VLAN Contracts in the UK excluding London

Virtual LAN (VLAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring VLAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VLAN over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 308 259 361
Rank change year-on-year -49 +102 -32
Contract jobs citing VLAN 93 173 144
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.44% 0.76% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.83% 4.90% 3.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 118 89
10th Percentile £187 £197 £211
25th Percentile £218 £313 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £539 £600 £538
90th Percentile £665 £688 £578
UK median daily rate £400 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% +9.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 7
10th Percentile - £24.00 -
25th Percentile - £26.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate - £27.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year - -38.20% +128.79%
75th Percentile - £28.75 £48.00
90th Percentile - £60.32 £49.56
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £30.75 £44.50
% change year-on-year +78.86% -30.90% +102.27%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

VLAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,288 3,532 4,254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.42% 15.56% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,852 2,200 2,762
10th Percentile £203 £210 £190
25th Percentile £350 £338 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 354 299 243
10th Percentile £13.33 - £14.91
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £19.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -11.63% -2.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.00 £48.62
90th Percentile £73.60 £75.00 £60.93
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +4.00%

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 12 June 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 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -7 36 £263 -49.88% 29
North of England +11 30 £514 +14.22% 24
Yorkshire +21 17 £525 -19.23% 10
South West -10 14 £575 +31.73% 21
North West +2 11 £220 -41.33% 10
Midlands -13 11 £325 -10.34% 23
West Midlands -3 6 £200 -61.54% 16
East Midlands -5 5 £350 +7.69% 7
East of England +3 4 £400 -39.62% 4
North East +9 2 £350 +154.55% 4
Wales +12 1 - - 6
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 16 (17.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.38%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.15%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (11.83%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (18.28%) Azure
2 16 (17.20%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (8.60%) AWS
4 4 (4.30%) GCP
5 3 (3.23%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.08%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.08%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 44 (47.31%) Firewall
2 38 (40.86%) VPN
3 34 (36.56%) TCP/IP
4 26 (27.96%) DHCP
5 23 (24.73%) DNS
6 20 (21.51%) LAN
6 20 (21.51%) WAN
7 17 (18.28%) Wireless
8 16 (17.20%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (16.13%) BGP
10 14 (15.05%) OSPF
11 12 (12.90%) SAN
12 11 (11.83%) VoIP
13 9 (9.68%) iSCSI
14 8 (8.60%) MPLS
15 7 (7.53%) Cisco ASA
15 7 (7.53%) NAS
15 7 (7.53%) Network Security
16 6 (6.45%) Cisco Nexus
16 6 (6.45%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.23%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.08%) Power BI
2 1 (1.08%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.08%) JIRA
General
1 33 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 21 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (8.60%) Finance
4 7 (7.53%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (7.53%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.38%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.30%) Financial Institution
6 4 (4.30%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.15%) Automotive
7 2 (2.15%) French Language
7 2 (2.15%) Portuguese Language
7 2 (2.15%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.08%) Advertising
8 1 (1.08%) Banking
8 1 (1.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (23.66%) Network Engineer
2 17 (18.28%) Support Engineer
3 13 (13.98%) 2nd Line Support
4 11 (11.83%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 11 (11.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 10 (10.75%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 8 (8.60%) IT Support
6 8 (8.60%) Storage Engineer
7 7 (7.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (7.53%) Network Support
8 6 (6.45%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 6 (6.45%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 6 (6.45%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
8 6 (6.45%) Architect
8 6 (6.45%) Data Protection Engineer
9 5 (5.38%) IT Support Specialist
9 5 (5.38%) Network Specialist
9 5 (5.38%) Support Specialist
9 5 (5.38%) Systems Engineer
9 5 (5.38%) Virtualisation Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.30%) 802.1X
2 3 (3.23%) XMPP
3 2 (2.15%) ADSI
4 1 (1.08%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.13%) Replication
2 9 (9.68%) Driving Licence
3 7 (7.53%) Clustering
4 5 (5.38%) Data Centre
4 5 (5.38%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.15%) CMDB
5 2 (2.15%) NHS
5 2 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.08%) LIMS
6 1 (1.08%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 39 (41.94%) Windows
2 27 (29.03%) Linux
3 13 (13.98%) Windows Server
4 10 (10.75%) Windows 10
5 9 (9.68%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (9.68%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (7.53%) Mac OS
7 6 (6.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (5.38%) Unix
9 4 (4.30%) Apple iOS
10 3 (3.23%) VMS
11 2 (2.15%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (23.66%) Change Management
2 19 (20.43%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (13.98%) Service Delivery
4 10 (10.75%) Data Protection
5 9 (9.68%) Customer Service
6 8 (8.60%) Mobile Device Management
7 7 (7.53%) Decision-Making
7 7 (7.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 7 (7.53%) Quality Management
8 6 (6.45%) Proactive Monitoring
8 6 (6.45%) Validation
9 5 (5.38%) Business Case
9 5 (5.38%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (5.38%) Malware Detection/Protection
9 5 (5.38%) Migration
9 5 (5.38%) Network Virtualisation
9 5 (5.38%) Problem Management
9 5 (5.38%) RBAC
9 5 (5.38%) Task Automation
10 4 (4.30%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 16 (17.20%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.23%) Python
3 2 (2.15%) Bash
3 2 (2.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (20.43%) Cisco Certification
1 19 (20.43%) Security Cleared
2 15 (16.13%) Degree
3 13 (13.98%) CCNP
4 10 (10.75%) CCNA
5 9 (9.68%) SC Cleared
6 6 (6.45%) CCIE
6 6 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (5.38%) DV Cleared
7 5 (5.38%) MCSE
8 4 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (4.30%) VCAP
8 4 (4.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (2.15%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.08%) GIAC
10 1 (1.08%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.23%) QA
2 2 (2.15%) SLA
3 1 (1.08%) Data Quality
System Software
1 30 (32.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (26.88%) Active Directory
3 13 (13.98%) vSphere
4 11 (11.83%) Hyper-V
5 7 (7.53%) Firmware
6 5 (5.38%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (2.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (19.35%) Puppet
2 17 (18.28%) Ansible
2 17 (18.28%) SCCM
3 14 (15.05%) NetBackup
4 8 (8.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (7.53%) Autotask
5 7 (7.53%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (7.53%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (6.45%) Nessus
6 6 (6.45%) WSUS
7 3 (3.23%) AppManager
7 3 (3.23%) FortiGate
8 1 (1.08%) Kubernetes
8 1 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (35.48%) VMware
2 30 (32.26%) Microsoft
3 27 (29.03%) Cisco
4 14 (15.05%) Veritas
5 11 (11.83%) Apple
6 7 (7.53%) Datto
7 6 (6.45%) F5
7 6 (6.45%) Qualys
8 5 (5.38%) Aruba
8 5 (5.38%) Avaya
8 5 (5.38%) Juniper
8 5 (5.38%) Palo Alto
9 4 (4.30%) LogicMonitor
9 4 (4.30%) SolarWinds
10 3 (3.23%) Fortinet
10 3 (3.23%) Ivanti
10 3 (3.23%) Oracle
11 2 (2.15%) Genesys
11 2 (2.15%) NetApp
11 2 (2.15%) Veeam