VLAN Job Trends in the East of England

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring VLAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 147 159
Rank change year-on-year -19 +12 +20
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 20 26 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.32% 0.85% 0.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.07% 4.12% 5.81%
Number of salaries quoted 14 25 60
10th Percentile £31,475 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,175 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -18.75% +1.27%
75th Percentile £44,620 £48,750 £46,313
90th Percentile £55,250 £55,000 £57,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% - -5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 492 631 1,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.85% 20.70% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 308 227 815
10th Percentile £26,300 £28,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,869 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% - +3.66%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £71,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

VLAN job vacancy trend in the East of England

VLAN
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing VLAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing VLAN

VLAN
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VLAN in the East of England over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for VLAN in the East of England

VLAN
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the East of England region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
Cambridgeshire -27 6 - - 4
Suffolk +20 5 £40,000 +23.08%
Norfolk - 3 £32,500 - 3
Bedfordshire +11 2 £49,500 -4.81% 1
Essex -16 2 £35,000 +16.67% 3
Hertfordshire -21 2 £50,580 +26.45% 7
VLAN
England

VLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 7 (35.00%) Azure
4 4 (20.00%) IaaS
4 4 (20.00%) PaaS
5 1 (5.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (75.00%) DNS
1 15 (75.00%) Firewall
2 13 (65.00%) DHCP
3 10 (50.00%) VPN
4 8 (40.00%) LAN
4 8 (40.00%) TCP/IP
4 8 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (15.00%) WAN
5 3 (15.00%) Wireless
6 2 (10.00%) Broadband
6 2 (10.00%) Network Security
6 2 (10.00%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (5.00%) 4G
7 1 (5.00%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (5.00%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (5.00%) IPsec
7 1 (5.00%) MPLS
7 1 (5.00%) Spanning Tree
7 1 (5.00%) SSL
7 1 (5.00%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
General
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Telecoms
3 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (25.00%) Retail
4 4 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (10.00%) Military
6 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (30.00%) IT Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 5 (25.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support
3 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) IT Support
3 5 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) Network Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) Support Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) Consultant
4 4 (20.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 2 (10.00%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Network Field Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (10.00%) CCTV
3 1 (5.00%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (5.00%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (5.00%) FMCG
3 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 15 (75.00%) Windows
2 14 (70.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 4 (20.00%) VMS
4 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (5.00%) Linux
5 1 (5.00%) Mac OS
5 1 (5.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (55.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 6 (30.00%) Project Delivery
4 5 (25.00%) AI
4 5 (25.00%) Asset Management
4 5 (25.00%) ERP
4 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (25.00%) Service Delivery
5 4 (20.00%) Capacity Management
5 4 (20.00%) Change Management
5 4 (20.00%) Cost Management
5 4 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (20.00%) ITIL
5 4 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 4 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
5 4 (20.00%) Proactive Maintenance
5 4 (20.00%) Runbook
5 4 (20.00%) Server Building
5 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (60.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Azure Certification
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (10.00%) CCNA
2 2 (10.00%) CCNP
2 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (30.00%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (20.00%) vSphere
5 3 (15.00%) Hyper-V
6 2 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (5.00%) Docker
7 1 (5.00%) Firmware
7 1 (5.00%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 4 (20.00%) SolarWinds Orion
1 4 (20.00%) vCenter Server
2 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.00%) Podman
Vendors
1 15 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (40.00%) VMware
3 5 (25.00%) SolarWinds
4 4 (20.00%) Cisco
4 4 (20.00%) Ubiquiti
5 2 (10.00%) ConnectWise
5 2 (10.00%) Draytek
5 2 (10.00%) MikroTik
5 2 (10.00%) Palo Alto
6 1 (5.00%) Blue Coat
6 1 (5.00%) CheckPoint
6 1 (5.00%) Darktrace
6 1 (5.00%) F5
6 1 (5.00%) Fortinet
6 1 (5.00%) LogRhythm
6 1 (5.00%) Qualys
6 1 (5.00%) Sophos
6 1 (5.00%) Splunk