Local Area Network (LAN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for LAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited LAN over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 165 204 287
Rank change year-on-year +39 +83 -74
Permanent jobs citing LAN 1,812 1,730 2,459
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.72% 1.83% 1.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.32% 11.21% 10.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,504 1,273 1,889
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,102
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.23% +1.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,250 £72,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £42,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year +0.59% -0.59% -

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,603 15,428 22,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.92% 16.28% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,727 11,819
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,419 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for LAN in the UK

LAN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for LAN in the UK

LAN
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +49 1,670 £45,000 - 308
UK excluding London +7 1,287 £42,500 +0.59% 265
Work from Home +22 622 £50,000 +5.26% 139
London +71 463 £55,000 - 67
North of England +36 393 £42,500 -5.56% 84
Midlands +39 253 £42,000 +9.09% 52
South East -24 238 £45,000 +11.11% 50
North West +18 220 £42,500 -7.61% 54
West Midlands +55 203 £40,313 -1.68% 36
South West +18 186 £42,500 +0.59% 32
Yorkshire +59 154 £42,500 -5.56% 24
East of England +22 152 £45,000 +12.50% 30
Scotland -84 45 £35,000 -15.66% 12
East Midlands -35 41 £45,000 +21.27% 16
North East -20 37 £37,750 -11.18% 6
Wales +16 36 £40,500 -4.71% 10
Northern Ireland +7 7 £37,500 -9.09% 4
Channel Islands - 1 - -
Isle of Man - 1 - - 1

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
1 221 (12.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 192 (10.60%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.05%) SharePoint 2010
3 19 (1.05%) SharePoint 2013
4 17 (0.94%) IIS
5 10 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2010
6 9 (0.50%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.44%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
9 5 (0.28%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.22%) Apache
10 4 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2007
11 3 (0.17%) SAS
12 2 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.11%) Confluence
12 2 (0.11%) Moodle
12 2 (0.11%) nginx
12 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 203 (11.20%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.21%) MS Visio
3 20 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.17%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.17%) Revit
6 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.17%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.17%) Epicor Tropos
5 2 (0.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.11%) Shopify
6 1 (0.055%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.055%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.055%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 680 (37.53%) Azure
2 663 (36.59%) Microsoft 365
3 201 (11.09%) Entra ID
4 193 (10.65%) AWS
5 63 (3.48%) OneDrive
6 62 (3.42%) SaaS
7 58 (3.20%) IaaS
8 53 (2.92%) GCP
9 49 (2.70%) PaaS
10 47 (2.59%) Cloud Computing
11 33 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (1.38%) Azure Sentinel
12 25 (1.38%) Power Platform
13 20 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
14 19 (1.05%) Microsoft Purview
15 15 (0.83%) Mimecast
16 14 (0.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 13 (0.72%) Rubrik
18 12 (0.66%) AWS Direct Connect
19 11 (0.61%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,522 (84.00%) WAN
2 752 (41.50%) Firewall
3 470 (25.94%) VPN
4 437 (24.12%) Wi-Fi
5 385 (21.25%) Wireless
6 361 (19.92%) DNS
7 352 (19.43%) TCP/IP
8 323 (17.83%) DHCP
9 249 (13.74%) Network Security
10 243 (13.41%) SD-WAN
11 237 (13.08%) WLAN
12 211 (11.64%) MPLS
13 187 (10.32%) VLAN
14 176 (9.71%) Internet
15 162 (8.94%) BGP
16 153 (8.44%) OSPF
17 125 (6.90%) SAN
18 118 (6.51%) VoIP
19 72 (3.97%) IPsec
20 66 (3.64%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (3.86%) SQL Server
2 20 (1.10%) MySQL
3 15 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
5 13 (0.72%) Power BI
6 10 (0.55%) DB2
7 7 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (0.39%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.33%) QlikView
9 5 (0.28%) InfluxDB
9 5 (0.28%) MariaDB
9 5 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.17%) Big Data
10 3 (0.17%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.17%) EDRMS
10 3 (0.17%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.17%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.11%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.11%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 16 (0.88%) JIRA
2 10 (0.55%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.39%) Git
4 4 (0.22%) MSBuild
4 4 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.22%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.055%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 534 (29.47%) Social Skills
2 179 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
3 173 (9.55%) Finance
4 112 (6.18%) Retail
5 110 (6.07%) Telecoms
6 85 (4.69%) Law
7 67 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 50 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
9 49 (2.70%) Manufacturing
9 49 (2.70%) Public Sector
10 45 (2.48%) Legal
11 39 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
12 25 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (1.27%) Banking
14 18 (0.99%) Local Government
15 16 (0.88%) Marketing
15 16 (0.88%) Police
16 13 (0.72%) Advertising
16 13 (0.72%) Games
17 11 (0.61%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 389 (21.47%) Network Engineer
2 260 (14.35%) Analyst
3 236 (13.02%) Senior
4 233 (12.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 159 (8.77%) Support Engineer
6 152 (8.39%) IT Support
7 116 (6.40%) IT Engineer
8 91 (5.02%) Architect
9 84 (4.64%) Senior Network Engineer
10 81 (4.47%) IT Analyst
11 74 (4.08%) Network Analyst
12 72 (3.97%) 2nd Line Support
13 68 (3.75%) Lead
14 65 (3.59%) Service Analyst
15 64 (3.53%) Support Analyst
16 63 (3.48%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 62 (3.42%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 59 (3.26%) Service Desk Analyst
19 58 (3.20%) Consultant
19 58 (3.20%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (1.60%) 802.1X
2 26 (1.43%) LDAP
3 11 (0.61%) HTML
4 10 (0.55%) SAML
5 8 (0.44%) .NET
5 8 (0.44%) WebSphere MQ
5 8 (0.44%) XML
6 6 (0.33%) EDI
7 5 (0.28%) XMPP
8 4 (0.22%) Akka
8 4 (0.22%) Web Services
9 3 (0.17%) Middleware
10 2 (0.11%) ARM Templates
10 2 (0.11%) Azure Blueprints
10 2 (0.11%) Lightning Web Components
10 2 (0.11%) Node.js
10 2 (0.11%) React
10 2 (0.11%) RESTful
10 2 (0.11%) ServiceStack
10 2 (0.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 278 (15.34%) Data Centre
2 121 (6.68%) Management Information System
3 84 (4.64%) Driving Licence
4 55 (3.04%) Public Cloud
5 51 (2.81%) PKI
5 51 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
6 48 (2.65%) Onboarding
7 36 (1.99%) CCTV
8 29 (1.60%) Client/Server
8 29 (1.60%) Cyberattack
8 29 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
9 26 (1.43%) Private Cloud
10 23 (1.27%) IoT
11 21 (1.16%) NHS
12 18 (0.99%) Video Conferencing
13 16 (0.88%) Clustering
13 16 (0.88%) Replication
14 15 (0.83%) Fat Client
14 15 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
14 15 (0.83%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 788 (43.49%) Windows
2 390 (21.52%) Windows Server
3 195 (10.76%) Linux
4 173 (9.55%) Windows 10
5 84 (4.64%) Android
6 78 (4.30%) Windows Server 2019
7 73 (4.03%) Windows Server 2016
8 61 (3.37%) Mac OS
9 59 (3.26%) Apple iOS
10 56 (3.09%) Ubuntu
11 52 (2.87%) VMS
12 49 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
13 36 (1.99%) Windows 7
14 29 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 24 (1.32%) CentOS
16 22 (1.21%) Unix
17 18 (0.99%) VyOS
18 15 (0.83%) Mac OS X
19 14 (0.77%) Windows Server 2008
20 10 (0.55%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (18.05%) ITIL
2 321 (17.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 317 (17.49%) Problem-Solving
4 266 (14.68%) Customer Service
5 196 (10.82%) Cybersecurity
6 138 (7.62%) Agile
6 138 (7.62%) Roadmaps
7 125 (6.90%) Disaster Recovery
8 109 (6.02%) Project Delivery
9 108 (5.96%) Project Management
9 108 (5.96%) Service Delivery
10 105 (5.79%) Mentoring
11 102 (5.63%) Migration
12 94 (5.19%) Information Security
13 88 (4.86%) Presales
14 86 (4.75%) Change Management
15 78 (4.30%) Stakeholder Management
16 77 (4.25%) Continuous Improvement
17 75 (4.14%) Service Management
18 72 (3.97%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 172 (9.49%) PowerShell
2 110 (6.07%) SQL
3 84 (4.64%) Python
4 45 (2.48%) Bash
5 19 (1.05%) Perl
6 10 (0.55%) Java
7 6 (0.33%) C#
7 6 (0.33%) PHP
8 3 (0.17%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.17%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.11%) Bicep
9 2 (0.11%) Korn
9 2 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.055%) VBA
Qualifications
1 323 (17.83%) Cisco Certification
2 257 (14.18%) Degree
3 212 (11.70%) CCNA
4 172 (9.49%) Security Cleared
5 161 (8.89%) CCNP
6 86 (4.75%) SC Cleared
7 77 (4.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 72 (3.97%) DV Cleared
9 68 (3.75%) CCIE
10 53 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
11 51 (2.81%) CISSP
12 45 (2.48%) DBS Check
13 41 (2.26%) CCDP
13 41 (2.26%) MCSE
14 38 (2.10%) JNCIA
15 34 (1.88%) Azure Certification
16 27 (1.49%) A+ Certification
17 24 (1.32%) AWS Certification
18 23 (1.27%) PMI Certification
19 22 (1.21%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (6.24%) SLA
2 59 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 51 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 29 (1.60%) NIST
5 24 (1.32%) PCI DSS
6 20 (1.10%) GDPR
7 17 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 15 (0.83%) QA
9 10 (0.55%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.33%) IASME
10 6 (0.33%) NCSC
11 5 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.22%) COBIT
13 3 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
14 2 (0.11%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.11%) ITGC
14 2 (0.11%) PMO
15 1 (0.055%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 1 (0.055%) SOC 2
System Software
1 705 (38.91%) Active Directory
2 330 (18.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 224 (12.36%) Hyper-V
4 77 (4.25%) vSphere
5 58 (3.20%) VMware ESXi
6 33 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
7 29 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
8 23 (1.27%) XenApp
9 20 (1.10%) XenDesktop
10 19 (1.05%) Firmware
11 11 (0.61%) Docker
12 8 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.33%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.28%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 5 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
15 4 (0.22%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.22%) VMware Server
16 3 (0.17%) BitLocker
16 3 (0.17%) KVM
16 3 (0.17%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 193 (10.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 87 (4.80%) SCCM
3 73 (4.03%) Ansible
4 65 (3.59%) Terraform
5 48 (2.65%) WSUS
6 31 (1.71%) FortiGate
7 23 (1.27%) Jamf Pro
8 20 (1.10%) vCenter Server
9 15 (0.83%) Autotask
9 15 (0.83%) Nmap
9 15 (0.83%) Puppet
10 12 (0.66%) SmoothWall
11 11 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 11 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
12 10 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
13 9 (0.50%) SCVMM
14 8 (0.44%) McAfee ePO
15 7 (0.39%) Nagios
15 7 (0.39%) Progress Chef
15 7 (0.39%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 779 (42.99%) Microsoft
2 598 (33.00%) Cisco
3 487 (26.88%) VMware
4 175 (9.66%) Juniper
5 162 (8.94%) Meraki
6 161 (8.89%) Fortinet
7 123 (6.79%) Aruba
8 120 (6.62%) HP
9 110 (6.07%) Palo Alto
10 104 (5.74%) Citrix
11 90 (4.97%) Veeam
12 77 (4.25%) SolarWinds
13 71 (3.92%) CheckPoint
14 64 (3.53%) Dell
15 60 (3.31%) Ruckus Wireless
16 57 (3.15%) Google
17 42 (2.32%) Apple
18 39 (2.15%) Nokia
19 31 (1.71%) Sophos
20 30 (1.66%) F5