LAN Contracts in London

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 209 198 326
Rank change year-on-year -11 +128 -46
Contract jobs citing LAN 188 348 316
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.06% 1.32% 0.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.21% 13.31% 8.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 189 200
10th Percentile £196 £210 £202
25th Percentile £325 £348 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £452
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +10.62% +8.26%
75th Percentile £606 £638 £575
90th Percentile £745 £778 £675
England median daily rate £464 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +3.11% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 6
10th Percentile - - £39.79
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £41.37
Median hourly rate £20.40 £20.00 £44.37
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -54.92% -11.26%
75th Percentile £23.80 £65.00 £48.06
90th Percentile - - £58.04
England median hourly rate £22.50 £65.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -65.38% +188.89% +0.36%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,677 2,615 3,673
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.48% 9.95% 9.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,124 1,835 2,540
10th Percentile £213 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 54 83
10th Percentile £14.48 £20.07 £21.00
25th Percentile £17.32 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £23.50 £43.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.35% +22.86% -26.32%
75th Percentile £41.25 £69.88 £47.94
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in London

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in London

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in London

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in London

LAN
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Central London +14 24 £276 -44.08% 21
West London +11 3 £525 +153.01% 2
South London +6 2 £450 +69.81% 3
East London -4 2 £125 -50.50% 3
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (5.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.66%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.60%) IIS
4 1 (0.53%) Apache
Applications
1 11 (5.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (5.85%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (5.32%) MS Visio
3 6 (3.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.53%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 46 (24.47%) Azure
2 42 (22.34%) AWS
3 23 (12.23%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (6.91%) GCP
5 9 (4.79%) Entra ID
6 8 (4.26%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (3.72%) IaaS
8 6 (3.19%) SaaS
9 5 (2.66%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (2.66%) Amazon S3
9 5 (2.66%) Mimecast
9 5 (2.66%) OCI
9 5 (2.66%) Route 53
9 5 (2.66%) WhatsApp
10 3 (1.60%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (1.60%) Amazon ElastiCache
10 3 (1.60%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.60%) PaaS
10 3 (1.60%) Serverless
11 2 (1.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 151 (80.32%) WAN
2 106 (56.38%) Firewall
3 66 (35.11%) VPN
3 66 (35.11%) Wireless
4 56 (29.79%) OSPF
5 55 (29.26%) BGP
6 41 (21.81%) DNS
7 38 (20.21%) DHCP
8 34 (18.09%) WLAN
9 33 (17.55%) Wi-Fi
10 29 (15.43%) MPLS
11 28 (14.89%) IPsec
12 27 (14.36%) SD-WAN
13 23 (12.23%) Cisco ASA
14 22 (11.70%) Cisco Nexus
15 20 (10.64%) VLAN
16 19 (10.11%) EIGRP
16 19 (10.11%) Network Security
17 18 (9.57%) TCP/IP
18 14 (7.45%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.19%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.53%) MySQL
2 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Git
2 1 (0.53%) Gradle
2 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 54 (28.72%) Social Skills
2 33 (17.55%) Finance
3 22 (11.70%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (10.11%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.85%) Mandarin Language
6 9 (4.79%) Banking
7 7 (3.72%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.19%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.60%) Front Office
10 3 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.60%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.06%) Aviation
11 2 (1.06%) Cantonese Language
11 2 (1.06%) Legal
11 2 (1.06%) Military
11 2 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 59 (31.38%) Network Engineer
2 20 (10.64%) Senior
3 19 (10.11%) Architect
4 17 (9.04%) Support Engineer
5 16 (8.51%) Network Specialist
6 13 (6.91%) IT Support
7 11 (5.85%) IT Engineer
7 11 (5.85%) Senior Network Engineer
8 10 (5.32%) Network Architect
9 9 (4.79%) Cisco Engineer
9 9 (4.79%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 8 (4.26%) Desktop Support
10 8 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (3.72%) 2nd Line Support
11 7 (3.72%) Project Manager
12 6 (3.19%) IT Support Engineer
12 6 (3.19%) IT Support Technician
12 6 (3.19%) Support Technician
12 6 (3.19%) Technical Architect
12 6 (3.19%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.72%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.66%) LDAP
3 4 (2.13%) NETCONF
4 2 (1.06%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.06%) Jinja
4 2 (1.06%) JSON
4 2 (1.06%) RESTful
4 2 (1.06%) Software Packaging
4 2 (1.06%) XML
4 2 (1.06%) YANG
5 1 (0.53%) EDI
5 1 (0.53%) LAMP
5 1 (0.53%) LAPP Stack
5 1 (0.53%) libvirt
5 1 (0.53%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 25 (13.30%) Data Centre
2 23 (12.23%) PKI
3 20 (10.64%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (3.72%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.13%) CMDB
6 4 (2.13%) iPhone
6 4 (2.13%) NHS
6 4 (2.13%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.60%) CCTV
7 3 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.60%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.60%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.06%) Clustering
8 2 (1.06%) Digital Signage
8 2 (1.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.06%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.06%) Fat Client
8 2 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.06%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 44 (23.40%) Windows
2 24 (12.77%) Windows Server
3 16 (8.51%) Mac OS
4 12 (6.38%) Linux
5 11 (5.85%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.66%) Android
6 5 (2.66%) Unix
7 3 (1.60%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.60%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.06%) CentOS
8 2 (1.06%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.06%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.53%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (15.96%) Change Management
2 29 (15.43%) ITIL
2 29 (15.43%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (13.30%) Migration
4 19 (10.11%) Infrastructure as Code
5 18 (9.57%) Agile
5 18 (9.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (9.04%) Customer Service
7 16 (8.51%) Kalman Filter
7 16 (8.51%) Root Cause Analysis
7 16 (8.51%) Threat Management
8 15 (7.98%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (6.91%) Capacity Management
9 13 (6.91%) Project Management
10 12 (6.38%) Asset Management
10 12 (6.38%) Disaster Recovery
10 12 (6.38%) Server Management
11 11 (5.85%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (5.85%) Network Architecture
11 11 (5.85%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.04%) Python
2 14 (7.45%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.13%) Bash
3 4 (2.13%) SQL
4 2 (1.06%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.06%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.53%) Java
5 1 (0.53%) Perl
Qualifications
1 43 (22.87%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (17.55%) CCNP
3 29 (15.43%) Security Cleared
4 23 (12.23%) Degree
5 22 (11.70%) CCNA
6 18 (9.57%) SC Cleared
7 12 (6.38%) CCIE
8 9 (4.79%) DV Cleared
9 8 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (2.66%) AWS Certification
11 5 (2.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (2.66%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.60%) MCSE
14 2 (1.06%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 2 (1.06%) PMI Certification
14 2 (1.06%) PMP
14 2 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 1 (0.53%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (12.23%) SLA
2 3 (1.60%) NCSC
2 3 (1.60%) QA
3 2 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 30 (15.96%) Active Directory
2 15 (7.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (4.79%) Virtual Servers
4 7 (3.72%) Hyper-V
5 6 (3.19%) Firmware
6 5 (2.66%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.60%) Docker
9 2 (1.06%) BitLocker
9 2 (1.06%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (1.06%) VMware NSX
9 2 (1.06%) vSphere
10 1 (0.53%) Ceph
10 1 (0.53%) iptables
10 1 (0.53%) KVM
10 1 (0.53%) Lustre
10 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.53%) NFS
10 1 (0.53%) Samba
10 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (7.98%) FortiGate
2 13 (6.91%) Terraform
3 9 (4.79%) Ansible
4 8 (4.26%) SCCM
5 5 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (2.66%) SolarWinds Orion
6 4 (2.13%) Kubernetes
7 3 (1.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.60%) SCOM
7 3 (1.60%) TrustSec
7 3 (1.60%) VxRail
8 2 (1.06%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.06%) Nessus
8 2 (1.06%) NetBackup
8 2 (1.06%) Nmap
8 2 (1.06%) OpenNMS
8 2 (1.06%) Puppet
8 2 (1.06%) SCVMM
8 2 (1.06%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 104 (55.32%) Cisco
2 50 (26.60%) Palo Alto
3 48 (25.53%) Microsoft
4 34 (18.09%) F5
5 28 (14.89%) Juniper
6 27 (14.36%) Fortinet
7 24 (12.77%) CheckPoint
8 19 (10.11%) VMware
9 16 (8.51%) Infoblox
10 13 (6.91%) ServiceNow
11 12 (6.38%) SolarWinds
12 11 (5.85%) Aruba
12 11 (5.85%) Meraki
13 9 (4.79%) Extreme Networks
14 8 (4.26%) Dell
14 8 (4.26%) Google
15 7 (3.72%) TOWER Software
16 6 (3.19%) Blue Coat
16 6 (3.19%) HP
17 5 (2.66%) Citrix