VLAN Job Trends in the North of England

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring VLAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 227 203
Rank change year-on-year +53 -24 +111
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 88 59 68
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.84% 0.62% 0.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.34% 6.00% 6.20%
Number of salaries quoted 73 28 63
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,600 -
25th Percentile £28,000 £35,938 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +6.25% -2.44%
75th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £45,000 £61,250 £51,750
England median annual salary £37,500 £46,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year -18.48% +9.52% -1.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,635 984 1,097
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 25.09% 10.41% 14.68%
Number of salaries quoted 781 555 922
10th Percentile - £29,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £25,087 £34,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% - -
75th Percentile £42,500 £58,750 £61,125
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

VLAN job vacancy trend in the North of England

VLAN
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

VLAN
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing VLAN in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for VLAN in the North of England

VLAN
Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Yorkshire +20 38 £29,000 -7.20% 11
North West +17 36 £37,000 -12.94% 23
North East - 14 £29,000 - 6
VLAN
England

VLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North 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 40 (45.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (29.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.27%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 72 (81.82%) Microsoft 365
2 65 (73.86%) Azure
3 31 (35.23%) Entra ID
4 10 (11.36%) IaaS
5 5 (5.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 4 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (4.55%) SaaS
7 2 (2.27%) AWS
8 1 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.14%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.14%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 69 (78.41%) Firewall
2 49 (55.68%) VPN
3 32 (36.36%) WAN
4 31 (35.23%) LAN
5 27 (30.68%) TCP/IP
6 26 (29.55%) Wireless
7 25 (28.41%) DHCP
7 25 (28.41%) DNS
8 22 (25.00%) VoIP
9 11 (12.50%) SAN
10 10 (11.36%) Network Security
10 10 (11.36%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (7.95%) Remote Desktop
12 5 (5.68%) BGP
12 5 (5.68%) DMZ
12 5 (5.68%) OSPF
12 5 (5.68%) SSL
12 5 (5.68%) STUN
13 4 (4.55%) Ethernet
13 4 (4.55%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (11.36%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (7.95%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.14%) MySQL
3 1 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
General
1 50 (56.82%) Social Skills
2 14 (15.91%) Manufacturing
3 9 (10.23%) Retail
4 7 (7.95%) Telecoms
5 6 (6.82%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (5.68%) Advertising
7 3 (3.41%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.14%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.14%) Finance
8 1 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (46.59%) Support Engineer
2 32 (36.36%) IT Support
3 26 (29.55%) Support Technician
4 21 (23.86%) IT Engineer
5 19 (21.59%) IT Support Engineer
6 17 (19.32%) Technical Engineer
6 17 (19.32%) Technical Support
6 17 (19.32%) Technical Support Engineer
7 15 (17.05%) Senior
8 10 (11.36%) 2nd Line Support
8 10 (11.36%) IT Support Technician
8 10 (11.36%) IT Technician
9 9 (10.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Technician
10 8 (9.09%) 3rd Line Support
11 6 (6.82%) Help Desk Support
11 6 (6.82%) Help Desk Support Technician
11 6 (6.82%) Help Desk Technician
11 6 (6.82%) IT Manager
11 6 (6.82%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.68%) FreeSWITCH
2 2 (2.27%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.14%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.36%) Driving Licence
1 10 (11.36%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (9.09%) Clustering
2 8 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 5 (5.68%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.55%) FMCG
4 4 (4.55%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.41%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.14%) PDA
6 1 (1.14%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 69 (78.41%) Windows
2 54 (61.36%) Windows Server
3 22 (25.00%) Linux
4 14 (15.91%) Windows 10
5 9 (10.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (5.68%) Debian
7 4 (4.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (37.50%) Customer Service
2 18 (20.45%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (15.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 13 (14.77%) Service Delivery
6 12 (13.64%) Collaborative Working
6 12 (13.64%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (11.36%) Customer-Centricity
7 10 (11.36%) Network Management
8 9 (10.23%) Project Delivery
8 9 (10.23%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 8 (9.09%) Process Improvement
9 8 (9.09%) Time Management
10 7 (7.95%) ITIL
11 6 (6.82%) DevOps
11 6 (6.82%) High Availability
11 6 (6.82%) Information Security
12 5 (5.68%) Mobile Device Management
12 5 (5.68%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 7 (7.95%) SQL
3 3 (3.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (14.77%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (11.36%) Degree
2 10 (11.36%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (9.09%) CCNA
4 6 (6.82%) DBS Check
5 5 (5.68%) CCIE
6 4 (4.55%) CCNP
6 4 (4.55%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (4.55%) SC Cleared
6 4 (4.55%) Security Cleared
7 3 (3.41%) CISSP
7 3 (3.41%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.14%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.14%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (5.68%) ISO 9001
4 3 (3.41%) Accessibility
4 3 (3.41%) SLA
5 2 (2.27%) PMO
6 1 (1.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 61 (69.32%) Active Directory
2 33 (37.50%) Hyper-V
3 22 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (5.68%) Kamailio
5 2 (2.27%) ProxySG
6 1 (1.14%) Docker
6 1 (1.14%) Firmware
6 1 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (45.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (14.77%) FortiGate
3 5 (5.68%) Autotask
4 3 (3.41%) SCCM
5 2 (2.27%) Terraform
6 1 (1.14%) Ansible
6 1 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.14%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 65 (73.86%) Microsoft
2 25 (28.41%) SonicWALL
3 22 (25.00%) VMware
4 16 (18.18%) Cisco
5 12 (13.64%) Apple
6 11 (12.50%) Sage
7 10 (11.36%) Veeam
7 10 (11.36%) WatchGuard
8 8 (9.09%) Dell
8 8 (9.09%) HP
8 8 (9.09%) Supermicro
9 5 (5.68%) Salesforce
9 5 (5.68%) ServiceNow
10 4 (4.55%) CheckPoint
10 4 (4.55%) Sophos
11 3 (3.41%) Meraki
12 2 (2.27%) F5
12 2 (2.27%) Infoblox
12 2 (2.27%) Motorola
12 2 (2.27%) SolarWinds