LAN Contract Job Trends in East London

Local Area Network (LAN)
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East London requiring LAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 14 33
Rank change year-on-year -5 +19 -4
Contract jobs citing LAN 3 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in East London 2.61% 6.06% 1.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.00% 23.08% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 1
10th Percentile £530 £420 -
25th Percentile £556 £498 £123
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £125
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +340.00% -50.50%
75th Percentile - £576 £128
90th Percentile - £585 -
London median daily rate £500 £480 £475
% change year-on-year +4.17% +1.05% -5.47%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East 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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 15 26 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 13.04% 26.26% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 22 24
10th Percentile - £222 £179
25th Percentile £188 £357 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £543 £540
Median % change year-on-year -63.13% +0.46% -16.92%
75th Percentile £488 £585 £587
90th Percentile £600 - £734
London median daily rate £510 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £29.04 £24.66 -
Median % change year-on-year +17.76% - -
London median hourly rate £25.63 £40.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year -35.93% +68.07% -34.38%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LAN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East London.

LAN job vacancy trend in East London

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing LAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing LAN

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend in East London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing LAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing LAN

LAN
Contract Job Locations in East 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 East London region over the 6 months to 10 June 2026. 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
Tower Hamlets -5 2 £600 +5.73%
Greenwich - 1 £525 -
LAN
London

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) SaaS
2 2 (66.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Network Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Network Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (33.33%) BYOD
2 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Network Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (66.67%) Zero Trust
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Tech Ops
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Dynatrace
1 2 (66.67%) SolarWinds
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft