LAN Jobs in England

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring LAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited LAN 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 160 196 299
Rank change year-on-year +36 +103 -78
Permanent jobs citing LAN 1,697 1,536 2,027
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.78% 1.87% 1.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.67% 11.33% 10.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,389 1,171 1,561
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.17%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £71,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +3.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

LAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,412 13,560 19,180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.99% 16.52% 13.28%
Number of salaries quoted 8,559 6,919 10,418
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,900 £28,189
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +5.00%

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
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for LAN in England

LAN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for LAN in England

LAN
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the England 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +58 469 £55,000 - 59
North of England +30 405 £42,500 -5.56% 70
Midlands +17 249 £42,000 +9.09% 46
South East -20 245 £45,000 +12.50% 65
North West +32 231 £42,500 -7.61% 42
West Midlands +52 198 £40,313 +0.78% 31
South West +12 190 £40,000 -2.44% 32
East of England +24 158 £45,000 +9.09% 35
Yorkshire +62 155 £42,500 -5.56% 21
East Midlands -49 42 £45,000 +21.27% 15
North East -21 40 £37,750 -11.18% 7
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
1 214 (12.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 190 (11.20%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.24%) SharePoint 2010
3 21 (1.24%) SharePoint 2013
4 17 (1.00%) IIS
5 10 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2010
6 9 (0.53%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.47%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2013
9 5 (0.29%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.24%) Apache
10 4 (0.24%) Confluence
10 4 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
11 3 (0.18%) SAS
12 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.12%) Moodle
12 2 (0.12%) nginx
12 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.059%) WordPress
Applications
1 197 (11.61%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (1.53%) MS Visio
3 20 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.18%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.18%) Revit
6 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.12%) Epicor Tropos
4 2 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.12%) Shopify
5 1 (0.059%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.059%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.059%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.059%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.059%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 643 (37.89%) Azure
2 642 (37.83%) Microsoft 365
3 201 (11.84%) Entra ID
4 180 (10.61%) AWS
5 65 (3.83%) IaaS
6 60 (3.54%) GCP
6 60 (3.54%) OneDrive
6 60 (3.54%) SaaS
7 55 (3.24%) PaaS
8 36 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
9 26 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
10 24 (1.41%) Power Platform
11 23 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
12 20 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
13 16 (0.94%) Mimecast
14 15 (0.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 14 (0.82%) Microsoft Purview
16 12 (0.71%) AWS Direct Connect
16 12 (0.71%) Rubrik
17 11 (0.65%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,429 (84.21%) WAN
2 686 (40.42%) Firewall
3 436 (25.69%) VPN
4 421 (24.81%) Wi-Fi
5 375 (22.10%) Wireless
6 346 (20.39%) DNS
7 317 (18.68%) TCP/IP
8 309 (18.21%) DHCP
9 222 (13.08%) SD-WAN
10 218 (12.85%) WLAN
11 212 (12.49%) Network Security
12 200 (11.79%) MPLS
13 170 (10.02%) VLAN
14 159 (9.37%) Internet
15 153 (9.02%) BGP
16 139 (8.19%) OSPF
17 111 (6.54%) SAN
18 109 (6.42%) VoIP
19 67 (3.95%) Ethernet
20 60 (3.54%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (4.30%) SQL Server
2 21 (1.24%) MySQL
3 17 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (0.59%) DB2
5 10 (0.59%) Power BI
5 10 (0.59%) QlikView
6 7 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (0.41%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.29%) InfluxDB
7 5 (0.29%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.18%) Big Data
9 3 (0.18%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.12%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.12%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.12%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 19 (1.12%) JIRA
2 11 (0.65%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.41%) Git
4 4 (0.24%) MSBuild
4 4 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.24%) TeamCity
General
1 500 (29.46%) Social Skills
2 171 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
3 169 (9.96%) Finance
4 106 (6.25%) Retail
5 94 (5.54%) Telecoms
6 90 (5.30%) Law
7 47 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 46 (2.71%) Manufacturing
8 46 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
9 43 (2.53%) Legal
10 40 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
11 24 (1.41%) Public Sector
12 23 (1.36%) Banking
13 15 (0.88%) Marketing
14 14 (0.82%) Games
15 13 (0.77%) Advertising
16 11 (0.65%) Aerospace
16 11 (0.65%) Police
17 10 (0.59%) Local Government
18 9 (0.53%) French Language
Job Titles
1 356 (20.98%) Network Engineer
2 251 (14.79%) Analyst
3 226 (13.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 200 (11.79%) Senior
5 160 (9.43%) Support Engineer
6 134 (7.90%) IT Support
7 110 (6.48%) IT Engineer
8 78 (4.60%) IT Analyst
9 77 (4.54%) Lead
10 72 (4.24%) 2nd Line Support
10 72 (4.24%) Architect
11 71 (4.18%) Senior Network Engineer
11 71 (4.18%) Service Analyst
12 66 (3.89%) Network Analyst
13 64 (3.77%) Service Desk Analyst
14 61 (3.59%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 58 (3.42%) Support Analyst
16 56 (3.30%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 55 (3.24%) IT Manager
17 55 (3.24%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.65%) 802.1X
2 27 (1.59%) LDAP
3 12 (0.71%) HTML
4 10 (0.59%) SAML
5 9 (0.53%) XMPP
6 8 (0.47%) .NET
6 8 (0.47%) WebSphere MQ
6 8 (0.47%) XML
7 7 (0.41%) EDI
8 4 (0.24%) Akka
8 4 (0.24%) Web Services
8 4 (0.24%) YAML
9 3 (0.18%) Middleware
10 2 (0.12%) ARM Templates
10 2 (0.12%) Azure Blueprints
10 2 (0.12%) LAMP
10 2 (0.12%) Node.js
10 2 (0.12%) React
10 2 (0.12%) RESTful
10 2 (0.12%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 217 (12.79%) Data Centre
2 93 (5.48%) Management Information System
3 80 (4.71%) Driving Licence
4 55 (3.24%) Public Cloud
5 49 (2.89%) PKI
6 46 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
7 35 (2.06%) CCTV
8 32 (1.89%) Onboarding
9 29 (1.71%) Client/Server
10 26 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
11 24 (1.41%) Private Cloud
12 22 (1.30%) IoT
12 22 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
13 20 (1.18%) NHS
14 18 (1.06%) Clustering
14 18 (1.06%) Replication
15 15 (0.88%) Fat Client
15 15 (0.88%) Thin Client
16 13 (0.77%) Cyberattack
17 12 (0.71%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 762 (44.90%) Windows
2 378 (22.27%) Windows Server
3 186 (10.96%) Linux
4 173 (10.19%) Windows 10
5 82 (4.83%) Windows Server 2019
6 75 (4.42%) Windows Server 2016
7 70 (4.12%) Android
8 56 (3.30%) Mac OS
9 54 (3.18%) Ubuntu
10 53 (3.12%) Apple iOS
10 53 (3.12%) Windows Server 2012
11 51 (3.01%) VMS
12 35 (2.06%) Windows 7
13 30 (1.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 26 (1.53%) CentOS
15 21 (1.24%) Unix
16 17 (1.00%) VyOS
17 15 (0.88%) Mac OS X
17 15 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
18 10 (0.59%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (18.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 309 (18.21%) ITIL
3 303 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
4 239 (14.08%) Customer Service
5 175 (10.31%) Cybersecurity
6 124 (7.31%) Agile
7 114 (6.72%) Project Delivery
8 112 (6.60%) Roadmaps
9 109 (6.42%) Disaster Recovery
10 108 (6.36%) Mentoring
10 108 (6.36%) Project Management
11 105 (6.19%) Service Delivery
12 89 (5.24%) Presales
13 76 (4.48%) Migration
14 74 (4.36%) Service Management
15 72 (4.24%) Information Security
16 71 (4.18%) Time Management
17 67 (3.95%) Change Management
18 65 (3.83%) Continuous Improvement
18 65 (3.83%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 166 (9.78%) PowerShell
2 108 (6.36%) SQL
3 76 (4.48%) Python
4 46 (2.71%) Bash
5 18 (1.06%) Perl
6 13 (0.77%) Java
7 7 (0.41%) C#
7 7 (0.41%) PHP
8 3 (0.18%) Bicep
8 3 (0.18%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.18%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.12%) Korn
9 2 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.059%) VBA
Qualifications
1 263 (15.50%) Cisco Certification
2 231 (13.61%) Degree
3 180 (10.61%) CCNA
4 145 (8.54%) CCNP
5 135 (7.96%) Security Cleared
6 69 (4.07%) DV Cleared
7 68 (4.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 60 (3.54%) CCIE
9 57 (3.36%) SC Cleared
10 45 (2.65%) DBS Check
11 40 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
12 38 (2.24%) CCDP
12 38 (2.24%) MCSE
13 36 (2.12%) JNCIA
14 30 (1.77%) CISSP
15 23 (1.36%) Network+ Certification
15 23 (1.36%) PMI Certification
16 22 (1.30%) A+ Certification
17 21 (1.24%) HND
18 20 (1.18%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (6.89%) SLA
2 46 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 22 (1.30%) NIST
5 19 (1.12%) GDPR
6 15 (0.88%) PCI DSS
7 11 (0.65%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (0.53%) QA
9 8 (0.47%) NCSC
10 5 (0.29%) COBIT
11 2 (0.12%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.12%) ITGC
11 2 (0.12%) PMO
11 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.059%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 687 (40.48%) Active Directory
2 315 (18.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 215 (12.67%) Hyper-V
4 78 (4.60%) vSphere
5 58 (3.42%) VMware ESXi
6 29 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
7 27 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
8 26 (1.53%) XenApp
9 23 (1.36%) XenDesktop
10 17 (1.00%) Firmware
11 11 (0.65%) Docker
12 10 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
13 7 (0.41%) VMware NSX
14 6 (0.35%) VMware Workstation
15 5 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.24%) VMware Server
17 3 (0.18%) QEMU
17 3 (0.18%) Terminal Services
17 3 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 192 (11.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 88 (5.19%) SCCM
3 67 (3.95%) Ansible
4 60 (3.54%) Terraform
5 50 (2.95%) WSUS
6 34 (2.00%) FortiGate
7 24 (1.41%) Jamf Pro
8 21 (1.24%) vCenter Server
9 14 (0.82%) Autotask
10 13 (0.77%) Puppet
11 12 (0.71%) Failover Clustering
11 12 (0.71%) SmoothWall
12 10 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 10 (0.59%) Nmap
12 10 (0.59%) SCVMM
12 10 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
13 9 (0.53%) McAfee ePO
14 8 (0.47%) Nessus
14 8 (0.47%) VxRail
15 7 (0.41%) Nagios
Vendors
1 764 (45.02%) Microsoft
2 547 (32.23%) Cisco
3 468 (27.58%) VMware
4 158 (9.31%) Juniper
5 146 (8.60%) Fortinet
6 145 (8.54%) Meraki
7 121 (7.13%) HP
8 119 (7.01%) Aruba
9 105 (6.19%) Citrix
10 91 (5.36%) Palo Alto
11 90 (5.30%) Veeam
12 74 (4.36%) SolarWinds
13 70 (4.12%) Dell
14 62 (3.65%) CheckPoint
15 60 (3.54%) Ruckus Wireless
16 59 (3.48%) Google
17 40 (2.36%) Apple
18 38 (2.24%) Nokia
19 27 (1.59%) F5
19 27 (1.59%) Red Hat