LAN Contract Job Trends in Aberdeen

Local Area Network (LAN)
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Aberdeen requiring LAN skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing LAN 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Aberdeen 12.90% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 36.36% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £290 - -
25th Percentile £303 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 - -
75th Percentile £470 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £399 £388 £538
% change year-on-year +2.97% -27.91% +79.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Aberdeen

LAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Aberdeen.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 11 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen 35.48% 12.12% 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 0
10th Percentile £304 £578 -
25th Percentile £413 £600 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.80% - -
75th Percentile £453 £638 -
90th Percentile £470 - -
Scotland median daily rate £440 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +3.53% -10.53% +7.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £17.72
Scotland median hourly rate £17.30 £18.27 £55.00
% change year-on-year -5.31% -66.78% +50.44%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Aberdeen

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing LAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing LAN

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Aberdeen

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Aberdeen over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Aberdeen

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing LAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing LAN

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen 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 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) BGP
2 2 (50.00%) EIGRP
2 2 (50.00%) OSPF
2 2 (50.00%) VLAN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Network Design
1 2 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCIE
1 2 (50.00%) CCNP
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Aruba
3 1 (25.00%) HP