Local Area Network (LAN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 151 226 259
Rank change year-on-year +75 +33 -52
Permanent jobs citing LAN 1,895 1,732 2,432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.93% 1.65% 1.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.95% 10.79% 11.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,586 1,320 1,924
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
75th Percentile £57,250 £58,750 £60,181
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.41% -2.35% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,586 16,051 20,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.86% 15.34% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9,485 8,237 11,833
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the UK

LAN
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for LAN in the UK

LAN
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for LAN in the UK

LAN
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the UK 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
England +86 1,751 £45,000 - 358
UK excluding London +41 1,353 £42,500 +2.41% 276
Work from Home +74 656 £50,000 - 136
London +101 476 £55,000 - 96
North of England +45 389 £40,000 -8.45% 77
Midlands +73 273 £42,000 +5.00% 61
South East +34 264 £42,500 +6.25% 63
South West +80 218 £49,000 +15.29% 25
North West +42 209 £42,500 -5.56% 55
West Midlands +86 204 £40,313 -4.58% 43
Yorkshire +65 155 £42,500 -5.56% 17
East of England +27 136 £42,500 +18.06% 39
East Midlands -8 61 £45,000 +20.00% 17
Scotland -79 44 £35,000 -12.50% 8
Wales +28 37 £40,500 -10.00% 9
North East -16 36 £37,500 -11.76% 5
Northern Ireland +14 7 £37,500 +7.14% 5
Channel Islands - 1 - -
Isle of Man - 1 - -

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 228 (12.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 184 (9.71%) SharePoint
3 18 (0.95%) IIS
4 12 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2010
4 12 (0.63%) SharePoint 2010
4 12 (0.63%) SharePoint 2013
5 9 (0.47%) Skype for Business
6 8 (0.42%) WebSphere
7 7 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
7 7 (0.37%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.21%) Apache
8 4 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.16%) SAS
10 2 (0.11%) Moodle
10 2 (0.11%) nginx
10 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.053%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.053%) CMS
11 1 (0.053%) Confluence
Applications
1 223 (11.77%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (0.90%) MS Visio
3 14 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.16%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.16%) Revit
5 3 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.16%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.21%) Epicor Tropos
4 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.11%) Shopify
5 1 (0.053%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.053%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 695 (36.68%) Azure
2 684 (36.09%) Microsoft 365
3 205 (10.82%) Entra ID
4 191 (10.08%) AWS
5 65 (3.43%) OneDrive
6 62 (3.27%) IaaS
7 61 (3.22%) SaaS
8 50 (2.64%) PaaS
9 49 (2.59%) Cloud Computing
10 44 (2.32%) GCP
11 32 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
12 23 (1.21%) Azure Sentinel
12 23 (1.21%) Power Platform
13 21 (1.11%) Mimecast
14 18 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
15 16 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
15 16 (0.84%) Google Workspace
16 13 (0.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 13 (0.69%) Rubrik
17 12 (0.63%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 1,602 (84.54%) WAN
2 790 (41.69%) Firewall
3 475 (25.07%) VPN
4 447 (23.59%) Wi-Fi
5 400 (21.11%) Wireless
6 374 (19.74%) DNS
7 350 (18.47%) TCP/IP
8 338 (17.84%) DHCP
9 251 (13.25%) Network Security
10 250 (13.19%) SD-WAN
11 243 (12.82%) WLAN
12 221 (11.66%) MPLS
13 208 (10.98%) VLAN
14 182 (9.60%) Internet
15 174 (9.18%) BGP
16 163 (8.60%) OSPF
17 127 (6.70%) SAN
18 123 (6.49%) VoIP
19 70 (3.69%) IPsec
20 65 (3.43%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (4.91%) SQL Server
2 17 (0.90%) MySQL
3 16 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (0.58%) Power BI
6 10 (0.53%) DB2
7 7 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (0.37%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.32%) InfluxDB
8 6 (0.32%) MariaDB
9 5 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.21%) QlikView
11 3 (0.16%) Big Data
11 3 (0.16%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.16%) EDRMS
11 3 (0.16%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.16%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.11%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.11%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.053%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 15 (0.79%) JIRA
2 8 (0.42%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.37%) Git
4 4 (0.21%) MSBuild
4 4 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.21%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.053%) GitLab
5 1 (0.053%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.053%) Visual Studio
General
1 559 (29.50%) Social Skills
2 183 (9.66%) Analytical Skills
3 164 (8.65%) Finance
4 127 (6.70%) Telecoms
5 111 (5.86%) Retail
6 86 (4.54%) Law
7 70 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 60 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
9 52 (2.74%) Public Sector
10 48 (2.53%) Manufacturing
11 45 (2.37%) Legal
12 41 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
13 29 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (1.06%) Police
15 18 (0.95%) Local Government
16 17 (0.90%) Banking
17 14 (0.74%) Advertising
17 14 (0.74%) Games
18 13 (0.69%) Marketing
19 11 (0.58%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 430 (22.69%) Network Engineer
2 270 (14.25%) Analyst
3 260 (13.72%) Senior
4 238 (12.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 176 (9.29%) Support Engineer
6 163 (8.60%) IT Support
7 128 (6.75%) IT Engineer
8 107 (5.65%) Senior Network Engineer
9 92 (4.85%) Architect
10 89 (4.70%) Network Analyst
11 82 (4.33%) IT Analyst
12 76 (4.01%) 2nd Line Support
13 65 (3.43%) Support Analyst
14 64 (3.38%) Service Analyst
15 63 (3.32%) IT Manager
15 63 (3.32%) Service Desk Analyst
16 62 (3.27%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 62 (3.27%) Lead
17 61 (3.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 61 (3.22%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (1.64%) 802.1X
1 31 (1.64%) HTML
1 31 (1.64%) XML
2 25 (1.32%) Node.js
2 25 (1.32%) React
3 23 (1.21%) AngularJS
3 23 (1.21%) CSS
3 23 (1.21%) Express.js
3 23 (1.21%) HTML5
3 23 (1.21%) LDAP
4 10 (0.53%) SAML
5 8 (0.42%) .NET
5 8 (0.42%) WebSphere MQ
6 7 (0.37%) EDI
7 5 (0.26%) XMPP
8 4 (0.21%) Akka
8 4 (0.21%) Web Services
9 3 (0.16%) Middleware
10 2 (0.11%) LAMP
10 2 (0.11%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 292 (15.41%) Data Centre
2 121 (6.39%) Management Information System
3 93 (4.91%) Driving Licence
4 64 (3.38%) Public Cloud
5 54 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
6 50 (2.64%) Onboarding
6 50 (2.64%) PKI
7 36 (1.90%) CCTV
8 31 (1.64%) Cyberattack
9 30 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
10 29 (1.53%) Client/Server
11 26 (1.37%) Private Cloud
12 25 (1.32%) IoT
13 22 (1.16%) NHS
14 20 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
15 18 (0.95%) Replication
16 17 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
17 16 (0.84%) Clustering
17 16 (0.84%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
18 15 (0.79%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 809 (42.69%) Windows
2 391 (20.63%) Windows Server
3 191 (10.08%) Linux
4 187 (9.87%) Windows 10
5 84 (4.43%) Android
6 76 (4.01%) Windows Server 2019
7 71 (3.75%) Windows Server 2016
8 67 (3.54%) Mac OS
9 58 (3.06%) Apple iOS
10 55 (2.90%) Windows Server 2012
11 53 (2.80%) Ubuntu
12 47 (2.48%) VMS
13 42 (2.22%) Windows 7
14 26 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 24 (1.27%) CentOS
16 19 (1.00%) VyOS
17 15 (0.79%) Windows Server 2008
18 14 (0.74%) Unix
19 13 (0.69%) Mac OS X
20 9 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (18.47%) ITIL
2 334 (17.63%) Problem-Solving
3 333 (17.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 285 (15.04%) Customer Service
5 191 (10.08%) Cybersecurity
6 137 (7.23%) Roadmaps
7 134 (7.07%) Agile
8 128 (6.75%) Disaster Recovery
9 117 (6.17%) Service Delivery
10 108 (5.70%) Project Management
11 103 (5.44%) Mentoring
11 103 (5.44%) Project Delivery
12 102 (5.38%) Migration
13 93 (4.91%) Information Security
14 88 (4.64%) Presales
15 87 (4.59%) Service Management
16 86 (4.54%) Change Management
17 79 (4.17%) Stakeholder Management
18 75 (3.96%) Continuous Improvement
18 75 (3.96%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 189 (9.97%) PowerShell
2 139 (7.34%) SQL
3 112 (5.91%) Python
4 52 (2.74%) Bash
5 27 (1.42%) JavaScript
6 25 (1.32%) PHP
7 24 (1.27%) VB
8 23 (1.21%) JSX
9 18 (0.95%) Perl
10 7 (0.37%) C#
11 5 (0.26%) Java
12 3 (0.16%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.11%) Bicep
13 2 (0.11%) Korn
13 2 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.053%) VBA
Qualifications
1 360 (19.00%) Cisco Certification
2 275 (14.51%) Degree
3 243 (12.82%) CCNA
4 199 (10.50%) Security Cleared
5 173 (9.13%) CCNP
6 100 (5.28%) DV Cleared
7 93 (4.91%) SC Cleared
8 91 (4.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 81 (4.27%) CCIE
10 53 (2.80%) CISSP
11 49 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
12 47 (2.48%) CCDP
13 44 (2.32%) DBS Check
14 43 (2.27%) JNCIA
15 39 (2.06%) Network+ Certification
16 37 (1.95%) A+ Certification
17 34 (1.79%) Azure Certification
17 34 (1.79%) MCSE
18 26 (1.37%) AWS Certification
19 24 (1.27%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (5.75%) SLA
2 66 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 56 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 23 (1.21%) PCI DSS
5 20 (1.06%) GDPR
6 19 (1.00%) NIST
7 17 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 16 (0.84%) QA
9 10 (0.53%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.26%) IASME
10 5 (0.26%) NCSC
10 5 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (0.16%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.11%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.11%) ITGC
13 1 (0.053%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.053%) PMO
13 1 (0.053%) SOC 3
System Software
1 711 (37.52%) Active Directory
2 334 (17.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 224 (11.82%) Hyper-V
4 77 (4.06%) vSphere
5 61 (3.22%) VMware ESXi
6 32 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
7 28 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
8 25 (1.32%) Firmware
9 14 (0.74%) XenApp
10 11 (0.58%) Docker
10 11 (0.58%) XenDesktop
11 7 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (0.37%) VMware NSX
12 6 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 6 (0.32%) NFS
12 6 (0.32%) Terminal Services
12 6 (0.32%) VMware Server
13 4 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
14 3 (0.16%) BitLocker
15 2 (0.11%) KVM
Systems Management
1 185 (9.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 84 (4.43%) SCCM
3 71 (3.75%) Ansible
4 65 (3.43%) Terraform
5 50 (2.64%) WSUS
6 38 (2.01%) FortiGate
7 23 (1.21%) Jamf Pro
8 20 (1.06%) vCenter Server
9 15 (0.79%) Nmap
9 15 (0.79%) Puppet
10 14 (0.74%) Autotask
11 12 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 12 (0.63%) SmoothWall
12 11 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
13 10 (0.53%) Failover Clustering
14 8 (0.42%) McAfee ePO
14 8 (0.42%) SCVMM
15 7 (0.37%) Backup Exec
15 7 (0.37%) Cisco Prime
15 7 (0.37%) Nagios
Vendors
1 826 (43.59%) Microsoft
2 649 (34.25%) Cisco
3 484 (25.54%) VMware
4 180 (9.50%) Juniper
5 173 (9.13%) Meraki
6 171 (9.02%) Fortinet
7 126 (6.65%) Aruba
8 117 (6.17%) HP
9 110 (5.80%) Palo Alto
10 95 (5.01%) Citrix
11 88 (4.64%) Veeam
12 75 (3.96%) SolarWinds
13 70 (3.69%) CheckPoint
14 59 (3.11%) Ruckus Wireless
15 57 (3.01%) Google
16 55 (2.90%) Dell
17 45 (2.37%) Apple
18 40 (2.11%) Nokia
19 32 (1.69%) F5
20 30 (1.58%) Sophos