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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 404 520 676
Rank change year-on-year +116 +156 -255
Permanent jobs citing VLAN 629 538 680
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.54% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.67% 3.43% 3.14%
Number of salaries quoted 562 464 583
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,150 £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 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £38,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -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 13,475 15,695 21,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.49% 15.78% 13.32%
Number of salaries quoted 9,380 7,937 11,850
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 £77,500 £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 20 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 20 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 +111 580 £40,000 -5.63% 161
UK excluding London +81 485 £38,000 - 126
Work from Home +77 191 £49,500 +10.00% 57
South East +23 136 £37,500 -4.46% 32
Midlands +76 129 £38,250 -7.27% 27
London +62 123 £57,500 +9.52% 41
North of England +41 82 £37,500 -11.76% 30
West Midlands +61 70 £39,750 -11.67% 14
East Midlands +24 59 £37,500 +2.74% 13
East of England +22 58 £40,000 +11.11% 9
South West -19 50 £37,500 +7.14% 21
Yorkshire +89 37 £38,500 +16.67% 17
North West -17 29 £45,000 - 11
Scotland -56 19 £38,000 +22.58% 1
North East +13 16 £29,500 -43.81% 2
Wales +18 10 £44,886 - 6
Northern Ireland +32 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 8 (1.27%) OpenStack
4 7 (1.11%) SAS
5 5 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.64%) Confluence
6 4 (0.64%) 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 (13.83%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.27%) 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
2 302 (48.01%) Azure
3 98 (15.58%) Entra ID
4 88 (13.99%) AWS
5 56 (8.90%) OneDrive
6 23 (3.66%) SaaS
7 19 (3.02%) Google Workspace
7 19 (3.02%) IaaS
8 14 (2.23%) GCP
9 13 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
9 13 (2.07%) PaaS
10 11 (1.75%) Mimecast
11 9 (1.43%) WhatsApp
12 8 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (0.79%) AWS Direct Connect
14 5 (0.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 5 (0.79%) Datadog
14 5 (0.79%) Nutanix
15 4 (0.64%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 384 (61.05%) Firewall
2 271 (43.08%) VPN
3 261 (41.49%) DNS
4 241 (38.31%) WAN
5 215 (34.18%) DHCP
6 188 (29.89%) LAN
7 165 (26.23%) TCP/IP
8 135 (21.46%) Wi-Fi
9 102 (16.22%) Wireless
10 89 (14.15%) SAN
11 85 (13.51%) BGP
12 84 (13.35%) OSPF
13 83 (13.20%) MPLS
14 62 (9.86%) VoIP
15 61 (9.70%) SD-WAN
16 59 (9.38%) Network Security
17 42 (6.68%) IPsec
18 34 (5.41%) Internet
19 33 (5.25%) HSRP
20 31 (4.93%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.97%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.70%) 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
1 195 (31.00%) Social Skills
2 54 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (5.88%) Finance
4 30 (4.77%) Telecoms
5 23 (3.66%) Law
6 19 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (2.86%) Retail
8 16 (2.54%) Manufacturing
9 15 (2.38%) Banking
10 14 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (2.07%) Billing
12 11 (1.75%) Automotive
13 9 (1.43%) Legal
13 9 (1.43%) Police
14 7 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.95%) Marketing
16 5 (0.79%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.79%) Local Government
17 4 (0.64%) Publishing
17 4 (0.64%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 131 (20.83%) Network Engineer
2 111 (17.65%) Senior
2 111 (17.65%) Support Engineer
3 96 (15.26%) IT Support
4 94 (14.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 93 (14.79%) IT Engineer
6 55 (8.74%) IT Support Engineer
7 48 (7.63%) Analyst
8 42 (6.68%) IT Technician
9 40 (6.36%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 37 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
11 32 (5.09%) IT Manager
12 31 (4.93%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 31 (4.93%) 3rd Line Support
13 28 (4.45%) Senior Network Engineer
14 26 (4.13%) Architect
15 24 (3.82%) Systems Engineer
16 23 (3.66%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 23 (3.66%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 23 (3.66%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.45%) 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 79 (12.56%) Data Centre
2 38 (6.04%) 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
11 6 (0.95%) iPhone
12 5 (0.79%) Algorithms
12 5 (0.79%) Client/Server
12 5 (0.79%) Cloud Native
12 5 (0.79%) Data Structures
12 5 (0.79%) Educational Technology
12 5 (0.79%) PMI
13 4 (0.64%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 322 (51.19%) Windows
2 222 (35.29%) Windows Server
3 103 (16.38%) Linux
4 73 (11.61%) Windows 10
5 57 (9.06%) Windows Server 2019
6 45 (7.15%) Android
7 39 (6.20%) Windows Server 2012
8 33 (5.25%) Windows Server 2016
9 29 (4.61%) Apple iOS
10 22 (3.50%) Ubuntu
11 21 (3.34%) Windows Server 2008
12 14 (2.23%) Mac OS
13 13 (2.07%) Mac OS X
13 13 (2.07%) Unix
14 11 (1.75%) SUSE
15 10 (1.59%) Debian
16 7 (1.11%) Windows 7
17 6 (0.95%) Windows 8
18 4 (0.64%) VMS
19 3 (0.48%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (19.87%) Problem-Solving
2 114 (18.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 93 (14.79%) Customer Service
4 83 (13.20%) ITIL
5 58 (9.22%) Cybersecurity
6 53 (8.43%) Mentoring
7 51 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 50 (7.95%) Disaster Recovery
9 43 (6.84%) Project Delivery
10 38 (6.04%) Network Monitoring
11 37 (5.88%) Kalman Filter
12 36 (5.72%) Agile
12 36 (5.72%) Migration
13 35 (5.56%) Service Delivery
14 34 (5.41%) Network Management
14 34 (5.41%) Project Management
14 34 (5.41%) Roadmaps
15 30 (4.77%) Computer Science
16 26 (4.13%) Asset Management
16 26 (4.13%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 97 (15.42%) PowerShell
2 62 (9.86%) SQL
3 18 (2.86%) Python
4 7 (1.11%) Shell Script
5 6 (0.95%) Bash
6 1 (0.16%) C
6 1 (0.16%) C#
6 1 (0.16%) C++
Qualifications
1 119 (18.92%) Cisco Certification
2 85 (13.51%) Degree
3 74 (11.76%) CCNA
4 64 (10.17%) CCNP
5 63 (10.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (7.00%) MCSE
7 39 (6.20%) Security Cleared
8 33 (5.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (3.97%) MCSA
10 24 (3.82%) Azure Certification
11 22 (3.50%) SC Cleared
12 20 (3.18%) CCIE
13 16 (2.54%) APMP
14 13 (2.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 11 (1.75%) MCP
16 10 (1.59%) AWS Certification
16 10 (1.59%) DBS Check
17 9 (1.43%) A+ Certification
18 8 (1.27%) CCDP
19 7 (1.11%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.82%) SLA
2 22 (3.50%) 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
1 299 (47.54%) Active Directory
2 172 (27.34%) Hyper-V
3 165 (26.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (5.25%) vSphere
5 27 (4.29%) VMware ESXi
6 25 (3.97%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (1.75%) vCloud
7 11 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (1.11%) Firmware
10 6 (0.95%) NFS
11 4 (0.64%) Docker
11 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.64%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.48%) pfSense
13 2 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.32%) Terminal Server
13 2 (0.32%) VMware Server
14 1 (0.16%) KVM
14 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 95 (15.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (6.04%) SCCM
3 30 (4.77%) WSUS
4 19 (3.02%) Jamf Pro
5 17 (2.70%) FortiGate
5 17 (2.70%) Nagios
6 14 (2.23%) Autotask
7 12 (1.91%) Ansible
7 12 (1.91%) SmoothWall
8 10 (1.59%) Failover Clustering
9 8 (1.27%) ZABBIX
10 6 (0.95%) Icinga
10 6 (0.95%) Puppet
10 6 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.79%) OfficeScan
12 4 (0.64%) Terraform
13 3 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.48%) Nessus
13 3 (0.48%) vCenter Server
14 2 (0.32%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 347 (55.17%) Microsoft
2 223 (35.45%) Cisco
3 212 (33.70%) VMware
4 64 (10.17%) Veeam
5 46 (7.31%) Juniper
6 40 (6.36%) Apple
7 39 (6.20%) Meraki
8 37 (5.88%) Citrix
9 33 (5.25%) Fortinet
10 31 (4.93%) HP
11 30 (4.77%) CheckPoint
12 27 (4.29%) SolarWinds
13 24 (3.82%) SonicWALL
14 22 (3.50%) Palo Alto
15 21 (3.34%) Aruba
16 19 (3.02%) Avaya
16 19 (3.02%) Google
17 18 (2.86%) Dell
18 17 (2.70%) Ruckus Wireless
19 16 (2.54%) Datto