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 7 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 109 110
Rank change year-on-year -14 +1 +16
Contract jobs citing LAN 22 20 27
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.84% 0.99% 1.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.22% 9.52% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 11 16
10th Percentile £363 £263 £123
25th Percentile £400 £344 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £376
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +46.24% -33.44%
75th Percentile £631 £675 £600
90th Percentile £715 £735 £625
London median daily rate £500 £478 £500
% change year-on-year +4.71% -4.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 £23.75 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £24.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.45% - -
75th Percentile £31.00 £25.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £53.75 £40.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year +34.38% +68.07% -42.00%

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 196 210 247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 7.46% 10.42% 10.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 140 161
10th Percentile £301 £250 £239
25th Percentile £411 £384 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +14.47% -13.64%
75th Percentile £644 £660 £600
90th Percentile £723 £753 £738
London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 2
10th Percentile £19.42 £27.56 -
25th Percentile £21.88 £33.28 £12.75
Median hourly rate £45.00 £44.11 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.02% +226.72% -40.00%
75th Percentile £64.69 £55.49 £14.25
90th Percentile £76.88 £61.54 -
London median hourly rate £28.96 £30.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year -3.47% +26.05% -34.87%

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 7 July 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 7 July 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 -7 21 £558 -4.86% 7
Southwark - 1 £188 -
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 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Azure
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 3 (13.64%) Entra ID
2 3 (13.64%) OneDrive
2 3 (13.64%) SaaS
3 1 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 17 (77.27%) WAN
2 13 (59.09%) Firewall
3 8 (36.36%) VPN
3 8 (36.36%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (31.82%) DNS
5 5 (22.73%) DHCP
5 5 (22.73%) Network Security
5 5 (22.73%) SD-WAN
6 4 (18.18%) Wireless
7 3 (13.64%) Internet
7 3 (13.64%) TCP/IP
7 3 (13.64%) Unified Communications
8 2 (9.09%) BGP
8 2 (9.09%) OSPF
8 2 (9.09%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (9.09%) WLAN
9 1 (4.55%) DMZ
9 1 (4.55%) EIGRP
9 1 (4.55%) MPLS
9 1 (4.55%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Fiddler
1 1 (4.55%) MSI
1 1 (4.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Banking
2 2 (9.09%) Law
2 2 (9.09%) Military
2 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Finance
3 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
3 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) Network Engineer
2 6 (27.27%) Architect
2 6 (27.27%) Network Architect
3 4 (18.18%) LAN Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Lead
4 2 (9.09%) Lead Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Deployment Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Firewall Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Network Deployment Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Security Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Senior
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Server Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Service Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) .NET
1 1 (4.55%) .NET Framework
1 1 (4.55%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Data Centre
2 3 (13.64%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (9.09%) Cloud Security Posture
3 2 (9.09%) Security Posture
4 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 6 (27.27%) Windows
2 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
1 4 (18.18%) Zero Trust
2 3 (13.64%) ITIL
2 3 (13.64%) Network Architecture
2 3 (13.64%) User Experience
3 2 (9.09%) Cloud Security
3 2 (9.09%) High Availability
3 2 (9.09%) Migration
3 2 (9.09%) Network Design
3 2 (9.09%) Network Virtualisation
3 2 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (9.09%) Project Delivery
3 2 (9.09%) Validation
4 1 (4.55%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (4.55%) Customer Service
4 1 (4.55%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (4.55%) Network Optimisation
4 1 (4.55%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (4.55%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) C++
2 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (27.27%) CCNP
3 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
3 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
4 3 (13.64%) CCIE
5 2 (9.09%) CCNA
5 2 (9.09%) Degree
6 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
6 1 (4.55%) CWNA
6 1 (4.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) QA
2 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (4.55%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.55%) Ansible
2 1 (4.55%) FortiGate
2 1 (4.55%) Nessus
2 1 (4.55%) SCCM
2 1 (4.55%) Terraform
2 1 (4.55%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 13 (59.09%) Cisco
2 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 3 (13.64%) Citrix
3 3 (13.64%) F5
3 3 (13.64%) Fortinet
3 3 (13.64%) Juniper
3 3 (13.64%) VMware
3 3 (13.64%) Zscaler
4 2 (9.09%) Aruba
4 2 (9.09%) Meraki
4 2 (9.09%) Palo Alto
5 1 (4.55%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (4.55%) Forcepoint
5 1 (4.55%) ForeScout
5 1 (4.55%) IBM
5 1 (4.55%) LogicMonitor
5 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.55%) Tenable