VLAN Job Trends in Wiltshire

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring VLAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 49 55
Rank change year-on-year -10 +6 +16
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 9 27 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Wiltshire 1.62% 3.39% 2.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.65% 20.00% 13.27%
Number of salaries quoted 7 20 14
10th Percentile - £31,750 -
25th Percentile £31,500 £35,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £60,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -45.83% +71.43% -18.60%
75th Percentile £61,333 £71,250 £41,813
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £62,500
South West median annual salary £32,500 £57,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -43.48% +53.33% +7.14%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 104 135 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wiltshire 18.74% 16.94% 18.28%
Number of salaries quoted 53 86 90
10th Percentile £30,550 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £60,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -43.33% +22.45% +16.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £81,250 £51,688
90th Percentile £78,750 £97,250 £70,175
South West median annual salary £34,000 £52,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -34.62% +6.12% +3.16%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

VLAN job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

VLAN
Salary Trend in Wiltshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing VLAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing VLAN

VLAN
Salary Histogram in Wiltshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing VLAN in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for VLAN in Wiltshire

VLAN
Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Salisbury +20 4 £32,000 -14.67% 2
Swindon +2 3 £39,398 +17.61% 1
Chippenham -20 2 £80,000 +28.00% 1
VLAN
South West

VLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) AWS
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) OCI
2 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) LAN
1 7 (77.78%) WAN
2 5 (55.56%) Network Security
2 5 (55.56%) TCP/IP
3 4 (44.44%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (33.33%) Firewall
4 3 (33.33%) SD-WAN
4 3 (33.33%) VPN
5 2 (22.22%) BGP
5 2 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (22.22%) MPLS
5 2 (22.22%) NGFW
5 2 (22.22%) OSPF
5 2 (22.22%) VoIP
6 1 (11.11%) DHCP
6 1 (11.11%) DNS
6 1 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (11.11%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Engineering Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Network Engineering Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Network Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) e-Learning
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
1 4 (44.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Disk Encryption
1 4 (44.44%) Service Delivery
2 2 (22.22%) Cloud Security
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 2 (22.22%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (22.22%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (22.22%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (22.22%) Line Management
2 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Network Architecture
2 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Presales
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
2 2 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (11.11%) Matrix Management
3 1 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Bash
1 2 (22.22%) Python
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) CCNP
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
1 4 (44.44%) BitLocker
2 2 (22.22%) Hyper-V
2 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) SCCM
2 2 (22.22%) Ansible
2 2 (22.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco
2 2 (22.22%) Fortinet
2 2 (22.22%) Palo Alto
2 2 (22.22%) SonicWALL
2 2 (22.22%) VMware