LAN Contracts in Central London

Local Area Network (LAN)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 110 122
Rank change year-on-year +2 +12 +38
Contract jobs citing LAN 20 27 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.00% 1.14% 1.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.52% 10.80% 14.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 16 34
10th Percentile £263 £123 £200
25th Percentile £344 £148 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £376 £565
Median % change year-on-year +46.24% -33.44% +7.57%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £642
90th Percentile £735 £625 £744
London median daily rate £478 £488 £525
% change year-on-year -2.05% -7.14% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.75 - -
Median hourly rate £24.50 - -
75th Percentile £25.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £40.00 £23.80 £41.03
% change year-on-year +68.07% -42.00% -6.74%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 210 250 390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.45% 10.53% 10.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 166 272
10th Percentile £250 £240 £180
25th Percentile £384 £350 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £463 £550
Median % change year-on-year +17.57% -15.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £660 £600 £669
90th Percentile £753 £738 £750
London median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £27.56 - £20.43
25th Percentile £33.28 £12.75 £20.74
Median hourly rate £44.11 £13.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +226.72% -40.00% -45.78%
75th Percentile £55.49 £14.25 £29.38
90th Percentile £61.54 - £32.75
London median hourly rate £30.00 £23.80 £36.54
% change year-on-year +26.05% -34.87% +32.87%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Central London

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in Central London

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Central London over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Central London

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in Central London

LAN
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 July 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
City of London +2 16 £586 +17.20% 47
City of Westminster +1 1 £425 - 1
LAN
London

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Azure
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (10.00%) AWS
3 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (60.00%) WAN
2 7 (35.00%) Firewall
2 7 (35.00%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (25.00%) BGP
3 5 (25.00%) VPN
4 4 (20.00%) OSPF
5 3 (15.00%) DNS
5 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
5 3 (15.00%) Unified Communications
6 2 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (10.00%) DHCP
6 2 (10.00%) Multicast
6 2 (10.00%) VLAN
7 1 (5.00%) EIGRP
7 1 (5.00%) HSRP
7 1 (5.00%) NX-OS
7 1 (5.00%) SD-WAN
7 1 (5.00%) Unicast
7 1 (5.00%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) eggPlant
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Billing
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.00%) Military
4 1 (5.00%) Police
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Analyst
1 4 (20.00%) Architect
1 4 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) IT Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) IT Support
2 3 (15.00%) Lead
2 3 (15.00%) Network Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Support Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) Coordinator
3 2 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Lead Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Network Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) Support Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Design Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support
4 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Support Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) 802.1X
1 1 (5.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (40.00%) Windows
2 3 (15.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (10.00%) Mac OS
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (5.00%) Linux
4 1 (5.00%) Mac OS X
4 1 (5.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 4 (20.00%) ITIL
3 3 (15.00%) CRM
3 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (10.00%) Customer Experience
4 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (10.00%) High Availability
4 2 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (10.00%) Migration
4 2 (10.00%) Network Architecture
4 2 (10.00%) Network Design
4 2 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (10.00%) Ticket Management
4 2 (10.00%) Time Management
5 1 (5.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) CCNP
2 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (5.00%) CCNA
3 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (5.00%) MCSA
3 1 (5.00%) MCSE
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.00%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) SCCM
2 2 (10.00%) Cisco LMS
2 2 (10.00%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (5.00%) Ansible
3 1 (5.00%) CA Spectrum
3 1 (5.00%) Icinga
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (5.00%) Nagios
3 1 (5.00%) Netcool
3 1 (5.00%) Observium
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Cisco
2 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 3 (15.00%) Juniper
5 2 (10.00%) Citrix
5 2 (10.00%) Fortinet
5 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow
6 1 (5.00%) Adobe
6 1 (5.00%) Apple
6 1 (5.00%) Arista
6 1 (5.00%) Avaya
6 1 (5.00%) CheckPoint
6 1 (5.00%) Databricks
6 1 (5.00%) Infoblox
6 1 (5.00%) Meraki
6 1 (5.00%) Polycom
6 1 (5.00%) Riverbed
6 1 (5.00%) SolarWinds
6 1 (5.00%) VMware
6 1 (5.00%) Wyse