LAN Jobs in the South East

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for LAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 160 194 180
Rank change year-on-year +34 -14 -23
Permanent jobs citing LAN 264 258 401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.59% 1.71% 2.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.57% 9.92% 13.06%
Number of salaries quoted 244 194 326
10th Percentile £21,250 £23,500 £28,350
25th Percentile £33,500 £28,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £48,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £64,843 £62,200 £63,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

LAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,758 2,602 3,070
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.61% 17.26% 15.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,898 1,528 1,860
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £59,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,075 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the South East

LAN
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LAN in the South East.

Salary trend for LAN in the South East

LAN
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for LAN in the South East

LAN
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire +11 92 £45,000 +52.54% 18
Thames Valley -7 74 £42,000 -4.81% 19
Surrey +40 52 £49,000 +40.00% 3
Berkshire +27 45 £42,000 +29.23% 11
Kent -21 28 £22,500 -43.75% 7
Oxfordshire +16 27 £40,000 -15.79% 5
East Sussex +14 9 £55,000 +18.92% 5
West Sussex +38 6 £40,000 +3.23% 2
Buckinghamshire -48 2 £45,000 -14.29% 3
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 35 (13.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (9.47%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.27%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.38%) Apache
5 1 (0.38%) CMS
5 1 (0.38%) nginx
Applications
1 59 (22.35%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.65%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.76%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 119 (45.08%) Microsoft 365
2 86 (32.58%) Azure
3 35 (13.26%) AWS
4 23 (8.71%) Entra ID
5 11 (4.17%) SaaS
6 10 (3.79%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (3.03%) OneDrive
8 5 (1.89%) IaaS
9 4 (1.52%) PaaS
10 3 (1.14%) Dropbox
10 3 (1.14%) Google Drive
10 3 (1.14%) Google Sheets
11 2 (0.76%) AWS Direct Connect
11 2 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.76%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.76%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 1 (0.38%) Akamai
12 1 (0.38%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 200 (75.76%) WAN
2 101 (38.26%) Firewall
3 78 (29.55%) Wireless
4 59 (22.35%) Wi-Fi
5 53 (20.08%) VPN
6 45 (17.05%) DNS
6 45 (17.05%) TCP/IP
7 39 (14.77%) VLAN
8 33 (12.50%) DHCP
9 21 (7.95%) Network Security
10 19 (7.20%) OSPF
11 18 (6.82%) Broadband
12 17 (6.44%) VoIP
13 16 (6.06%) ADSL
13 16 (6.06%) SD-WAN
14 15 (5.68%) WLAN
15 13 (4.92%) Internet
16 12 (4.55%) BGP
17 11 (4.17%) SAN
17 11 (4.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.55%) MySQL
2 7 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (2.27%) InfluxDB
3 6 (2.27%) MariaDB
3 6 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (2.27%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.89%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (2.65%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.27%) JIRA
3 5 (1.89%) Git
4 4 (1.52%) MSBuild
4 4 (1.52%) TeamCity
General
1 118 (44.70%) Social Skills
2 31 (11.74%) Telecoms
3 24 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (6.44%) Finance
5 12 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.79%) Advertising
6 10 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.03%) Legal
8 7 (2.65%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.52%) Automotive
9 4 (1.52%) Games
10 3 (1.14%) Banking
10 3 (1.14%) Electronics
10 3 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.14%) Retail
11 2 (0.76%) Marketing
11 2 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.38%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.38%) Law
12 1 (0.38%) Police
Job Titles
1 71 (26.89%) Network Engineer
2 54 (20.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 51 (19.32%) Support Engineer
4 32 (12.12%) Senior
5 23 (8.71%) Analyst
6 22 (8.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (7.20%) IT Support
8 18 (6.82%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 18 (6.82%) Network Support
9 16 (6.06%) 3rd Line Support
10 15 (5.68%) Infrastructure Support
10 15 (5.68%) IT Engineer
10 15 (5.68%) Project Engineer
10 15 (5.68%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (4.92%) IT Analyst
11 13 (4.92%) Linux Engineer
11 13 (4.92%) Network Support Engineer
12 12 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 12 (4.55%) Desktop Engineer
12 12 (4.55%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.52%) .NET
2 2 (0.76%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.38%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.38%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (0.38%) LDAP
3 1 (0.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 36 (13.64%) Data Centre
2 23 (8.71%) Driving Licence
3 18 (6.82%) PKI
4 13 (4.92%) Management Information System
5 12 (4.55%) CCTV
5 12 (4.55%) NHS
6 11 (4.17%) Client/Server
7 9 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.89%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.89%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.89%) Fibre Optics
8 5 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.89%) PMI
9 4 (1.52%) Clustering
9 4 (1.52%) Replication
9 4 (1.52%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.14%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (1.14%) EPoS
11 2 (0.76%) IoT
11 2 (0.76%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 143 (54.17%) Windows
2 60 (22.73%) Windows Server
3 54 (20.45%) Windows 10
4 23 (8.71%) Linux
5 22 (8.33%) Mac OS
6 16 (6.06%) Windows Server 2012
7 15 (5.68%) Apple iOS
7 15 (5.68%) Windows 7
7 15 (5.68%) Windows Server 2019
8 14 (5.30%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (4.92%) Android
10 8 (3.03%) Ubuntu
11 6 (2.27%) CentOS
11 6 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (2.27%) Windows 8
11 6 (2.27%) Windows Server 2003
12 5 (1.89%) Windows XP
13 4 (1.52%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.38%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (26.14%) Customer Service
2 64 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
3 61 (23.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 35 (13.26%) ITIL
5 25 (9.47%) Service Delivery
6 20 (7.58%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (7.20%) Information Security
8 18 (6.82%) Incident Management
9 16 (6.06%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (6.06%) Presales
10 15 (5.68%) Mentoring
11 14 (5.30%) Project Delivery
12 12 (4.55%) Customer Requirements
13 11 (4.17%) Decision-Making
13 11 (4.17%) Infrastructure Management
13 11 (4.17%) Mathematics
13 11 (4.17%) Project Management
13 11 (4.17%) Roadmaps
13 11 (4.17%) Software Deployment
13 11 (4.17%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 37 (14.02%) PowerShell
2 18 (6.82%) Bash
2 18 (6.82%) Python
3 6 (2.27%) SQL
4 5 (1.89%) Perl
5 1 (0.38%) Korn
5 1 (0.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 44 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (13.26%) CCNA
3 30 (11.36%) Microsoft Certification
4 27 (10.23%) Degree
5 23 (8.71%) Security Cleared
6 17 (6.44%) MCITP
6 17 (6.44%) Network+ Certification
7 14 (5.30%) DV Cleared
8 12 (4.55%) DBS Check
8 12 (4.55%) SC Cleared
9 10 (3.79%) MCP
10 8 (3.03%) CCIE
10 8 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (3.03%) MCSE
11 6 (2.27%) CCNP
11 6 (2.27%) PMI Certification
12 5 (1.89%) JNCIE
13 4 (1.52%) JNCIA
14 3 (1.14%) Azure Certification
14 3 (1.14%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.44%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (3.79%) GDPR
2 10 (3.79%) SLA
3 6 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 77 (29.17%) Active Directory
2 50 (18.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (17.05%) Hyper-V
4 13 (4.92%) Firmware
5 12 (4.55%) vSphere
6 10 (3.79%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (2.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (0.76%) Docker
8 2 (0.76%) KVM
8 2 (0.76%) QEMU
8 2 (0.76%) Xen
9 1 (0.38%) NFS
9 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.38%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.38%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 17 (6.44%) Microsoft Intune
1 17 (6.44%) SCCM
2 13 (4.92%) FortiGate
3 10 (3.79%) Ansible
4 9 (3.41%) vCenter Server
5 6 (2.27%) SmoothWall
5 6 (2.27%) Terraform
5 6 (2.27%) VxRail
6 5 (1.89%) Puppet
6 5 (1.89%) Red Hat Spacewalk
7 4 (1.52%) WSUS
8 3 (1.14%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.76%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.38%) Nessus
10 1 (0.38%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 141 (53.41%) Microsoft
2 85 (32.20%) VMware
3 77 (29.17%) Cisco
4 31 (11.74%) Aruba
5 28 (10.61%) HP
6 25 (9.47%) Juniper
7 17 (6.44%) Fortinet
7 17 (6.44%) Meraki
8 16 (6.06%) Google
9 13 (4.92%) Dell
10 9 (3.41%) Ubiquiti
11 7 (2.65%) Mitel
11 7 (2.65%) Palo Alto
12 6 (2.27%) Apple
12 6 (2.27%) Citrix
12 6 (2.27%) Draytek
12 6 (2.27%) Veeam
13 5 (1.89%) BT
13 5 (1.89%) WatchGuard
14 4 (1.52%) Webroot