LAN Contracts in Berkshire

Local Area Network (LAN)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring LAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LAN over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 58 63
Rank change year-on-year -11 +5 +8
Contract jobs citing LAN 26 67 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.21% 3.38% 2.67%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.26% 13.79% 14.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 30 23
10th Percentile £300 £148 £310
25th Percentile £375 £205 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £210 £500
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -58.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile - £215 £560
90th Percentile £550 £592 £575
South East median daily rate £475 £375 £450
% change year-on-year +26.67% -16.67% +11.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 7
10th Percentile - £34.47 £27.05
25th Percentile £18.50 £58.44 £49.38
Median hourly rate £19.00 £73.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -74.15% +11.36% +45.05%
75th Percentile £19.50 £75.68 £80.25
90th Percentile - £76.47 £80.55
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £73.50 £66.00
% change year-on-year -74.15% +11.36% +161.62%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 212 486 334
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 18.03% 24.53% 18.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 216 180
10th Percentile £270 £205 £312
25th Percentile £363 £326 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £488
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +0.51% +4.48%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £588
90th Percentile £588 £620 £676
South East median daily rate £475 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -3.06% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 25 14
10th Percentile £19.73 £40.70 £19.65
25th Percentile £21.58 £76.99 £25.13
Median hourly rate £24.66 £83.77 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.56% +26.92% +288.24%
75th Percentile £58.58 £87.46 £80.25
90th Percentile £78.93 £87.53 £81.26
South East median hourly rate £54.88 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.32% +8.21% +146.51%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Berkshire

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for LAN in Berkshire

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Berkshire

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in Berkshire

LAN
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Slough - 16 £450 - 2
Reading +9 5 £300 +42.86% 8
Wokingham - 3 £550 - 3
Bracknell 0 1 - - 1
LAN
South East

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) AWS
1 2 (7.69%) Azure
1 2 (7.69%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.85%) GCP
2 1 (3.85%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 23 (88.46%) WAN
2 19 (73.08%) VPN
3 18 (69.23%) MPLS
4 17 (65.38%) Ethernet
5 16 (61.54%) ATM
5 16 (61.54%) Frame Relay
5 16 (61.54%) GPRS
5 16 (61.54%) GSM
5 16 (61.54%) LTE
5 16 (61.54%) SAN
5 16 (61.54%) SDH
5 16 (61.54%) UMTS
5 16 (61.54%) Wireshark
6 4 (15.38%) Firewall
6 4 (15.38%) Network Security
7 3 (11.54%) BGP
7 3 (11.54%) DNS
7 3 (11.54%) Internet
7 3 (11.54%) SD-WAN
8 2 (7.69%) EIGRP
General
1 20 (76.92%) Social Skills
2 18 (69.23%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Electronics
4 1 (3.85%) Finance
4 1 (3.85%) Marketing
4 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (57.69%) IP Engineer
2 14 (53.85%) Test Engineer
3 9 (34.62%) Network Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) IP Network Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) IP Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) IP Network Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) Network Consultant
6 1 (3.85%) Cisco Architect
6 1 (3.85%) Cisco Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.85%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Network Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Security Architect
6 1 (3.85%) Security Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 16 (61.54%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (11.54%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.85%) IoT
3 1 (3.85%) Life Science
3 1 (3.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (61.54%) Linux
1 16 (61.54%) Unix
2 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) Project Management
2 16 (61.54%) Fault Management
2 16 (61.54%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (61.54%) Regression Testing
2 16 (61.54%) Test Strategy
3 3 (11.54%) Migration
4 2 (7.69%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (7.69%) Risk Management
4 2 (7.69%) Runbook
4 2 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (7.69%) Test Scripting
4 2 (7.69%) Zero Trust
5 1 (3.85%) Budgeting
5 1 (3.85%) Cloud Security
5 1 (3.85%) Customer Service
5 1 (3.85%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (3.85%) Design Patterns
5 1 (3.85%) Incident Response
5 1 (3.85%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 16 (61.54%) Java
2 1 (3.85%) Python
2 1 (3.85%) VB
Qualifications
1 20 (76.92%) CCNP
1 20 (76.92%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (61.54%) ISEB
2 16 (61.54%) ISTQB
2 16 (61.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 3 (11.54%) CCNA
4 2 (7.69%) CCDP
4 2 (7.69%) Degree
4 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (3.85%) BC Cleared
5 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.85%) CCDA
5 1 (3.85%) CCIP
5 1 (3.85%) CISM
5 1 (3.85%) CISSP
5 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.85%) PMP
5 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) NIST
1 1 (3.85%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Ansible
1 1 (3.85%) CASB
1 1 (3.85%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 21 (80.77%) Cisco
2 18 (69.23%) Juniper
3 16 (61.54%) Microsoft
4 2 (7.69%) Aruba
4 2 (7.69%) Palo Alto
4 2 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.69%) Zscaler
5 1 (3.85%) ADVA
5 1 (3.85%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 1 (3.85%) Citrix
5 1 (3.85%) F5
5 1 (3.85%) SAP
5 1 (3.85%) Splunk