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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 215 273
Rank change year-on-year +51 +58 -56
Permanent jobs citing LAN 1,786 1,710 2,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.77% 1.74% 1.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.27% 10.97% 11.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,505 1,272 1,873
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.17% +1.66%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,053 £72,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.41% -2.35% -

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 13,460 15,589 21,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.34% 15.83% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,379 7,833 11,758
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £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 23 May 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 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +60 1,646 £45,000 - 387
UK excluding London +23 1,269 £42,500 +2.41% 310
Work from Home +52 614 £50,000 +4.17% 145
London +80 455 £55,000 - 137
North of England +40 382 £41,250 -8.33% 96
Midlands +37 248 £42,000 +10.53% 51
South East -1 237 £45,000 +12.50% 87
North West +18 209 £42,500 -5.56% 64
West Midlands +65 201 £40,313 +0.78% 32
South West +37 190 £42,000 -0.59% 28
Yorkshire +69 153 £42,500 -2.86% 29
East of England +25 147 £45,000 +12.50% 35
Scotland -74 44 £35,000 -6.67% 9
East Midlands -29 38 £45,000 +21.27% 16
North East -19 36 £37,500 -11.76% 3
Wales +23 35 £40,500 -10.00% 9
Northern Ireland +11 7 £37,500 -6.25% 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
1 220 (12.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 193 (10.81%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.01%) SharePoint 2010
3 18 (1.01%) SharePoint 2013
4 17 (0.95%) IIS
5 10 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
6 9 (0.50%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.45%) 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%) Moodle
12 2 (0.11%) nginx
12 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.056%) Confluence
Applications
1 202 (11.31%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.18%) MS Visio
3 17 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.17%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.17%) Revit
5 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.17%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.22%) Epicor Tropos
5 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.11%) Shopify
6 1 (0.056%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.056%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 673 (37.68%) Azure
2 659 (36.90%) Microsoft 365
3 205 (11.48%) Entra ID
4 188 (10.53%) AWS
5 65 (3.64%) OneDrive
6 61 (3.42%) SaaS
7 58 (3.25%) IaaS
8 48 (2.69%) GCP
8 48 (2.69%) PaaS
9 47 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
10 32 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
11 26 (1.46%) Power Platform
12 23 (1.29%) Azure Sentinel
13 19 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
13 19 (1.06%) Microsoft Purview
14 16 (0.90%) Mimecast
15 14 (0.78%) Rubrik
16 13 (0.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 12 (0.67%) AWS Direct Connect
18 11 (0.62%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,499 (83.93%) WAN
2 739 (41.38%) Firewall
3 462 (25.87%) VPN
4 434 (24.30%) Wi-Fi
5 378 (21.16%) Wireless
6 362 (20.27%) DNS
7 346 (19.37%) TCP/IP
8 323 (18.09%) DHCP
9 245 (13.72%) Network Security
10 240 (13.44%) SD-WAN
11 236 (13.21%) WLAN
12 212 (11.87%) MPLS
13 189 (10.58%) VLAN
14 176 (9.85%) Internet
15 164 (9.18%) BGP
16 153 (8.57%) OSPF
17 123 (6.89%) SAN
18 113 (6.33%) VoIP
19 70 (3.92%) IPsec
20 64 (3.58%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (3.86%) SQL Server
2 19 (1.06%) MySQL
3 14 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (0.78%) Power BI
4 10 (0.56%) DB2
5 7 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (0.39%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.28%) InfluxDB
7 5 (0.28%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.22%) QlikView
9 3 (0.17%) Big Data
9 3 (0.17%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.17%) EDRMS
9 3 (0.17%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.17%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.11%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.11%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.11%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 15 (0.84%) JIRA
2 9 (0.50%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.39%) Git
4 4 (0.22%) MSBuild
4 4 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.22%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.056%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 528 (29.56%) Social Skills
2 179 (10.02%) Analytical Skills
3 170 (9.52%) Finance
4 112 (6.27%) Retail
5 108 (6.05%) Telecoms
6 84 (4.70%) Law
7 68 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 52 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
9 50 (2.80%) Manufacturing
10 49 (2.74%) Public Sector
11 43 (2.41%) Legal
12 38 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
13 25 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (1.12%) Banking
15 18 (1.01%) Local Government
16 16 (0.90%) Marketing
17 15 (0.84%) Police
18 13 (0.73%) Advertising
19 11 (0.62%) Aerospace
19 11 (0.62%) Games
Job Titles
1 383 (21.44%) Network Engineer
2 261 (14.61%) Analyst
3 240 (13.44%) Senior
4 231 (12.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 155 (8.68%) Support Engineer
6 154 (8.62%) IT Support
7 115 (6.44%) IT Engineer
8 88 (4.93%) Architect
9 84 (4.70%) Senior Network Engineer
10 82 (4.59%) IT Analyst
11 77 (4.31%) Network Analyst
12 70 (3.92%) 2nd Line Support
13 66 (3.70%) Lead
14 64 (3.58%) Service Analyst
14 64 (3.58%) Support Analyst
15 61 (3.42%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 60 (3.36%) IT Manager
16 60 (3.36%) Service Desk Analyst
17 58 (3.25%) Consultant
18 57 (3.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (1.68%) 802.1X
2 25 (1.40%) LDAP
3 10 (0.56%) HTML
3 10 (0.56%) SAML
4 8 (0.45%) .NET
4 8 (0.45%) WebSphere MQ
4 8 (0.45%) XML
5 5 (0.28%) EDI
5 5 (0.28%) XMPP
6 4 (0.22%) Akka
6 4 (0.22%) Web Services
7 3 (0.17%) Middleware
8 2 (0.11%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.11%) Azure Blueprints
8 2 (0.11%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.11%) Node.js
8 2 (0.11%) React
8 2 (0.11%) RESTful
8 2 (0.11%) ServiceStack
8 2 (0.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 281 (15.73%) Data Centre
2 116 (6.49%) Management Information System
3 86 (4.82%) Driving Licence
4 55 (3.08%) Public Cloud
5 52 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
6 48 (2.69%) Onboarding
6 48 (2.69%) PKI
7 36 (2.02%) CCTV
8 29 (1.62%) Client/Server
8 29 (1.62%) Cyberattack
8 29 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
9 26 (1.46%) Private Cloud
10 24 (1.34%) IoT
11 22 (1.23%) NHS
12 17 (0.95%) Replication
12 17 (0.95%) Video Conferencing
13 16 (0.90%) Clustering
13 16 (0.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 15 (0.84%) Fat Client
14 15 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 776 (43.45%) Windows
2 379 (21.22%) Windows Server
3 191 (10.69%) Linux
4 172 (9.63%) Windows 10
5 82 (4.59%) Android
6 77 (4.31%) Windows Server 2019
7 73 (4.09%) Windows Server 2016
8 60 (3.36%) Mac OS
9 57 (3.19%) Apple iOS
10 55 (3.08%) Ubuntu
11 51 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
12 49 (2.74%) VMS
13 38 (2.13%) Windows 7
14 28 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 23 (1.29%) CentOS
16 20 (1.12%) Unix
17 18 (1.01%) VyOS
18 15 (0.84%) Mac OS X
19 14 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
20 8 (0.45%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (18.53%) ITIL
2 323 (18.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 312 (17.47%) Problem-Solving
4 265 (14.84%) Customer Service
5 188 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
6 138 (7.73%) Agile
7 137 (7.67%) Roadmaps
8 125 (7.00%) Disaster Recovery
9 107 (5.99%) Project Management
9 107 (5.99%) Service Delivery
10 106 (5.94%) Mentoring
11 105 (5.88%) Project Delivery
12 102 (5.71%) Migration
13 92 (5.15%) Information Security
14 89 (4.98%) Change Management
15 88 (4.93%) Presales
16 77 (4.31%) Service Management
16 77 (4.31%) Stakeholder Management
17 74 (4.14%) Continuous Improvement
18 72 (4.03%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 174 (9.74%) PowerShell
2 112 (6.27%) SQL
3 85 (4.76%) Python
4 44 (2.46%) Bash
5 19 (1.06%) Perl
6 9 (0.50%) Java
7 6 (0.34%) C#
8 5 (0.28%) PHP
9 3 (0.17%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.17%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.11%) Bicep
10 2 (0.11%) Korn
10 2 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.056%) VBA
Qualifications
1 324 (18.14%) Cisco Certification
2 249 (13.94%) Degree
3 212 (11.87%) CCNA
4 169 (9.46%) Security Cleared
5 162 (9.07%) CCNP
6 84 (4.70%) SC Cleared
7 76 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 74 (4.14%) DV Cleared
9 70 (3.92%) CCIE
10 51 (2.86%) CISSP
11 50 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
12 44 (2.46%) DBS Check
13 43 (2.41%) CCDP
14 40 (2.24%) MCSE
15 39 (2.18%) JNCIA
16 34 (1.90%) Azure Certification
17 28 (1.57%) A+ Certification
18 24 (1.34%) AWS Certification
19 23 (1.29%) PMI Certification
20 21 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (5.99%) SLA
2 59 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 49 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
4 27 (1.51%) NIST
5 24 (1.34%) PCI DSS
6 17 (0.95%) GDPR
7 15 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 14 (0.78%) QA
9 10 (0.56%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.34%) NCSC
11 5 (0.28%) IASME
11 5 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.17%) COBIT
12 3 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
13 2 (0.11%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.11%) ITGC
13 2 (0.11%) PMO
14 1 (0.056%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.056%) SOC 2
System Software
1 697 (39.03%) Active Directory
2 325 (18.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 220 (12.32%) Hyper-V
4 77 (4.31%) vSphere
5 59 (3.30%) VMware ESXi
6 31 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
7 29 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
8 20 (1.12%) Firmware
8 20 (1.12%) XenApp
9 17 (0.95%) XenDesktop
10 11 (0.62%) Docker
11 8 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
12 6 (0.34%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.28%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 5 (0.28%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.22%) VMware Server
14 4 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
15 3 (0.17%) BitLocker
15 3 (0.17%) KVM
15 3 (0.17%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 191 (10.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 84 (4.70%) SCCM
3 72 (4.03%) Ansible
4 64 (3.58%) Terraform
5 49 (2.74%) WSUS
6 33 (1.85%) FortiGate
7 22 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
8 20 (1.12%) vCenter Server
9 15 (0.84%) Nmap
9 15 (0.84%) Puppet
10 14 (0.78%) Autotask
11 12 (0.67%) SmoothWall
12 11 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 10 (0.56%) Failover Clustering
13 10 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
14 9 (0.50%) SCVMM
15 8 (0.45%) McAfee ePO
16 7 (0.39%) Backup Exec
16 7 (0.39%) Nagios
16 7 (0.39%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 774 (43.34%) Microsoft
2 594 (33.26%) Cisco
3 474 (26.54%) VMware
4 177 (9.91%) Juniper
5 160 (8.96%) Fortinet
6 159 (8.90%) Meraki
7 122 (6.83%) Aruba
8 116 (6.49%) HP
9 108 (6.05%) Palo Alto
10 101 (5.66%) Citrix
11 88 (4.93%) Veeam
12 76 (4.26%) SolarWinds
13 70 (3.92%) CheckPoint
14 62 (3.47%) Dell
15 59 (3.30%) Ruckus Wireless
16 55 (3.08%) Google
17 43 (2.41%) Apple
18 39 (2.18%) Nokia
19 31 (1.74%) F5
20 30 (1.68%) Sophos