LAN Contract Job Trends in Central London

Local Area Network (LAN)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring LAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 102 112
Rank change year-on-year -13 +10 +24
Contract jobs citing LAN 18 19 33
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.88% 0.91% 1.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.98% 8.26% 12.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 15
10th Percentile £370 £407 £159
25th Percentile £413 £524 £234
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £631 £656
90th Percentile £668 £722 £763
London median daily rate £463 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £32.50 -
London median hourly rate - £33.75 £34.00
% change year-on-year - -0.74% +0.74%

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 164 230 271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 8.02% 10.99% 10.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 155 183
10th Percentile £208 £252 £210
25th Percentile £413 £449 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +10.53% -11.63%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £593
90th Percentile £715 £700 £713
London median daily rate £500 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -3.38% +3.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 5
10th Percentile £20.69 - -
25th Percentile - £31.25 £12.75
Median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -21.63% +71.69% -7.66%
75th Percentile £26.11 £33.75 -
90th Percentile £30.39 - £54.07
London median hourly rate £25.15 £33.75 £25.00
% change year-on-year -25.48% +35.00% -2.76%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LAN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

LAN job vacancy trend in Central London

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing LAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing LAN

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Central London over the 6 months to 9 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Central London

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing LAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing LAN

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 9 February 2026. 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 -9 18 £550 -6.38% 15
LAN
London

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (16.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.56%) AWS
3 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.56%) Nutanix
3 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 18 (100.00%) WAN
2 12 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (27.78%) SD-WAN
4 3 (16.67%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (16.67%) VPN
5 2 (11.11%) DNS
5 2 (11.11%) Firewall
5 2 (11.11%) Network Security
6 1 (5.56%) WLAN
General
1 7 (38.89%) Military
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Architect
1 12 (66.67%) Network Architect
2 4 (22.22%) Project Manager
3 3 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 3 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Network Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Network Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Lead Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Programme Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Programme Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Security Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
1 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Project Management
2 3 (16.67%) Change Management
2 3 (16.67%) Logistics
2 3 (16.67%) Network Architecture
2 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 3 (16.67%) Scrum
2 3 (16.67%) Time Management
2 3 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (11.11%) ITIL
3 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
3 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 1 (5.56%) Agile
4 1 (5.56%) ITSM
4 1 (5.56%) Load Balancing
4 1 (5.56%) Matrix Management
4 1 (5.56%) Release Management
4 1 (5.56%) Service Management
4 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.56%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (5.56%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 8 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) CCIE
3 1 (5.56%) CCNP
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.56%) PMP
3 1 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (38.89%) QA
2 3 (16.67%) PMO
3 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.56%) NIST
3 1 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) Cisco
2 4 (22.22%) ServiceNow
3 3 (16.67%) Arista
4 1 (5.56%) Citrix
4 1 (5.56%) IBM
4 1 (5.56%) Remedy
4 1 (5.56%) VMware
4 1 (5.56%) Zscaler