Virtual LAN (VLAN)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 21 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 390 407 492
Rank change year-on-year +17 +85 +222
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 362 662 544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 0.59% 0.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.35% 4.77% 3.62%
Number of salaries quoted 298 563 472
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,581
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £53,362 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £65,900
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year - -6.25% -1.42%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10,803 13,869 15,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.19% 12.40% 16.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4,921 9,430 7,582
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £51,150
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% -7.14% -2.57%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,000 £44,886 £45,000
% change year-on-year -28.71% -0.25% -5.26%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VLAN in the UK

VLAN
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for VLAN in the UK

VLAN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VLAN over the 6 months to 21 June 2025.

Salary histogram for VLAN in the UK

VLAN
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the UK over the 6 months to 21 June 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
England +1 336 £40,000 - 615
UK excluding London +20 269 £37,500 - 418
London +53 87 £52,500 -4.55% 241
Work from Home +4 75 £47,500 - 221
South East +18 68 £37,500 +7.14% 98
South West +115 55 £35,000 -12.50% 51
Midlands +18 54 £36,750 -2.00% 72
North of England +28 50 £31,000 -17.33% 112
West Midlands +39 41 £42,500 +16.44% 37
Yorkshire +46 23 £36,500 -2.67% 39
East of England +7 23 £32,500 -18.75% 38
North West +15 18 £31,000 -31.11% 59
East Midlands -2 13 £35,000 -6.67% 35
North East +45 9 £29,000 -2.52% 16
Northern Ireland +47 7 - - 10
Scotland +99 6 £40,000 +9.59% 27
Wales +40 5 £55,000 +22.53% 14
Channel Islands - 1 £45,000 -

VLAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 58 (16.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (11.33%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.04%) IIS
4 8 (2.21%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.83%) nginx
5 3 (0.83%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.55%) JOnAS
7 1 (0.28%) Confluence
7 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
Applications
1 52 (14.36%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.55%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.55%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (3.04%) Remedy ITSM
2 10 (2.76%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 197 (54.42%) Azure
2 186 (51.38%) Microsoft 365
3 70 (19.34%) Entra ID
4 68 (18.78%) AWS
5 30 (8.29%) OneDrive
6 17 (4.70%) Azure Sentinel
6 17 (4.70%) Google Workspace
7 13 (3.59%) GCP
8 11 (3.04%) Nutanix
9 10 (2.76%) Mimecast
10 6 (1.66%) OCI
10 6 (1.66%) SaaS
11 5 (1.38%) Power Platform
11 5 (1.38%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (1.10%) IaaS
12 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (1.10%) Route 53
12 4 (1.10%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 220 (60.77%) Firewall
2 157 (43.37%) DNS
3 148 (40.88%) DHCP
4 138 (38.12%) VPN
5 126 (34.81%) TCP/IP
6 96 (26.52%) WAN
7 77 (21.27%) LAN
8 74 (20.44%) Wi-Fi
9 64 (17.68%) Network Security
10 55 (15.19%) VoIP
11 53 (14.64%) OSPF
12 48 (13.26%) BGP
13 46 (12.71%) Wireless
14 44 (12.15%) SD-WAN
15 33 (9.12%) SAN
16 26 (7.18%) IPsec
17 25 (6.91%) MPLS
18 21 (5.80%) SSL
19 17 (4.70%) WLAN
20 12 (3.31%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.25%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (3.87%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.83%) MySQL
4 2 (0.55%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 15 (4.14%) JIRA
2 4 (1.10%) Git
3 2 (0.55%) JMeter
4 1 (0.28%) GitLab
4 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.28%) Maven
4 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 157 (43.37%) Social Skills
2 49 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (8.84%) Finance
4 26 (7.18%) Telecoms
5 24 (6.63%) Retail
6 22 (6.08%) Legal
7 19 (5.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (4.42%) Law
9 14 (3.87%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.21%) Automotive
10 8 (2.21%) Military
11 6 (1.66%) Marketing
12 5 (1.38%) Billing
12 5 (1.38%) Local Government
13 4 (1.10%) Banking
13 4 (1.10%) Police
14 3 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.83%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 82 (22.65%) IT Support
2 66 (18.23%) Network Engineer
3 56 (15.47%) IT Engineer
4 54 (14.92%) Support Engineer
5 42 (11.60%) Analyst
6 41 (11.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 37 (10.22%) Senior
8 36 (9.94%) 2nd Line Support
9 34 (9.39%) 3rd Line Support
10 31 (8.56%) IT Support Engineer
10 31 (8.56%) Support Analyst
11 24 (6.63%) Support Technician
12 23 (6.35%) IT Analyst
13 21 (5.80%) IT Support Analyst
13 21 (5.80%) Lead
14 18 (4.97%) IT Manager
15 15 (4.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 15 (4.14%) Service Manager
16 14 (3.87%) Senior Network Engineer
17 13 (3.59%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.25%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.10%) Node.js
2 4 (1.10%) REST
3 3 (0.83%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (0.83%) LEMP Stack
4 1 (0.28%) FreeSWITCH
4 1 (0.28%) LDAP
4 1 (0.28%) SAML
4 1 (0.28%) WSH
4 1 (0.28%) XMPP
4 1 (0.28%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (12.71%) Driving Licence
2 33 (9.12%) Data Centre
3 21 (5.80%) Management Information System
4 20 (5.52%) CCTV
5 15 (4.14%) Video Conferencing
6 14 (3.87%) Replication
7 11 (3.04%) Fibre Optics
8 9 (2.49%) Smartphone
9 8 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.93%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.66%) iPhone
12 5 (1.38%) EPoS
12 5 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.38%) Security Posture
13 4 (1.10%) Cloud Security Posture
13 4 (1.10%) Clustering
13 4 (1.10%) IoT
14 3 (0.83%) BYOD
14 3 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 201 (55.52%) Windows
2 157 (43.37%) Windows Server
3 70 (19.34%) Linux
4 68 (18.78%) Windows 10
5 39 (10.77%) Windows Server 2016
6 31 (8.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (4.42%) Mac OS
8 14 (3.87%) Mac OS X
8 14 (3.87%) Ubuntu
9 13 (3.59%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (2.76%) Android
11 7 (1.93%) Apple iOS
12 6 (1.66%) CentOS
13 5 (1.38%) Debian
13 5 (1.38%) Unix
14 4 (1.10%) VMS
14 4 (1.10%) Windows 7
15 3 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 3 (0.83%) Rocky
16 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (30.94%) Problem-Solving
2 77 (21.27%) ITIL
3 62 (17.13%) Disaster Recovery
4 54 (14.92%) Customer Service
5 52 (14.36%) Cybersecurity
6 49 (13.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 41 (11.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 37 (10.22%) Migration
9 35 (9.67%) Business Continuity
9 35 (9.67%) Service Delivery
10 34 (9.39%) Network Monitoring
11 32 (8.84%) Mentoring
12 30 (8.29%) Infrastructure Management
12 30 (8.29%) ITSM
13 28 (7.73%) Computer Science
14 27 (7.46%) Project Delivery
15 25 (6.91%) Collaborative Working
15 25 (6.91%) Network Design
16 24 (6.63%) Time Management
17 21 (5.80%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (19.06%) PowerShell
2 41 (11.33%) SQL
3 37 (10.22%) Python
4 12 (3.31%) Bash
5 11 (3.04%) R
6 7 (1.93%) C
7 4 (1.10%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.83%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.83%) Perl
9 2 (0.55%) VBScript
10 1 (0.28%) Ruby
10 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 83 (22.93%) Degree
2 69 (19.06%) Cisco Certification
3 53 (14.64%) CCNA
4 47 (12.98%) Microsoft Certification
5 37 (10.22%) CCNP
5 37 (10.22%) Security Cleared
6 24 (6.63%) Network+ Certification
7 23 (6.35%) SC Cleared
8 21 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (4.14%) A+ Certification
10 14 (3.87%) CompTIA Security+
11 12 (3.31%) Azure Certification
12 10 (2.76%) AWS Certification
13 9 (2.49%) MCSA
13 9 (2.49%) MCSE
14 8 (2.21%) CCIE
14 8 (2.21%) HNC
14 8 (2.21%) HND
14 8 (2.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 7 (1.93%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.63%) Cyber Essentials
2 18 (4.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (4.14%) SLA
4 11 (3.04%) QA
5 9 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (1.93%) MIL-STD-1553
7 6 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 6 (1.66%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.38%) GDPR
9 2 (0.55%) NIST
10 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 181 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 79 (21.82%) Hyper-V
3 73 (20.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (4.97%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (3.31%) Firmware
5 12 (3.31%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (2.21%) Docker
6 8 (2.21%) vSphere
7 4 (1.10%) ProxySG
7 4 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.55%) Postfix
9 1 (0.28%) NFS
9 1 (0.28%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 86 (23.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (7.73%) SCCM
3 26 (7.18%) Ansible
4 12 (3.31%) FortiGate
5 7 (1.93%) Kubernetes
6 6 (1.66%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (1.66%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.38%) Autotask
7 5 (1.38%) Iperf
7 5 (1.38%) Nagios
7 5 (1.38%) Proxmox
7 5 (1.38%) Puppet
7 5 (1.38%) Terraform
8 3 (0.83%) Cisco CUCM
8 3 (0.83%) Grafana
8 3 (0.83%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.83%) Red Hat Satellite
8 3 (0.83%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.55%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 200 (55.25%) Microsoft
2 113 (31.22%) Cisco
3 86 (23.76%) VMware
4 33 (9.12%) Fortinet
5 31 (8.56%) Veeam
6 30 (8.29%) SolarWinds
7 28 (7.73%) Meraki
8 25 (6.91%) HP
9 19 (5.25%) Google
9 19 (5.25%) Palo Alto
10 18 (4.97%) Dell
11 17 (4.70%) Aruba
11 17 (4.70%) Juniper
12 16 (4.42%) Apple
13 15 (4.14%) SonicWALL
13 15 (4.14%) Ubiquiti
14 14 (3.87%) CheckPoint
15 12 (3.31%) Avaya
16 11 (3.04%) BMC
16 11 (3.04%) Remedy