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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 153 142
Rank change year-on-year +11 -11 +87
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 42 47 79
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.84% 1.08% 1.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.73% 9.49% 10.18%
Number of salaries quoted 40 31 66
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £26,625
25th Percentile £30,625 £38,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £57,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -43.48% +53.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £45,625 £71,250 £47,250
90th Percentile £51,000 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £37,500 £45,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year -17.58% +8.33% -1.18%

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 624 495 776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.45% 11.41% 17.77%
Number of salaries quoted 370 289 594
10th Percentile £25,375 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £52,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +6.12% +3.16%
75th Percentile £52,500 £71,250 £60,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £86,000 £70,000
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 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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 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
Wiltshire -6 9 £32,500 -45.83% 3
Bristol +17 7 £42,500 -17.07% 5
Dorset +8 7 £31,000 -27.91%
Cornwall - 7 £31,250 - 2
Devon +6 6 £31,875 -48.29% 7
Gloucestershire +15 4 £31,678 -42.40% 1
Somerset -17 2 £65,000 +19.66%
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 7 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 6 (14.29%) IIS
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 30 (71.43%) Azure
2 29 (69.05%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (28.57%) Entra ID
4 7 (16.67%) OneDrive
5 4 (9.52%) AWS
5 4 (9.52%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (4.76%) IaaS
6 2 (4.76%) OCI
6 2 (4.76%) PaaS
6 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
6 2 (4.76%) Rubrik
6 2 (4.76%) Serverless
7 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.38%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.38%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 27 (64.29%) VPN
2 23 (54.76%) DHCP
2 23 (54.76%) DNS
3 22 (52.38%) Firewall
4 20 (47.62%) LAN
5 19 (45.24%) Wi-Fi
6 17 (40.48%) WAN
7 13 (30.95%) IPsec
8 8 (19.05%) TCP/IP
8 8 (19.05%) VoIP
8 8 (19.05%) Wireless
9 6 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
9 6 (14.29%) SD-WAN
10 5 (11.90%) Network Security
11 4 (9.52%) NAS
12 2 (4.76%) BGP
12 2 (4.76%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (4.76%) MPLS
12 2 (4.76%) OSPF
12 2 (4.76%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (23.81%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (19.05%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) GitLab
1 1 (2.38%) Jenkins
General
1 21 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (26.19%) Telecoms
3 7 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 6 (14.29%) Electronics
5 5 (11.90%) Finance
5 5 (11.90%) Marketing
5 5 (11.90%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (11.90%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.38%) Law
6 1 (2.38%) Military
6 1 (2.38%) Police
Job Titles
1 19 (45.24%) Support Engineer
2 17 (40.48%) IT Support
3 16 (38.10%) IT Engineer
4 15 (35.71%) 2nd Line Support
5 14 (33.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 11 (26.19%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 11 (26.19%) IT Support Engineer
7 10 (23.81%) Senior
7 10 (23.81%) Senior Support Engineer
8 9 (21.43%) Senior IT Engineer
8 9 (21.43%) Senior IT Support
9 6 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (11.90%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
10 5 (11.90%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
10 5 (11.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 5 (11.90%) 3rd Line Support
10 5 (11.90%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 5 (11.90%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (11.90%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 4 (9.52%) 1st/2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.43%) Driving Licence
2 6 (14.29%) Clustering
3 2 (4.76%) BYOD
3 2 (4.76%) CCTV
3 2 (4.76%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.38%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.38%) Derivative
4 1 (2.38%) Digital Signage
4 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.38%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (78.57%) Windows
2 27 (64.29%) Windows Server
3 8 (19.05%) Linux
4 6 (14.29%) Mac OS
5 4 (9.52%) Windows 10
5 4 (9.52%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (2.38%) CentOS
6 1 (2.38%) Debian
6 1 (2.38%) OpenWrt
6 1 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (2.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (30.95%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (28.57%) ITIL
4 8 (19.05%) Disaster Recovery
4 8 (19.05%) Mentoring
4 8 (19.05%) Migration
5 7 (16.67%) Containerisation
6 6 (14.29%) Coaching
6 6 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
6 6 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (14.29%) IT Strategy
6 6 (14.29%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 6 (14.29%) Server Building
6 6 (14.29%) Server Management
7 5 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (11.90%) Customer Service
7 5 (11.90%) Digital Marketing
7 5 (11.90%) Programme Management
8 4 (9.52%) Incident Management
8 4 (9.52%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (30.95%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.14%) Bash
2 3 (7.14%) Python
3 2 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 6 (14.29%) ACMT
3 3 (7.14%) Degree
4 2 (4.76%) CCNP
4 2 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.76%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.76%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (2.38%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (21.43%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.76%) GDPR
4 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 27 (64.29%) Active Directory
2 17 (40.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (35.71%) Hyper-V
4 7 (16.67%) Docker
4 7 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (9.52%) BitLocker
5 4 (9.52%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (2.38%) iptables
6 1 (2.38%) VMware NSX
6 1 (2.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 7 (16.67%) vCenter Server
3 6 (14.29%) Autotask
4 4 (9.52%) Ansible
4 4 (9.52%) PaperCut
4 4 (9.52%) SCCM
5 3 (7.14%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 20 (47.62%) VMware
3 14 (33.33%) Cisco
4 10 (23.81%) Datto
4 10 (23.81%) Veeam
5 9 (21.43%) Apple
6 6 (14.29%) Oracle
6 6 (14.29%) Sophos
7 5 (11.90%) SAP
8 4 (9.52%) Fortinet
8 4 (9.52%) SonicWALL
9 3 (7.14%) Palo Alto
10 2 (4.76%) Aruba
10 2 (4.76%) HP
11 1 (2.38%) Acronis
11 1 (2.38%) Google
11 1 (2.38%) Meraki
11 1 (2.38%) MikroTik