VLAN Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring VLAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 98 114
Rank change year-on-year -4 +16 +96
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 18 4 26
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.97% 0.28% 1.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.33% 2.76% 9.52%
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 26
10th Percentile - - £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 - £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £40,250 - £48,438
90th Percentile £43,250 - £75,625
Yorkshire median annual salary £29,000 £31,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.20% -26.47% +6.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 216 145 273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 11.58% 10.05% 13.39%
Number of salaries quoted 100 73 223
10th Percentile - £28,600 £27,550
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.42% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £54,688 £71,250 £64,375
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £81,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £30,500 £45,000 £40,500
% change year-on-year -32.22% +11.11% -4.71%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

VLAN job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

VLAN
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing VLAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing VLAN

VLAN
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 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
Leeds -8 10 £36,500 +4.29% 1
Wakefield - 5 - -
Bradford - 3 £41,500 -
VLAN
Yorkshire

VLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (88.89%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (66.67%) Azure
3 8 (44.44%) Entra ID
4 2 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (94.44%) Firewall
2 8 (44.44%) VoIP
3 7 (38.89%) SAN
3 7 (38.89%) VPN
4 3 (16.67%) DHCP
4 3 (16.67%) DNS
5 2 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (5.56%) LAN
6 1 (5.56%) WAN
General
1 7 (38.89%) Manufacturing
2 5 (27.78%) Advertising
2 5 (27.78%) Retail
3 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) IT Support
2 9 (50.00%) IT Engineer
3 8 (44.44%) IT Support Engineer
3 8 (44.44%) Support Engineer
4 7 (38.89%) Support Technician
5 6 (33.33%) Senior
6 4 (22.22%) Senior Support Technician
6 4 (22.22%) Senior Technician
7 3 (16.67%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
7 3 (16.67%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 3 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
7 3 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (16.67%) Field Support Technician
7 3 (16.67%) IT Support Technician
7 3 (16.67%) IT Technician
8 2 (11.11%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 2 (11.11%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 2 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Clustering
2 2 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 2 (11.11%) FMCG
2 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.56%) PDA
3 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (61.11%) Windows Server
3 8 (44.44%) Linux
3 8 (44.44%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (38.89%) Windows 10
5 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) Migration
1 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (11.11%) Asset Management
2 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (11.11%) Patch Management
2 2 (11.11%) Process Improvement
2 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
2 2 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (11.11%) Test Automation
3 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (5.56%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (5.56%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (5.56%) Presales
3 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.56%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 12 (66.67%) Hyper-V
2 9 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (11.11%) vSphere
5 1 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (61.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (11.11%) Terraform
3 1 (5.56%) Ansible
3 1 (5.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 16 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 8 (44.44%) SonicWALL
3 7 (38.89%) Dell
3 7 (38.89%) HP
3 7 (38.89%) Supermicro
4 6 (33.33%) VMware
5 2 (11.11%) Sophos
6 1 (5.56%) Datto
6 1 (5.56%) Fortinet
6 1 (5.56%) Veeam
6 1 (5.56%) WatchGuard