VLAN Job Trends in Surrey

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring VLAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 98 95
Rank change year-on-year +19 -3 +74
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 15 7 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.89% 0.58% 0.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.05% 4.38% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 15 3 3
10th Percentile £28,000 £37,040 -
25th Percentile £29,500 £40,025 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £50,000 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +78.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 -
90th Percentile - £73,000 -
South East median annual salary £37,500 £50,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +47.06% -2.86%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 491 160 214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 29.17% 13.26% 17.02%
Number of salaries quoted 125 62 167
10th Percentile £27,850 £36,250 £29,200
25th Percentile £31,500 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £69,000 £72,150 £72,250
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +12.24% +3.16%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

VLAN job vacancy trend in Surrey

VLAN
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing VLAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing VLAN

VLAN
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing VLAN in Surrey over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for VLAN in Surrey

VLAN
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 23 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
Redhill - 1 £40,000 -
VLAN
South East

VLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (73.33%) Azure
2 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.67%) AWS
3 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (60.00%) Firewall
2 8 (53.33%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (40.00%) BGP
3 6 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 6 (40.00%) EIGRP
3 6 (40.00%) OSPF
3 6 (40.00%) Wireless
4 1 (6.67%) DHCP
4 1 (6.67%) DNS
4 1 (6.67%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
4 1 (6.67%) VPN
General
1 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Technical Support
2 6 (40.00%) Lead
2 6 (40.00%) Lead Network Engineer
2 6 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 6 (40.00%) Network Team Leader
2 6 (40.00%) Team Leader
3 4 (26.67%) 1st Line Support
3 4 (26.67%) 1st Line Technical Support
3 4 (26.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (26.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) 2nd Line Technical Support
3 4 (26.67%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Support Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Technical Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support Technician
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Technician
4 1 (6.67%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 6 (40.00%) Change Management
2 6 (40.00%) Customer Experience
2 6 (40.00%) Service Management
3 1 (6.67%) Capacity Management
3 1 (6.67%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (6.67%) Security Patching
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) CCNP
1 6 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
1 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Cisco
1 6 (40.00%) Fortinet
1 6 (40.00%) Meraki
1 6 (40.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (6.67%) Citrix
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) VMware