LAN Contracts in England

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for LAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited LAN over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 151 150 217
Rank change year-on-year -1 +67 -14
Contract jobs citing LAN 583 851 980
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.60% 1.77% 1.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.19% 14.40% 12.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 525 654
10th Percentile £200 £213 £185
25th Percentile £313 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £538
90th Percentile £738 £688 £640
UK median daily rate £450 £461 £427
% change year-on-year -2.33% +7.90% +6.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 33 50
10th Percentile £12.82 £18.80 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.75 £31.25 £17.54
Median hourly rate £22.50 £65.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -65.38% +188.89% -4.76%
75th Percentile £40.00 £75.00 £46.42
90th Percentile £40.60 £80.25 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £65.00 £27.21
% change year-on-year -65.38% +138.93% +21.34%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

LAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,784 5,911 7,836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.15% 12.27% 11.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,876 3,864 5,161
10th Percentile £210 £231 £225
25th Percentile £350 £393 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.68% +3.90% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 424 309
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.86
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% -0.38%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.28 £47.96
90th Percentile £70.13 £75.00 £63.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +7.21%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in England

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in England.

Daily rate trend for LAN in England

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in England

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in England.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in England

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LAN in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for LAN in England

LAN
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -19 187 £475 -5.00% 96
South East 0 146 £375 -16.67% 42
South West +23 86 £650 +30.00% 23
Midlands +13 73 £475 +22.58% 44
North of England -22 66 £325 -18.75% 83
West Midlands +26 61 £457 +12.02% 29
Yorkshire +26 37 £325 -21.21% 21
North West -42 27 £350 -12.50% 57
East of England -15 18 £525 +35.48% 31
East Midlands -1 11 £555 +58.57% 15
North East +9 2 £400 +117.69% 5
LAN
UK

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 26 (4.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (2.57%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.51%) IIS
4 2 (0.34%) Confluence
4 2 (0.34%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.17%) Apache
Applications
1 50 (8.58%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (3.60%) MS Visio
3 14 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.17%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.17%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
2 1 (0.17%) RMDS
2 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 89 (15.27%) Azure
2 66 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
3 63 (10.81%) AWS
4 36 (6.17%) Cloud Computing
4 36 (6.17%) IaaS
4 36 (6.17%) SaaS
5 34 (5.83%) PaaS
6 19 (3.26%) GCP
7 11 (1.89%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.03%) OCI
9 5 (0.86%) Mimecast
9 5 (0.86%) OneDrive
9 5 (0.86%) WhatsApp
10 3 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (0.51%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (0.51%) Amazon ElastiCache
10 3 (0.51%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.51%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.51%) Route 53
10 3 (0.51%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 470 (80.62%) WAN
2 213 (36.54%) Firewall
3 141 (24.19%) VPN
4 136 (23.33%) Wi-Fi
5 117 (20.07%) Wireless
6 83 (14.24%) DNS
7 81 (13.89%) DHCP
8 76 (13.04%) OSPF
9 74 (12.69%) BGP
10 66 (11.32%) SD-WAN
11 64 (10.98%) MPLS
12 62 (10.63%) WLAN
13 43 (7.38%) Cisco Nexus
14 42 (7.20%) Network Security
15 41 (7.03%) IPsec
16 39 (6.69%) VLAN
17 38 (6.52%) Cisco ASA
17 38 (6.52%) SAN
17 38 (6.52%) VoIP
18 35 (6.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.92%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.17%) MySQL
3 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (0.69%) JIRA
2 3 (0.51%) Git
2 3 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.17%) Gradle
3 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
General
1 160 (27.44%) Social Skills
2 81 (13.89%) Public Sector
3 56 (9.61%) Finance
4 46 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (5.49%) Telecoms
6 20 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (1.89%) Banking
8 11 (1.89%) Legal
8 11 (1.89%) Mandarin Language
9 10 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.54%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.37%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.20%) Military
12 7 (1.20%) Retail
13 6 (1.03%) Back Office
13 6 (1.03%) Financial Institution
13 6 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 168 (28.82%) Network Engineer
2 153 (26.24%) Architect
3 118 (20.24%) Network Architect
4 46 (7.89%) Senior
5 43 (7.38%) Support Engineer
6 30 (5.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 28 (4.80%) Senior Network Engineer
8 27 (4.63%) IT Engineer
9 26 (4.46%) IT Support
10 24 (4.12%) Analyst
11 20 (3.43%) Technical Architect
12 19 (3.26%) 2nd Line Support
12 19 (3.26%) Lead
13 17 (2.92%) IT Support Engineer
13 17 (2.92%) Project Manager
14 16 (2.74%) Cisco Engineer
14 16 (2.74%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 16 (2.74%) Desktop Support
15 15 (2.57%) Hardware Engineer
16 13 (2.23%) Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.72%) Web Services
2 9 (1.54%) 802.1X
3 7 (1.20%) LDAP
3 7 (1.20%) Middleware
4 5 (0.86%) XML
5 4 (0.69%) JSON
5 4 (0.69%) NETCONF
6 3 (0.51%) XMPP
7 2 (0.34%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.34%) Jinja
7 2 (0.34%) RESTful
7 2 (0.34%) Software Packaging
7 2 (0.34%) XSLT
7 2 (0.34%) YANG
8 1 (0.17%) EDI
8 1 (0.17%) LAMP
8 1 (0.17%) libvirt
8 1 (0.17%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.17%) SAML
8 1 (0.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 114 (19.55%) Data Centre
2 31 (5.32%) Driving Licence
3 27 (4.63%) PKI
4 24 (4.12%) Video Conferencing
5 18 (3.09%) Clustering
6 16 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (2.57%) Management Information System
8 14 (2.40%) NHS
9 12 (2.06%) CMDB
9 12 (2.06%) Operational Technology
10 11 (1.89%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.72%) Client/Server
12 6 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.86%) iPhone
13 5 (0.86%) Replication
13 5 (0.86%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.69%) CCTV
14 4 (0.69%) Onboarding
14 4 (0.69%) Product Ownership
15 3 (0.51%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 161 (27.62%) Windows
2 65 (11.15%) Windows Server
3 50 (8.58%) Windows 10
4 46 (7.89%) Linux
5 27 (4.63%) Mac OS
6 20 (3.43%) Unix
7 18 (3.09%) Windows 7
8 12 (2.06%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (1.54%) Android
11 7 (1.20%) Ubuntu
11 7 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
12 5 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (0.69%) CentOS
14 3 (0.51%) Apple iOS
14 3 (0.51%) Debian
15 2 (0.34%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.34%) Windows 8
15 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.34%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (12.86%) ITIL
3 60 (10.29%) Customer Service
4 56 (9.61%) Migration
5 48 (8.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 43 (7.38%) Network Management
6 43 (7.38%) Project Management
7 42 (7.20%) Change Management
8 40 (6.86%) Agile
9 39 (6.69%) Business Strategy
9 39 (6.69%) Project Delivery
10 36 (6.17%) Customer Requirements
11 34 (5.83%) Zero Trust
12 28 (4.80%) Kalman Filter
12 28 (4.80%) Network Architecture
12 28 (4.80%) Open Source
13 25 (4.29%) Asset Management
13 25 (4.29%) Cybersecurity
13 25 (4.29%) Stakeholder Management
14 24 (4.12%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 40 (6.86%) PowerShell
2 22 (3.77%) Python
3 12 (2.06%) SQL
4 10 (1.72%) Bash
5 3 (0.51%) Java
6 2 (0.34%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.34%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.17%) Perl
Qualifications
1 208 (35.68%) Security Cleared
2 114 (19.55%) Cisco Certification
3 88 (15.09%) Degree
4 81 (13.89%) DV Cleared
5 70 (12.01%) CCNA
5 70 (12.01%) CCNP
6 61 (10.46%) SC Cleared
7 25 (4.29%) CCIE
8 16 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (2.57%) JNCIA
10 9 (1.54%) CCIE Data Center
10 9 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.37%) AWS Certification
11 8 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.03%) JNCIS
13 5 (0.86%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.86%) CCSA
13 5 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.86%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (9.26%) SLA
2 14 (2.40%) QA
3 6 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.69%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.34%) NCSC
6 1 (0.17%) COBIT
6 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.17%) PMO
System Software
1 89 (15.27%) Active Directory
2 69 (11.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (3.95%) Firmware
4 21 (3.60%) Hyper-V
5 19 (3.26%) Virtual Servers
6 16 (2.74%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (2.57%) VMware NSX
8 10 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (1.37%) VMware Workstation
10 7 (1.20%) vSphere
11 4 (0.69%) Docker
11 4 (0.69%) VMware Server
12 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
12 3 (0.51%) XenApp
13 2 (0.34%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.34%) Microsoft App-V
14 1 (0.17%) Ceph
14 1 (0.17%) Samba
14 1 (0.17%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 53 (9.09%) SCCM
2 20 (3.43%) FortiGate
3 14 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (2.23%) Terraform
5 10 (1.72%) Microsoft Clustering
5 10 (1.72%) NetBackup
5 10 (1.72%) vCenter Server
6 9 (1.54%) Ansible
6 9 (1.54%) SCOM
7 8 (1.37%) Failover Clustering
7 8 (1.37%) Jamf Pro
7 8 (1.37%) Nagios
7 8 (1.37%) VxRail
8 7 (1.20%) Kubernetes
8 7 (1.20%) SolarWinds Orion
9 6 (1.03%) Autotask
10 5 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.86%) OpenView
11 4 (0.69%) Nessus
12 3 (0.51%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 259 (44.43%) Cisco
2 128 (21.96%) Microsoft
3 96 (16.47%) Juniper
4 88 (15.09%) VMware
5 77 (13.21%) Palo Alto
6 46 (7.89%) CheckPoint
7 44 (7.55%) F5
8 38 (6.52%) Fortinet
9 37 (6.35%) Aruba
10 33 (5.66%) HP
11 31 (5.32%) Meraki
12 23 (3.95%) SolarWinds
13 21 (3.60%) Citrix
14 20 (3.43%) Infoblox
14 20 (3.43%) ServiceNow
15 14 (2.40%) Google
16 13 (2.23%) Brocade
17 12 (2.06%) Dell
18 11 (1.89%) 3Com
18 11 (1.89%) Blue Coat