VLAN Jobs in the Thames Valley

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring VLAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited VLAN over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 196 215
Rank change year-on-year +42 +19 +29
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 25 47 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.74% 0.70% 0.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.63% 4.90% 5.07%
Number of salaries quoted 17 46 40
10th Percentile - £25,500 -
25th Percentile £28,250 £26,594 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £38,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.79% +14.93% -12.99%
75th Percentile £53,750 £43,750 £39,688
90th Percentile £56,500 £54,500 £60,000
South East median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year - -2.60% +10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 540 960 946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.92% 14.28% 15.87%
Number of salaries quoted 216 676 532
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,375 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,688 £34,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,000 £57,813
90th Percentile £75,625 £69,750 £73,875
South East median annual salary £47,500 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -5.26%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing VLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for VLAN in the Thames Valley

VLAN
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VLAN in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for VLAN in the Thames Valley

VLAN
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing VLAN in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VLAN in the Thames Valley

VLAN
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Berkshire +34 18 £35,500 +31.48% 12
Oxfordshire +33 7 £41,500 +7.79% 5
VLAN
South East

VLAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (52.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (16.00%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (4.00%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (72.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (36.00%) Azure
3 5 (20.00%) AWS
4 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (52.00%) DNS
1 13 (52.00%) Firewall
2 12 (48.00%) DHCP
2 12 (48.00%) VPN
3 11 (44.00%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (32.00%) TCP/IP
4 8 (32.00%) VoIP
5 4 (16.00%) BGP
5 4 (16.00%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (16.00%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (16.00%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (16.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (16.00%) HSRP
5 4 (16.00%) IPsec
5 4 (16.00%) LAN
5 4 (16.00%) OSPF
5 4 (16.00%) SAN
5 4 (16.00%) Spanning Tree
5 4 (16.00%) WAN
6 2 (8.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (68.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Senior
1 8 (32.00%) Support Engineer
2 5 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 5 (20.00%) Desktop Support
2 5 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 5 (20.00%) IT Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 4 (16.00%) 3rd Line Support Technician
3 4 (16.00%) IT Manager
3 4 (16.00%) IT Services Manager
3 4 (16.00%) Network Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Senior IT Manager
3 4 (16.00%) Senior Manager
3 4 (16.00%) Senior Service Manager
3 4 (16.00%) Service Desk Manager
3 4 (16.00%) Service Manager
3 4 (16.00%) Support Technician
4 3 (12.00%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) IT Support
4 3 (12.00%) Senior IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) CCTV
1 4 (16.00%) Data Centre
1 4 (16.00%) Replication
2 3 (12.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (12.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (8.00%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (4.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 21 (84.00%) Windows
2 9 (36.00%) Mac OS
2 9 (36.00%) Windows 10
2 9 (36.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (12.00%) Android
3 3 (12.00%) Linux
3 3 (12.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (4.00%) Unix
4 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (56.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (44.00%) Customer Service
3 8 (32.00%) Service Delivery
4 7 (28.00%) Mentoring
5 6 (24.00%) Information Security
5 6 (24.00%) Project Delivery
6 5 (20.00%) ITIL
6 5 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
7 4 (16.00%) Agile
7 4 (16.00%) Business Continuity
7 4 (16.00%) Coaching
7 4 (16.00%) Incident Management
7 4 (16.00%) Line Management
7 4 (16.00%) Migration
7 4 (16.00%) Problem Management
8 3 (12.00%) Data Privacy
8 3 (12.00%) Mobile Device Management
8 3 (12.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 1 (4.00%) Containerisation
9 1 (4.00%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) CCNP
2 4 (16.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (16.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) DBS Check
3 3 (12.00%) MCP
3 3 (12.00%) MCSA
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (8.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.00%) CCNA
5 1 (4.00%) VCAP
5 1 (4.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (32.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (16.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (16.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 14 (56.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (44.00%) Hyper-V
3 8 (32.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (4.00%) NFS
4 1 (4.00%) vCloud
4 1 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (4.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (16.00%) SCCM
2 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.00%) PowerCLI
2 1 (4.00%) vCenter Server
2 1 (4.00%) vRealize
Vendors
1 15 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (32.00%) VMware
3 5 (20.00%) Cisco
4 4 (16.00%) Apple
4 4 (16.00%) arcserve
4 4 (16.00%) F5
4 4 (16.00%) Juniper
5 3 (12.00%) HP
5 3 (12.00%) SonicWALL
6 2 (8.00%) Aruba
7 1 (4.00%) ConnectWise
7 1 (4.00%) Draytek
7 1 (4.00%) Meraki
7 1 (4.00%) Sophos
7 1 (4.00%) Veeam