LAN Contracts in Glasgow

Local Area Network (LAN)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 78 74
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 0
Contract jobs citing LAN 7 4 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.88% 0.46% 1.09%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.67% 3.96% 7.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 8
10th Percentile £342 £202 £322
25th Percentile £362 £241 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £399 £313 £444
Median % change year-on-year +27.68% -29.58% +21.58%
75th Percentile £415 £384 £475
90th Percentile £449 £424 £476
Scotland median daily rate £399 £675 £431
% change year-on-year -40.89% +56.52% +43.75%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 60 101 136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 7.52% 11.52% 14.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 68 75
10th Percentile £219 £200 £310
25th Percentile £363 £394 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £485 £623 £538
90th Percentile £550 £691 £603
Scotland median daily rate £425 £525 £463
% change year-on-year -19.05% +13.51% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 15
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £10.63
Median % change year-on-year - - -51.68%
75th Percentile - - £22.82
90th Percentile - - £54.34
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £22.14 £10.63
% change year-on-year -0.61% +108.23% -77.62%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Glasgow

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for LAN in Glasgow

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Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Glasgow

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in Glasgow.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in Glasgow

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) WAN
2 6 (85.71%) VPN
3 5 (71.43%) BGP
3 5 (71.43%) Firewall
3 5 (71.43%) OSPF
3 5 (71.43%) Wireless
4 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
5 3 (42.86%) Network Security
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (14.29%) MPLS
6 1 (14.29%) SDH
6 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
6 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Data Centre
2 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
3 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Network Monitoring
2 3 (42.86%) Capacity Management
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) Network Design
4 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Security Management
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (42.86%) CCNP
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) CCNA
4 1 (14.29%) HNC
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) FortiGate
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (71.43%) Palo Alto
3 4 (57.14%) Juniper
4 3 (42.86%) ServiceNow
5 2 (28.57%) Fortinet
6 1 (14.29%) Aruba
6 1 (14.29%) Nokia
6 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds