LAN Contracts in Reading

Local Area Network (LAN)
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 59 67
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 -16
Contract jobs citing LAN 34 27 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.87% 2.61% 2.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.93% 14.75% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 12 17
10th Percentile - £426 £319
25th Percentile £205 £466 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -58.00% -4.76% +37.78%
75th Percentile £215 £531 £625
90th Percentile £650 £568 £663
Berkshire median daily rate £210 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -58.00% +1.01% +31.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate £76.99 £66.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.65% +153.85% -58.06%
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £73.50 £66.00 £45.50
% change year-on-year +11.36% +45.05% +11.66%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 244 183 227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 20.59% 17.70% 16.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 96 116
10th Percentile £205 £351 £156
25th Percentile £335 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +25.25%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £601
90th Percentile - £719 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £490 £488 £464
% change year-on-year +0.51% +4.99% +19.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 1
10th Percentile £77.22 - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate £87.46 £66.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.52% +153.85% -45.26%
75th Percentile £87.53 £73.69 £26.50
90th Percentile - £78.30 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.77 £66.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year +26.92% +288.24% -50.72%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Reading over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 18 (52.94%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 16 (47.06%) WAN
2 15 (44.12%) Firewall
3 2 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (5.88%) SD-WAN
3 2 (5.88%) TCP/IP
3 2 (5.88%) VoIP
3 2 (5.88%) Wireless
4 1 (2.94%) ADSL
4 1 (2.94%) DSL
4 1 (2.94%) GSM
4 1 (2.94%) LTE
4 1 (2.94%) MPLS
4 1 (2.94%) SDH
4 1 (2.94%) Unified Communications
General
1 19 (55.88%) Social Skills
2 18 (52.94%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (52.94%) Hardware Engineer
2 8 (23.53%) Network Engineer
3 7 (20.59%) Senior
4 5 (14.71%) Break Fix Engineer
4 5 (14.71%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Architect
6 2 (5.88%) Head of Information
6 2 (5.88%) Head of Information Security
6 2 (5.88%) Head of Operations
6 2 (5.88%) Head of Security
6 2 (5.88%) Lead
6 2 (5.88%) Network Support
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Network Support
7 1 (2.94%) Cisco Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Design Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Juniper Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Network Architect
7 1 (2.94%) Real Time Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (52.94%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.94%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.94%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 20 (58.82%) Windows
2 18 (52.94%) Windows 10
2 18 (52.94%) Windows 7
3 2 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (64.71%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (55.88%) ITIL
3 18 (52.94%) Customer Requirements
3 18 (52.94%) Customer Service
3 18 (52.94%) Service Delivery
3 18 (52.94%) Software Deployment
3 18 (52.94%) Software Testing
4 6 (17.65%) Availability Management
5 3 (8.82%) Line Management
6 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (5.88%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (5.88%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (5.88%) Incident Response
6 2 (5.88%) Information Security
6 2 (5.88%) Kalman Filter
6 2 (5.88%) Performance Tuning
6 2 (5.88%) Security Monitoring
6 2 (5.88%) Security Operations
6 2 (5.88%) SIEM
6 2 (5.88%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 26 (76.47%) Security Cleared
2 24 (70.59%) DV Cleared
3 19 (55.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (52.94%) Firmware
2 2 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (5.88%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 18 (52.94%) SCCM
2 2 (5.88%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 2 (5.88%) Nessus
2 2 (5.88%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 20 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 18 (52.94%) HP
3 14 (41.18%) Cisco
4 10 (29.41%) Juniper
5 2 (5.88%) CheckPoint
5 2 (5.88%) Citrix
5 2 (5.88%) Palo Alto
5 2 (5.88%) Splunk
5 2 (5.88%) VMware