LAN Contracts in Berkshire

Local Area Network (LAN)
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 66 75
Rank change year-on-year +13 +9 -6
Contract jobs citing LAN 68 49 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.45% 2.70% 2.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.96% 14.24% 14.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 23 29
10th Percentile £148 £310 £290
25th Percentile £205 £419 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -58.00% +1.01% +31.13%
75th Percentile £215 £560 £538
90th Percentile £585 £575 £655
South East median daily rate £375 £450 £417
% change year-on-year -16.67% +8.04% -1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 2
10th Percentile £34.47 £27.05 £29.20
25th Percentile £58.44 £49.38 £34.75
Median hourly rate £73.50 £66.00 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% +45.05% +11.66%
75th Percentile £75.68 £80.25 £57.25
90th Percentile £76.47 £80.55 £63.40
South East median hourly rate £73.50 £66.00 £25.23
% change year-on-year +11.36% +161.62% -44.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 487 344 432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 24.72% 18.94% 18.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 186 227
10th Percentile £205 £313 £200
25th Percentile £310 £395 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £486 £467
Median % change year-on-year +0.77% +4.12% +20.13%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £561
90th Percentile £623 £675 £638
South East median daily rate £488 £486 £450
% change year-on-year +0.26% +8.06% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 14 7
10th Percentile £40.70 £19.65 -
25th Percentile £76.99 £25.13 -
Median hourly rate £83.77 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.92% +288.24% -50.72%
75th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £47.00
90th Percentile £87.53 £81.26 £73.60
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £53.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +8.21% +146.51% -34.85%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Berkshire

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in Berkshire

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Berkshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Berkshire

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in Berkshire

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LAN in Berkshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for LAN in Berkshire

LAN
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Reading +2 34 £210 -58.00% 10
Bracknell +8 20 - -
Newbury -2 2 £525 +50.00% 1
LAN
South East

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Applications
1 24 (35.29%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (8.82%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.47%) Azure
2 1 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.47%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 50 (73.53%) WAN
2 21 (30.88%) Firewall
3 9 (13.24%) TCP/IP
4 6 (8.82%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (4.41%) VoIP
6 2 (2.94%) ADSL
6 2 (2.94%) DNS
6 2 (2.94%) DSL
6 2 (2.94%) Ethernet
6 2 (2.94%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (2.94%) MPLS
6 2 (2.94%) SD-WAN
6 2 (2.94%) Unified Communications
6 2 (2.94%) VPN
6 2 (2.94%) Wireless
7 1 (1.47%) 4G
7 1 (1.47%) Junos
7 1 (1.47%) LTE
7 1 (1.47%) Network Security
7 1 (1.47%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.47%) SQL Server
General
1 26 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 18 (26.47%) Organisational Skills
3 11 (16.18%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.88%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.94%) Military
6 1 (1.47%) Finance
6 1 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (33.82%) Architect
2 21 (30.88%) Network Architect
3 18 (26.47%) Hardware Engineer
4 15 (22.06%) Network Engineer
5 12 (17.65%) Senior
6 10 (14.71%) Senior Network Engineer
7 6 (8.82%) Support Specialist
7 6 (8.82%) Technical Specialist
7 6 (8.82%) Technical Support
7 6 (8.82%) Technical Support Specialist
8 5 (7.35%) Break Fix Engineer
9 4 (5.88%) Lead
10 2 (2.94%) Head of Information
10 2 (2.94%) Head of Information Security
10 2 (2.94%) Head of Operations
10 2 (2.94%) Head of Security
10 2 (2.94%) Lead Architect
10 2 (2.94%) Network Support
10 2 (2.94%) Senior Network Support
11 1 (1.47%) Cisco Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (26.47%) Driving Licence
2 2 (2.94%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.47%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (1.47%) IoT
3 1 (1.47%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.47%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 27 (39.71%) Windows
2 24 (35.29%) Windows 10
3 18 (26.47%) Windows 7
4 3 (4.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (36.76%) Customer Service
2 24 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (27.94%) ITIL
3 19 (27.94%) Service Delivery
4 18 (26.47%) Customer Requirements
4 18 (26.47%) Software Deployment
4 18 (26.47%) Software Testing
5 8 (11.76%) Availability Management
6 6 (8.82%) Knowledge Management
7 5 (7.35%) Line Management
7 5 (7.35%) Presales
8 3 (4.41%) Cybersecurity
9 2 (2.94%) Data Loss Prevention
9 2 (2.94%) Identity Access Management
9 2 (2.94%) Kalman Filter
9 2 (2.94%) Performance Tuning
9 2 (2.94%) Security Monitoring
9 2 (2.94%) Security Operations
9 2 (2.94%) SIEM
9 2 (2.94%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 53 (77.94%) Security Cleared
2 34 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 26 (38.24%) Degree
4 2 (2.94%) CCNA
4 2 (2.94%) CCNP
4 2 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.47%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.47%) CCDP
5 1 (1.47%) CCIP
5 1 (1.47%) HNC
5 1 (1.47%) JNCIA
5 1 (1.47%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.82%) SLA
2 2 (2.94%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.47%) QA
System Software
1 18 (26.47%) Firmware
2 9 (13.24%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.94%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 24 (35.29%) SCCM
2 2 (2.94%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 2 (2.94%) Nessus
2 2 (2.94%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 24 (35.29%) HP
3 23 (33.82%) Cisco
4 17 (25.00%) Juniper
5 6 (8.82%) ServiceNow
6 3 (4.41%) VMware
7 2 (2.94%) CheckPoint
7 2 (2.94%) Citrix
7 2 (2.94%) Palo Alto
7 2 (2.94%) Splunk
8 1 (1.47%) ADVA
8 1 (1.47%) Alcatel-Lucent
8 1 (1.47%) Meraki