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 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 109 115
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 +42
Contract jobs citing LAN 18 20 38
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.96% 0.86% 1.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.17% 7.60% 12.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 12 16
10th Percentile £240 £419 £188
25th Percentile £344 £475 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £570
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +3.07% +20.00%
75th Percentile £656 £613 £656
90th Percentile £759 £722 £715
London median daily rate £463 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -7.50% -4.76% +7.14%
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 £24.50 £32.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -24.62% -45.83% +100.10%

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 177 263 298
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 9.42% 11.32% 9.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 168 188
10th Percentile £269 £311 £222
25th Percentile £413 £429 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% +0.48% -2.79%
75th Percentile £663 £638 £608
90th Percentile £738 £738 £696
London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 3
10th Percentile £21.96 - £19.39
25th Percentile £24.18 £31.25 £20.09
Median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.63% +44.44% +7.14%
75th Percentile £41.99 £33.75 £50.63
90th Percentile £56.54 - £66.75
London median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £28.63
% change year-on-year -32.48% +30.13% +14.50%

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 4 November 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 4 November 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 +6 18 £550 -6.38% 63
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 5 (27.78%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (16.67%) MS Visio
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (5.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (5.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) AWS
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (5.56%) GCP
4 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (94.44%) WAN
2 7 (38.89%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (33.33%) Firewall
4 5 (27.78%) VPN
5 4 (22.22%) SD-WAN
6 3 (16.67%) DNS
6 3 (16.67%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (11.11%) BGP
7 2 (11.11%) Network Security
7 2 (11.11%) OSPF
7 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
8 1 (5.56%) DHCP
8 1 (5.56%) Internet
8 1 (5.56%) Intranet
8 1 (5.56%) IP Telephony
8 1 (5.56%) MPLS
8 1 (5.56%) Multicast
8 1 (5.56%) Unicast
8 1 (5.56%) VLAN
8 1 (5.56%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 7 (38.89%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 2 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Architect
2 5 (27.78%) Network Architect
3 4 (22.22%) Project Manager
4 3 (16.67%) IT Manager
4 3 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Network Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Network Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Network Project Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Support Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (5.56%) Consultant
6 1 (5.56%) Desktop Support
6 1 (5.56%) Network Consultant
6 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.56%) Support Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Support Specialist
6 1 (5.56%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Data Centre
2 2 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (5.56%) Fat Client
3 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.56%) Public Cloud
3 1 (5.56%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 2 (11.11%) Linux
3 2 (11.11%) Mac OS
4 1 (5.56%) Mac OS X
4 1 (5.56%) Windows 7
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) ITIL
1 5 (27.78%) Project Delivery
2 4 (22.22%) Change Management
2 4 (22.22%) Network Architecture
2 4 (22.22%) Project Management
3 3 (16.67%) Logistics
3 3 (16.67%) Scrum
3 3 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 3 (16.67%) Time Management
3 3 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (11.11%) Business Strategy
4 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (5.56%) Coaching
5 1 (5.56%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) CCNP
2 2 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
3 1 (5.56%) CCIE
3 1 (5.56%) CCNA
3 1 (5.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (5.56%) MCSA
3 1 (5.56%) MCSE
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.56%) MOS
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) PMO
2 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.56%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) SCCM
2 1 (5.56%) Ansible
2 1 (5.56%) Icinga
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.56%) Nagios
2 1 (5.56%) Observium
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Cisco
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 6 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 4 (22.22%) Arista
3 4 (22.22%) Citrix
4 3 (16.67%) Palo Alto
5 2 (11.11%) VMware
6 1 (5.56%) Adobe
6 1 (5.56%) Apple
6 1 (5.56%) Avaya
6 1 (5.56%) Databricks
6 1 (5.56%) ForeScout
6 1 (5.56%) IBM
6 1 (5.56%) Infoblox
6 1 (5.56%) Juniper
6 1 (5.56%) LogicMonitor
6 1 (5.56%) Meraki
6 1 (5.56%) Polycom
6 1 (5.56%) Remedy
6 1 (5.56%) Wyse