VLAN Job Trends in the East Midlands

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring VLAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 128 144
Rank change year-on-year -8 +16 -17
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 34 13 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.66% 0.59% 1.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.22% 3.14% 10.79%
Number of salaries quoted 27 13 53
10th Percentile £29,000 - £25,300
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -6.67% +2.74%
75th Percentile £37,000 £39,250 £43,750
90th Percentile £57,500 - £67,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £38,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +23.38% -3.75% -5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 303 414 556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.85% 18.72% 11.05%
Number of salaries quoted 231 173 457
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £24,827
25th Percentile £30,250 £28,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -12.50% -2.44%
75th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £64,750 £60,000 £58,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

VLAN job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

VLAN
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VLAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VLAN

VLAN
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing VLAN in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for VLAN in the East Midlands

VLAN
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Nottinghamshire -16 12 £31,000 -19.48% 1
Lincolnshire - 8 £32,500 - 1
Derbyshire -1 5 £52,500 +61.54%
Northamptonshire +9 4 £38,500 +20.31% 3
Leicestershire - 4 £55,000 - 2
VLAN
England

VLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 13 (38.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (32.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (32.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (82.35%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (50.00%) Azure
3 12 (35.29%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (5.88%) GitHub
4 2 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (5.88%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.94%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 25 (73.53%) DHCP
1 25 (73.53%) DNS
1 25 (73.53%) TCP/IP
2 23 (67.65%) Firewall
3 19 (55.88%) VPN
4 10 (29.41%) VoIP
5 5 (14.71%) WAN
6 3 (8.82%) Internet
6 3 (8.82%) LAN
7 2 (5.88%) BGP
7 2 (5.88%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (5.88%) Network Security
7 2 (5.88%) OSPF
7 2 (5.88%) SD-WAN
7 2 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (5.88%) Crystal Reports
1 2 (5.88%) KNIME
1 2 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Git
1 2 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 26 (76.47%) Social Skills
2 8 (23.53%) Legal
3 2 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (5.88%) Manufacturing
3 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (55.88%) IT Support
2 16 (47.06%) IT Technician
3 14 (41.18%) IT Support Technician
3 14 (41.18%) Support Technician
4 9 (26.47%) 3rd Line Support
5 8 (23.53%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 5 (14.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) 1st Line Support
7 3 (8.82%) 1st Line Support Technician
7 3 (8.82%) IT Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Network Engineer
8 2 (5.88%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (5.88%) Senior
9 1 (2.94%) Architect
9 1 (2.94%) DevOps Engineer
9 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Architect
9 1 (2.94%) IT Support Engineer
9 1 (2.94%) Platform Architect
9 1 (2.94%) Senior Network Engineer
9 1 (2.94%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) Middleware
1 2 (5.88%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.88%) Enterprise Storage
2 2 (5.88%) Private Cloud
2 2 (5.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 29 (85.29%) Windows
2 19 (55.88%) Windows Server
3 10 (29.41%) Windows 10
4 8 (23.53%) Mac OS
5 7 (20.59%) Linux
6 1 (2.94%) Android
6 1 (2.94%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) Service Delivery
2 14 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (35.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (35.29%) Mentoring
4 11 (32.35%) ITSM
5 10 (29.41%) CRM
5 10 (29.41%) Task Automation
6 8 (23.53%) Application Packaging
6 8 (23.53%) Collaborative Working
6 8 (23.53%) E-Commerce
6 8 (23.53%) Identity Management
6 8 (23.53%) Project Delivery
6 8 (23.53%) Risk Management
6 8 (23.53%) Server Patching
7 6 (17.65%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (14.71%) ITIL
9 4 (11.76%) ERP
9 4 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
9 4 (11.76%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 12 (35.29%) PowerShell
2 11 (32.35%) SQL
2 11 (32.35%) VBA
3 2 (5.88%) Bash
3 2 (5.88%) Bicep
3 2 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (35.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (26.47%) Degree
3 3 (8.82%) CCNA
3 3 (8.82%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (5.88%) Azure Certification
4 2 (5.88%) CCNP
4 2 (5.88%) CISSP
4 2 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (35.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (32.35%) SLA
3 8 (23.53%) GDPR
4 2 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 27 (79.41%) Active Directory
2 17 (50.00%) Hyper-V
3 4 (11.76%) Docker
3 4 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (5.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (23.53%) Jamf Pro
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (11.76%) Kubernetes
3 2 (5.88%) Ansible
3 2 (5.88%) FortiGate
3 2 (5.88%) Grafana
3 2 (5.88%) Prometheus
3 2 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (88.24%) Microsoft
2 8 (23.53%) Apple
2 8 (23.53%) Logitech
2 8 (23.53%) Yealink
3 4 (11.76%) Fortinet
3 4 (11.76%) VMware
4 3 (8.82%) ESET
4 3 (8.82%) Ubiquiti
5 2 (5.88%) Cisco
5 2 (5.88%) SAP
6 1 (2.94%) Freshdesk
6 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow