VLAN Jobs in the East of England

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring VLAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VLAN over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 161 191
Rank change year-on-year +23 +30 +51
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 36 56 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.10% 0.92% 0.86%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.22% 5.37% 4.15%
Number of salaries quoted 34 56 40
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £29,775
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,828
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,250 £40,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.38% +11.11% +4.35%
75th Percentile £46,875 £46,250 £47,125
90th Percentile £53,358 £56,250 £52,550
England median annual salary £42,000 £40,000 £41,625
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.90% -6.46%

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 689 1,042 1,109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 21.01% 17.03% 20.68%
Number of salaries quoted 255 791 422
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,840 £24,550
25th Percentile £32,533 £28,561 £28,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -15.00%
75th Percentile £58,125 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £72,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing VLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for VLAN in the East of England

VLAN
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VLAN in the East of England.

Salary trend for VLAN in the East of England

VLAN
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VLAN in the East of England over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

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 10 May 2025. 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 +39 13 £45,000 +12.50% 9
Hertfordshire +19 8 £42,250 +1.81% 12
Essex +24 7 £30,000 -7.69% 6
Suffolk -12 7 £32,500 -38.10%
Bedfordshire - 1 £52,000 - 3
VLAN
England

VLAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 13 (36.11%) SharePoint
2 8 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (41.67%) Azure
3 12 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 9 (25.00%) OneDrive
5 4 (11.11%) AWS
6 3 (8.33%) Mimecast
7 2 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (5.56%) Power Platform
7 2 (5.56%) PowerApps
7 2 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (58.33%) Firewall
2 17 (47.22%) DNS
3 16 (44.44%) DHCP
3 16 (44.44%) VPN
4 15 (41.67%) WAN
5 11 (30.56%) TCP/IP
6 10 (27.78%) LAN
6 10 (27.78%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (13.89%) OSPF
7 5 (13.89%) SD-WAN
8 4 (11.11%) BGP
8 4 (11.11%) EIGRP
8 4 (11.11%) Spanning Tree
8 4 (11.11%) Unified Communications
8 4 (11.11%) VoIP
8 4 (11.11%) Wireshark
9 3 (8.33%) HTTP
9 3 (8.33%) IPv4
10 2 (5.56%) RTP
10 2 (5.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (19.44%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.78%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 9 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (11.11%) Local Government
4 2 (5.56%) Legal
4 2 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.78%) Aviation
5 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (27.78%) 2nd Line Support
2 7 (19.44%) Analyst
3 5 (13.89%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 5 (13.89%) Support Analyst
4 4 (11.11%) Lead
4 4 (11.11%) Network Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Security Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Senior
4 4 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Support Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) 1st Line Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Technical Support
5 3 (8.33%) Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) IT Support
6 2 (5.56%) IT Technician
6 2 (5.56%) Service Desk Team Leader
6 2 (5.56%) Team Leader
6 2 (5.56%) Telephony Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (2.78%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Security Posture
2 4 (11.11%) Cloud Security Posture
2 4 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 4 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (8.33%) Driving Licence
4 2 (5.56%) Biopharmaceutical
4 2 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (75.00%) Windows
2 25 (69.44%) Windows Server
3 8 (22.22%) Linux
4 7 (19.44%) Windows 10
5 6 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (8.33%) Apple iOS
6 3 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (5.56%) VMS
8 1 (2.78%) CentOS
8 1 (2.78%) Debian
8 1 (2.78%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (33.33%) ITIL
3 11 (30.56%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (25.00%) ITSM
5 6 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (16.67%) Proactive Maintenance
5 6 (16.67%) Security Management
6 5 (13.89%) Network Monitoring
7 4 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (11.11%) Cloud Security
7 4 (11.11%) Containerisation
7 4 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 4 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
7 4 (11.11%) Software Engineering
7 4 (11.11%) Threat Detection
7 4 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence
8 3 (8.33%) CAD
8 3 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (8.33%) ERP
8 3 (8.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 6 (16.67%) Python
2 5 (13.89%) SQL
3 4 (11.11%) Bash
3 4 (11.11%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.78%) C
4 1 (2.78%) C#
4 1 (2.78%) C++
4 1 (2.78%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (19.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (11.11%) Degree
2 4 (11.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (2.78%) CCNA
3 1 (2.78%) CCNP
3 1 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.78%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.78%) MCITP
3 1 (2.78%) MCSA
3 1 (2.78%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (2.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) SLA
2 2 (5.56%) GDPR
2 2 (5.56%) NIST
2 2 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.78%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 19 (52.78%) Active Directory
2 8 (22.22%) Hyper-V
3 7 (19.44%) Firmware
4 5 (13.89%) Docker
5 2 (5.56%) pfSense
6 1 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (8.33%) Ansible
2 3 (8.33%) Autotask
2 3 (8.33%) Kubernetes
3 2 (5.56%) cPanel
3 2 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.78%) Grafana
4 1 (2.78%) Prometheus
4 1 (2.78%) Proxmox
4 1 (2.78%) SCCM
4 1 (2.78%) Terraform
4 1 (2.78%) WMI
4 1 (2.78%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (19.44%) Cisco
3 6 (16.67%) Palo Alto
3 6 (16.67%) WatchGuard
4 5 (13.89%) Fortinet
4 5 (13.89%) HP
5 4 (11.11%) SolarWinds
6 3 (8.33%) Mitel
7 2 (5.56%) Datto
7 2 (5.56%) Draytek
7 2 (5.56%) Red Box
8 1 (2.78%) Aruba
8 1 (2.78%) Meru Networks
8 1 (2.78%) SonicWALL
8 1 (2.78%) VMware