VLAN Jobs in the UK excluding London

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 365 426
Rank change year-on-year +20 +61 +60
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 252 482 343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.64% 0.68% 0.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.81% 4.95% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 214 422 284
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £37,500 £38,250
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% -1.96% -4.38%
75th Percentile £48,375 £47,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £55,777 £58,850 £58,750
UK median annual salary £41,500 £40,313 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.15% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,616 9,744 10,829
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.77% 13.73% 18.25%
Number of salaries quoted 3,230 7,069 4,702
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,500 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £43,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.49% -3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £60,047
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,250
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.47% -4.29%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing VLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for VLAN in the UK excluding London

VLAN
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VLAN in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for VLAN in the UK excluding London

VLAN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing VLAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VLAN in the UK excluding London

VLAN
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
South East +30 65 £37,500 - 76
Midlands -8 58 £36,250 -5.23% 26
South West +114 54 £40,000 +6.67% 29
West Midlands +39 52 £41,250 +3.77% 14
East of England +23 35 £36,000 -10.00% 43
North of England -2 27 £42,317 +12.85% 72
North West -5 17 £41,067 -8.74% 29
Yorkshire +39 7 £46,100 +22.93% 26
Wales +34 6 £55,000 +22.53% 4
East Midlands -22 6 £33,750 -10.00% 10
Scotland +97 5 £40,000 +5.26% 10
North East +32 3 £38,750 +31.36% 18
Northern Ireland +40 2 - - 6
VLAN
UK

VLAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 35 (13.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.37%) IIS
4 4 (1.59%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.40%) Confluence
5 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
Applications
1 45 (17.86%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.79%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.79%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (3.97%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 128 (50.79%) Azure
2 125 (49.60%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (16.67%) AWS
4 34 (13.49%) Entra ID
5 21 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
6 19 (7.54%) OneDrive
7 13 (5.16%) Google Workspace
8 5 (1.98%) Mimecast
9 4 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (1.59%) Route 53
10 3 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.19%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.79%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.79%) Cloudflare
11 2 (0.79%) GCP
11 2 (0.79%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.79%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.79%) SaaS
11 2 (0.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 159 (63.10%) Firewall
2 114 (45.24%) DNS
3 109 (43.25%) DHCP
4 97 (38.49%) VPN
5 81 (32.14%) WAN
6 75 (29.76%) TCP/IP
7 60 (23.81%) LAN
8 58 (23.02%) Wi-Fi
9 50 (19.84%) VoIP
10 39 (15.48%) OSPF
11 38 (15.08%) BGP
12 34 (13.49%) Network Security
13 32 (12.70%) SD-WAN
14 24 (9.52%) IPsec
14 24 (9.52%) Wireless
15 19 (7.54%) MPLS
15 19 (7.54%) SAN
16 18 (7.14%) WLAN
17 10 (3.97%) ADSL
17 10 (3.97%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.95%) Amazon RDS
2 12 (4.76%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.79%) Big Data
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.40%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (1.98%) JIRA
2 2 (0.79%) JMeter
3 1 (0.40%) Git
3 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.40%) Maven
3 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 94 (37.30%) Social Skills
2 28 (11.11%) Retail
3 23 (9.13%) Legal
4 21 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (8.33%) Telecoms
5 13 (5.16%) Automotive
6 12 (4.76%) Manufacturing
7 11 (4.37%) Finance
8 10 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.17%) Local Government
10 7 (2.78%) Law
11 5 (1.98%) Police
12 4 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.40%) Aviation
15 1 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.40%) Fire and Rescue
15 1 (0.40%) Games
15 1 (0.40%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 45 (17.86%) IT Support
2 44 (17.46%) Network Engineer
3 43 (17.06%) Support Engineer
4 41 (16.27%) IT Engineer
5 33 (13.10%) 2nd Line Support
5 33 (13.10%) Senior
6 29 (11.51%) Analyst
7 26 (10.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 25 (9.92%) 3rd Line Support
9 23 (9.13%) Support Analyst
10 20 (7.94%) IT Analyst
11 18 (7.14%) IT Support Analyst
12 17 (6.75%) Lead
13 16 (6.35%) IT Support Engineer
13 16 (6.35%) Systems Engineer
14 14 (5.56%) Senior Network Engineer
14 14 (5.56%) Support Technician
15 12 (4.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 12 (4.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 10 (3.97%) Help Desk Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.57%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.40%) FreeSWITCH
3 1 (0.40%) LDAP
3 1 (0.40%) Node.js
3 1 (0.40%) WSH
3 1 (0.40%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (13.10%) Driving Licence
2 27 (10.71%) Data Centre
3 18 (7.14%) CCTV
4 16 (6.35%) Management Information System
5 13 (5.16%) Smartphone
5 13 (5.16%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (3.17%) Replication
7 7 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.38%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.98%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.59%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.59%) PKI
11 3 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.79%) Biopharmaceutical
12 2 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.79%) Public Cloud
13 1 (0.40%) BYOD
13 1 (0.40%) Fibre Optics
13 1 (0.40%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 155 (61.51%) Windows
2 131 (51.98%) Windows Server
3 61 (24.21%) Linux
4 49 (19.44%) Windows 10
5 39 (15.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 32 (12.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 18 (7.14%) Ubuntu
8 16 (6.35%) Mac OS X
9 12 (4.76%) Mac OS
10 7 (2.78%) Unix
11 5 (1.98%) Debian
11 5 (1.98%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (1.19%) Android
12 3 (1.19%) Apple iOS
12 3 (1.19%) CentOS
12 3 (1.19%) VMS
12 3 (1.19%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.79%) SUSE
13 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.40%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (20.63%) ITIL
3 50 (19.84%) Cybersecurity
4 47 (18.65%) Disaster Recovery
5 39 (15.48%) Customer Service
6 35 (13.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 30 (11.90%) Network Monitoring
8 21 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (7.94%) Project Delivery
10 19 (7.54%) Business Continuity
10 19 (7.54%) Service Delivery
11 18 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
11 18 (7.14%) Computer Science
11 18 (7.14%) Migration
12 17 (6.75%) ITSM
13 16 (6.35%) Time Management
14 15 (5.95%) ERP
14 15 (5.95%) Server Management
15 13 (5.16%) Business Case
15 13 (5.16%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 53 (21.03%) PowerShell
2 41 (16.27%) SQL
3 12 (4.76%) Python
4 8 (3.17%) Bash
5 4 (1.59%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.19%) R
7 2 (0.79%) VBScript
8 1 (0.40%) C
8 1 (0.40%) C#
8 1 (0.40%) C++
8 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 43 (17.06%) Microsoft Certification
2 40 (15.87%) Degree
3 34 (13.49%) Cisco Certification
4 33 (13.10%) Security Cleared
5 28 (11.11%) SC Cleared
6 25 (9.92%) CCNA
7 18 (7.14%) CCNP
8 16 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (6.35%) Network+ Certification
9 14 (5.56%) MCSE
10 13 (5.16%) A+ Certification
10 13 (5.16%) HNC
10 13 (5.16%) HND
11 10 (3.97%) AWS Certification
12 9 (3.57%) Azure Certification
13 8 (3.17%) MCSA
14 7 (2.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 6 (2.38%) MCP
16 5 (1.98%) DV Cleared
17 4 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (4.76%) SLA
3 9 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.57%) QA
4 6 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 5 (1.98%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.59%) GDPR
6 4 (1.59%) NIST
7 2 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
System Software
1 133 (52.78%) Active Directory
2 52 (20.63%) Hyper-V
3 50 (19.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (5.16%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (3.57%) Firmware
6 8 (3.17%) Docker
6 8 (3.17%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (2.38%) vSphere
8 2 (0.79%) pfSense
9 1 (0.40%) LXC
9 1 (0.40%) NFS
9 1 (0.40%) Samba
9 1 (0.40%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 53 (21.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (4.76%) SCCM
3 8 (3.17%) Ansible
4 5 (1.98%) Dell DRAC
4 5 (1.98%) Iperf
4 5 (1.98%) Kubernetes
5 4 (1.59%) Proxmox
6 3 (1.19%) Autotask
6 3 (1.19%) Puppet
7 2 (0.79%) cPanel
7 2 (0.79%) Grafana
7 2 (0.79%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.79%) Terraform
8 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.40%) Nessus
8 1 (0.40%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.40%) vRealize
8 1 (0.40%) WSUS
Vendors
1 135 (53.57%) Microsoft
2 72 (28.57%) Cisco
3 60 (23.81%) VMware
4 29 (11.51%) Fortinet
5 23 (9.13%) SolarWinds
6 20 (7.94%) Ubiquiti
6 20 (7.94%) Veeam
7 19 (7.54%) Dell
8 18 (7.14%) Apple
9 16 (6.35%) HP
10 14 (5.56%) Google
11 12 (4.76%) WatchGuard
12 11 (4.37%) CheckPoint
12 11 (4.37%) Meraki
12 11 (4.37%) Palo Alto
13 10 (3.97%) Juniper
14 8 (3.17%) Aruba
15 7 (2.78%) SonicWALL
16 6 (2.38%) Avaya
16 6 (2.38%) Draytek