Virtual LAN (VLAN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for VLAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VLAN over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 413 503 680
Rank change year-on-year +90 +177 -263
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 620 545 675
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.56% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.58% 3.52% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 553 473 575
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,100 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,608 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £58,125
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,526 15,491 22,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.18% 15.91% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,761 11,859
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,900 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VLAN in the UK

VLAN
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VLAN.

Salary trend for VLAN in the UK

VLAN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VLAN over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VLAN in the UK

VLAN
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +84 572 £40,000 -5.88% 143
UK excluding London +80 483 £37,500 -6.25% 122
Work from Home +59 194 £49,500 +10.00% 57
South East +13 135 £37,500 -6.25% 34
Midlands +82 130 £37,500 -6.25% 24
London +86 116 £57,500 +9.52% 28
North of England +54 84 £37,500 -14.29% 24
West Midlands +61 71 £39,750 -11.67% 14
East of England +11 60 £40,000 +11.11% 8
East Midlands +25 59 £37,500 +2.74% 10
South West -28 45 £37,500 +7.14% 22
Yorkshire +84 39 £37,500 +10.29% 13
North West -8 28 £45,000 - 9
Scotland -49 18 £36,500 +17.74% 1
North East +9 17 £29,500 -43.81% 2
Wales +12 10 £44,886 - 9
Northern Ireland +21 2 £32,500 -

VLAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 132 (21.29%) SharePoint
2 103 (16.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.29%) OpenStack
4 7 (1.13%) SAS
5 5 (0.81%) Confluence
6 4 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.65%) IIS
7 3 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.32%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.16%) JOnAS
Applications
1 87 (14.03%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.45%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.48%) Trello
4 2 (0.32%) CATIA
4 2 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.32%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 4 (0.65%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.32%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 331 (53.39%) Microsoft 365
2 299 (48.23%) Azure
3 95 (15.32%) Entra ID
4 87 (14.03%) AWS
5 52 (8.39%) OneDrive
6 22 (3.55%) SaaS
7 19 (3.06%) Google Workspace
8 16 (2.58%) IaaS
9 14 (2.26%) Cloud Computing
10 13 (2.10%) GCP
11 11 (1.77%) PaaS
12 10 (1.61%) Mimecast
13 9 (1.45%) WhatsApp
14 8 (1.29%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (0.97%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 6 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (0.97%) Nutanix
16 5 (0.81%) AWS Direct Connect
16 5 (0.81%) Power Platform
17 3 (0.48%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 383 (61.77%) Firewall
2 262 (42.26%) VPN
3 247 (39.84%) DNS
4 238 (38.39%) WAN
5 208 (33.55%) DHCP
6 186 (30.00%) LAN
7 164 (26.45%) TCP/IP
8 134 (21.61%) Wi-Fi
9 103 (16.61%) Wireless
10 86 (13.87%) SAN
11 83 (13.39%) MPLS
12 78 (12.58%) BGP
13 76 (12.26%) OSPF
14 63 (10.16%) SD-WAN
14 63 (10.16%) VoIP
15 60 (9.68%) Network Security
16 41 (6.61%) IPsec
17 37 (5.97%) Internet
18 32 (5.16%) HSRP
19 31 (5.00%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.55%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.58%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (0.81%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.65%) DB2
4 4 (0.65%) Power BI
5 3 (0.48%) MySQL
6 2 (0.32%) DTS
7 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (0.97%) JIRA
2 1 (0.16%) Git
2 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.16%) Selenium
General
1 193 (31.13%) Social Skills
2 48 (7.74%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (5.97%) Finance
4 29 (4.68%) Telecoms
5 23 (3.71%) Law
6 20 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (2.90%) Retail
8 16 (2.58%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.26%) Banking
9 14 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (1.94%) Billing
11 11 (1.77%) Automotive
12 9 (1.45%) Police
13 8 (1.29%) Legal
13 8 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.97%) Marketing
15 5 (0.81%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.81%) Local Government
16 4 (0.65%) Publishing
16 4 (0.65%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 126 (20.32%) Network Engineer
2 113 (18.23%) Support Engineer
3 103 (16.61%) Senior
4 96 (15.48%) IT Support
5 95 (15.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 90 (14.52%) IT Engineer
7 54 (8.71%) IT Support Engineer
8 49 (7.90%) Analyst
9 43 (6.94%) IT Technician
10 40 (6.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 36 (5.81%) 2nd Line Support
12 31 (5.00%) 3rd Line Support
13 30 (4.84%) IT Manager
14 29 (4.68%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 25 (4.03%) Architect
16 24 (3.87%) Lead
16 24 (3.87%) Senior Network Engineer
16 24 (3.87%) Systems Engineer
17 23 (3.71%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
17 23 (3.71%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.52%) 802.1X
2 9 (1.45%) LDAP
3 7 (1.13%) ADSI
4 6 (0.97%) LAMP
5 5 (0.81%) XMPP
6 4 (0.65%) LEMP Stack
7 3 (0.48%) CSS
7 3 (0.48%) REST
7 3 (0.48%) SOAP
7 3 (0.48%) Web Services
8 2 (0.32%) V-Ray
9 1 (0.16%) .NET
9 1 (0.16%) Anaconda
9 1 (0.16%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.16%) JSON
9 1 (0.16%) OAuth
9 1 (0.16%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 79 (12.74%) Data Centre
2 37 (5.97%) Driving Licence
3 27 (4.35%) Public Cloud
4 21 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
4 21 (3.39%) Onboarding
5 20 (3.23%) Replication
6 16 (2.58%) Clustering
6 16 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.94%) Management Information System
8 11 (1.77%) FMCG
9 9 (1.45%) CCTV
10 7 (1.13%) Cyberattack
11 6 (0.97%) iPhone
12 5 (0.81%) Algorithms
12 5 (0.81%) Client/Server
12 5 (0.81%) Data Structures
12 5 (0.81%) Educational Technology
12 5 (0.81%) PMI
12 5 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (0.65%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 316 (50.97%) Windows
2 220 (35.48%) Windows Server
3 104 (16.77%) Linux
4 69 (11.13%) Windows 10
5 58 (9.35%) Windows Server 2019
6 44 (7.10%) Android
7 36 (5.81%) Windows Server 2012
8 34 (5.48%) Windows Server 2016
9 27 (4.35%) Apple iOS
10 21 (3.39%) Ubuntu
11 19 (3.06%) Windows Server 2008
12 14 (2.26%) Mac OS
13 13 (2.10%) Mac OS X
13 13 (2.10%) Unix
14 11 (1.77%) Debian
15 10 (1.61%) SUSE
16 7 (1.13%) Windows 7
17 5 (0.81%) Windows 8
18 4 (0.65%) CentOS
18 4 (0.65%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
2 116 (18.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 92 (14.84%) Customer Service
4 79 (12.74%) ITIL
5 58 (9.35%) Cybersecurity
6 51 (8.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 51 (8.23%) Mentoring
7 50 (8.06%) Disaster Recovery
8 42 (6.77%) Project Delivery
9 36 (5.81%) Migration
10 35 (5.65%) Kalman Filter
10 35 (5.65%) Network Management
10 35 (5.65%) Network Monitoring
10 35 (5.65%) Roadmaps
11 34 (5.48%) Agile
11 34 (5.48%) Service Delivery
12 32 (5.16%) Project Management
13 28 (4.52%) Computer Science
14 26 (4.19%) Asset Management
14 26 (4.19%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 97 (15.65%) PowerShell
2 60 (9.68%) SQL
3 16 (2.58%) Python
4 7 (1.13%) Shell Script
5 5 (0.81%) Bash
6 2 (0.32%) C#
7 1 (0.16%) C
7 1 (0.16%) C++
7 1 (0.16%) Java
Qualifications
1 116 (18.71%) Cisco Certification
2 84 (13.55%) Degree
3 74 (11.94%) CCNA
4 63 (10.16%) CCNP
4 63 (10.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 43 (6.94%) MCSE
6 41 (6.61%) Security Cleared
7 31 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (4.19%) MCSA
9 23 (3.71%) Azure Certification
9 23 (3.71%) SC Cleared
10 18 (2.90%) CCIE
11 16 (2.58%) APMP
12 13 (2.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 11 (1.77%) MCP
14 10 (1.61%) AWS Certification
14 10 (1.61%) DBS Check
15 8 (1.29%) CCDP
16 7 (1.13%) A+ Certification
16 7 (1.13%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.03%) SLA
2 21 (3.39%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (2.90%) GDPR
4 14 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.29%) QA
6 6 (0.97%) NCSC
7 5 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 4 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.48%) NIST
10 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 292 (47.10%) Active Directory
2 170 (27.42%) Hyper-V
3 163 (26.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 32 (5.16%) vSphere
5 26 (4.19%) Virtual Machines
5 26 (4.19%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (1.61%) vCloud
6 10 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (1.45%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (1.29%) Firmware
9 6 (0.97%) NFS
10 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.48%) Docker
11 3 (0.48%) pfSense
11 3 (0.48%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.32%) Terminal Server
12 2 (0.32%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.16%) KVM
13 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 93 (15.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (6.13%) SCCM
3 28 (4.52%) WSUS
4 19 (3.06%) Jamf Pro
5 15 (2.42%) Autotask
6 14 (2.26%) FortiGate
7 13 (2.10%) Nagios
8 11 (1.77%) Ansible
8 11 (1.77%) Failover Clustering
8 11 (1.77%) SmoothWall
9 9 (1.45%) ZABBIX
10 5 (0.81%) OfficeScan
10 5 (0.81%) Puppet
10 5 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.65%) Nessus
11 4 (0.65%) Terraform
11 4 (0.65%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.32%) Backup Exec
12 2 (0.32%) Icinga
12 2 (0.32%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 345 (55.65%) Microsoft
2 223 (35.97%) Cisco
3 209 (33.71%) VMware
4 65 (10.48%) Veeam
5 42 (6.77%) Juniper
6 40 (6.45%) Apple
7 39 (6.29%) Meraki
8 38 (6.13%) Citrix
9 34 (5.48%) Fortinet
10 31 (5.00%) CheckPoint
11 30 (4.84%) HP
12 29 (4.68%) SolarWinds
13 22 (3.55%) Aruba
13 22 (3.55%) Palo Alto
14 21 (3.39%) SonicWALL
15 19 (3.06%) Avaya
15 19 (3.06%) Dell
16 18 (2.90%) Google
17 17 (2.74%) Datto
18 16 (2.58%) Ruckus Wireless