LAN Jobs with Work from Home Options

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 174 238 302
Rank change year-on-year +64 +64 -75
Permanent jobs citing LAN 630 598 859
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.86% 1.44% 1.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.04% 12.80% 11.44%
Number of salaries quoted 518 493 737
10th Percentile £31,063 £34,025 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year - -0.99% -3.81%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £81,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,233 4,673 7,508
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.45% 11.24% 10.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3,379 3,467 4,922
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,316 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,852 £88,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

LAN trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing LAN.

LAN salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing LAN over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

LAN salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 81 (12.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (7.46%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.63%) IIS
3 4 (0.63%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.48%) SAS
5 2 (0.32%) Apache
5 2 (0.32%) nginx
6 1 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.16%) CMS
6 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 66 (10.48%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.11%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.48%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.48%) Revit
4 3 (0.48%) SPSS
5 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.11%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 265 (42.06%) Azure
2 210 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 64 (10.16%) AWS
4 47 (7.46%) Entra ID
5 27 (4.29%) Cloud Computing
6 25 (3.97%) SaaS
7 24 (3.81%) IaaS
8 23 (3.65%) GCP
9 22 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (3.17%) PaaS
11 16 (2.54%) Azure Sentinel
11 16 (2.54%) Microsoft Purview
12 8 (1.27%) Rubrik
13 6 (0.95%) OneDrive
14 5 (0.79%) AWS Direct Connect
14 5 (0.79%) Datadog
14 5 (0.79%) Google Workspace
15 4 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
15 4 (0.63%) Power Platform
15 4 (0.63%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 570 (90.48%) WAN
2 310 (49.21%) Firewall
3 207 (32.86%) VPN
4 183 (29.05%) Wi-Fi
5 153 (24.29%) SD-WAN
6 145 (23.02%) DNS
7 130 (20.63%) Wireless
8 126 (20.00%) Network Security
9 122 (19.37%) DHCP
10 115 (18.25%) WLAN
11 110 (17.46%) MPLS
12 99 (15.71%) TCP/IP
13 84 (13.33%) BGP
14 75 (11.90%) OSPF
15 72 (11.43%) VLAN
16 67 (10.63%) Internet
17 60 (9.52%) SAN
18 34 (5.40%) VoIP
19 32 (5.08%) IPsec
20 25 (3.97%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.86%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (0.95%) DB2
4 6 (0.95%) MySQL
5 5 (0.79%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.63%) Power BI
7 3 (0.48%) Big Data
7 3 (0.48%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.32%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.32%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (1.27%) JIRA
2 4 (0.63%) MSBuild
2 4 (0.63%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
General
1 191 (30.32%) Social Skills
2 65 (10.32%) Finance
3 62 (9.84%) Retail
4 32 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (4.13%) Legal
6 24 (3.81%) Telecoms
7 22 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (2.54%) Public Sector
10 13 (2.06%) Law
11 12 (1.90%) Banking
11 12 (1.90%) Manufacturing
11 12 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.27%) Advertising
13 6 (0.95%) French Language
13 6 (0.95%) German Language
13 6 (0.95%) Italian Language
13 6 (0.95%) Portuguese Language
13 6 (0.95%) Publishing
13 6 (0.95%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 141 (22.38%) Network Engineer
2 94 (14.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 88 (13.97%) Analyst
4 86 (13.65%) Senior
5 48 (7.62%) Architect
5 48 (7.62%) Support Engineer
6 41 (6.51%) Network Analyst
7 40 (6.35%) IT Engineer
8 35 (5.56%) Operations Analyst
9 33 (5.24%) IT Support
10 32 (5.08%) Security Engineer
11 31 (4.92%) Network Operations Analyst
12 30 (4.76%) Network Manager
12 30 (4.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 30 (4.76%) Senior Network Engineer
13 29 (4.60%) Infrastructure Architect
14 28 (4.44%) Project Manager
15 27 (4.29%) 3rd Line Support
16 25 (3.97%) Lead
17 23 (3.65%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.95%) 802.1X
2 5 (0.79%) XMPP
3 4 (0.63%) .NET
3 4 (0.63%) Web Services
3 4 (0.63%) WebSphere MQ
4 3 (0.48%) LDAP
4 3 (0.48%) Middleware
5 2 (0.32%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.32%) Azure Blueprints
5 2 (0.32%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.16%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 118 (18.73%) Data Centre
2 45 (7.14%) Public Cloud
3 41 (6.51%) Management Information System
4 30 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (2.70%) PKI
6 16 (2.54%) Client/Server
6 16 (2.54%) Hybrid Cloud
7 13 (2.06%) Security Operations Centre
8 11 (1.75%) Driving Licence
8 11 (1.75%) Private Cloud
9 10 (1.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 8 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (0.95%) EPoS
11 6 (0.95%) Onboarding
11 6 (0.95%) Operational Technology
11 6 (0.95%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.79%) Algorithms
12 5 (0.79%) Data Structures
12 5 (0.79%) IoT
13 4 (0.63%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 229 (36.35%) Windows
2 110 (17.46%) Windows Server
3 71 (11.27%) Linux
4 43 (6.83%) Ubuntu
5 38 (6.03%) Windows 10
6 37 (5.87%) VMS
7 27 (4.29%) Android
8 26 (4.13%) Apple iOS
9 24 (3.81%) Windows Server 2016
9 24 (3.81%) Windows Server 2019
10 14 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (1.43%) CentOS
12 9 (1.43%) Windows 7
13 7 (1.11%) Mac OS X
14 5 (0.79%) Mac OS
14 5 (0.79%) Windows XP
15 4 (0.63%) Windows 8
15 4 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
16 3 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (19.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 94 (14.92%) Agile
3 86 (13.65%) ITIL
4 71 (11.27%) Customer Service
5 64 (10.16%) Cybersecurity
6 62 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (8.41%) Project Management
8 50 (7.94%) Mentoring
9 48 (7.62%) Presales
10 44 (6.98%) Roadmaps
11 43 (6.83%) Application Security
12 42 (6.67%) Migration
13 41 (6.51%) Project Delivery
14 40 (6.35%) Information Security
15 39 (6.19%) Disaster Recovery
15 39 (6.19%) Service Delivery
16 38 (6.03%) Actionable Insight
16 38 (6.03%) Collaborative Culture
17 37 (5.87%) DevSecOps
17 37 (5.87%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 64 (10.16%) PowerShell
2 35 (5.56%) Python
3 15 (2.38%) Bash
4 12 (1.90%) SQL
5 4 (0.63%) Java
6 2 (0.32%) Korn
6 2 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.32%) PHP
7 1 (0.16%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 149 (23.65%) Cisco Certification
2 95 (15.08%) CCNA
3 94 (14.92%) CCNP
4 67 (10.63%) Degree
5 57 (9.05%) Security Cleared
6 51 (8.10%) CCIE
7 40 (6.35%) CCDP
7 40 (6.35%) DV Cleared
8 24 (3.81%) CISSP
9 18 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (2.54%) APMP
12 14 (2.22%) CCSP
13 13 (2.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 13 (2.06%) CEH
13 13 (2.06%) SANS
13 13 (2.06%) SSCP
14 10 (1.59%) SC Cleared
15 9 (1.43%) Network+ Certification
16 8 (1.27%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (6.19%) SLA
3 19 (3.02%) NIST
4 17 (2.70%) PCI DSS
5 14 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.32%) ITGC
7 2 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 209 (33.17%) Active Directory
2 106 (16.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 77 (12.22%) Hyper-V
4 32 (5.08%) VMware ESXi
5 30 (4.76%) vSphere
6 20 (3.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (1.11%) Docker
9 4 (0.63%) Firmware
9 4 (0.63%) NFS
10 2 (0.32%) Terminal Server
10 2 (0.32%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.16%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 63 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 60 (9.52%) Ansible
3 51 (8.10%) Terraform
4 33 (5.24%) WSUS
5 14 (2.22%) Nmap
6 12 (1.90%) FortiGate
7 11 (1.75%) SCCM
8 8 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (0.79%) McAfee ePO
9 5 (0.79%) SCVMM
10 3 (0.48%) Cisco Prime
10 3 (0.48%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.48%) HAProxy
10 3 (0.48%) Nagios
10 3 (0.48%) OfficeScan
11 2 (0.32%) Puppet
11 2 (0.32%) Rundeck
11 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.32%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 274 (43.49%) Cisco
2 244 (38.73%) Microsoft
3 150 (23.81%) VMware
4 107 (16.98%) Meraki
5 59 (9.37%) Fortinet
5 59 (9.37%) Palo Alto
6 45 (7.14%) Aruba
7 44 (6.98%) Juniper
8 42 (6.67%) HP
9 29 (4.60%) Citrix
9 29 (4.60%) Veeam
10 27 (4.29%) SolarWinds
11 22 (3.49%) Dell
12 20 (3.17%) Ruckus Wireless
13 19 (3.02%) Rapid7
14 18 (2.86%) CheckPoint
15 14 (2.22%) NetApp
15 14 (2.22%) Red Hat
15 14 (2.22%) Splunk
16 13 (2.06%) Thycotic