LAN Contract Job Trends in Kent

Local Area Network (LAN)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring LAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 14 23
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 +14
Contract jobs citing LAN 9 11 7
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 6.52% 7.43% 3.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.47% 36.67% 21.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 6
10th Percentile £309 £153 £158
25th Percentile £431 £154 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £157 £281
Median % change year-on-year +180.10% -44.15% -13.46%
75th Percentile £451 £248 £388
90th Percentile £478 £302 £466
South East median daily rate £495 £413 £295
% change year-on-year +20.00% +39.83% -37.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £18.10 -
25th Percentile - £18.82 £20.25
Median hourly rate - £20.08 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year - -2.07% -
75th Percentile - £21.27 £20.75
90th Percentile - £21.95 -
South East median hourly rate £48.72 £19.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +156.42% -52.50% +81.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 34 30 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 24.64% 20.27% 15.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 11 29
10th Percentile £153 £143 £240
25th Percentile £212 £154 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £339 £325 £523
Median % change year-on-year +4.23% -37.80% +43.15%
75th Percentile £451 £623 £525
90th Percentile £573 £625 £535
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -6.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - £18.58 £26.14
25th Percentile - £20.01 £34.99
Median hourly rate - £22.40 £49.85
Median % change year-on-year - -55.06% -
75th Percentile - £44.71 £64.58
90th Percentile - £58.10 £73.35
South East median hourly rate £70.16 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +12.26% +4.17% +33.33%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

LAN job vacancy trend in Kent

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing LAN

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Kent over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Kent

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing LAN

LAN
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Kent region over the 6 months to 15 December 2025. 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
Maidstone - 4 £439 -
Sevenoaks - 1 £443 -
LAN
South East

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 2 (22.22%) Google Ads
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) WAN
2 8 (88.89%) Firewall
3 7 (77.78%) BGP
3 7 (77.78%) IPsec
3 7 (77.78%) OSPF
3 7 (77.78%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (11.11%) VXLAN
General
1 7 (77.78%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Network Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Bill of Materials
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) CCNP
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 9 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) Degree
3 3 (33.33%) CCNA
4 1 (11.11%) CCSE
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (88.89%) Aruba
2 8 (88.89%) CheckPoint
2 8 (88.89%) Palo Alto
3 2 (22.22%) Pegasus
4 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
4 1 (11.11%) Juniper