VLAN Job Trends in Staffordshire

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring VLAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 34 37
Rank change year-on-year -38 +3 +29
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 1 33 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.10% 6.15% 2.86%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.33% 31.13% 12.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1 33 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -22.22% -
75th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £47,500
90th Percentile - £44,750 -
West Midlands median annual salary £50,500 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +44.29% -22.22% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 301 106 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 31.13% 19.74% 23.74%
Number of salaries quoted 34 86 100
10th Percentile - - £26,768
25th Percentile £27,694 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,875 £40,000 £42,750
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% -6.43% +0.59%
75th Percentile £47,188 £52,188 £50,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £54,375 £55,000
West Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +11.11% -5.26%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

VLAN job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

VLAN
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing VLAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing VLAN

VLAN
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Stafford - 1 £35,000 -
VLAN
West Midlands

VLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Audio Visual Installation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Installations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft