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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 409 521 678
Rank change year-on-year +112 +157 -272
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 629 535 674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.54% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.67% 3.42% 3.15%
Number of salaries quoted 562 461 579
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,313 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.15% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £54,250 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £75,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £38,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year -0.65% -4.38% -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 13,478 15,631 21,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.49% 15.76% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,397 7,898 11,750
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,580 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -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 18 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 18 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 +109 580 £40,000 -5.88% 152
UK excluding London +66 485 £38,000 -0.65% 122
Work from Home +65 190 £50,000 +11.11% 56
South East +18 136 £37,500 -4.46% 30
Midlands +78 131 £38,250 -7.27% 26
London +62 123 £57,500 +9.52% 37
North of England +57 82 £37,500 -11.76% 33
West Midlands +60 70 £39,750 -11.67% 13
East Midlands +35 61 £37,500 +2.74% 13
East of England +19 57 £40,000 +11.11% 9
South West -23 49 £37,500 +7.14% 18
Yorkshire +90 37 £38,500 +16.67% 18
North West -11 29 £45,000 - 12
Scotland -54 19 £38,000 +22.58% 1
North East +8 16 £29,500 -43.81% 3
Wales +16 10 £44,886 - 5
Northern Ireland +22 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
1 138 (21.94%) SharePoint
2 104 (16.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.11%) OpenStack
3 7 (1.11%) SAS
4 5 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (0.64%) Confluence
5 4 (0.64%) IIS
6 3 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.32%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.16%) JOnAS
Applications
1 88 (13.99%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.43%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.64%) Trello
4 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.32%) CATIA
5 2 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.32%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 4 (0.64%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.32%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 337 (53.58%) Microsoft 365
2 303 (48.17%) Azure
3 99 (15.74%) Entra ID
4 88 (13.99%) AWS
5 57 (9.06%) OneDrive
6 24 (3.82%) SaaS
7 20 (3.18%) IaaS
8 19 (3.02%) Google Workspace
9 14 (2.23%) Cloud Computing
9 14 (2.23%) GCP
9 14 (2.23%) PaaS
10 11 (1.75%) Mimecast
11 10 (1.59%) WhatsApp
12 8 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (0.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 6 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (0.79%) AWS Direct Connect
14 5 (0.79%) Datadog
14 5 (0.79%) Nutanix
15 4 (0.64%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 385 (61.21%) Firewall
2 269 (42.77%) VPN
3 262 (41.65%) DNS
4 242 (38.47%) WAN
5 216 (34.34%) DHCP
6 189 (30.05%) LAN
7 165 (26.23%) TCP/IP
8 136 (21.62%) Wi-Fi
9 102 (16.22%) Wireless
10 89 (14.15%) SAN
11 86 (13.67%) BGP
12 84 (13.35%) MPLS
12 84 (13.35%) OSPF
13 64 (10.17%) VoIP
14 61 (9.70%) SD-WAN
15 60 (9.54%) Network Security
16 42 (6.68%) IPsec
17 33 (5.25%) HSRP
17 33 (5.25%) Internet
18 31 (4.93%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.97%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (0.79%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.64%) DB2
5 3 (0.48%) MySQL
5 3 (0.48%) Power BI
6 2 (0.32%) DTS
7 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 5 (0.79%) JIRA
2 1 (0.16%) Git
2 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.16%) Selenium
General
1 196 (31.16%) Social Skills
2 54 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (5.72%) Finance
4 31 (4.93%) Telecoms
5 23 (3.66%) Law
6 19 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (2.86%) Retail
8 17 (2.70%) Manufacturing
9 15 (2.38%) Banking
10 14 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (2.07%) Billing
12 11 (1.75%) Automotive
13 10 (1.59%) Legal
14 9 (1.43%) Police
15 8 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.95%) Marketing
17 5 (0.79%) Aerospace
17 5 (0.79%) Local Government
18 4 (0.64%) Publishing
18 4 (0.64%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 131 (20.83%) Network Engineer
2 112 (17.81%) Senior
2 112 (17.81%) Support Engineer
3 96 (15.26%) IT Support
4 94 (14.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 94 (14.94%) IT Engineer
5 56 (8.90%) IT Support Engineer
6 48 (7.63%) Analyst
7 42 (6.68%) IT Technician
8 40 (6.36%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 37 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
10 32 (5.09%) IT Manager
11 31 (4.93%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 31 (4.93%) 3rd Line Support
12 29 (4.61%) Senior Network Engineer
13 26 (4.13%) Architect
14 23 (3.66%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 23 (3.66%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 23 (3.66%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 23 (3.66%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (4.61%) 802.1X
2 8 (1.27%) LDAP
3 7 (1.11%) ADSI
4 6 (0.95%) LAMP
5 5 (0.79%) XMPP
6 4 (0.64%) 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%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.32%) V-Ray
9 1 (0.16%) .NET
9 1 (0.16%) Anaconda
9 1 (0.16%) JSON
9 1 (0.16%) OAuth
9 1 (0.16%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 80 (12.72%) Data Centre
2 39 (6.20%) Driving Licence
3 28 (4.45%) Public Cloud
4 21 (3.34%) Hybrid Cloud
4 21 (3.34%) Onboarding
4 21 (3.34%) Replication
5 16 (2.54%) Clustering
6 15 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.91%) Management Information System
8 11 (1.75%) FMCG
9 9 (1.43%) CCTV
10 7 (1.11%) Cyberattack
10 7 (1.11%) iPhone
11 5 (0.79%) Algorithms
11 5 (0.79%) Client/Server
11 5 (0.79%) Cloud Native
11 5 (0.79%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.79%) Educational Technology
11 5 (0.79%) PMI
11 5 (0.79%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 323 (51.35%) Windows
2 223 (35.45%) Windows Server
3 102 (16.22%) Linux
4 73 (11.61%) Windows 10
5 57 (9.06%) Windows Server 2019
6 46 (7.31%) Android
7 40 (6.36%) Windows Server 2012
8 33 (5.25%) Windows Server 2016
9 29 (4.61%) Apple iOS
10 21 (3.34%) Ubuntu
10 21 (3.34%) Windows Server 2008
11 14 (2.23%) Mac OS
12 13 (2.07%) Mac OS X
12 13 (2.07%) Unix
13 11 (1.75%) SUSE
14 9 (1.43%) Debian
15 7 (1.11%) Windows 7
16 6 (0.95%) Windows 8
17 4 (0.64%) VMS
18 3 (0.48%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (19.87%) Problem-Solving
2 115 (18.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 93 (14.79%) Customer Service
4 82 (13.04%) ITIL
5 59 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
6 53 (8.43%) Mentoring
7 50 (7.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 50 (7.95%) Disaster Recovery
8 43 (6.84%) Project Delivery
9 37 (5.88%) Kalman Filter
9 37 (5.88%) Network Monitoring
10 36 (5.72%) Agile
10 36 (5.72%) Migration
11 35 (5.56%) Network Management
11 35 (5.56%) Service Delivery
12 34 (5.41%) Project Management
13 33 (5.25%) Roadmaps
14 30 (4.77%) Computer Science
15 26 (4.13%) Asset Management
15 26 (4.13%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 97 (15.42%) PowerShell
2 62 (9.86%) SQL
3 18 (2.86%) Python
4 6 (0.95%) Bash
4 6 (0.95%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.16%) C
5 1 (0.16%) C#
5 1 (0.16%) C++
Qualifications
1 120 (19.08%) Cisco Certification
2 85 (13.51%) Degree
3 75 (11.92%) CCNA
4 64 (10.17%) CCNP
4 64 (10.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 45 (7.15%) MCSE
6 39 (6.20%) Security Cleared
7 33 (5.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (4.13%) MCSA
9 24 (3.82%) Azure Certification
10 22 (3.50%) SC Cleared
11 20 (3.18%) CCIE
12 16 (2.54%) APMP
13 13 (2.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 11 (1.75%) DBS Check
14 11 (1.75%) MCP
15 10 (1.59%) AWS Certification
16 9 (1.43%) A+ Certification
17 8 (1.27%) CCDP
18 7 (1.11%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.82%) SLA
2 21 (3.34%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (2.86%) GDPR
4 14 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.27%) QA
6 6 (0.95%) NCSC
7 5 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 4 (0.64%) 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
1 300 (47.69%) Active Directory
2 173 (27.50%) Hyper-V
3 164 (26.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (5.25%) vSphere
5 27 (4.29%) VMware ESXi
6 24 (3.82%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (1.91%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (1.75%) vCloud
9 8 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
10 7 (1.11%) Firmware
11 6 (0.95%) NFS
12 4 (0.64%) Docker
12 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.64%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.48%) pfSense
14 2 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 2 (0.32%) Terminal Server
14 2 (0.32%) VMware Server
15 1 (0.16%) KVM
15 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 96 (15.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (6.04%) SCCM
3 31 (4.93%) WSUS
4 19 (3.02%) Jamf Pro
5 17 (2.70%) FortiGate
5 17 (2.70%) Nagios
6 14 (2.23%) Autotask
7 13 (2.07%) SmoothWall
8 12 (1.91%) Ansible
9 10 (1.59%) Failover Clustering
10 7 (1.11%) ZABBIX
11 6 (0.95%) Icinga
11 6 (0.95%) Puppet
11 6 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.79%) OfficeScan
13 4 (0.64%) Nessus
13 4 (0.64%) Terraform
14 3 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.48%) vCenter Server
15 2 (0.32%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 346 (55.01%) Microsoft
2 224 (35.61%) Cisco
3 211 (33.55%) VMware
4 64 (10.17%) Veeam
5 46 (7.31%) Juniper
6 40 (6.36%) Apple
6 40 (6.36%) Meraki
7 37 (5.88%) Citrix
8 33 (5.25%) Fortinet
9 31 (4.93%) CheckPoint
9 31 (4.93%) HP
10 28 (4.45%) SolarWinds
11 24 (3.82%) SonicWALL
12 23 (3.66%) Palo Alto
13 21 (3.34%) Aruba
14 20 (3.18%) Google
15 19 (3.02%) Avaya
16 18 (2.86%) Dell
17 17 (2.70%) Ruckus Wireless
18 16 (2.54%) Datto