LAN Contracts in Kent

Local Area Network (LAN)
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 25 30
Rank change year-on-year +3 +5 -
Contract jobs citing LAN 7 9 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 3.50% 4.13% 3.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.00% 36.00% 14.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 9
10th Percentile - £240 £242
25th Percentile £203 £300 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £325 £290
Median % change year-on-year -36.92% +12.07% -
75th Percentile £394 £338 £438
90th Percentile £420 £386 £438
South East median daily rate £375 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% -5.66%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Kent

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 Kent with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 28 25 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 14.00% 11.47% 23.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 19 61
10th Percentile £203 £310 £154
25th Percentile £294 £345 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £425 £313
Median % change year-on-year -0.59% +36.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £496 £749 £438
90th Percentile £538 £788 £588
South East median daily rate £490 £488 £450
% change year-on-year +0.41% +8.44% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £16.71
25th Percentile £50.75 - £17.61
Median hourly rate £51.50 £79.19 £19.11
Median % change year-on-year -34.97% +314.50% -
75th Percentile £52.25 - £20.60
90th Percentile - - £21.50
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £53.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +7.20% +148.84% -49.41%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Kent

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in Kent

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Kent over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Kent

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in Kent

LAN
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Kent region over the 6 months to 5 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Malling -1 1 £363 -12.12%
LAN
South East

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (42.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) WAN
2 5 (71.43%) VPN
3 4 (57.14%) Firewall
3 4 (57.14%) Wireless
4 3 (42.86%) DHCP
4 3 (42.86%) DNS
4 3 (42.86%) VLAN
4 3 (42.86%) WebEx
4 3 (42.86%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (14.29%) BGP
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (14.29%) IPsec
5 1 (14.29%) MPLS
5 1 (14.29%) Network Security
5 1 (14.29%) OSPF
5 1 (14.29%) Unified Communications
5 1 (14.29%) WLAN
General
1 2 (28.57%) Electronics
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
1 2 (28.57%) Marketing
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Network Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 3 (42.86%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (42.86%) Deskside Support
2 3 (42.86%) Desktop Support
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Cisco Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
1 2 (28.57%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (28.57%) High Availability
1 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
2 1 (14.29%) Mathematics
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) AppManager
1 3 (42.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco
2 4 (57.14%) VMware
3 3 (42.86%) Ivanti
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) SAP
4 2 (28.57%) SolarWinds
5 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
5 1 (14.29%) Forcepoint
5 1 (14.29%) Meraki
5 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto