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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 113 115
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 +44
Contract jobs citing LAN 15 16 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.78% 0.70% 1.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.65% 7.27% 15.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 28
10th Percentile £225 £239 £200
25th Percentile £269 £292 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £500 £588
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -14.89% +23.68%
75th Percentile £705 £600 £675
90th Percentile £775 £605 £736
London median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
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 £38.75 £23.80 £34.00
% change year-on-year +62.82% -30.00% -24.44%

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 196 220 333
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.16% 9.58% 10.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 134 221
10th Percentile £256 £272 £206
25th Percentile £361 £425 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.10% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £664 £625 £638
90th Percentile £750 £748 £700
London median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £27.56 - £26.38
25th Percentile £33.28 - £34.06
Median hourly rate £44.11 - £48.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +87.50%
75th Percentile £55.49 - £64.06
90th Percentile £61.54 - £72.13
London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.75
% change year-on-year -28.14% +13.82% +28.61%

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
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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 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 +14 15 £625 +25.00% 10
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 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (6.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (6.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) Azure
2 4 (26.67%) AWS
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (6.67%) GCP
4 1 (6.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (86.67%) WAN
2 8 (53.33%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (33.33%) Firewall
4 4 (26.67%) VPN
5 3 (20.00%) DNS
6 2 (13.33%) BGP
6 2 (13.33%) OSPF
6 2 (13.33%) SD-WAN
6 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
7 1 (6.67%) DHCP
7 1 (6.67%) Internet
7 1 (6.67%) Intranet
7 1 (6.67%) IP Telephony
7 1 (6.67%) MPLS
7 1 (6.67%) Multicast
7 1 (6.67%) Network Security
7 1 (6.67%) Unicast
7 1 (6.67%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) eggPlant
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (26.67%) Finance
1 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Banking
3 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Architect
2 4 (26.67%) Network Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Lead
4 2 (13.33%) Lead Architect
4 2 (13.33%) Network Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Support Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) AWS Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Design Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) IT Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) IT Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) IT Support
5 1 (6.67%) IT Support Specialist
5 1 (6.67%) Network Design Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Network Design Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) QA Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Data Centre
1 2 (13.33%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (6.67%) Fat Client
2 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.67%) Public Cloud
2 1 (6.67%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 7 (46.67%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (13.33%) Linux
3 2 (13.33%) Mac OS
4 1 (6.67%) Mac OS X
4 1 (6.67%) Windows 7
4 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
4 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) ITIL
2 4 (26.67%) Network Architecture
3 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 3 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (13.33%) Business Strategy
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
4 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
4 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (13.33%) Project Management
4 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
4 2 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (13.33%) Runbook
4 2 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (6.67%) High Availability
5 1 (6.67%) Machine Learning
5 1 (6.67%) Process Improvement
5 1 (6.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (6.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) AWS Certification
2 1 (6.67%) CCNA
2 1 (6.67%) CCNP
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (6.67%) MCSA
2 1 (6.67%) MCSE
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.67%) MOS
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) QA
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
2 1 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) SCCM
2 1 (6.67%) Ansible
2 1 (6.67%) Icinga
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (6.67%) Nagios
2 1 (6.67%) Observium
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Cisco
1 4 (26.67%) Citrix
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (13.33%) VMware
4 1 (6.67%) Adobe
4 1 (6.67%) Apple
4 1 (6.67%) Arista
4 1 (6.67%) Avaya
4 1 (6.67%) Databricks
4 1 (6.67%) ForeScout
4 1 (6.67%) IBM
4 1 (6.67%) Infoblox
4 1 (6.67%) Juniper
4 1 (6.67%) LogicMonitor
4 1 (6.67%) Meraki
4 1 (6.67%) Polycom
4 1 (6.67%) Remedy
4 1 (6.67%) Wyse