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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 424 492 689
Rank change year-on-year +68 +197 -269
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 626 540 678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.57% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.60% 3.51% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 555 466 576
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -1.16% -4.44%
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £75,625
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 13,607 15,377 22,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.96% 16.25% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9,414 7,683 11,818
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,419 £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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +70 577 £40,000 -5.88% 119
UK excluding London +69 491 £37,500 -6.25% 99
Work from Home +42 196 £49,000 +3.70% 49
South East +7 136 £37,500 -6.25% 28
Midlands +77 132 £37,500 -11.76% 20
London +57 114 £57,500 +9.52% 22
North of England +43 84 £37,500 -11.76% 19
West Midlands +39 73 £39,750 -11.67% 13
East of England +15 62 £40,000 +8.84% 7
East Midlands +23 59 £37,500 +2.74% 7
South West -26 47 £37,500 +7.14% 17
Yorkshire +67 39 £37,500 +13.64% 9
North West -14 28 £45,000 - 6
Scotland -59 18 £36,500 +17.74% 2
North East +6 17 £29,500 -46.36% 4
Wales +19 11 £44,886 - 7
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
1 132 (21.09%) SharePoint
2 106 (16.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.28%) OpenStack
4 7 (1.12%) SAS
5 5 (0.80%) Confluence
5 5 (0.80%) IIS
6 4 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2010
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 (13.90%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.44%) 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 (0.64%) 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
1 334 (53.35%) Microsoft 365
2 303 (48.40%) Azure
3 96 (15.34%) Entra ID
4 92 (14.70%) AWS
5 51 (8.15%) OneDrive
6 23 (3.67%) SaaS
7 19 (3.04%) Google Workspace
8 17 (2.72%) IaaS
9 15 (2.40%) GCP
10 14 (2.24%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (1.60%) Mimecast
11 10 (1.60%) PaaS
12 9 (1.44%) WhatsApp
13 8 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (0.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 6 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (0.96%) Nutanix
15 5 (0.80%) AWS Direct Connect
15 5 (0.80%) Power Platform
16 3 (0.48%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 389 (62.14%) Firewall
2 264 (42.17%) VPN
3 250 (39.94%) DNS
4 239 (38.18%) WAN
5 209 (33.39%) DHCP
6 187 (29.87%) LAN
7 169 (27.00%) TCP/IP
8 133 (21.25%) Wi-Fi
9 103 (16.45%) Wireless
10 85 (13.58%) SAN
11 82 (13.10%) MPLS
12 77 (12.30%) BGP
13 75 (11.98%) OSPF
14 65 (10.38%) Network Security
15 62 (9.90%) SD-WAN
15 62 (9.90%) VoIP
16 41 (6.55%) IPsec
17 37 (5.91%) Internet
18 32 (5.11%) HSRP
18 32 (5.11%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.35%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (0.80%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.64%) DB2
4 4 (0.64%) 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 (0.96%) JIRA
2 1 (0.16%) Git
2 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.16%) Selenium
General
1 194 (30.99%) Social Skills
2 49 (7.83%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (5.91%) Finance
4 28 (4.47%) Telecoms
5 23 (3.67%) Law
6 20 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (2.88%) Retail
8 16 (2.56%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.24%) Banking
9 14 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (1.76%) Automotive
10 11 (1.76%) Billing
11 9 (1.44%) Police
12 8 (1.28%) Legal
12 8 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.96%) Marketing
14 5 (0.80%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.80%) Local Government
15 4 (0.64%) Public Sector
15 4 (0.64%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 128 (20.45%) Network Engineer
2 113 (18.05%) Support Engineer
3 103 (16.45%) Senior
4 97 (15.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 97 (15.50%) IT Support
5 90 (14.38%) IT Engineer
6 54 (8.63%) IT Support Engineer
7 49 (7.83%) Analyst
8 43 (6.87%) IT Technician
9 41 (6.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 37 (5.91%) 2nd Line Support
11 31 (4.95%) 3rd Line Support
12 30 (4.79%) IT Manager
13 29 (4.63%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 24 (3.83%) Architect
14 24 (3.83%) Lead
15 23 (3.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
15 23 (3.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 23 (3.67%) Senior Network Engineer
15 23 (3.67%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.47%) 802.1X
2 9 (1.44%) LDAP
3 7 (1.12%) ADSI
4 6 (0.96%) LAMP
5 5 (0.80%) 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%) V-Ray
9 1 (0.16%) .NET
9 1 (0.16%) Anaconda
9 1 (0.16%) EDI
9 1 (0.16%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.16%) JSON
9 1 (0.16%) OAuth
9 1 (0.16%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 78 (12.46%) Data Centre
2 39 (6.23%) Driving Licence
3 26 (4.15%) Public Cloud
4 21 (3.35%) Hybrid Cloud
4 21 (3.35%) Onboarding
5 19 (3.04%) Replication
6 17 (2.72%) Clustering
7 16 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.92%) Management Information System
9 11 (1.76%) FMCG
10 9 (1.44%) CCTV
11 7 (1.12%) Cyberattack
12 6 (0.96%) Algorithms
12 6 (0.96%) iPhone
13 5 (0.80%) Client/Server
13 5 (0.80%) Cloud Native
13 5 (0.80%) Data Structures
13 5 (0.80%) Educational Technology
13 5 (0.80%) PMI
13 5 (0.80%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 320 (51.12%) Windows
2 223 (35.62%) Windows Server
3 103 (16.45%) Linux
4 70 (11.18%) Windows 10
5 59 (9.42%) Windows Server 2019
6 44 (7.03%) Android
7 35 (5.59%) Windows Server 2012
8 33 (5.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 27 (4.31%) Apple iOS
10 20 (3.19%) Ubuntu
11 19 (3.04%) Windows Server 2008
12 14 (2.24%) Mac OS
13 13 (2.08%) Mac OS X
13 13 (2.08%) Unix
14 11 (1.76%) Debian
15 9 (1.44%) SUSE
16 7 (1.12%) Windows 7
17 5 (0.80%) Windows 8
18 4 (0.64%) CentOS
18 4 (0.64%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (19.97%) Problem-Solving
2 118 (18.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 92 (14.70%) Customer Service
4 78 (12.46%) ITIL
5 60 (9.58%) Cybersecurity
6 51 (8.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 50 (7.99%) Disaster Recovery
7 50 (7.99%) Mentoring
8 41 (6.55%) Project Delivery
9 37 (5.91%) Migration
9 37 (5.91%) Roadmaps
10 36 (5.75%) Network Monitoring
11 35 (5.59%) Network Management
12 34 (5.43%) Agile
12 34 (5.43%) Kalman Filter
12 34 (5.43%) Service Delivery
13 33 (5.27%) Project Management
14 31 (4.95%) Computer Science
15 27 (4.31%) Network Design
16 26 (4.15%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 100 (15.97%) PowerShell
2 59 (9.42%) SQL
3 18 (2.88%) Python
4 7 (1.12%) Shell Script
5 6 (0.96%) Bash
6 2 (0.32%) C#
7 1 (0.16%) C
7 1 (0.16%) C++
7 1 (0.16%) Java
Qualifications
1 118 (18.85%) Cisco Certification
2 89 (14.22%) Degree
3 75 (11.98%) CCNA
4 64 (10.22%) CCNP
5 63 (10.06%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (7.03%) Security Cleared
7 42 (6.71%) MCSE
8 34 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (4.15%) SC Cleared
10 25 (3.99%) MCSA
11 23 (3.67%) Azure Certification
12 18 (2.88%) CCIE
13 16 (2.56%) APMP
14 13 (2.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 11 (1.76%) DBS Check
15 11 (1.76%) MCP
16 10 (1.60%) AWS Certification
17 8 (1.28%) CCDP
17 8 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
18 7 (1.12%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.99%) SLA
2 22 (3.51%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (2.88%) GDPR
4 14 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.28%) QA
6 6 (0.96%) NCSC
7 5 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.80%) 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
1 293 (46.81%) Active Directory
2 172 (27.48%) Hyper-V
3 164 (26.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 32 (5.11%) vSphere
5 26 (4.15%) Virtual Machines
5 26 (4.15%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (1.44%) vCloud
7 9 (1.44%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (1.28%) Firmware
9 6 (0.96%) NFS
10 5 (0.80%) 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 NSX
12 2 (0.32%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.16%) KVM
Systems Management
1 93 (14.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (6.23%) SCCM
3 28 (4.47%) WSUS
4 19 (3.04%) Jamf Pro
5 15 (2.40%) Autotask
6 14 (2.24%) FortiGate
7 13 (2.08%) Nagios
8 12 (1.92%) Ansible
9 11 (1.76%) Failover Clustering
9 11 (1.76%) SmoothWall
10 9 (1.44%) ZABBIX
11 5 (0.80%) OfficeScan
11 5 (0.80%) Puppet
11 5 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.80%) Terraform
11 5 (0.80%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.64%) Nessus
13 2 (0.32%) Backup Exec
13 2 (0.32%) Icinga
13 2 (0.32%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 346 (55.27%) Microsoft
2 223 (35.62%) Cisco
3 211 (33.71%) VMware
4 64 (10.22%) Veeam
5 41 (6.55%) Juniper
6 40 (6.39%) Apple
7 38 (6.07%) Meraki
8 36 (5.75%) Citrix
9 33 (5.27%) Fortinet
10 31 (4.95%) CheckPoint
11 29 (4.63%) HP
12 28 (4.47%) SolarWinds
13 22 (3.51%) Aruba
14 21 (3.35%) Palo Alto
14 21 (3.35%) SonicWALL
15 19 (3.04%) Avaya
15 19 (3.04%) Dell
16 18 (2.88%) Google
17 17 (2.72%) Datto
18 16 (2.56%) Ruckus Wireless