LAN Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Local Area Network (LAN)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring LAN skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 67 90
Rank change year-on-year +7 +23 +45
Contract jobs citing LAN 10 7 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.58% 0.86% 0.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.67% 7.53% 5.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile £430 £401 £473
25th Percentile £436 £403 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £413 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.70% -21.43% +31.25%
75th Percentile £471 £428 £538
90th Percentile £474 £434 £620
Scotland median daily rate £388 £375 £538
% change year-on-year +3.33% -30.23% +79.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 60 93 113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 9.48% 11.40% 10.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 52 71
10th Percentile £232 £200 £148
25th Percentile £413 £224 £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £328 £450
Median % change year-on-year +40.96% -27.09% -6.25%
75th Percentile £500 £534 £538
90th Percentile £559 £612 £613
Scotland median daily rate £440 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +3.53% -10.53% +6.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 0
Median hourly rate £17.30 £18.14 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% - -
Scotland median hourly rate £17.30 £18.27 £55.00
% change year-on-year -5.31% -66.78% +50.44%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Edinburgh

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing LAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing LAN

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Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing LAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing LAN

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) WAN
2 4 (40.00%) Firewall
3 3 (30.00%) VLAN
3 3 (30.00%) VPN
3 3 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (20.00%) BGP
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (20.00%) EIGRP
4 2 (20.00%) IPsec
4 2 (20.00%) OSPF
4 2 (20.00%) SDH
4 2 (20.00%) SD-WAN
4 2 (20.00%) Unified Communications
4 2 (20.00%) Wireless
4 2 (20.00%) WLAN
5 1 (10.00%) DHCP
5 1 (10.00%) DNS
5 1 (10.00%) Internet
5 1 (10.00%) IP Telephony
5 1 (10.00%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Electronics
2 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Legal
4 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Field Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Network Field Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
4 1 (10.00%) Field Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Network Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Project Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Support
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Support Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (30.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (30.00%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (20.00%) SCADA
4 1 (10.00%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Solaris
2 1 (10.00%) Unix
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Network Monitoring
1 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) Process Management
2 3 (30.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (20.00%) High Availability
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL
3 2 (20.00%) Load Balancing
3 2 (20.00%) Network Design
3 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Service Management
4 1 (10.00%) Bill of Materials
4 1 (10.00%) Budgeting
4 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (10.00%) Inventory Management
4 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (30.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) CCIE
3 2 (20.00%) CCNA
3 2 (20.00%) CCNP
3 2 (20.00%) HNC
4 1 (10.00%) BC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) City & Guilds
4 1 (10.00%) Degree
4 1 (10.00%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (10.00%) COBIT
2 1 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Cisco
2 3 (30.00%) Nokia
3 2 (20.00%) F5
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle
3 2 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (10.00%) Avaya
4 1 (10.00%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (10.00%) Meraki
4 1 (10.00%) SAP