LAN Contracts in the City of London

Local Area Network (LAN)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 124 164
Rank change year-on-year +21 +40 -40
Contract jobs citing LAN 24 48 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.11% 1.38% 0.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.86% 13.87% 8.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 29 20
10th Percentile - £219 £406
25th Percentile £123 £258 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +0.92% +3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £644 £641
90th Percentile £663 £734 £653
Central London median daily rate £500 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -9.09% +0.92% +3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £38.58
25th Percentile - - £39.06
Median hourly rate - - £41.25
75th Percentile - - £43.56
90th Percentile - - £44.13
Central London median hourly rate - - £41.25

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of London

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 the City of London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 221 346 400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 10.25% 9.98% 9.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 234 302
10th Percentile £208 £227 £313
25th Percentile £350 £427 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £625 £673 £629
90th Percentile £749 £750 £725
Central London median daily rate £450 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 11
10th Percentile - £21.70 £21.00
25th Percentile £12.75 £23.92 £23.50
Median hourly rate £13.50 £27.85 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.53% -20.42% +137.29%
75th Percentile £14.25 £31.55 £53.13
90th Percentile - £33.62 £62.50
Central London median hourly rate £13.50 £27.85 £37.25
% change year-on-year -51.53% -25.23% +136.51%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for LAN in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (8.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (4.17%) Chatbot
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) AWS
1 3 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) GCP
2 1 (4.17%) IaaS
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.17%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (75.00%) WAN
2 9 (37.50%) Firewall
3 8 (33.33%) Wireless
4 7 (29.17%) SD-WAN
4 7 (29.17%) WLAN
5 5 (20.83%) BGP
6 4 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
6 4 (16.67%) OSPF
6 4 (16.67%) Unified Communications
6 4 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (12.50%) Spanning Tree
8 2 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (8.33%) DHCP
8 2 (8.33%) DNS
8 2 (8.33%) EIGRP
8 2 (8.33%) IPsec
8 2 (8.33%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (8.33%) VPN
General
1 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
3 2 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Network Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) IT Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Desktop Support
4 3 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Desktop Support Technician
4 3 (12.50%) IT Support
4 3 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) IT Support Technician
4 3 (12.50%) IT Technician
4 3 (12.50%) Junior
4 3 (12.50%) Junior Desktop Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Junior Desktop Support
4 3 (12.50%) Junior Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Junior IT Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Junior Support Technician
4 3 (12.50%) Network Specialist
4 3 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 3 (12.50%) iPhone
3 2 (8.33%) PKI
3 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (8.33%) Virtual Team
4 1 (4.17%) Digital Signage
4 1 (4.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (4.17%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Android
2 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) Change Management
1 5 (20.83%) Computer Science
1 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (20.83%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 3 (12.50%) Agile
3 3 (12.50%) Logistics
4 2 (8.33%) Capacity Management
4 2 (8.33%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (8.33%) Coaching
4 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (8.33%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (8.33%) ITIL
4 2 (8.33%) Network Design
4 2 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (8.33%) Preventative Maintenance
5 1 (4.17%) IT Strategy
5 1 (4.17%) Network Segmentation
5 1 (4.17%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (4.17%) Programme Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Degree
1 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (20.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 3 (12.50%) CCNA
4 3 (12.50%) CCNP
5 1 (4.17%) CCIE
5 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.17%) PMI Certification
5 1 (4.17%) PMP
5 1 (4.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) FortiGate
1 2 (8.33%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) Cisco
2 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
3 6 (25.00%) Juniper
4 5 (20.83%) Palo Alto
4 5 (20.83%) ServiceNow
5 3 (12.50%) CheckPoint
6 2 (8.33%) F5
6 2 (8.33%) SolarWinds
7 1 (4.17%) Aruba
7 1 (4.17%) Commvault
7 1 (4.17%) Fortinet
7 1 (4.17%) Genesys
7 1 (4.17%) Google
7 1 (4.17%) Riverbed
7 1 (4.17%) VMware