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

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 386 412 469
Rank change year-on-year +26 +57 +145
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 80 190 196
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.43% 0.56% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.72% 3.66% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 72 179 172
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £35,300
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% +0.39%
75th Percentile £55,818 £63,750 £55,313
90th Percentile £64,995 £75,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £41,500 £40,313 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.15% -

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 4,646 5,190 4,532
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.89% 15.34% 11.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,714 3,333 3,373
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,514
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £76,316
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

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 18 May 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 9 (11.25%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (11.25%) SharePoint
2 6 (7.50%) IIS
3 2 (2.50%) nginx
3 2 (2.50%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.50%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 50 (62.50%) Azure
2 40 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (30.00%) AWS
4 21 (26.25%) Entra ID
5 6 (7.50%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (7.50%) OneDrive
6 4 (5.00%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (5.00%) GCP
6 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (5.00%) Mimecast
6 4 (5.00%) Route 53
7 2 (2.50%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (2.50%) OCI
7 2 (2.50%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.50%) PowerApps
7 2 (2.50%) Serverless
8 1 (1.25%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 64 (80.00%) Firewall
2 42 (52.50%) DNS
3 39 (48.75%) VPN
4 38 (47.50%) DHCP
5 25 (31.25%) TCP/IP
6 20 (25.00%) WAN
7 17 (21.25%) LAN
8 15 (18.75%) BGP
9 13 (16.25%) VoIP
10 12 (15.00%) Network Security
10 12 (15.00%) OSPF
11 10 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (12.50%) Wireless
12 7 (8.75%) IPsec
12 7 (8.75%) SD-WAN
13 5 (6.25%) ADSL
13 5 (6.25%) IPv4
14 4 (5.00%) HSRP
14 4 (5.00%) HTTPS
15 3 (3.75%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.50%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (7.50%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.50%) MySQL
4 1 (1.25%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Git
1 2 (2.50%) JIRA
1 2 (2.50%) JMeter
General
1 15 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
1 15 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 9 (11.25%) Finance
3 8 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (3.75%) Local Government
4 3 (3.75%) Police
5 2 (2.50%) Banking
5 2 (2.50%) Legal
5 2 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (2.50%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.25%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (28.75%) IT Support
2 17 (21.25%) Network Engineer
3 15 (18.75%) Analyst
3 15 (18.75%) Support Engineer
4 14 (17.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 14 (17.50%) IT Engineer
5 11 (13.75%) 3rd Line Support
5 11 (13.75%) IT Analyst
6 10 (12.50%) IT Support Analyst
6 10 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
6 10 (12.50%) Lead
6 10 (12.50%) Support Analyst
7 9 (11.25%) IT Manager
7 9 (11.25%) IT Support Manager
8 8 (10.00%) Cloud Engineer
8 8 (10.00%) Senior
9 6 (7.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 6 (7.50%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
10 5 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.50%) 802.1X
1 2 (2.50%) LEMP Stack
1 2 (2.50%) Node.js
2 1 (1.25%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 17 (21.25%) Data Centre
2 8 (10.00%) Driving Licence
3 6 (7.50%) Security Posture
3 6 (7.50%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (5.00%) Cloud Security Posture
4 4 (5.00%) PKI
5 3 (3.75%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.50%) Biopharmaceutical
6 2 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.50%) iPhone
6 2 (2.50%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.50%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 44 (55.00%) Windows
2 34 (42.50%) Windows Server
3 25 (31.25%) Linux
4 7 (8.75%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (7.50%) Windows 10
6 5 (6.25%) Android
7 4 (5.00%) Mac OS
8 3 (3.75%) Apple iOS
9 2 (2.50%) CentOS
9 2 (2.50%) Debian
9 2 (2.50%) Rocky
9 2 (2.50%) SUSE
9 2 (2.50%) Ubuntu
9 2 (2.50%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (1.25%) Solaris
10 1 (1.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (36.25%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (26.25%) Disaster Recovery
3 20 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 18 (22.50%) ITIL
5 16 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 14 (17.50%) Infrastructure Management
7 12 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (15.00%) Mentoring
8 11 (13.75%) Network Design
9 10 (12.50%) Project Delivery
10 9 (11.25%) Load Balancing
11 8 (10.00%) CRM
11 8 (10.00%) Migration
11 8 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
12 7 (8.75%) Decision-Making
13 6 (7.50%) Computer Science
14 5 (6.25%) Presales
15 4 (5.00%) Coaching
15 4 (5.00%) Mobile Device Management
15 4 (5.00%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (31.25%) PowerShell
2 19 (23.75%) Python
3 11 (13.75%) SQL
4 8 (10.00%) Bash
5 4 (5.00%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.50%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.50%) R
7 1 (1.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 16 (20.00%) Degree
2 13 (16.25%) Network+ Certification
2 13 (16.25%) SC Cleared
2 13 (16.25%) Security Cleared
3 10 (12.50%) A+ Certification
3 10 (12.50%) CCNA
3 10 (12.50%) CCNP
4 9 (11.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (7.50%) AWS Certification
6 4 (5.00%) Azure Certification
6 4 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (5.00%) MCSA
7 3 (3.75%) DBS Check
7 3 (3.75%) MCP
8 2 (2.50%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.25%) MCITP
9 1 (1.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.50%) QA
2 4 (5.00%) NIST
3 3 (3.75%) GDPR
4 2 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (2.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.25%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.25%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.25%) SLA
System Software
1 45 (56.25%) Active Directory
2 13 (16.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (8.75%) Hyper-V
4 5 (6.25%) Docker
5 4 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.50%) Firmware
6 2 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.50%) vSphere
7 1 (1.25%) LXC
7 1 (1.25%) Samba
Systems Management
1 23 (28.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (11.25%) Ansible
3 2 (2.50%) Iperf
3 2 (2.50%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.50%) Nagios
3 2 (2.50%) Proxmox
3 2 (2.50%) Puppet
3 2 (2.50%) Red Hat Satellite
3 2 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.25%) Dell DRAC
4 1 (1.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 46 (57.50%) Microsoft
2 15 (18.75%) VMware
3 12 (15.00%) Cisco
4 7 (8.75%) SolarWinds
5 6 (7.50%) Palo Alto
6 5 (6.25%) Apple
6 5 (6.25%) Fortinet
6 5 (6.25%) HP
6 5 (6.25%) Meraki
7 3 (3.75%) CheckPoint
7 3 (3.75%) Dell
7 3 (3.75%) Juniper
7 3 (3.75%) SonicWALL
8 2 (2.50%) Aruba
8 2 (2.50%) Avaya
8 2 (2.50%) F5
8 2 (2.50%) ForeScout
8 2 (2.50%) Red Hat
8 2 (2.50%) Salesforce
8 2 (2.50%) SevOne