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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 227 263
Rank change year-on-year +72 +36 -58
Permanent jobs citing LAN 1,872 1,722 2,419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.90% 1.66% 1.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.77% 10.79% 11.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,563 1,311 1,903
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £60,770
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £77,000
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 13,593 15,966 20,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.80% 15.42% 13.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,473 8,149 11,832
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +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 £45,978
% change year-on-year -3.33% -2.13% +2.17%

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 4 May 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 4 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
England +73 1,726 £45,000 - 369
UK excluding London +39 1,341 £42,500 +2.41% 282
Work from Home +70 647 £50,000 - 126
London +93 464 £55,000 - 107
North of England +30 386 £40,000 -11.11% 91
Midlands +77 275 £42,000 +5.33% 52
South East +11 258 £42,500 +6.25% 61
South West +65 211 £48,500 +14.12% 31
North West +40 207 £42,500 -5.56% 59
West Midlands +75 205 £40,313 -4.58% 36
Yorkshire +69 153 £42,500 -5.56% 27
East of England +33 138 £42,500 +18.06% 33
East Midlands -10 61 £45,000 +21.27% 16
Scotland -81 45 £35,000 -5.41% 9
Wales +28 37 £40,500 -10.00% 13
North East -16 37 £37,750 -11.18% 5
Northern Ireland +10 7 £37,500 +7.14% 3
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 (12.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 187 (9.99%) SharePoint
3 17 (0.91%) IIS
4 14 (0.75%) SharePoint 2010
4 14 (0.75%) SharePoint 2013
5 12 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2010
6 9 (0.48%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.43%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
8 7 (0.37%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.21%) Apache
9 4 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (0.16%) SAS
11 2 (0.11%) Moodle
11 2 (0.11%) nginx
11 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.053%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.053%) CMS
12 1 (0.053%) Confluence
Applications
1 215 (11.49%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (0.96%) MS Visio
3 16 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.27%) 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 8 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.27%) Salesforce 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
1 690 (36.86%) Azure
2 678 (36.22%) Microsoft 365
3 205 (10.95%) Entra ID
4 186 (9.94%) AWS
5 65 (3.47%) OneDrive
6 61 (3.26%) IaaS
7 59 (3.15%) SaaS
8 49 (2.62%) PaaS
9 47 (2.51%) Cloud Computing
10 45 (2.40%) GCP
11 32 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (1.34%) Power Platform
13 23 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
14 19 (1.01%) Mimecast
15 18 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
15 18 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
16 15 (0.80%) Google Workspace
17 13 (0.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 13 (0.69%) Rubrik
18 12 (0.64%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 1,578 (84.29%) WAN
2 780 (41.67%) Firewall
3 472 (25.21%) VPN
4 441 (23.56%) Wi-Fi
5 396 (21.15%) Wireless
6 371 (19.82%) DNS
7 345 (18.43%) TCP/IP
8 335 (17.90%) DHCP
9 249 (13.30%) Network Security
10 246 (13.14%) SD-WAN
11 243 (12.98%) WLAN
12 220 (11.75%) MPLS
13 202 (10.79%) VLAN
14 180 (9.62%) Internet
15 173 (9.24%) BGP
16 162 (8.65%) OSPF
17 127 (6.78%) SAN
18 120 (6.41%) VoIP
19 70 (3.74%) IPsec
20 66 (3.53%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (4.86%) SQL Server
2 17 (0.91%) MySQL
3 15 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (0.69%) Power BI
5 10 (0.53%) DB2
6 7 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (0.37%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.32%) InfluxDB
7 6 (0.32%) MariaDB
8 5 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.21%) QlikView
10 3 (0.16%) Big Data
10 3 (0.16%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.16%) EDRMS
10 3 (0.16%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.16%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.11%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.11%) MongoDB
12 1 (0.053%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 15 (0.80%) JIRA
2 8 (0.43%) 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
1 550 (29.38%) Social Skills
2 180 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
3 166 (8.87%) Finance
4 121 (6.46%) Telecoms
5 113 (6.04%) Retail
6 83 (4.43%) Law
7 70 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 58 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
9 53 (2.83%) Public Sector
10 50 (2.67%) Manufacturing
11 45 (2.40%) Legal
12 40 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
13 28 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (1.07%) Police
15 18 (0.96%) Banking
15 18 (0.96%) Local Government
16 14 (0.75%) Advertising
16 14 (0.75%) Marketing
17 13 (0.69%) Games
18 11 (0.59%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 417 (22.28%) Network Engineer
2 266 (14.21%) Analyst
3 255 (13.62%) Senior
4 236 (12.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 173 (9.24%) Support Engineer
6 158 (8.44%) IT Support
7 124 (6.62%) IT Engineer
8 101 (5.40%) Senior Network Engineer
9 93 (4.97%) Architect
10 87 (4.65%) Network Analyst
11 79 (4.22%) IT Analyst
12 73 (3.90%) 2nd Line Support
13 63 (3.37%) Lead
14 62 (3.31%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 62 (3.31%) IT Manager
14 62 (3.31%) Support Analyst
15 61 (3.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 61 (3.26%) Consultant
15 61 (3.26%) Service Analyst
16 60 (3.21%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (1.66%) HTML
1 31 (1.66%) XML
2 30 (1.60%) 802.1X
3 25 (1.34%) Node.js
3 25 (1.34%) React
4 24 (1.28%) LDAP
5 23 (1.23%) AngularJS
5 23 (1.23%) CSS
5 23 (1.23%) Express.js
5 23 (1.23%) HTML5
6 10 (0.53%) SAML
7 8 (0.43%) .NET
7 8 (0.43%) WebSphere MQ
8 7 (0.37%) EDI
9 5 (0.27%) XMPP
10 4 (0.21%) Akka
10 4 (0.21%) Web Services
11 3 (0.16%) Middleware
12 2 (0.11%) LAMP
12 2 (0.11%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 287 (15.33%) Data Centre
2 123 (6.57%) Management Information System
3 91 (4.86%) Driving Licence
4 63 (3.37%) Public Cloud
5 54 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
6 50 (2.67%) Onboarding
6 50 (2.67%) PKI
7 36 (1.92%) CCTV
8 31 (1.66%) Cyberattack
9 29 (1.55%) Client/Server
9 29 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
10 26 (1.39%) Private Cloud
11 25 (1.34%) IoT
12 21 (1.12%) NHS
13 18 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
14 17 (0.91%) Replication
14 17 (0.91%) Security Operations Centre
15 16 (0.85%) Clustering
15 16 (0.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 15 (0.80%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 799 (42.68%) Windows
2 387 (20.67%) Windows Server
3 191 (10.20%) Linux
4 182 (9.72%) Windows 10
5 82 (4.38%) Android
6 76 (4.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 73 (3.90%) Windows Server 2016
8 66 (3.53%) Mac OS
9 58 (3.10%) Apple iOS
10 56 (2.99%) Windows Server 2012
11 53 (2.83%) Ubuntu
12 48 (2.56%) VMS
13 41 (2.19%) Windows 7
14 27 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 24 (1.28%) CentOS
16 19 (1.01%) VyOS
17 15 (0.80%) Windows Server 2008
18 14 (0.75%) Unix
19 13 (0.69%) Mac OS X
20 7 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (18.32%) ITIL
2 331 (17.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 329 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
4 279 (14.90%) Customer Service
5 193 (10.31%) Cybersecurity
6 137 (7.32%) Roadmaps
7 135 (7.21%) Agile
8 128 (6.84%) Disaster Recovery
9 111 (5.93%) Project Management
9 111 (5.93%) Service Delivery
10 104 (5.56%) Project Delivery
11 103 (5.50%) Migration
12 101 (5.40%) Mentoring
13 91 (4.86%) Information Security
14 86 (4.59%) Change Management
14 86 (4.59%) Presales
15 84 (4.49%) Service Management
16 79 (4.22%) Stakeholder Management
17 74 (3.95%) Continuous Improvement
17 74 (3.95%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 186 (9.94%) PowerShell
2 139 (7.43%) SQL
3 112 (5.98%) Python
4 51 (2.72%) Bash
5 27 (1.44%) JavaScript
6 25 (1.34%) PHP
7 24 (1.28%) VB
8 23 (1.23%) JSX
9 18 (0.96%) Perl
10 7 (0.37%) C#
11 6 (0.32%) 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
1 353 (18.86%) Cisco Certification
2 275 (14.69%) Degree
3 236 (12.61%) CCNA
4 196 (10.47%) Security Cleared
5 171 (9.13%) CCNP
6 94 (5.02%) DV Cleared
6 94 (5.02%) SC Cleared
7 88 (4.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 79 (4.22%) CCIE
9 54 (2.88%) CISSP
10 50 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
11 47 (2.51%) CCDP
12 43 (2.30%) DBS Check
12 43 (2.30%) JNCIA
13 36 (1.92%) MCSE
14 35 (1.87%) Azure Certification
14 35 (1.87%) Network+ Certification
15 34 (1.82%) A+ Certification
16 26 (1.39%) AWS Certification
17 23 (1.23%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (5.72%) SLA
2 64 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 52 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
4 23 (1.23%) PCI DSS
5 22 (1.18%) NIST
6 18 (0.96%) GDPR
7 16 (0.85%) QA
8 15 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (0.53%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.27%) IASME
10 5 (0.27%) NCSC
10 5 (0.27%) 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
12 2 (0.11%) PMO
13 1 (0.053%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.053%) SOC 3
System Software
1 707 (37.77%) Active Directory
2 330 (17.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 223 (11.91%) Hyper-V
4 76 (4.06%) vSphere
5 62 (3.31%) VMware ESXi
6 31 (1.66%) Virtual Desktop
7 28 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
8 24 (1.28%) Firmware
9 16 (0.85%) XenApp
10 13 (0.69%) XenDesktop
11 11 (0.59%) Docker
12 7 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
12 7 (0.37%) VMware NSX
13 6 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 6 (0.32%) Terminal Services
13 6 (0.32%) VMware Server
14 5 (0.27%) NFS
15 4 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
16 3 (0.16%) BitLocker
17 2 (0.11%) KVM
Systems Management
1 186 (9.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 83 (4.43%) SCCM
3 72 (3.85%) Ansible
4 66 (3.53%) Terraform
5 50 (2.67%) WSUS
6 37 (1.98%) FortiGate
7 23 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
8 20 (1.07%) vCenter Server
9 15 (0.80%) Nmap
9 15 (0.80%) Puppet
10 14 (0.75%) Autotask
11 13 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 12 (0.64%) SmoothWall
13 11 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
14 10 (0.53%) Failover Clustering
15 8 (0.43%) McAfee ePO
15 8 (0.43%) SCVMM
16 7 (0.37%) Backup Exec
16 7 (0.37%) Nagios
16 7 (0.37%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 814 (43.48%) Microsoft
2 629 (33.60%) Cisco
3 478 (25.53%) VMware
4 181 (9.67%) Juniper
5 171 (9.13%) Fortinet
6 168 (8.97%) Meraki
7 124 (6.62%) Aruba
8 116 (6.20%) HP
9 107 (5.72%) Palo Alto
10 96 (5.13%) Citrix
11 86 (4.59%) Veeam
12 75 (4.01%) SolarWinds
13 72 (3.85%) CheckPoint
14 59 (3.15%) Ruckus Wireless
15 58 (3.10%) Google
16 56 (2.99%) Dell
17 45 (2.40%) Apple
18 40 (2.14%) Nokia
19 31 (1.66%) F5
20 29 (1.55%) Sophos