VLAN Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 9 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 400 362 448
Rank change year-on-year -38 +86 +150
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 78 221 173
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.37% 0.66% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.38% 4.41% 4.17%
Number of salaries quoted 72 201 162
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £37,500 £37,423
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £69,750 £72,500 £67,350
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -5.88% -5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,661 5,009 4,147
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.12% 14.91% 11.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,013 3,084 3,278
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £25,087 £39,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £67,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £74,258 £80,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £33,850 £47,500 £51,300
% change year-on-year -28.74% -7.41% -2.29%

VLAN
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing VLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

VLAN trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

VLAN
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing VLAN.

VLAN salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

VLAN
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing VLAN over the 6 months to 9 July 2025.

VLAN salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

VLAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 10 (12.82%) SharePoint
2 9 (11.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (6.41%) IIS
4 2 (2.56%) nginx
4 2 (2.56%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.56%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 46 (58.97%) Azure
2 36 (46.15%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (33.33%) AWS
4 17 (21.79%) Entra ID
5 9 (11.54%) GCP
6 6 (7.69%) OCI
6 6 (7.69%) OneDrive
7 4 (5.13%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (5.13%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (5.13%) Mimecast
7 4 (5.13%) Route 53
8 2 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (2.56%) Power Platform
8 2 (2.56%) PowerApps
8 2 (2.56%) Serverless
9 1 (1.28%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 65 (83.33%) Firewall
2 43 (55.13%) DNS
3 42 (53.85%) VPN
4 41 (52.56%) DHCP
5 32 (41.03%) TCP/IP
6 18 (23.08%) Network Security
7 17 (21.79%) LAN
8 16 (20.51%) WAN
9 15 (19.23%) OSPF
10 14 (17.95%) BGP
10 14 (17.95%) VoIP
11 10 (12.82%) Wireless
12 9 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (8.97%) SD-WAN
14 5 (6.41%) ADSL
14 5 (6.41%) IPv4
15 4 (5.13%) HTTPS
15 4 (5.13%) Internet
15 4 (5.13%) IP Telephony
15 4 (5.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (14.10%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.56%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Git
1 2 (2.56%) JIRA
1 2 (2.56%) JMeter
General
1 20 (25.64%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (20.51%) Social Skills
3 11 (14.10%) Finance
4 8 (10.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (7.69%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.56%) Banking
6 2 (2.56%) Local Government
6 2 (2.56%) Police
7 1 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Electronics
7 1 (1.28%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.28%) Marketing
7 1 (1.28%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 25 (32.05%) IT Support
2 23 (29.49%) Network Engineer
3 14 (17.95%) IT Engineer
4 13 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
5 12 (15.38%) Support Engineer
6 11 (14.10%) IT Manager
6 11 (14.10%) IT Support Manager
7 10 (12.82%) Analyst
7 10 (12.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (12.82%) IT Analyst
7 10 (12.82%) IT Support Analyst
7 10 (12.82%) IT Support Engineer
7 10 (12.82%) Support Analyst
8 9 (11.54%) Lead
9 8 (10.26%) Cloud Engineer
10 6 (7.69%) Junior
10 6 (7.69%) Junior Network Engineer
10 6 (7.69%) Network Technician
11 5 (6.41%) 2nd Line Support
11 5 (6.41%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.41%) Node.js
2 3 (3.85%) FreeSWITCH
3 2 (2.56%) LEMP Stack
4 1 (1.28%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.54%) Data Centre
2 7 (8.97%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.13%) Cloud Security Posture
3 4 (5.13%) Driving Licence
3 4 (5.13%) iPhone
3 4 (5.13%) Security Posture
4 3 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.56%) PKI
5 2 (2.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 43 (55.13%) Windows
2 28 (35.90%) Windows Server
3 24 (30.77%) Linux
4 7 (8.97%) Android
5 5 (6.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (5.13%) Windows 10
7 3 (3.85%) Apple iOS
7 3 (3.85%) Mac OS
8 2 (2.56%) CentOS
8 2 (2.56%) Debian
8 2 (2.56%) Rocky
8 2 (2.56%) SUSE
8 2 (2.56%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (25.64%) Disaster Recovery
3 19 (24.36%) ITIL
4 15 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (19.23%) Infrastructure Management
4 15 (19.23%) Mentoring
5 13 (16.67%) Load Balancing
6 12 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 10 (12.82%) Network Design
7 10 (12.82%) Project Delivery
8 9 (11.54%) Computer Science
8 9 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (11.54%) Migration
9 8 (10.26%) CRM
9 8 (10.26%) Task Automation
9 8 (10.26%) Technical Leadership
10 5 (6.41%) Decision-Making
11 4 (5.13%) Cost Management
11 4 (5.13%) Cost Optimisation
11 4 (5.13%) Proactive Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (29.49%) Python
2 21 (26.92%) PowerShell
3 7 (8.97%) SQL
4 4 (5.13%) Bash
4 4 (5.13%) TypeScript
5 2 (2.56%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.56%) R
6 1 (1.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (30.77%) Degree
2 18 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (23.08%) Network+ Certification
3 11 (14.10%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (12.82%) A+ Certification
4 10 (12.82%) CCNA
5 9 (11.54%) CCNP
5 9 (11.54%) SC Cleared
5 9 (11.54%) Security Cleared
6 7 (8.97%) Azure Certification
7 6 (7.69%) AWS Certification
7 6 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (5.13%) JNCIA
8 4 (5.13%) MCSA
9 3 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (3.85%) DBS Check
9 3 (3.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (3.85%) MCP
10 2 (2.56%) CCIE
11 1 (1.28%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.69%) QA
2 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.28%) GDPR
2 1 (1.28%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.28%) NIST
2 1 (1.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 39 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (12.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (10.26%) Hyper-V
4 5 (6.41%) Firmware
5 4 (5.13%) Docker
5 4 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (16.67%) Ansible
3 2 (2.56%) Iperf
3 2 (2.56%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.56%) Nagios
3 2 (2.56%) Puppet
3 2 (2.56%) Red Hat Satellite
4 1 (1.28%) Dell DRAC
4 1 (1.28%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.28%) SCCM
4 1 (1.28%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 45 (57.69%) Microsoft
2 17 (21.79%) Cisco
3 13 (16.67%) VMware
4 7 (8.97%) Apple
5 6 (7.69%) HP
5 6 (7.69%) Juniper
5 6 (7.69%) SolarWinds
6 4 (5.13%) Fortinet
6 4 (5.13%) Meraki
7 3 (3.85%) CheckPoint
7 3 (3.85%) Dell
7 3 (3.85%) Palo Alto
7 3 (3.85%) SonicWALL
8 2 (2.56%) Aruba
8 2 (2.56%) Red Hat
8 2 (2.56%) Salesforce
8 2 (2.56%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (2.56%) Veeam
9 1 (1.28%) Mitel
9 1 (1.28%) SAP