VLAN Jobs in England

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 389 384 490
Rank change year-on-year -5 +106 +144
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 331 577 503
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.68% 0.67% 0.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.01% 4.78% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 273 518 439
10th Percentile £28,550 £26,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £32,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £40,000 £42,388
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.63% -4.75%
75th Percentile £53,725 £54,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £65,218 £68,750 £65,000
UK median annual salary £41,500 £40,313 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.15% -

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 8,245 12,060 14,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.85% 14.07% 15.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,701 8,521 7,229
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for VLAN in England

VLAN
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for VLAN in England

VLAN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VLAN in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

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 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
London +74 92 £52,500 -8.70% 101
South East +26 66 £37,500 - 77
Midlands -4 59 £35,000 -8.50% 28
South West +124 54 £40,000 +6.67% 35
West Midlands +39 53 £37,500 -5.66% 15
East of England +22 35 £36,000 -10.00% 50
North of England +2 26 £42,500 +13.33% 64
North West -12 17 £41,067 -8.74% 18
Yorkshire +35 6 £47,500 +26.67% 26
East Midlands -17 6 £33,750 -10.00% 11
North East +29 3 £38,750 +31.36% 21
VLAN
UK

VLAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 57 (17.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (8.76%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.63%) IIS
4 4 (1.21%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.91%) nginx
5 3 (0.91%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.60%) WordPress
7 1 (0.30%) Confluence
7 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
Applications
1 52 (15.71%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (6.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.02%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.60%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (0.60%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (3.02%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 174 (52.57%) Azure
2 171 (51.66%) Microsoft 365
3 73 (22.05%) Entra ID
4 69 (20.85%) AWS
5 23 (6.95%) Azure Sentinel
6 22 (6.65%) Google Workspace
6 22 (6.65%) OneDrive
7 12 (3.63%) SaaS
8 9 (2.72%) IaaS
9 8 (2.42%) Mimecast
9 8 (2.42%) PaaS
10 7 (2.11%) Nutanix
11 6 (1.81%) GCP
11 6 (1.81%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.21%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.21%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (1.21%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.21%) Route 53
13 2 (0.60%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 201 (60.73%) Firewall
2 158 (47.73%) DNS
3 148 (44.71%) DHCP
4 114 (34.44%) VPN
5 95 (28.70%) TCP/IP
6 94 (28.40%) WAN
7 70 (21.15%) LAN
8 57 (17.22%) Wi-Fi
9 56 (16.92%) VoIP
10 50 (15.11%) BGP
11 48 (14.50%) Network Security
12 47 (14.20%) OSPF
13 35 (10.57%) SD-WAN
14 33 (9.97%) SAN
15 32 (9.67%) Wireless
16 24 (7.25%) PBX
17 23 (6.95%) IPsec
17 23 (6.95%) MPLS
18 22 (6.65%) IPv4
19 19 (5.74%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.95%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (4.23%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.91%) MySQL
4 2 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.60%) Big Data
4 2 (0.60%) Power BI
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.21%) Git
1 4 (1.21%) JIRA
2 1 (0.30%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.30%) Maven
2 1 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 144 (43.50%) Social Skills
2 42 (12.69%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (10.88%) Finance
4 31 (9.37%) Retail
5 29 (8.76%) Telecoms
6 23 (6.95%) Legal
7 16 (4.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (4.23%) Automotive
9 12 (3.63%) Law
9 12 (3.63%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.42%) Local Government
10 8 (2.42%) Military
11 5 (1.51%) Police
12 4 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.91%) Banking
13 3 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.60%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.30%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 59 (17.82%) IT Engineer
1 59 (17.82%) IT Support
2 57 (17.22%) Network Engineer
3 54 (16.31%) Support Engineer
4 43 (12.99%) Senior
5 42 (12.69%) Analyst
6 41 (12.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 34 (10.27%) 2nd Line Support
8 30 (9.06%) Support Analyst
9 28 (8.46%) 3rd Line Support
10 27 (8.16%) IT Support Engineer
11 23 (6.95%) IT Analyst
12 21 (6.34%) IT Support Analyst
13 19 (5.74%) IT Manager
14 18 (5.44%) Lead
14 18 (5.44%) Senior Network Engineer
15 17 (5.14%) Systems Engineer
16 16 (4.83%) Desktop Support
17 14 (4.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 13 (3.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.32%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.21%) Node.js
3 3 (0.91%) LEMP Stack
4 2 (0.60%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.60%) LDAP
4 2 (0.60%) SAML
5 1 (0.30%) FreeSWITCH
5 1 (0.30%) WSH
5 1 (0.30%) XMPP
5 1 (0.30%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.18%) Driving Licence
2 34 (10.27%) Data Centre
3 21 (6.34%) CCTV
4 19 (5.74%) Management Information System
5 15 (4.53%) Smartphone
6 13 (3.93%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (3.93%) Video Conferencing
7 10 (3.02%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.72%) Onboarding
9 8 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (2.42%) Private Cloud
10 7 (2.11%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.21%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (1.21%) IoT
11 4 (1.21%) PKI
11 4 (1.21%) Replication
12 3 (0.91%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.91%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 197 (59.52%) Windows
2 161 (48.64%) Windows Server
3 84 (25.38%) Linux
4 71 (21.45%) Windows 10
5 38 (11.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 32 (9.67%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (6.65%) Mac OS X
8 19 (5.74%) Ubuntu
9 18 (5.44%) Android
10 16 (4.83%) Mac OS
11 9 (2.72%) Unix
11 9 (2.72%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (2.11%) Apple iOS
13 6 (1.81%) CentOS
14 5 (1.51%) Debian
15 4 (1.21%) Windows 7
16 3 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 3 (0.91%) Rocky
16 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2008
17 2 (0.60%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (30.51%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (20.85%) ITIL
3 64 (19.34%) Disaster Recovery
4 54 (16.31%) Cybersecurity
5 49 (14.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 38 (11.48%) Customer Service
7 35 (10.57%) Infrastructure Management
8 31 (9.37%) Network Monitoring
9 28 (8.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 28 (8.46%) Time Management
10 27 (8.16%) Business Continuity
11 26 (7.85%) Project Delivery
12 25 (7.55%) ITSM
13 23 (6.95%) Computer Science
13 23 (6.95%) Migration
14 22 (6.65%) Mentoring
15 21 (6.34%) Network Design
16 18 (5.44%) Incident Management
16 18 (5.44%) Server Management
16 18 (5.44%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 80 (24.17%) PowerShell
2 48 (14.50%) SQL
3 34 (10.27%) Python
4 14 (4.23%) Bash
5 11 (3.32%) R
6 8 (2.42%) C
7 4 (1.21%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.91%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.91%) Perl
9 2 (0.60%) VBScript
10 1 (0.30%) C#
10 1 (0.30%) C++
10 1 (0.30%) Ruby
10 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 81 (24.47%) Degree
2 69 (20.85%) Cisco Certification
3 56 (16.92%) Microsoft Certification
4 52 (15.71%) CCNA
5 40 (12.08%) Security Cleared
6 35 (10.57%) CCNP
7 32 (9.67%) Network+ Certification
8 28 (8.46%) SC Cleared
9 17 (5.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (4.53%) A+ Certification
10 15 (4.53%) MCSE
11 14 (4.23%) HNC
11 14 (4.23%) HND
12 13 (3.93%) CompTIA Security+
13 12 (3.63%) Azure Certification
14 10 (3.02%) AWS Certification
14 10 (3.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 8 (2.42%) MCSA
16 7 (2.11%) GSEC
16 7 (2.11%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.34%) SLA
2 15 (4.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (3.93%) QA
4 11 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.11%) MIL-STD-1553
6 6 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 5 (1.51%) GDPR
8 4 (1.21%) NIST
9 2 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 188 (56.80%) Active Directory
2 75 (22.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (21.15%) Hyper-V
4 29 (8.76%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (3.93%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (3.93%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (3.32%) Firmware
7 10 (3.02%) Docker
8 6 (1.81%) vSphere
9 2 (0.60%) pfSense
9 2 (0.60%) Postfix
10 1 (0.30%) LXC
10 1 (0.30%) NFS
10 1 (0.30%) Samba
10 1 (0.30%) vCloud
10 1 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 75 (22.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (8.46%) SCCM
3 14 (4.23%) Ansible
4 13 (3.93%) WSUS
5 9 (2.72%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (2.42%) FortiGate
7 7 (2.11%) Proxmox
8 6 (1.81%) Kubernetes
9 5 (1.51%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (1.51%) Nagios
9 5 (1.51%) Puppet
10 3 (0.91%) Autotask
10 3 (0.91%) Cisco CUCM
10 3 (0.91%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.91%) Iperf
10 3 (0.91%) Red Hat Satellite
10 3 (0.91%) Terraform
11 2 (0.60%) Grafana
11 2 (0.60%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.60%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 185 (55.89%) Microsoft
2 107 (32.33%) Cisco
3 85 (25.68%) VMware
4 41 (12.39%) Veeam
5 39 (11.78%) Fortinet
6 28 (8.46%) SolarWinds
7 24 (7.25%) Google
8 23 (6.95%) Dell
9 22 (6.65%) Apple
9 22 (6.65%) Meraki
10 21 (6.34%) Ubiquiti
11 19 (5.74%) HP
12 17 (5.14%) Palo Alto
13 12 (3.63%) CheckPoint
13 12 (3.63%) Citrix
13 12 (3.63%) Juniper
13 12 (3.63%) WatchGuard
14 10 (3.02%) Avaya
15 9 (2.72%) Aruba
16 7 (2.11%) MobileIron