VLAN Job Trends in the South West

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring VLAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 144 189
Rank change year-on-year -10 +45 +51
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 43 36 69
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.69% 1.13% 0.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.40% 8.98% 6.71%
Number of salaries quoted 39 27 62
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,950 £27,525
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,875 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +13.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £42,500 £62,011 £47,250
90th Percentile £71,500 £70,500 £56,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £44,700 £40,000
% change year-on-year -10.51% +11.75% -3.61%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 581 401 1,029
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.37% 12.63% 14.74%
Number of salaries quoted 350 253 843
10th Percentile £25,346 £30,000 £27,067
25th Percentile £28,250 £34,500 £34,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.54% +9.47% +5.56%
75th Percentile £48,750 £71,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,875 £81,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +12.24% -4.58%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

VLAN job vacancy trend in the South West

VLAN
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing VLAN

VLAN
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing VLAN in the South West over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Salary histogram for VLAN in the South West

VLAN
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the South West region over the 6 months to 5 March 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
Wiltshire -2 13 £32,000 -7.25% 2
Devon -4 8 £36,250 -41.19% 4
Cornwall -9 7 £31,250 -0.79%
Gloucestershire +7 5 £52,500 -8.70% 5
Somerset -19 5 £28,000 -36.00% 1
Dorset -14 3 £36,500 -15.12%
Bristol +7 2 £48,459 -5.45% 4
VLAN
England

VLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 12 (27.91%) SharePoint
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.33%) AutoCAD
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (62.79%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (53.49%) Azure
3 14 (32.56%) Entra ID
4 9 (20.93%) OneDrive
5 7 (16.28%) AWS
6 2 (4.65%) OCI
6 2 (4.65%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.33%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 31 (72.09%) LAN
2 28 (65.12%) WAN
2 28 (65.12%) Wi-Fi
3 22 (51.16%) DHCP
3 22 (51.16%) DNS
4 20 (46.51%) VPN
5 18 (41.86%) Firewall
6 13 (30.23%) TCP/IP
7 9 (20.93%) IPsec
8 8 (18.60%) Network Security
9 4 (9.30%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (6.98%) BGP
10 3 (6.98%) DMZ
10 3 (6.98%) SD-WAN
10 3 (6.98%) SSL
10 3 (6.98%) Unified Communications
10 3 (6.98%) WebEx
11 2 (4.65%) Cisco Firepower
11 2 (4.65%) MPLS
11 2 (4.65%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) GitLab
1 1 (2.33%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (27.91%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.30%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (6.98%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.65%) Banking
4 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.65%) Marketing
4 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.65%) Retail
5 1 (2.33%) Electronics
5 1 (2.33%) Law
5 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 16 (37.21%) Support Engineer
2 11 (25.58%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 10 (23.26%) IT Engineer
4 8 (18.60%) 2nd Line Support
4 8 (18.60%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 7 (16.28%) IT Support
6 6 (13.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (11.63%) Desktop Engineer
8 4 (9.30%) Desktop Support
8 4 (9.30%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 4 (9.30%) IT Support Technician
8 4 (9.30%) IT Technician
8 4 (9.30%) Support Technician
9 3 (6.98%) Collaboration Engineer
9 3 (6.98%) IT Support Engineer
9 3 (6.98%) Network Engineer
9 3 (6.98%) Senior IT Engineer
9 3 (6.98%) Senior IT Support
9 3 (6.98%) Senior Support Engineer
9 3 (6.98%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.98%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.93%) Driving Licence
2 4 (9.30%) Digital Signage
3 3 (6.98%) Educational Technology
3 3 (6.98%) FlexPod
3 3 (6.98%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (6.98%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.98%) Replication
3 3 (6.98%) Security Posture
3 3 (6.98%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (4.65%) CCTV
4 2 (4.65%) e-Learning
5 1 (2.33%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.33%) Derivative
5 1 (2.33%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (79.07%) Windows
2 20 (46.51%) Windows Server
3 11 (25.58%) Windows 10
4 8 (18.60%) Linux
5 3 (6.98%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.33%) CentOS
6 1 (2.33%) Debian
6 1 (2.33%) OpenWrt
6 1 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (2.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (32.56%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (27.91%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (18.60%) Disk Encryption
3 8 (18.60%) ITIL
3 8 (18.60%) Service Delivery
4 7 (16.28%) Customer Service
5 6 (13.95%) Cloud Security
5 6 (13.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (11.63%) Agile
6 5 (11.63%) Kalman Filter
6 5 (11.63%) Penetration Testing
7 4 (9.30%) Identity Management
8 3 (6.98%) BCP
8 3 (6.98%) Business Continuity
8 3 (6.98%) Business Continuity Planning
8 3 (6.98%) Data Security
8 3 (6.98%) Email Filtering
8 3 (6.98%) Network Architecture
8 3 (6.98%) Service Management
8 3 (6.98%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.63%) Python
2 3 (6.98%) Bash
3 2 (4.65%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (11.63%) CCNP
1 5 (11.63%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (6.98%) CCNA
2 3 (6.98%) Degree
3 2 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.65%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.65%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.65%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (4.65%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.33%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.30%) GDPR
2 3 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 32 (74.42%) Active Directory
2 9 (20.93%) Hyper-V
3 8 (18.60%) BitLocker
3 8 (18.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (9.30%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (9.30%) vSphere
5 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (4.65%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (2.33%) Docker
6 1 (2.33%) iptables
6 1 (2.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (20.93%) SCCM
2 8 (18.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (16.28%) Ansible
4 6 (13.95%) Terraform
5 3 (6.98%) Cisco CUCM
5 3 (6.98%) FortiGate
5 3 (6.98%) Grafana
5 3 (6.98%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
6 1 (2.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 29 (67.44%) Microsoft
2 16 (37.21%) VMware
3 8 (18.60%) Cisco
3 8 (18.60%) Fortinet
4 6 (13.95%) Apple
4 6 (13.95%) Palo Alto
5 4 (9.30%) Veeam
6 3 (6.98%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (6.98%) Dell
6 3 (6.98%) NetApp
6 3 (6.98%) SonicWALL
6 3 (6.98%) Splunk
7 1 (2.33%) Acronis
7 1 (2.33%) Google
7 1 (2.33%) Meraki
7 1 (2.33%) MikroTik