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 4 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 102 119
Rank change year-on-year -5 +17 +35
Contract jobs citing LAN 14 24 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.83% 1.12% 1.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.70% 10.91% 13.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 29
10th Percentile £251 - £219
25th Percentile £272 £123 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.10% -9.09% +0.92%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £644
90th Percentile £705 £663 £734
Central London median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +0.92%
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 161 220 350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.58% 10.24% 10.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 143 235
10th Percentile £249 £208 £228
25th Percentile £406 £350 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% +3.77%
75th Percentile £660 £625 £672
90th Percentile £755 £749 £750
Central London median daily rate £543 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +20.56% -18.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - £21.70
25th Percentile £23.75 £12.75 £23.92
Median hourly rate £24.50 £13.50 £27.85
Median % change year-on-year +81.48% -51.53% -20.42%
75th Percentile £25.25 £14.25 £31.55
90th Percentile - - £33.62
Central London median hourly rate £24.50 £13.50 £27.85
% change year-on-year +81.48% -51.53% -25.23%

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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 4 June 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (7.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (64.29%) WAN
2 5 (35.71%) Firewall
3 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
3 3 (21.43%) Unified Communications
3 3 (21.43%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (14.29%) BGP
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (14.29%) DNS
4 2 (14.29%) OSPF
5 1 (7.14%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (7.14%) DHCP
5 1 (7.14%) EIGRP
5 1 (7.14%) Internet
5 1 (7.14%) Intranet
5 1 (7.14%) IP Telephony
5 1 (7.14%) Multicast
5 1 (7.14%) Unicast
5 1 (7.14%) VLAN
5 1 (7.14%) VPN
5 1 (7.14%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) eggPlant
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Billing
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Military
4 1 (7.14%) Police
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Network Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Network Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Coordinator
3 2 (14.29%) Lead
3 2 (14.29%) Lead Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Design Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Desktop Support
4 1 (7.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) IT Support Specialist
4 1 (7.14%) Network Design Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) QA Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Support Specialist
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) Windows 10
3 2 (14.29%) Mac OS
4 1 (7.14%) Mac OS X
4 1 (7.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (21.43%) CRM
2 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
2 3 (21.43%) ITIL
2 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
3 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (14.29%) Customer Experience
3 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (14.29%) Network Architecture
3 2 (14.29%) Network Design
3 2 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (14.29%) Time Management
4 1 (7.14%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (7.14%) High Availability
4 1 (7.14%) Integration Testing
4 1 (7.14%) Investment Management
4 1 (7.14%) IT Governance
4 1 (7.14%) Statistics
4 1 (7.14%) Test Automation
4 1 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) AWS Certification
3 1 (7.14%) CCNP
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.14%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (7.14%) MCSA
3 1 (7.14%) MCSE
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.14%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
1 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) SCCM
2 1 (7.14%) Ansible
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco LMS
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (7.14%) Icinga
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.14%) Nagios
2 1 (7.14%) Observium
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Cisco
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Fortinet
2 2 (14.29%) Palo Alto
3 1 (7.14%) Adobe
3 1 (7.14%) Apple
3 1 (7.14%) Arista
3 1 (7.14%) Avaya
3 1 (7.14%) CheckPoint
3 1 (7.14%) Citrix
3 1 (7.14%) Infoblox
3 1 (7.14%) Juniper
3 1 (7.14%) Polycom
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.14%) Wyse