VLAN Contracts in the UK excluding London

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for VLAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VLAN over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 309 302 355
Rank change year-on-year -7 +53 -40
Contract jobs citing VLAN 85 149 156
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.42% 0.65% 0.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.60% 4.29% 3.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 103 97
10th Percentile £184 £242 £185
25th Percentile £210 £313 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £538 £589 £533
90th Percentile £643 £688 £580
UK median daily rate £444 £475 £440
% change year-on-year -6.58% +7.95% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 8
10th Percentile - £18.13 £18.65
25th Percentile - £20.94 £20.00
Median hourly rate - £29.00 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year - -10.08% +65.81%
75th Percentile - £46.22 £47.63
90th Percentile - £67.31 £49.36
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £31.63 £32.25
% change year-on-year +73.91% -1.94% +46.59%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

VLAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,267 3,473 4,099
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.10% 15.10% 13.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,854 2,187 2,638
10th Percentile £203 £206 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £550
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.68% +3.90% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 359 312 242
10th Percentile £13.25 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.82
Median hourly rate £45.88 £17.75 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +158.48% -17.44% -8.51%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.85 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £73.49 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +7.21%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing VLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for VLAN in the UK excluding London

VLAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VLAN in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for VLAN in the UK excluding London

VLAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VLAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VLAN in the UK excluding London

VLAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VLAN in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for VLAN in the UK excluding London

VLAN
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +22 33 £514 +37.07% 32
South East 0 30 £253 -59.58% 27
Yorkshire +17 17 £525 +7.69% 18
North West +12 14 £310 -17.33% 11
South West -6 9 £425 -5.13% 20
Midlands 0 8 £250 -28.57% 26
West Midlands +11 5 £200 -61.54% 11
East of England +5 3 £375 -40.00% 10
East Midlands -2 3 £325 - 15
Scotland +36 2 £688 -
North East +11 2 £400 +190.91% 3
Wales +12 1 - - 5
VLAN
UK

VLAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (15.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.88%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.35%) IIS
4 1 (1.18%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (12.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 16 (18.82%) Azure
2 14 (16.47%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (11.76%) AWS
4 7 (8.24%) GCP
5 3 (3.53%) AWS Direct Connect
5 3 (3.53%) OneDrive
5 3 (3.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.18%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.18%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.18%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.18%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 42 (49.41%) VPN
2 36 (42.35%) Firewall
3 28 (32.94%) DHCP
3 28 (32.94%) TCP/IP
4 27 (31.76%) DNS
5 18 (21.18%) LAN
5 18 (21.18%) WAN
6 15 (17.65%) OSPF
6 15 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (15.29%) SAN
8 11 (12.94%) BGP
9 10 (11.76%) VoIP
9 10 (11.76%) Wireless
10 9 (10.59%) iSCSI
11 7 (8.24%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (8.24%) MPLS
11 7 (8.24%) NAS
12 6 (7.06%) Cisco Nexus
12 6 (7.06%) IPsec
12 6 (7.06%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.18%) Power BI
2 1 (1.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.18%) JIRA
General
1 33 (38.82%) Social Skills
2 20 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.06%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (7.06%) Public Sector
4 5 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.71%) Finance
5 4 (4.71%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.35%) Automotive
6 2 (2.35%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.35%) French Language
6 2 (2.35%) Portuguese Language
6 2 (2.35%) Retail
6 2 (2.35%) Spanish Language
7 1 (1.18%) Advertising
7 1 (1.18%) Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (27.06%) Network Engineer
2 12 (14.12%) Support Engineer
3 10 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support
3 10 (11.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 10 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (9.41%) IT Support
4 8 (9.41%) Storage Engineer
5 7 (8.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 7 (8.24%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 7 (8.24%) Architect
5 7 (8.24%) Network Support
6 6 (7.06%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 6 (7.06%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (7.06%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 6 (7.06%) Data Protection Engineer
7 5 (5.88%) IT Support Specialist
7 5 (5.88%) Network Specialist
7 5 (5.88%) Network Support Specialist
7 5 (5.88%) Support Specialist
7 5 (5.88%) Virtualisation Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.71%) 802.1X
2 3 (3.53%) XMPP
3 2 (2.35%) ADSI
4 1 (1.18%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (17.65%) Replication
2 9 (10.59%) Driving Licence
3 6 (7.06%) Clustering
4 5 (5.88%) Data Centre
4 5 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.53%) Private Cloud
6 2 (2.35%) CMDB
7 1 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.18%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.18%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 38 (44.71%) Windows
2 27 (31.76%) Linux
3 13 (15.29%) Windows Server
4 11 (12.94%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (10.59%) Windows 10
6 6 (7.06%) Mac OS
6 6 (7.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (5.88%) Unix
8 3 (3.53%) Apple iOS
8 3 (3.53%) VMS
9 2 (2.35%) Android
9 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.88%) Change Management
2 14 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (15.29%) Service Delivery
4 11 (12.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 10 (11.76%) Data Protection
6 9 (10.59%) Migration
7 6 (7.06%) Decision-Making
7 6 (7.06%) Mobile Device Management
7 6 (7.06%) Quality Management
8 5 (5.88%) Business Case
8 5 (5.88%) Customer Service
8 5 (5.88%) Network Virtualisation
8 5 (5.88%) Problem Management
8 5 (5.88%) RBAC
9 4 (4.71%) Agile
9 4 (4.71%) Computer Science
9 4 (4.71%) Infrastructure Management
9 4 (4.71%) Network Monitoring
9 4 (4.71%) Security Management
9 4 (4.71%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 16 (18.82%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.53%) Python
3 2 (2.35%) Bash
3 2 (2.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (22.35%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (18.82%) Security Cleared
3 15 (17.65%) Degree
4 13 (15.29%) CCNP
5 9 (10.59%) CCNA
6 7 (8.24%) SC Cleared
7 6 (7.06%) CCIE
7 6 (7.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (5.88%) DV Cleared
8 5 (5.88%) MCSE
9 4 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (4.71%) VCAP
9 4 (4.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (2.35%) DBS Check
11 1 (1.18%) CCDP
11 1 (1.18%) GIAC
11 1 (1.18%) JNCIS
11 1 (1.18%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.53%) SLA
2 2 (2.35%) QA
3 1 (1.18%) Data Quality
System Software
1 22 (25.88%) Active Directory
2 20 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (12.94%) vSphere
4 8 (9.41%) Hyper-V
5 7 (8.24%) Firmware
6 5 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (3.53%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (2.35%) Docker
9 1 (1.18%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (21.18%) Puppet
2 17 (20.00%) Ansible
3 14 (16.47%) NetBackup
4 12 (14.12%) SCCM
5 6 (7.06%) Autotask
5 6 (7.06%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (7.06%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (7.06%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (3.53%) AppManager
6 3 (3.53%) WSUS
7 2 (2.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (2.35%) Nessus
8 1 (1.18%) Kubernetes
8 1 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.18%) Terraform
8 1 (1.18%) vRealize
Vendors
1 25 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 24 (28.24%) VMware
3 23 (27.06%) Cisco
4 14 (16.47%) Veritas
5 9 (10.59%) Apple
6 6 (7.06%) Datto
6 6 (7.06%) F5
6 6 (7.06%) Juniper
7 5 (5.88%) Palo Alto
8 4 (4.71%) Fortinet
8 4 (4.71%) LogicMonitor
8 4 (4.71%) SolarWinds
9 3 (3.53%) Aruba
9 3 (3.53%) Google
9 3 (3.53%) Ivanti
9 3 (3.53%) Oracle
10 2 (2.35%) Avaya
10 2 (2.35%) HP
10 2 (2.35%) Qualys
11 1 (1.18%) NetApp