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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 398 412 511
Rank change year-on-year +14 +99 +153
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 350 628 544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.63% 0.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.79% 4.64% 3.44%
Number of salaries quoted 282 560 470
10th Percentile £28,775 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,813 £32,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £40,313 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -5.15% -
75th Percentile £53,702 £53,750 £54,313
90th Percentile £65,245 £68,750 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £38,250
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -4.38%

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 9,242 13,533 15,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.70% 13.63% 15.61%
Number of salaries quoted 4,302 9,429 8,044
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.22% -3.23%

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 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for VLAN in the UK

VLAN
Top 17 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 13 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
England -14 328 £41,750 +4.38% 256
UK excluding London +19 253 £37,500 - 211
London +67 89 £52,500 -8.70% 74
Work from Home +13 81 £46,500 -4.12% 92
South East +28 64 £37,500 - 67
Midlands +1 59 £35,000 -8.50% 25
South West +125 55 £40,000 +6.67% 28
West Midlands +32 54 £41,250 +3.77% 11
East of England +20 36 £34,250 -14.38% 38
North of England -5 26 £42,500 +13.33% 45
North West 0 17 £42,500 -5.56% 15
Wales +36 7 £44,500 -0.86% 3
Yorkshire +42 6 £47,500 +26.67% 17
Scotland +110 5 £40,000 +5.26% 11
East Midlands -22 5 £35,000 -6.67% 13
North East +32 3 £38,750 +31.36% 14
Northern Ireland +43 1 - - 4

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 60 (17.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (10.00%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.43%) IIS
4 4 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.86%) nginx
5 3 (0.86%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.57%) WordPress
7 1 (0.29%) Confluence
7 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
Applications
1 51 (14.57%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (6.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.86%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.57%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (0.57%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (2.86%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.43%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 181 (51.71%) Azure
2 178 (50.86%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (21.14%) Entra ID
4 69 (19.71%) AWS
5 27 (7.71%) OneDrive
6 23 (6.57%) Azure Sentinel
7 22 (6.29%) Google Workspace
8 12 (3.43%) SaaS
9 9 (2.57%) IaaS
10 8 (2.29%) GCP
10 8 (2.29%) PaaS
11 7 (2.00%) Mimecast
11 7 (2.00%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.71%) Nutanix
13 4 (1.14%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.14%) PowerApps
13 4 (1.14%) Route 53
14 2 (0.57%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 208 (59.43%) Firewall
2 162 (46.29%) DNS
3 151 (43.14%) DHCP
4 127 (36.29%) VPN
5 99 (28.29%) TCP/IP
5 99 (28.29%) WAN
6 77 (22.00%) LAN
7 67 (19.14%) Wi-Fi
8 61 (17.43%) VoIP
9 51 (14.57%) BGP
9 51 (14.57%) Network Security
10 48 (13.71%) OSPF
11 39 (11.14%) Wireless
12 33 (9.43%) SD-WAN
13 32 (9.14%) SAN
14 27 (7.71%) IPsec
15 24 (6.86%) PBX
16 23 (6.57%) IPv4
16 23 (6.57%) MPLS
17 19 (5.43%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.57%) Amazon RDS
2 16 (4.57%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.86%) MySQL
3 3 (0.86%) Power BI
4 2 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.57%) Big Data
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (2.57%) JIRA
2 4 (1.14%) Git
3 2 (0.57%) JMeter
4 1 (0.29%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.29%) Maven
4 1 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 153 (43.71%) Social Skills
2 43 (12.29%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (10.86%) Finance
4 33 (9.43%) Retail
5 30 (8.57%) Telecoms
6 24 (6.86%) Legal
7 18 (5.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (4.00%) Automotive
9 12 (3.43%) Law
9 12 (3.43%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.29%) Local Government
10 8 (2.29%) Military
11 5 (1.43%) Police
12 4 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.86%) Banking
13 3 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.57%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.29%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 62 (17.71%) IT Engineer
2 61 (17.43%) IT Support
3 55 (15.71%) Network Engineer
4 54 (15.43%) Support Engineer
5 51 (14.57%) Senior
6 43 (12.29%) Analyst
6 43 (12.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 35 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
8 30 (8.57%) Support Analyst
9 27 (7.71%) 3rd Line Support
10 26 (7.43%) IT Support Engineer
11 23 (6.57%) IT Analyst
12 21 (6.00%) IT Support Analyst
13 20 (5.71%) Lead
14 19 (5.43%) IT Manager
15 18 (5.14%) Senior Network Engineer
15 18 (5.14%) Systems Engineer
16 16 (4.57%) Desktop Support
17 14 (4.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 14 (4.00%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.43%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.14%) Node.js
3 3 (0.86%) LEMP Stack
4 2 (0.57%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.57%) LDAP
4 2 (0.57%) SAML
5 1 (0.29%) EDI
5 1 (0.29%) FreeSWITCH
5 1 (0.29%) WSH
5 1 (0.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (11.14%) Driving Licence
2 33 (9.43%) Data Centre
3 25 (7.14%) Management Information System
4 21 (6.00%) CCTV
5 14 (4.00%) Smartphone
6 13 (3.71%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (3.71%) Video Conferencing
7 10 (2.86%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.86%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.29%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (2.29%) Private Cloud
8 8 (2.29%) Replication
9 7 (2.00%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.43%) Fibre Optics
10 5 (1.43%) IoT
11 4 (1.14%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (1.14%) PKI
12 3 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 208 (59.43%) Windows
2 172 (49.14%) Windows Server
3 86 (24.57%) Linux
4 72 (20.57%) Windows 10
5 45 (12.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 36 (10.29%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (6.29%) Mac OS X
8 19 (5.43%) Ubuntu
9 17 (4.86%) Android
9 17 (4.86%) Mac OS
10 10 (2.86%) Unix
11 9 (2.57%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (2.00%) Apple iOS
13 6 (1.71%) CentOS
14 5 (1.43%) Debian
15 4 (1.14%) Windows 7
15 4 (1.14%) Windows Server 2008
16 3 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 3 (0.86%) Rocky
17 2 (0.57%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (28.86%) Problem-Solving
2 76 (21.71%) ITIL
3 66 (18.86%) Disaster Recovery
4 59 (16.86%) Cybersecurity
5 51 (14.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 45 (12.86%) Customer Service
7 36 (10.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (9.71%) Infrastructure Management
9 33 (9.43%) Network Monitoring
10 31 (8.86%) Computer Science
11 30 (8.57%) ITSM
12 28 (8.00%) Business Continuity
12 28 (8.00%) Project Delivery
12 28 (8.00%) Time Management
13 27 (7.71%) Migration
14 23 (6.57%) Network Design
14 23 (6.57%) Service Delivery
15 22 (6.29%) Collaborative Working
15 22 (6.29%) Mentoring
16 20 (5.71%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 83 (23.71%) PowerShell
2 47 (13.43%) SQL
3 34 (9.71%) Python
4 14 (4.00%) Bash
5 11 (3.14%) R
6 8 (2.29%) C
7 4 (1.14%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.86%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.86%) Perl
9 2 (0.57%) VBScript
10 1 (0.29%) C#
10 1 (0.29%) C++
10 1 (0.29%) Ruby
10 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 90 (25.71%) Degree
2 67 (19.14%) Cisco Certification
3 61 (17.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 50 (14.29%) CCNA
5 43 (12.29%) Security Cleared
6 36 (10.29%) CCNP
7 33 (9.43%) Network+ Certification
8 31 (8.86%) SC Cleared
9 23 (6.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (4.29%) A+ Certification
10 15 (4.29%) HND
10 15 (4.29%) MCSE
11 14 (4.00%) HNC
12 13 (3.71%) Azure Certification
12 13 (3.71%) CompTIA Security+
13 10 (2.86%) AWS Certification
13 10 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 8 (2.29%) MCSA
15 7 (2.00%) GSEC
15 7 (2.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.71%) SLA
2 18 (5.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (4.29%) QA
4 11 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.00%) MIL-STD-1553
6 6 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 5 (1.43%) GDPR
7 5 (1.43%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.14%) NIST
9 2 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
System Software
1 194 (55.43%) Active Directory
2 79 (22.57%) Hyper-V
2 79 (22.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (8.29%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (4.29%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (3.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (2.86%) Docker
7 9 (2.57%) Firmware
8 6 (1.71%) vSphere
9 2 (0.57%) pfSense
9 2 (0.57%) Postfix
10 1 (0.29%) LXC
10 1 (0.29%) NFS
10 1 (0.29%) Samba
10 1 (0.29%) vCloud
10 1 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 77 (22.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (7.43%) SCCM
3 14 (4.00%) Ansible
4 13 (3.71%) WSUS
5 8 (2.29%) FortiGate
5 8 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (2.00%) Dell DRAC
6 7 (2.00%) Proxmox
7 6 (1.71%) Kubernetes
8 5 (1.43%) Iperf
8 5 (1.43%) Nagios
8 5 (1.43%) Puppet
9 4 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.86%) Autotask
10 3 (0.86%) Red Hat Satellite
10 3 (0.86%) Terraform
11 2 (0.57%) Cisco CUCM
11 2 (0.57%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.57%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.57%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 193 (55.14%) Microsoft
2 104 (29.71%) Cisco
3 91 (26.00%) VMware
4 41 (11.71%) Veeam
5 39 (11.14%) Fortinet
6 30 (8.57%) SolarWinds
7 25 (7.14%) Google
8 23 (6.57%) Apple
8 23 (6.57%) Dell
8 23 (6.57%) Meraki
9 21 (6.00%) Ubiquiti
10 20 (5.71%) HP
11 17 (4.86%) Palo Alto
12 13 (3.71%) WatchGuard
13 12 (3.43%) Citrix
14 11 (3.14%) CheckPoint
15 10 (2.86%) Avaya
15 10 (2.86%) Juniper
16 8 (2.29%) Aruba
17 7 (2.00%) Riverbed