VLAN Job Trends in the South East

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring VLAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 192 227
Rank change year-on-year -33 +35 +42
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 64 56 164
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.47% 0.83% 1.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.83% 6.21% 6.93%
Number of salaries quoted 46 49 153
10th Percentile £33,375 £28,250 £21,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £37,500 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.67% +10.29% -9.33%
75th Percentile £49,750 £51,250 £46,250
90th Percentile £64,079 £69,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year - +6.25% -4.19%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,673 902 2,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.26% 13.34% 15.17%
Number of salaries quoted 816 704 1,882
10th Percentile £27,125 £25,750 £25,955
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £50,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +7.53% +3.33%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,775 £70,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £51,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -17.48% +8.42% -5.00%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

VLAN job vacancy trend in the South East

VLAN
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VLAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VLAN

VLAN
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing VLAN in the South East over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Salary histogram for VLAN in the South East

VLAN
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 April 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
Thames Valley -6 21 £48,000 +43.28% 15
Berkshire +10 15 £49,250 +66.95% 7
Kent -33 14 £47,500 +26.67% 1
Hampshire -30 12 £37,500 +5.63% 12
Surrey -35 6 £65,000 +73.33%
West Sussex - 5 £47,500 - 3
East Sussex - 4 £40,000 - 4
Oxfordshire -8 3 £56,623 +61.78% 3
Buckinghamshire - 3 £48,000 - 5
Sussex - 1 £42,500 -
VLAN
England

VLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 17 (26.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.13%) CMS
3 2 (3.13%) WordPress
4 1 (1.56%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 33 (51.56%) Azure
2 31 (48.44%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 4 (6.25%) AWS
5 3 (4.69%) OneDrive
6 2 (3.13%) IaaS
7 1 (1.56%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.56%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.56%) PaaS
7 1 (1.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (68.75%) VPN
2 42 (65.63%) Firewall
3 35 (54.69%) DNS
4 34 (53.13%) DHCP
5 27 (42.19%) WAN
6 21 (32.81%) TCP/IP
7 18 (28.13%) VoIP
7 18 (28.13%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (28.13%) Wireless
8 14 (21.88%) PBX
8 14 (21.88%) Wireshark
9 13 (20.31%) DECT
9 13 (20.31%) DSL
9 13 (20.31%) Unified Communications
10 11 (17.19%) BGP
11 10 (15.63%) LAN
12 7 (10.94%) OSPF
13 6 (9.38%) Cisco Nexus
13 6 (9.38%) EIGRP
14 4 (6.25%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.13%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (3.13%) JIRA
2 1 (1.56%) Git
General
1 31 (48.44%) Social Skills
2 14 (21.88%) Telecoms
3 13 (20.31%) Marketing
4 10 (15.63%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (9.38%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (7.81%) Electronics
8 4 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 23 (35.94%) 2nd Line Support
2 19 (29.69%) IT Support
3 16 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support
4 13 (20.31%) Support Engineer
5 10 (15.63%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 10 (15.63%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 10 (15.63%) 3rd Line Support
5 10 (15.63%) Network Engineer
6 9 (14.06%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
6 9 (14.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (9.38%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 6 (9.38%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
7 6 (9.38%) Support Specialist
8 5 (7.81%) IT Engineer
8 5 (7.81%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (7.81%) Lead
8 5 (7.81%) Lead Network Engineer
8 5 (7.81%) Network Team Leader
8 5 (7.81%) Senior
8 5 (7.81%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.13%) LDAP
1 2 (3.13%) Web Services
2 1 (1.56%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.31%) Web Conferencing
2 4 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 4 (6.25%) Replication
3 3 (4.69%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.69%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (3.13%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (3.13%) PKI
5 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.56%) CCTV
5 1 (1.56%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.56%) FMCG
5 1 (1.56%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.56%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (46.88%) Windows
2 28 (43.75%) Windows Server
3 10 (15.63%) Linux
4 9 (14.06%) Windows 10
5 4 (6.25%) Mac OS
6 2 (3.13%) Android
6 2 (3.13%) Apple iOS
6 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.56%) FreeBSD
7 1 (1.56%) OpenBSD
7 1 (1.56%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.56%) Unix
7 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (32.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 20 (31.25%) ITIL
3 14 (21.88%) Presales
4 13 (20.31%) Case Management
4 13 (20.31%) Disaster Recovery
4 13 (20.31%) Time Management
5 11 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (14.06%) Collaborative Working
6 9 (14.06%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (14.06%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (12.50%) Customer Service
8 7 (10.94%) ITSM
9 6 (9.38%) Change Management
9 6 (9.38%) Roadmaps
10 5 (7.81%) Server Building
10 5 (7.81%) Service Management
10 5 (7.81%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 4 (6.25%) High Availability
11 4 (6.25%) Root Cause Analysis
11 4 (6.25%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.13%) Bash
2 2 (3.13%) SQL
2 2 (3.13%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.56%) Bicep
3 1 (1.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (29.69%) Degree
2 11 (17.19%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (12.50%) CCNP
4 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (6.25%) Azure Certification
6 3 (4.69%) CCNA
7 2 (3.13%) AWS Certification
7 2 (3.13%) CCIE
7 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.13%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.56%) MCSE
8 1 (1.56%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.56%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (1.56%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (4.69%) QA
3 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.56%) GDPR
3 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.56%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (54.69%) Active Directory
2 25 (39.06%) Hyper-V
3 18 (28.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (3.13%) Firmware
5 2 (3.13%) vSphere
6 1 (1.56%) KVM
6 1 (1.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (14.06%) Backup Exec
2 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (4.69%) FortiGate
3 3 (4.69%) SCCM
4 2 (3.13%) Nagios
4 2 (3.13%) Terraform
4 2 (3.13%) vCenter Server
4 2 (3.13%) ZABBIX
5 1 (1.56%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.56%) Ansible
5 1 (1.56%) Autotask
5 1 (1.56%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (1.56%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.56%) Proxmox
5 1 (1.56%) SCOM
Vendors
1 30 (46.88%) Microsoft
2 18 (28.13%) VMware
3 17 (26.56%) Cisco
4 13 (20.31%) Meraki
5 12 (18.75%) Veeam
6 10 (15.63%) Fortinet
6 10 (15.63%) Palo Alto
7 6 (9.38%) Citrix
8 3 (4.69%) Apple
8 3 (4.69%) HP
8 3 (4.69%) SolarWinds
9 2 (3.13%) LogicMonitor
9 2 (3.13%) ServiceNow
9 2 (3.13%) Sophos
9 2 (3.13%) WatchGuard
10 1 (1.56%) Commvault
10 1 (1.56%) Mitel
10 1 (1.56%) NetApp
10 1 (1.56%) SonicWALL
10 1 (1.56%) Veritas