VLAN Jobs in the West Midlands

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 187 232 230
Rank change year-on-year +45 -2 -31
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 75 20 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.89% 0.35% 0.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.18% 1.85% 6.00%
Number of salaries quoted 47 14 56
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,750 £40,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +12.50% -21.95%
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,313 £50,000
90th Percentile £50,280 £62,500 £58,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,045 1,084 1,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.37% 18.74% 13.94%
Number of salaries quoted 777 510 700
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +3.26%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £60,156
90th Percentile £68,300 £73,075 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

VLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing VLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for VLAN in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for VLAN in the West Midlands

VLAN
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing VLAN in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for VLAN in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VLAN within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
Birmingham -2 28 £45,000 +14.65% 2
Shropshire - 16 £38,625 -
Staffordshire -28 10 £34,500 -18.82% 4
Worcestershire -20 9 £30,000 -50.00% 3
Warwickshire +27 7 £40,313 -35.50% 1
Sutton Coldfield - 3 - -
Wednesbury - 1 - - 1
Brierley Hill - 1 £33,500 -
Solihull - 1 £48,800 - 2
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England

VLAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 10 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (12.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.67%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.33%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 14 (18.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (5.33%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 29 (38.67%) Azure
2 26 (34.67%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (17.33%) Entra ID
4 10 (13.33%) AWS
4 10 (13.33%) Google Workspace
5 8 (10.67%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (10.67%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.67%) Amazon S3
6 2 (2.67%) Mimecast
6 2 (2.67%) OpenDNS
7 1 (1.33%) Cloudflare
7 1 (1.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 47 (62.67%) WAN
2 35 (46.67%) Firewall
3 33 (44.00%) LAN
4 24 (32.00%) TCP/IP
5 23 (30.67%) DHCP
5 23 (30.67%) DNS
5 23 (30.67%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (24.00%) VPN
7 17 (22.67%) OSPF
8 16 (21.33%) MPLS
8 16 (21.33%) Network Security
9 15 (20.00%) BGP
9 15 (20.00%) Wireless
10 13 (17.33%) SD-WAN
11 11 (14.67%) SAN
12 9 (12.00%) EIGRP
12 9 (12.00%) HSRP
12 9 (12.00%) VoIP
12 9 (12.00%) VRRP
13 8 (10.67%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.67%) Amazon RDS
General
1 16 (21.33%) Social Skills
2 10 (13.33%) Retail
3 8 (10.67%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (9.33%) Finance
5 6 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.00%) Law
5 6 (8.00%) Telecoms
6 4 (5.33%) Police
7 3 (4.00%) Legal
8 2 (2.67%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.33%) Automotive
9 1 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 31 (41.33%) Senior
2 18 (24.00%) Support Engineer
3 14 (18.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 14 (18.67%) Network Engineer
4 10 (13.33%) IT Technician
4 10 (13.33%) Senior IT Technician
4 10 (13.33%) Senior Technician
5 9 (12.00%) Senior Support Engineer
6 8 (10.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 7 (9.33%) Analyst
7 7 (9.33%) IT Engineer
7 7 (9.33%) IT Support
7 7 (9.33%) Network Analyst
8 6 (8.00%) 3rd Line Support
8 6 (8.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 6 (8.00%) Network Operations Analyst
8 6 (8.00%) Operations Analyst
8 6 (8.00%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (8.00%) Senior Network Analyst
8 6 (8.00%) Senior Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.67%) LAMP
1 2 (2.67%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.67%) FMCG
2 7 (9.33%) Driving Licence
3 4 (5.33%) CCTV
3 4 (5.33%) Clustering
4 2 (2.67%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.67%) PKI
5 1 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.33%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.33%) Replication
5 1 (1.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 20 (26.67%) Windows
2 19 (25.33%) Windows Server
3 8 (10.67%) Windows Server 2019
4 7 (9.33%) Windows Server 2012
4 7 (9.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (8.00%) Windows 10
6 3 (4.00%) Linux
6 3 (4.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.33%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.33%) Mac OS X
7 1 (1.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (18.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 14 (18.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (16.00%) Network Architecture
2 12 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (12.00%) Network Virtualisation
4 7 (9.33%) Business Analysis
4 7 (9.33%) Change Management
4 7 (9.33%) Demand Management
4 7 (9.33%) High Availability
4 7 (9.33%) IT Strategy
4 7 (9.33%) Project Delivery
4 7 (9.33%) Release Management
5 6 (8.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (6.67%) Cost Optimisation
6 5 (6.67%) Decision-Making
6 5 (6.67%) Digital Strategy
6 5 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (6.67%) Impact Analysis
6 5 (6.67%) Server Management
6 5 (6.67%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.67%) PowerShell
2 8 (10.67%) SQL
3 1 (1.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (12.00%) CCNP
1 9 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (9.33%) CCDP
2 7 (9.33%) CCIE
2 7 (9.33%) CCIE Routing and Switching
3 6 (8.00%) Degree
4 4 (5.33%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.33%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.67%) MCSE
5 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.33%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.33%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.33%) CCNA
6 1 (1.33%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.33%) HNC
6 1 (1.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 5 (6.67%) QA
2 2 (2.67%) SLA
3 1 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 32 (42.67%) Active Directory
2 21 (28.00%) Hyper-V
3 12 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (9.33%) Firmware
5 5 (6.67%) NFS
6 3 (4.00%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (4.00%) vSphere
7 2 (2.67%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (2.67%) Docker
7 2 (2.67%) pfSense
7 2 (2.67%) Terminal Services
7 2 (2.67%) VMware NSX
8 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 6 (8.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.33%) Autotask
2 4 (5.33%) Failover Clustering
2 4 (5.33%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (5.33%) SCCM
3 2 (2.67%) Backup Exec
3 2 (2.67%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.33%) Ansible
4 1 (1.33%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 35 (46.67%) Cisco
2 30 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 21 (28.00%) VMware
4 10 (13.33%) Avaya
5 9 (12.00%) Aruba
6 7 (9.33%) Ekahau
6 7 (9.33%) Google
6 7 (9.33%) Juniper
6 7 (9.33%) Sage
6 7 (9.33%) SolarWinds
7 6 (8.00%) Ericsson
7 6 (8.00%) Nokia
7 6 (8.00%) Veeam
7 6 (8.00%) Zscaler
8 5 (6.67%) Apple
8 5 (6.67%) Dell
8 5 (6.67%) Sophos
8 5 (6.67%) WatchGuard
9 4 (5.33%) Citrix
9 4 (5.33%) Draytek