LAN Contracts in the City of London

Local Area Network (LAN)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring LAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LAN over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 108 124
Rank change year-on-year -1 +16 +30
Contract jobs citing LAN 12 19 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.69% 0.88% 1.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.23% 8.92% 13.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 28
10th Percentile £493 - £218
25th Percentile £524 £123 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £567 £500 £494
Median % change year-on-year +13.45% +1.27% -6.84%
75th Percentile £621 £656 £638
90th Percentile £650 £663 £698
Central London median daily rate £549 £300 £494
% change year-on-year +82.83% -39.24% -6.84%
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 - - -
Central London median hourly rate £24.50 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 166 213 355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.55% 9.86% 9.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 140 246
10th Percentile £251 £204 £231
25th Percentile £463 £347 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £444 £550
Median % change year-on-year +23.49% -19.32% +3.77%
75th Percentile £650 £628 £669
90th Percentile £717 £746 £750
Central London median daily rate £539 £438 £550
% change year-on-year +23.14% -20.45% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - £20.46
25th Percentile £23.75 £12.75 £20.81
Median hourly rate £24.50 £13.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +81.48% -35.71% -46.84%
75th Percentile £25.25 £14.25 £24.64
90th Percentile - - £30.86
Central London median hourly rate £24.50 £13.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +81.48% -35.71% -48.15%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for LAN in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) WAN
2 6 (50.00%) Firewall
3 3 (25.00%) Unified Communications
4 2 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (16.67%) Internet
4 2 (16.67%) VLAN
4 2 (16.67%) VPN
4 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (16.67%) Wireless
5 1 (8.33%) BGP
5 1 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (8.33%) DHCP
5 1 (8.33%) DNS
5 1 (8.33%) EIGRP
5 1 (8.33%) MPLS
5 1 (8.33%) NetScaler
5 1 (8.33%) Network Security
5 1 (8.33%) OSPF
5 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
5 1 (8.33%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) eggPlant
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Billing
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Banking
3 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (8.33%) Military
3 1 (8.33%) Police
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Coordinator
2 2 (16.67%) Lead
2 2 (16.67%) Lead Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Network Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) IT Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) QA Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) QA Test Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Support Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Test Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Test Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Trade Floor Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) e-Health
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (8.33%) Linux
3 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (25.00%) High Availability
3 2 (16.67%) Change Management
3 2 (16.67%) Cloud Security
3 2 (16.67%) CRM
3 2 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (16.67%) Network Design
3 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 2 (16.67%) Time Management
4 1 (8.33%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
4 1 (8.33%) Integration Testing
4 1 (8.33%) IT Governance
4 1 (8.33%) ITIL
4 1 (8.33%) Project Management
4 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
4 1 (8.33%) Statistics
4 1 (8.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) CCNP
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) CCNA
2 2 (16.67%) CCSA
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) CCSE
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Cisco LMS
1 1 (8.33%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Cisco
2 4 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) Arista
3 2 (16.67%) Forcepoint
3 2 (16.67%) Fortinet
3 2 (16.67%) Infoblox
3 2 (16.67%) Meraki
3 2 (16.67%) SolarWinds
4 1 (8.33%) Adobe
4 1 (8.33%) Citrix
4 1 (8.33%) ForeScout
4 1 (8.33%) Juniper
4 1 (8.33%) NetScout
4 1 (8.33%) Palo Alto