Local Area Network (LAN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 151 153 219
Rank change year-on-year +2 +66 -16
Contract jobs citing LAN 706 1,030 1,183
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.62% 1.73% 1.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.51% 13.99% 12.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 644 780
10th Percentile £203 £230 £185
25th Percentile £313 £325 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £550 £538
90th Percentile £745 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £425 £375
% change year-on-year +9.41% +13.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 41 58
10th Percentile £12.86 £21.22 £13.18
25th Percentile £15.75 £47.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 £65.00 £23.48
Median % change year-on-year -65.38% +176.86% +20.40%
75th Percentile £40.00 £75.00 £47.06
90th Percentile £47.05 £81.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £65.50 £21.75
% change year-on-year -65.65% +201.15% +11.54%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,643 7,361 9,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.94% 12.33% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,382 4,789 6,330
10th Percentile £205 £235 £228
25th Percentile £350 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% +3.70% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £438
% change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 423 478 360
10th Percentile £13.57 £9.80 £14.87
25th Percentile £17.35 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £38.50 £19.00 £27.88
Median % change year-on-year +102.63% -31.84% +1.36%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.00 £50.77
90th Percentile £67.40 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -10.42%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the UK

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in the UK

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in the UK

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in the UK

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LAN over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for LAN in the UK

LAN
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 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
England +22 647 £475 +5.56% 367
UK excluding London +21 458 £465 +9.41% 283
London -5 202 £475 -3.80% 96
South East +3 156 £375 -16.67% 65
Work from Home -55 150 £525 +7.69% 132
South West +34 96 £650 +30.00% 26
North of England +9 83 £425 +13.33% 82
Midlands +18 78 £475 +13.10% 60
West Midlands +30 65 £475 +11.76% 41
North West -10 41 £445 +18.67% 58
Yorkshire +37 40 £400 -5.88% 19
East of England -6 24 £525 +32.08% 41
Scotland +24 22 £675 +56.52% 8
East Midlands +5 11 £555 +58.57% 18
Wales -12 5 £220 -40.54% 9
North East +15 2 £400 +73.91% 5

LAN
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 35 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.13%) IIS
4 5 (0.71%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.28%) Confluence
6 1 (0.14%) Apache
6 1 (0.14%) nginx
Applications
1 59 (8.36%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (3.12%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.14%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.14%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
2 1 (0.14%) RMDS
2 1 (0.14%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 110 (15.58%) Azure
2 81 (11.47%) Microsoft 365
3 75 (10.62%) AWS
4 41 (5.81%) IaaS
5 40 (5.67%) Cloud Computing
6 38 (5.38%) PaaS
7 35 (4.96%) SaaS
8 21 (2.97%) GCP
9 16 (2.27%) Entra ID
10 7 (0.99%) Mimecast
10 7 (0.99%) OneDrive
11 6 (0.85%) OCI
12 5 (0.71%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (0.71%) Amazon S3
12 5 (0.71%) Route 53
13 4 (0.57%) WhatsApp
14 3 (0.42%) Amazon ECS
14 3 (0.42%) AWS Lambda
14 3 (0.42%) iPaaS
14 3 (0.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 569 (80.59%) WAN
2 259 (36.69%) Firewall
3 184 (26.06%) VPN
4 149 (21.10%) Wi-Fi
4 149 (21.10%) Wireless
5 97 (13.74%) OSPF
6 95 (13.46%) DNS
7 94 (13.31%) BGP
8 92 (13.03%) SD-WAN
9 91 (12.89%) DHCP
10 87 (12.32%) WLAN
11 67 (9.49%) MPLS
12 63 (8.92%) Network Security
13 50 (7.08%) Cisco ASA
13 50 (7.08%) VLAN
14 49 (6.94%) Cisco Nexus
14 49 (6.94%) IPsec
15 47 (6.66%) VoIP
16 43 (6.09%) TCP/IP
17 42 (5.95%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.12%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.28%) MySQL
3 2 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (0.57%) Git
1 4 (0.57%) JIRA
2 3 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.14%) Gradle
3 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
General
1 198 (28.05%) Social Skills
2 107 (15.16%) Public Sector
3 69 (9.77%) Finance
4 53 (7.51%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (6.23%) Telecoms
6 25 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
7 17 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (1.98%) Mandarin Language
8 14 (1.98%) Manufacturing
9 11 (1.56%) Legal
10 10 (1.42%) Banking
10 10 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.13%) Aerospace
11 8 (1.13%) Electronics
11 8 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.13%) Marketing
12 7 (0.99%) Back Office
12 7 (0.99%) Retail
13 6 (0.85%) Military
13 6 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 193 (27.34%) Network Engineer
2 186 (26.35%) Architect
3 128 (18.13%) Network Architect
4 57 (8.07%) Senior
5 45 (6.37%) Support Engineer
6 33 (4.67%) IT Engineer
7 32 (4.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 31 (4.39%) Senior Network Engineer
9 30 (4.25%) Lead
10 27 (3.82%) IT Support
10 27 (3.82%) Technical Architect
11 26 (3.68%) Analyst
12 23 (3.26%) Project Manager
13 22 (3.12%) Cisco Engineer
13 22 (3.12%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 22 (3.12%) Network Specialist
14 19 (2.69%) 2nd Line Support
15 18 (2.55%) Hardware Engineer
15 18 (2.55%) IT Support Engineer
16 17 (2.41%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.84%) LDAP
2 12 (1.70%) Middleware
2 12 (1.70%) Web Services
3 9 (1.27%) 802.1X
4 6 (0.85%) XML
5 5 (0.71%) JSON
5 5 (0.71%) NETCONF
6 3 (0.42%) .NET
6 3 (0.42%) J2EE
6 3 (0.42%) Jinja
6 3 (0.42%) RESTful
6 3 (0.42%) XMPP
6 3 (0.42%) YANG
7 2 (0.28%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.28%) Software Packaging
7 2 (0.28%) XSLT
8 1 (0.14%) OAuth
8 1 (0.14%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.14%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.14%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 131 (18.56%) Data Centre
2 42 (5.95%) Video Conferencing
3 35 (4.96%) Driving Licence
4 34 (4.82%) PKI
5 23 (3.26%) Management Information System
6 21 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (2.55%) Clustering
7 18 (2.55%) NHS
8 17 (2.41%) Public Cloud
9 14 (1.98%) Client/Server
10 11 (1.56%) Operational Technology
11 10 (1.42%) CMDB
12 8 (1.13%) CCTV
13 7 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (0.99%) Onboarding
13 7 (0.99%) Virtual Team
14 6 (0.85%) Replication
15 5 (0.71%) Product Ownership
15 5 (0.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 4 (0.57%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 191 (27.05%) Windows
2 82 (11.61%) Windows Server
3 54 (7.65%) Linux
3 54 (7.65%) Windows 10
4 32 (4.53%) Mac OS
5 25 (3.54%) Unix
6 20 (2.83%) Windows 7
7 13 (1.84%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (1.70%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (1.42%) Android
10 7 (0.99%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.57%) Apple iOS
12 4 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.42%) CentOS
13 3 (0.42%) Debian
13 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.28%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.28%) zOS
15 1 (0.14%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (12.46%) ITIL
3 73 (10.34%) Migration
4 72 (10.20%) Customer Service
5 61 (8.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 52 (7.37%) Agile
7 50 (7.08%) Project Management
8 49 (6.94%) Change Management
9 48 (6.80%) Project Delivery
10 47 (6.66%) Network Management
11 43 (6.09%) Business Strategy
12 38 (5.38%) Customer Requirements
13 37 (5.24%) Stakeholder Management
14 36 (5.10%) Zero Trust
15 35 (4.96%) Network Architecture
16 31 (4.39%) High Availability
17 29 (4.11%) Network Design
18 28 (3.97%) Capacity Management
18 28 (3.97%) Open Source
19 27 (3.82%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 41 (5.81%) PowerShell
2 31 (4.39%) Python
3 12 (1.70%) SQL
4 10 (1.42%) Bash
5 3 (0.42%) Java
6 2 (0.28%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.28%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.14%) Perl
Qualifications
1 240 (33.99%) Security Cleared
2 124 (17.56%) Cisco Certification
3 110 (15.58%) Degree
4 87 (12.32%) SC Cleared
5 85 (12.04%) DV Cleared
6 77 (10.91%) CCNP
7 75 (10.62%) CCNA
8 27 (3.82%) CCIE
9 19 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (2.12%) JNCIA
11 10 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (1.27%) CCIE Data Center
13 8 (1.13%) AWS Certification
13 8 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 6 (0.85%) Azure Certification
15 6 (0.85%) JNCIS
16 5 (0.71%) CCSA
16 5 (0.71%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (8.92%) SLA
2 19 (2.69%) QA
3 6 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.57%) NCSC
5 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (0.42%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.14%) COBIT
6 1 (0.14%) HL7
6 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 113 (16.01%) Active Directory
2 83 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (4.53%) Hyper-V
4 26 (3.68%) Firmware
5 19 (2.69%) Virtual Servers
6 18 (2.55%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (2.12%) VMware NSX
8 10 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (1.27%) VMware Workstation
10 6 (0.85%) vSphere
11 4 (0.57%) Docker
11 4 (0.57%) XenApp
12 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
13 2 (0.28%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.28%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.14%) Ceph
14 1 (0.14%) NFS
14 1 (0.14%) Samba
Systems Management
1 65 (9.21%) SCCM
2 28 (3.97%) FortiGate
3 20 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (2.27%) Terraform
5 15 (2.12%) Ansible
6 10 (1.42%) Microsoft Clustering
6 10 (1.42%) NetBackup
6 10 (1.42%) SolarWinds Orion
7 9 (1.27%) SCOM
8 8 (1.13%) Failover Clustering
8 8 (1.13%) Jamf Pro
8 8 (1.13%) Nagios
8 8 (1.13%) VxRail
9 7 (0.99%) Kubernetes
9 7 (0.99%) vCenter Server
10 6 (0.85%) Autotask
11 5 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.71%) OpenView
12 4 (0.57%) Nessus
13 3 (0.42%) Puppet
Vendors
1 312 (44.19%) Cisco
2 154 (21.81%) Microsoft
3 112 (15.86%) Juniper
4 108 (15.30%) VMware
5 96 (13.60%) Palo Alto
6 53 (7.51%) F5
7 50 (7.08%) Fortinet
8 48 (6.80%) CheckPoint
9 39 (5.52%) HP
10 36 (5.10%) Aruba
11 35 (4.96%) Meraki
12 31 (4.39%) SolarWinds
13 28 (3.97%) Citrix
14 23 (3.26%) Infoblox
15 21 (2.97%) ServiceNow
16 15 (2.12%) SAP
17 14 (1.98%) Dell
17 14 (1.98%) Extreme Networks
18 13 (1.84%) Brocade
18 13 (1.84%) Google