LAN Contracts in the City of London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for LAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited LAN over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 122 151
Rank change year-on-year +21 +29 -25
Contract jobs citing LAN 23 45 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.06% 1.30% 0.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.31% 13.01% 8.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 26 23
10th Percentile - £216 £401
25th Percentile £123 £271 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £558 £540
Median % change year-on-year -10.31% +3.24% +2.86%
75th Percentile £613 £667 £644
90th Percentile £661 £740 £670
Central London median daily rate £500 £565 £540
% change year-on-year -11.50% +4.63% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £38.58
25th Percentile - - £39.06
Median hourly rate - - £41.25
75th Percentile - - £43.56
90th Percentile - - £44.13
Central London median hourly rate - - £41.25

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of London

LAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 223 346 414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 10.28% 10.02% 9.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 231 313
10th Percentile £196 £220 £313
25th Percentile £350 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +2.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £638
90th Percentile £781 £750 £738
Central London median daily rate £450 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 12
10th Percentile - £21.70 £21.00
25th Percentile £12.75 £23.92 £24.75
Median hourly rate £13.50 £27.85 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -51.53% -25.23% +152.54%
75th Percentile £14.25 £31.55 £61.94
90th Percentile - £33.62 £65.43
Central London median hourly rate £13.50 £27.85 £39.50
% change year-on-year -51.53% -29.49% +150.79%

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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 8 June 2024.

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 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (8.70%) MS Visio
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) AWS
2 2 (8.70%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) IaaS
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (73.91%) WAN
2 9 (39.13%) Firewall
3 7 (30.43%) SD-WAN
3 7 (30.43%) Wireless
4 6 (26.09%) WLAN
5 4 (17.39%) BGP
5 4 (17.39%) Cisco IOS
5 4 (17.39%) Unified Communications
6 3 (13.04%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (13.04%) OSPF
6 3 (13.04%) Spanning Tree
6 3 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (8.70%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (8.70%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (8.70%) DHCP
7 2 (8.70%) DNS
7 2 (8.70%) EIGRP
7 2 (8.70%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (4.35%) SAN
8 1 (4.35%) VPN
General
1 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
3 3 (13.04%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Network Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) IT Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Desktop Technician
4 3 (13.04%) IT Support
4 3 (13.04%) IT Technician
4 3 (13.04%) Junior Desktop Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Junior Desktop Support
4 3 (13.04%) Junior Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Junior IT Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Junior IT Support
4 3 (13.04%) Junior IT Technician
4 3 (13.04%) Junior Support Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Junior Support Technician
4 3 (13.04%) Support Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Data Centre
2 3 (13.04%) iPhone
3 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (8.70%) Virtual Team
4 1 (4.35%) Digital Signage
4 1 (4.35%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Android
2 1 (4.35%) Mac OS
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) Computer Science
1 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (17.39%) Asset Management
2 4 (17.39%) Change Management
2 4 (17.39%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (13.04%) Agile
3 3 (13.04%) Logistics
4 2 (8.70%) Capacity Management
4 2 (8.70%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (8.70%) Coaching
4 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (8.70%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (8.70%) ITIL
4 2 (8.70%) Network Design
4 2 (8.70%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (8.70%) Preventative Maintenance
5 1 (4.35%) Customer Service
5 1 (4.35%) Platform Engineering
5 1 (4.35%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (4.35%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Degree
1 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
2 5 (21.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (17.39%) DV Cleared
4 3 (13.04%) CCNA
4 3 (13.04%) CCNP
5 1 (4.35%) CCIE
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
5 1 (4.35%) PMP
5 1 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (4.35%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) Cisco
2 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
3 5 (21.74%) Juniper
3 5 (21.74%) ServiceNow
4 4 (17.39%) Palo Alto
5 3 (13.04%) CheckPoint
6 2 (8.70%) SolarWinds
7 1 (4.35%) Aruba
7 1 (4.35%) Commvault
7 1 (4.35%) F5
7 1 (4.35%) Fortinet
7 1 (4.35%) Riverbed
7 1 (4.35%) VMware