LAN Jobs in the UK excluding London

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 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 160 185 180
Rank change year-on-year +25 -5 -27
Permanent jobs citing LAN 1,297 1,124 1,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.83% 1.87% 2.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.27% 10.30% 13.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,104 836 1,189
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,250 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.81% -2.35% -
75th Percentile £51,500 £51,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £61,250 £61,375 £65,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding 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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,776 10,911 10,968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.78% 18.11% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 7,090 4,770 6,474
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,889 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,625 £45,000 £46,223
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.64% +2.72%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK 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 UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LAN in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the UK excluding 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +39 385 £40,000 -10.62% 86
Midlands +51 252 £42,000 +5.33% 53
South East +11 250 £42,500 +6.25% 55
North West +30 206 £42,500 -5.56% 55
West Midlands +75 205 £40,313 -4.58% 38
South West +56 201 £45,000 +5.88% 28
Yorkshire +72 153 £42,500 -5.56% 25
East of England +29 138 £42,500 +18.06% 32
Scotland -77 43 £35,000 -6.04% 12
East Midlands -34 38 £45,000 +21.27% 15
Wales +24 37 £40,500 -10.00% 7
North East -15 37 £37,750 -11.18% 6
Northern Ireland +13 7 £37,500 -11.76% 4
Isle of Man - 1 - -
Channel Islands - 1 - -
LAN
UK

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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
1 163 (12.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 133 (10.25%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.08%) IIS
4 11 (0.85%) SharePoint 2010
4 11 (0.85%) SharePoint 2013
5 8 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (0.46%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.077%) Apache
8 1 (0.077%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.077%) CMS
8 1 (0.077%) Confluence
8 1 (0.077%) nginx
Applications
1 183 (14.11%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.93%) MS Visio
3 9 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.31%) Epicor Tropos
4 2 (0.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.15%) Shopify
5 1 (0.077%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 520 (40.09%) Microsoft 365
2 467 (36.01%) Azure
3 164 (12.64%) Entra ID
4 101 (7.79%) AWS
5 60 (4.63%) OneDrive
6 37 (2.85%) SaaS
7 33 (2.54%) IaaS
8 30 (2.31%) PaaS
9 29 (2.24%) GCP
10 22 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
11 19 (1.46%) Power Platform
12 17 (1.31%) Mimecast
13 14 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
14 13 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
15 10 (0.77%) Google Workspace
16 7 (0.54%) Azure Stack
16 7 (0.54%) Microsoft Purview
16 7 (0.54%) Serverless
17 6 (0.46%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,085 (83.65%) WAN
2 506 (39.01%) Firewall
3 288 (22.21%) Wi-Fi
4 282 (21.74%) VPN
5 274 (21.13%) TCP/IP
6 256 (19.74%) DNS
7 254 (19.58%) Wireless
8 243 (18.74%) DHCP
9 204 (15.73%) WLAN
10 138 (10.64%) Network Security
11 133 (10.25%) VLAN
12 128 (9.87%) SD-WAN
13 126 (9.71%) MPLS
14 115 (8.87%) OSPF
15 110 (8.48%) BGP
16 89 (6.86%) VoIP
17 86 (6.63%) SAN
18 79 (6.09%) Internet
19 44 (3.39%) Ethernet
20 40 (3.08%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.39%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
2 15 (1.16%) MySQL
2 15 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (0.77%) Power BI
4 7 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (0.54%) NoSQL
5 6 (0.46%) InfluxDB
5 6 (0.46%) MariaDB
6 5 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.31%) QlikView
8 3 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.23%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.23%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.15%) DB2
9 2 (0.15%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.15%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.077%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.077%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.077%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (1.00%) JIRA
2 7 (0.54%) Git
2 7 (0.54%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.31%) MSBuild
3 4 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (0.31%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.077%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 409 (31.53%) Social Skills
2 117 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
3 92 (7.09%) Finance
4 75 (5.78%) Telecoms
5 67 (5.17%) Retail
6 55 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 48 (3.70%) Manufacturing
8 47 (3.62%) Law
9 44 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
10 31 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
11 29 (2.24%) Legal
12 18 (1.39%) Police
13 14 (1.08%) Local Government
13 14 (1.08%) Marketing
14 13 (1.00%) Public Sector
15 12 (0.93%) Banking
16 11 (0.85%) Aerospace
17 9 (0.69%) Advertising
17 9 (0.69%) French Language
17 9 (0.69%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 260 (20.05%) Network Engineer
2 219 (16.89%) Analyst
3 185 (14.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 160 (12.34%) Senior
5 140 (10.79%) Support Engineer
6 130 (10.02%) IT Support
7 98 (7.56%) IT Engineer
8 68 (5.24%) IT Analyst
9 64 (4.93%) Network Analyst
10 60 (4.63%) 2nd Line Support
11 58 (4.47%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 58 (4.47%) Operations Analyst
11 58 (4.47%) Senior Network Engineer
12 55 (4.24%) Support Analyst
13 53 (4.09%) Network Operations Analyst
13 53 (4.09%) Service Analyst
14 52 (4.01%) Service Desk Analyst
15 51 (3.93%) Lead
16 48 (3.70%) Administrator
16 48 (3.70%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (0.85%) LDAP
2 8 (0.62%) .NET
3 4 (0.31%) Akka
3 4 (0.31%) Web Services
4 3 (0.23%) 802.1X
4 3 (0.23%) Middleware
5 2 (0.15%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (0.15%) Node.js
5 2 (0.15%) React
5 2 (0.15%) RESTful
5 2 (0.15%) SAML
5 2 (0.15%) ServiceStack
6 1 (0.077%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.077%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.077%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 151 (11.64%) Data Centre
2 80 (6.17%) Driving Licence
3 50 (3.86%) Management Information System
4 39 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
5 33 (2.54%) Onboarding
6 32 (2.47%) CCTV
7 30 (2.31%) PKI
8 24 (1.85%) IoT
9 22 (1.70%) NHS
10 17 (1.31%) Public Cloud
10 17 (1.31%) Replication
11 16 (1.23%) Client/Server
11 16 (1.23%) Clustering
12 15 (1.16%) Fat Client
12 15 (1.16%) Thin Client
13 14 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
13 14 (1.08%) Private Cloud
14 13 (1.00%) Cyberattack
15 12 (0.93%) PMI
16 11 (0.85%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 598 (46.11%) Windows
2 294 (22.67%) Windows Server
3 167 (12.88%) Windows 10
4 105 (8.10%) Linux
5 72 (5.55%) Android
6 67 (5.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 66 (5.09%) Windows Server 2019
8 49 (3.78%) Mac OS
9 48 (3.70%) Apple iOS
10 44 (3.39%) Windows Server 2012
11 42 (3.24%) Windows 7
12 18 (1.39%) VyOS
13 15 (1.16%) Ubuntu
13 15 (1.16%) Windows Server 2008
14 12 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 11 (0.85%) CentOS
15 11 (0.85%) Mac OS X
15 11 (0.85%) VMS
16 7 (0.54%) Windows XP
17 6 (0.46%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (19.89%) Problem-Solving
2 239 (18.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 239 (18.43%) ITIL
3 226 (17.42%) Customer Service
4 119 (9.18%) Cybersecurity
5 88 (6.78%) Service Delivery
6 87 (6.71%) Disaster Recovery
7 82 (6.32%) Migration
8 78 (6.01%) Project Delivery
9 68 (5.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 67 (5.17%) Project Management
11 66 (5.09%) Change Management
11 66 (5.09%) Service Management
12 63 (4.86%) Mentoring
12 63 (4.86%) Time Management
13 55 (4.24%) Patch Management
14 54 (4.16%) Root Cause Analysis
15 53 (4.09%) Roadmaps
16 50 (3.86%) Computer Science
16 50 (3.86%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 151 (11.64%) PowerShell
2 105 (8.10%) SQL
3 59 (4.55%) Python
4 43 (3.32%) Bash
5 17 (1.31%) Perl
6 6 (0.46%) C#
7 3 (0.23%) Java
7 3 (0.23%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.15%) Bicep
8 2 (0.15%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.077%) Korn
9 1 (0.077%) PHP
9 1 (0.077%) VBA
Qualifications
1 235 (18.12%) Cisco Certification
2 188 (14.49%) Degree
3 164 (12.64%) CCNA
4 124 (9.56%) Security Cleared
5 109 (8.40%) CCNP
6 70 (5.40%) CCIE
6 70 (5.40%) SC Cleared
7 68 (5.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 47 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
8 47 (3.62%) DV Cleared
9 46 (3.55%) CCDP
10 40 (3.08%) DBS Check
11 39 (3.01%) JNCIA
12 30 (2.31%) MCSE
13 27 (2.08%) A+ Certification
13 27 (2.08%) CISSP
14 25 (1.93%) Network+ Certification
15 20 (1.54%) HND
15 20 (1.54%) PMI Certification
16 18 (1.39%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (6.63%) SLA
2 37 (2.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 24 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (1.31%) GDPR
5 11 (0.85%) NIST
6 8 (0.62%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (0.46%) QA
8 3 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.15%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.15%) PMO
10 1 (0.077%) SOC 2
System Software
1 506 (39.01%) Active Directory
2 254 (19.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 185 (14.26%) Hyper-V
4 62 (4.78%) vSphere
5 32 (2.47%) VMware ESXi
6 26 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (1.77%) Firmware
8 21 (1.62%) Virtual Desktop
9 12 (0.93%) XenApp
10 10 (0.77%) XenDesktop
11 7 (0.54%) Docker
11 7 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
12 6 (0.46%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 6 (0.46%) VMware NSX
12 6 (0.46%) VMware Server
13 4 (0.31%) VMware Workstation
14 3 (0.23%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.15%) KVM
15 2 (0.15%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 157 (12.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 67 (5.17%) SCCM
3 31 (2.39%) WSUS
4 26 (2.00%) FortiGate
5 19 (1.46%) vCenter Server
6 18 (1.39%) Ansible
6 18 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
7 17 (1.31%) Terraform
8 14 (1.08%) Autotask
9 12 (0.93%) SmoothWall
10 10 (0.77%) Failover Clustering
11 8 (0.62%) McAfee ePO
11 8 (0.62%) SCVMM
12 7 (0.54%) Nagios
12 7 (0.54%) Puppet
13 6 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 6 (0.46%) Nmap
13 6 (0.46%) VxRail
14 5 (0.39%) OfficeScan
14 5 (0.39%) Rancher
Vendors
1 600 (46.26%) Microsoft
2 390 (30.07%) Cisco
3 379 (29.22%) VMware
4 128 (9.87%) Juniper
5 85 (6.55%) Fortinet
6 82 (6.32%) HP
7 76 (5.86%) Aruba
8 75 (5.78%) Meraki
9 69 (5.32%) Citrix
10 68 (5.24%) Veeam
11 66 (5.09%) Palo Alto
12 47 (3.62%) Dell
13 43 (3.32%) Apple
14 42 (3.24%) Google
15 38 (2.93%) CheckPoint
16 37 (2.85%) Nokia
16 37 (2.85%) Ruckus Wireless
17 29 (2.24%) Sophos
18 26 (2.00%) SolarWinds
19 19 (1.46%) McAfee