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 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 109 113
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +37
Contract jobs citing LAN 17 20 41
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.90% 0.85% 1.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.39% 7.84% 13.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 19
10th Percentile £233 £259 £195
25th Percentile £275 £475 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +21.05%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £688
90th Percentile £767 £706 £775
London median daily rate £481 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -8.33% -1.41% +6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.75 £31.25 -
Median hourly rate £24.50 £32.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% - -
75th Percentile £25.25 £33.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £37.50 £23.80 £25.53
% change year-on-year +57.56% -6.79% -14.85%

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 181 255 305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 9.55% 10.86% 9.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 161 195
10th Percentile £250 £321 £233
25th Percentile £397 £431 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.10% - -
75th Percentile £664 £638 £622
90th Percentile £738 £738 £700
London median daily rate £500 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.31% -1.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £20.89 - £26.38
25th Percentile £21.96 £31.25 £34.06
Median hourly rate £24.50 £32.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% -33.33% +87.50%
75th Percentile £45.41 £33.75 £64.06
90th Percentile £57.51 - £72.13
London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% +32.08% +10.62%

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 17 October 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 17 October 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 +4 17 £550 -6.38% 19
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 (23.53%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (11.76%) MS Visio
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (5.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (5.88%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 7 (41.18%) Azure
2 4 (23.53%) AWS
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (5.88%) GCP
4 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (88.24%) WAN
2 8 (47.06%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (29.41%) Firewall
4 4 (23.53%) VPN
5 3 (17.65%) DNS
6 2 (11.76%) BGP
6 2 (11.76%) OSPF
6 2 (11.76%) SD-WAN
6 2 (11.76%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
7 1 (5.88%) DHCP
7 1 (5.88%) Internet
7 1 (5.88%) Intranet
7 1 (5.88%) IP Telephony
7 1 (5.88%) MPLS
7 1 (5.88%) Multicast
7 1 (5.88%) Network Security
7 1 (5.88%) Unicast
7 1 (5.88%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) eggPlant
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 6 (35.29%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Architect
2 4 (23.53%) Network Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Project Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (11.76%) IT Manager
4 2 (11.76%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Lead
4 2 (11.76%) Lead Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Network Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) IT Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (5.88%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (5.88%) IT Support
5 1 (5.88%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Network Design Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Network Operations Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Data Centre
2 2 (11.76%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (5.88%) Fat Client
3 1 (5.88%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.88%) Public Cloud
3 1 (5.88%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 7 (41.18%) Windows
2 3 (17.65%) Windows 10
3 2 (11.76%) Linux
3 2 (11.76%) Mac OS
4 1 (5.88%) Mac OS X
4 1 (5.88%) Windows 7
4 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
4 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) ITIL
2 4 (23.53%) Network Architecture
2 4 (23.53%) Project Delivery
2 4 (23.53%) Project Management
3 3 (17.65%) Change Management
3 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (17.65%) Service Delivery
3 3 (17.65%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (11.76%) Business Strategy
4 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
4 2 (11.76%) Logistics
4 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
4 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.76%) Roadmaps
4 2 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (11.76%) Runbook
4 2 (11.76%) Scrum
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (11.76%) Time Management
4 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) AWS Certification
2 1 (5.88%) CCNA
2 1 (5.88%) CCNP
2 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (5.88%) MCSA
2 1 (5.88%) MCSE
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.88%) MOS
2 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) PMO
1 2 (11.76%) QA
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) SCCM
2 1 (5.88%) Ansible
2 1 (5.88%) Icinga
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.88%) Nagios
2 1 (5.88%) Observium
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Cisco
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 5 (29.41%) ServiceNow
3 4 (23.53%) Citrix
4 3 (17.65%) Arista
4 3 (17.65%) Palo Alto
5 2 (11.76%) VMware
6 1 (5.88%) Adobe
6 1 (5.88%) Apple
6 1 (5.88%) Avaya
6 1 (5.88%) Databricks
6 1 (5.88%) ForeScout
6 1 (5.88%) IBM
6 1 (5.88%) Infoblox
6 1 (5.88%) Juniper
6 1 (5.88%) LogicMonitor
6 1 (5.88%) Polycom
6 1 (5.88%) Remedy
6 1 (5.88%) Wyse
6 1 (5.88%) Zscaler