LAN Contracts in the Thames Valley

Local Area Network (LAN)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 79 79
Rank change year-on-year +11 0 +1
Contract jobs citing LAN 74 78 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.73% 2.65% 2.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.92% 16.32% 15.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 47 49
10th Percentile £148 £319 £180
25th Percentile £205 £425 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £481 £445
Median % change year-on-year -56.30% +7.99% +1.71%
75th Percentile £394 £523 £580
90th Percentile £579 £570 £670
South East median daily rate £375 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 8
10th Percentile £34.47 £27.05 £11.68
25th Percentile £58.44 £49.38 £12.25
Median hourly rate £73.50 £66.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% +407.69% +0.15%
75th Percentile £75.68 £80.25 £25.92
90th Percentile £76.47 £80.55 £38.80
South East median hourly rate £73.50 £66.00 £25.23
% change year-on-year +11.36% +161.62% -8.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 621 478 603
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 22.88% 16.25% 17.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 293 344
10th Percentile £205 £313 £200
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £463
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +5.41% +15.63%
75th Percentile £597 £569 £552
90th Percentile £650 £650 £645
South East median daily rate £484 £488 £450
% change year-on-year -0.72% +8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 15 18
10th Percentile £17.79 £19.70 £12.19
25th Percentile £23.78 £25.75 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +288.24% -50.72%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £23.75
90th Percentile £87.47 £81.22 £38.80
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £52.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +10.29% +141.86% -33.85%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the Thames Valley

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for LAN in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LAN in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for LAN in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 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
Berkshire +11 68 £210 -58.00% 9
Oxfordshire +10 4 £465 -15.45% 4
Buckinghamshire +7 2 £300 -33.33% 3
LAN
South East

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (32.43%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (8.11%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.46%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.41%) AWS
2 4 (5.41%) Azure
3 3 (4.05%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.70%) Google Workspace
4 2 (2.70%) IaaS
4 2 (2.70%) PaaS
4 2 (2.70%) SaaS
5 1 (1.35%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.35%) GCP
5 1 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 56 (75.68%) WAN
2 26 (35.14%) Firewall
3 9 (12.16%) TCP/IP
4 6 (8.11%) Remote Desktop
5 5 (6.76%) VPN
5 5 (6.76%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (5.41%) DNS
6 4 (5.41%) SD-WAN
7 3 (4.05%) Network Security
7 3 (4.05%) VoIP
7 3 (4.05%) Wireless
8 2 (2.70%) ADSL
8 2 (2.70%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (2.70%) DSL
8 2 (2.70%) Ethernet
8 2 (2.70%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (2.70%) MPLS
8 2 (2.70%) Unified Communications
8 2 (2.70%) Wireshark
9 1 (1.35%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.35%) SQL Server
General
1 28 (37.84%) Social Skills
2 18 (24.32%) Organisational Skills
3 11 (14.86%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.41%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.70%) Military
6 1 (1.35%) Finance
6 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (31.08%) Architect
2 21 (28.38%) Network Architect
3 19 (25.68%) Network Engineer
4 18 (24.32%) Hardware Engineer
5 14 (18.92%) Senior
6 12 (16.22%) Senior Network Engineer
7 6 (8.11%) Support Specialist
7 6 (8.11%) Technical Specialist
7 6 (8.11%) Technical Support
7 6 (8.11%) Technical Support Specialist
8 5 (6.76%) Break Fix Engineer
9 4 (5.41%) Lead
10 2 (2.70%) Head of Information
10 2 (2.70%) Head of Information Security
10 2 (2.70%) Head of Operations
10 2 (2.70%) Head of Security
10 2 (2.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (2.70%) Lead Architect
10 2 (2.70%) Network Support
10 2 (2.70%) Senior Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 18 (24.32%) Driving Licence
2 2 (2.70%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.35%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (1.35%) IoT
3 1 (1.35%) Life Science
3 1 (1.35%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.35%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 29 (39.19%) Windows
2 24 (32.43%) Windows 10
3 18 (24.32%) Windows 7
4 5 (6.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (33.78%) Customer Service
2 24 (32.43%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (25.68%) ITIL
3 19 (25.68%) Service Delivery
4 18 (24.32%) Customer Requirements
4 18 (24.32%) Software Deployment
4 18 (24.32%) Software Testing
5 8 (10.81%) Availability Management
6 6 (8.11%) Knowledge Management
7 5 (6.76%) Information Security
7 5 (6.76%) Line Management
7 5 (6.76%) Presales
8 3 (4.05%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (4.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 2 (2.70%) Identity Access Management
9 2 (2.70%) Kalman Filter
9 2 (2.70%) Performance Tuning
9 2 (2.70%) Security Operations
9 2 (2.70%) Server Management
9 2 (2.70%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 53 (71.62%) Security Cleared
2 34 (45.95%) DV Cleared
3 27 (36.49%) Degree
4 5 (6.76%) CCNA
4 5 (6.76%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (4.05%) CCNP
6 1 (1.35%) BC Cleared
6 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.35%) CCDP
6 1 (1.35%) CCIP
6 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.35%) HNC
6 1 (1.35%) JNCIA
6 1 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.11%) SLA
2 2 (2.70%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.35%) QA
System Software
1 18 (24.32%) Firmware
2 11 (14.86%) Active Directory
3 5 (6.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (2.70%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 26 (35.14%) SCCM
2 2 (2.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 2 (2.70%) Nessus
2 2 (2.70%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (1.35%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (40.54%) Microsoft
2 28 (37.84%) Cisco
3 24 (32.43%) HP
4 17 (22.97%) Juniper
5 6 (8.11%) ServiceNow
6 5 (6.76%) VMware
7 4 (5.41%) Meraki
8 3 (4.05%) CheckPoint
8 3 (4.05%) Palo Alto
9 2 (2.70%) Citrix
9 2 (2.70%) Google
9 2 (2.70%) SolarWinds
9 2 (2.70%) Splunk
10 1 (1.35%) ADVA
10 1 (1.35%) Alcatel-Lucent
10 1 (1.35%) Fortinet