) Server Management
3 5 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (71.43%) Digital Marketing
3 5 (71.43%) Programme Management
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) ACMT
1 6 (85.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 7 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (85.71%) Docker
2 6 (85.71%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (85.71%) Autotask
1 6 (85.71%) Kubernetes
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (85.71%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (85.71%) Apple
2 6 (85.71%) Cisco
2 6 (85.71%) Datto
2 6 (85.71%) Oracle
2 6 (85.71%) Sophos
2 6 (85.71%) Veeam
3 5 (71.43%) SAP
4 1 (14.29%) Acronis