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VLAN freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for VLAN – calculated from 71 real project and job postings of the last 90 days. No survey, no guesswork without data.

As of: week 41/2026 · updated weekly
Listings (90 d)
71
Rank 235 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▲ 28 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
7 %
Rated for 71 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
74 %
5 % fully remote · stated in 87 % of postings
The jury's verdict on VLAN

Growing, but still small.

VLAN sits at rank 235 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is rising (▲ 28 % vs. the 90 days before).

Solid demandRank 235 of 531 skills, 71 postings in 90 days.
Growing marketMarket share ▲ 28 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible74 % of postings allow remote work.
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What is VLAN – and why do companies hire VLAN freelancers?

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are System Administrator (57 %), DevOps Engineer (21 %) and Security Specialist (12 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 40 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▲ 28 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 82 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
235 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for VLAN are rising: from an average of 4 to 10 per week (+186 %). Volume is developing better than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

Which skills VLAN is wanted with – and which ones pay off

Routing appears in 52 % of VLAN postings.

Often named together

Routing52 %(opens in new tab)VPN49 %(opens in new tab)TCP/IP46 %(opens in new tab)Share of VLAN postings that also name the skill.

Who wants VLAN – and under which conditions

Seniority

Mid-level51 %
Senior40 %
Junior7 %

Mid-level dominates (51 %). Pure junior roles are rare (7 %).

Stated in 99 % of listings

Industries

it_software57 %
manufacturing24 %
telecommunications6 %
public_sector6 %
energy4 %

it_software dominates (57 %).

Stated in 69 % of listings

Contract type

Permanent56 %
Freelance42 %

Permanent dominates (56 %). 42 % of postings are aimed directly at freelancers.

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote69 %
On site26 %
Fully remote5 %

Partly remote dominates (69 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 5 % of postings.

Stated in 87 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Hamburg8 %
Nordrhein-Westfalen7 %
Mannheim5 %
Bayern5 %
Berlin5 %

Hamburg leads (8 %).

Stated in 83 % of listings

Project language

German93 %
English6 %

German dominates (93 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Market dynamics: how contested is VLAN?

Full time required100 %Share of postings stating a workload that expect full time.Basis: 31 postings with this information (44 % of all postings).

Who posts VLAN projects

FERCHAU GmbH14
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current VLAN projects

Frequently asked questions about VLAN freelancing

How many VLAN projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 71 projects and jobs mentioning VLAN were posted. That is around 6 per week. The market share changed by ▲ 28 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is VLAN still in demand for freelancers?

VLAN ranks 235 of 531 skills.

Are VLAN projects possible remotely?

74 % of VLAN postings allow remote work. 5 % are fully remote.

Which skills should I learn as a VLAN freelancer?

Routing (52 %), VPN (49 %) and TCP/IP (46 %) are most often required together with VLAN. What actually pays off for your profile is shown by the free CV check.

Who posts VLAN projects?

The most active recruiter accounts for 20 % of all VLAN postings of the last 90 days.

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention VLAN. Projects posted several times that are detected as duplicates count once; postings without an assignable IT category are missing, so the figures are a lower bound. The trend compares the share of all IT postings with the 90 days before and only appears with enough comparison data. We do not show figures based on fewer than 30 data points. The rating “must have” or “nice to have” comes from an AI analysis of the posting texts. Distributions only refer to postings that state the respective attribute; we state the coverage alongside. Recruiters are the posters of the listing according to the source, only above a minimum number of postings. An AI assigns the project type and role of each posting from its title, category and skills; the shares are counted postings, not estimates, and only appear with enough classified postings.

Basis: 10,565 IT listings in the window

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