VLAN Job Trends in England

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring VLAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 292 308 311
Rank change year-on-year +16 +3 +191
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 357 427 450
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.67% 0.89% 0.92%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.02% 6.54% 6.57%
Number of salaries quoted 283 243 388
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,625 £32,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +6.51% +0.60%
75th Percentile £48,750 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,000 £70,450
UK median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% +1.19%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,872 6,528 6,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.71% 13.54% 13.96%
Number of salaries quoted 3,451 3,429 5,522
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £40,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,800 £82,500
UK median annual salary £38,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +10.00% -4.76%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

VLAN job vacancy trend in England

VLAN
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing VLAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing VLAN

VLAN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VLAN in England over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for VLAN in England

VLAN
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the England region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
London +64 88 £50,000 -18.89% 24
North of England +43 87 £32,500 -23.53% 14
South East +10 81 £37,500 -28.57% 46
North West +20 38 £36,000 -15.29% 9
Yorkshire +11 36 £29,000 -7.20% 3
South West -8 36 £32,500 -42.22% 15
Midlands -29 34 £45,000 +28.57% 15
East of England -2 26 £38,000 -12.64% 17
West Midlands -33 18 £54,068 +54.48% 10
East Midlands -10 16 £37,500 +7.14% 5
North East - 13 £29,000 - 3
VLAN
UK

VLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 95 (26.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 75 (21.01%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.96%) IIS
4 6 (1.68%) Confluence
5 3 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.56%) CMS
6 2 (0.56%) nginx
6 2 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (5.32%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.80%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.12%) CATIA
4 3 (0.84%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 214 (59.94%) Azure
2 211 (59.10%) Microsoft 365
3 82 (22.97%) Entra ID
4 51 (14.29%) AWS
5 26 (7.28%) SaaS
6 20 (5.60%) IaaS
7 15 (4.20%) Azure Sentinel
7 15 (4.20%) OneDrive
8 9 (2.52%) PaaS
9 7 (1.96%) Datadog
10 6 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.68%) GCP
10 6 (1.68%) Google Workspace
10 6 (1.68%) iPaaS
11 5 (1.40%) Amazon S3
12 4 (1.12%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 3 (0.84%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (0.84%) Amazon EKS
13 3 (0.84%) AWS Direct Connect
13 3 (0.84%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 242 (67.79%) Firewall
2 193 (54.06%) VPN
3 160 (44.82%) DNS
4 157 (43.98%) DHCP
5 133 (37.25%) TCP/IP
6 114 (31.93%) WAN
7 106 (29.69%) Wi-Fi
8 96 (26.89%) LAN
9 91 (25.49%) Wireless
10 51 (14.29%) SAN
11 50 (14.01%) Network Security
12 41 (11.48%) VoIP
13 35 (9.80%) OSPF
14 33 (9.24%) BGP
15 29 (8.12%) SD-WAN
16 25 (7.00%) Cisco Wireless
17 22 (6.16%) EIGRP
18 21 (5.88%) Cisco Nexus
18 21 (5.88%) IPsec
19 18 (5.04%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.12%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.88%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.96%) MySQL
4 4 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.56%) Metadata
5 2 (0.56%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.56%) Power BI
6 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 13 (3.64%) JIRA
2 7 (1.96%) Chocolatey
3 4 (1.12%) Git
3 4 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.84%) GitLab
4 3 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.56%) Jaeger
5 2 (0.56%) MLflow
General
1 166 (46.50%) Social Skills
2 39 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (8.12%) Finance
4 24 (6.72%) Telecoms
5 22 (6.16%) Manufacturing
6 19 (5.32%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (3.36%) Law
8 12 (3.36%) Marketing
9 11 (3.08%) Banking
9 11 (3.08%) Retail
10 8 (2.24%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.68%) Electronics
11 6 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.40%) Advertising
13 3 (0.84%) Back Office
13 3 (0.84%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.56%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.56%) Games
14 2 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 106 (29.69%) Support Engineer
2 100 (28.01%) IT Support
3 85 (23.81%) IT Engineer
4 69 (19.33%) 2nd Line Support
5 61 (17.09%) Network Engineer
5 61 (17.09%) Senior
6 57 (15.97%) IT Support Engineer
7 51 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 48 (13.45%) Support Technician
9 44 (12.32%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 37 (10.36%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 29 (8.12%) 3rd Line Support
12 26 (7.28%) Senior IT Engineer
13 25 (7.00%) IT Support Technician
13 25 (7.00%) IT Technician
14 24 (6.72%) Technical Support
15 22 (6.16%) Technical Engineer
16 20 (5.60%) Technical Support Engineer
17 18 (5.04%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
18 16 (4.48%) Senior IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.40%) LDAP
2 4 (1.12%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (0.84%) RESTful
4 2 (0.56%) .NET
4 2 (0.56%) FastAPI
4 2 (0.56%) Kafka
4 2 (0.56%) Keycloak
4 2 (0.56%) REST
4 2 (0.56%) Web Services
4 2 (0.56%) WebRTC
5 1 (0.28%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.28%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.28%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (12.04%) Driving Licence
2 30 (8.40%) Data Centre
3 19 (5.32%) Onboarding
4 17 (4.76%) Clustering
5 15 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.24%) CCTV
7 8 (2.24%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.24%) Web Conferencing
8 7 (1.96%) Cloud Native
8 7 (1.96%) Video Conferencing
9 6 (1.68%) Enterprise Storage
10 5 (1.40%) Digital Signage
10 5 (1.40%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.12%) IoT
11 4 (1.12%) PKI
11 4 (1.12%) Replication
11 4 (1.12%) Social Media
12 3 (0.84%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 224 (62.75%) Windows
2 168 (47.06%) Windows Server
3 62 (17.37%) Windows 10
4 51 (14.29%) Linux
5 21 (5.88%) Mac OS
6 18 (5.04%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (3.92%) Apple iOS
8 9 (2.52%) Unix
8 9 (2.52%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (1.68%) Android
10 5 (1.40%) Debian
11 4 (1.12%) Mac OS X
11 4 (1.12%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.28%) CentOS
13 1 (0.28%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.28%) Solaris
13 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (32.21%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (21.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 66 (18.49%) Customer Service
4 59 (16.53%) Disaster Recovery
5 52 (14.57%) ITIL
6 49 (13.73%) Cybersecurity
7 42 (11.76%) ITSM
7 42 (11.76%) Migration
8 36 (10.08%) Service Delivery
9 31 (8.68%) Collaborative Working
10 28 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
11 25 (7.00%) Project Delivery
11 25 (7.00%) Service Management
11 25 (7.00%) Time Management
12 22 (6.16%) Mentoring
13 21 (5.88%) Computer Science
13 21 (5.88%) High Availability
14 20 (5.60%) Change Management
15 19 (5.32%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 19 (5.32%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 37 (10.36%) PowerShell
2 36 (10.08%) Python
3 13 (3.64%) SQL
4 6 (1.68%) Bash
4 6 (1.68%) VBScript
5 3 (0.84%) Go
5 3 (0.84%) Java
6 2 (0.56%) C#
6 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 73 (20.45%) Cisco Certification
2 57 (15.97%) CCNP
3 53 (14.85%) Degree
4 29 (8.12%) CCNA
5 28 (7.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (6.72%) Azure Certification
7 20 (5.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (5.04%) Network+ Certification
9 16 (4.48%) Security Cleared
10 15 (4.20%) CCIE
11 13 (3.64%) DBS Check
12 12 (3.36%) AWS Certification
13 10 (2.80%) SC Cleared
14 9 (2.52%) MCSA
14 9 (2.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 5 (1.40%) MCP
16 4 (1.12%) A+ Certification
16 4 (1.12%) ACMT
16 4 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 3 (0.84%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.16%) Cyber Essentials
2 19 (5.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (4.20%) GDPR
4 10 (2.80%) SLA
5 8 (2.24%) PMO
6 7 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 6 (1.68%) QA
8 5 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (1.40%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.12%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.84%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.84%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.56%) GxP
11 2 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 196 (54.90%) Active Directory
2 106 (29.69%) Hyper-V
3 88 (24.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (4.76%) vSphere
5 11 (3.08%) Docker
5 11 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (2.80%) Firmware
6 10 (2.80%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (2.24%) ProxySG
8 5 (1.40%) BitLocker
9 4 (1.12%) Kamailio
10 2 (0.56%) KVM
10 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.56%) NFS
10 2 (0.56%) RHEV
10 2 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.56%) Xen
11 1 (0.28%) iptables
11 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 95 (26.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (6.72%) SCCM
3 19 (5.32%) FortiGate
4 18 (5.04%) Terraform
5 16 (4.48%) Autotask
6 13 (3.64%) Ansible
7 11 (3.08%) vCenter Server
8 10 (2.80%) Kubernetes
9 8 (2.24%) Nagios
10 6 (1.68%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (1.68%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (1.40%) Dell DRAC
11 5 (1.40%) Prometheus
11 5 (1.40%) Proxmox
12 4 (1.12%) Nessus
12 4 (1.12%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.84%) Grafana
14 2 (0.56%) Argo
14 2 (0.56%) PaperCut
15 1 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 214 (59.94%) Microsoft
2 117 (32.77%) Cisco
3 109 (30.53%) VMware
4 41 (11.48%) Meraki
5 34 (9.52%) SolarWinds
6 33 (9.24%) Palo Alto
6 33 (9.24%) SonicWALL
7 30 (8.40%) Fortinet
8 28 (7.84%) Veeam
9 22 (6.16%) Apple
10 17 (4.76%) CheckPoint
11 16 (4.48%) ServiceNow
12 15 (4.20%) Dell
13 14 (3.92%) Juniper
14 13 (3.64%) F5
15 12 (3.36%) WatchGuard
16 11 (3.08%) Blue Coat
17 10 (2.80%) Datto
17 10 (2.80%) Sage
17 10 (2.80%) Zscaler