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 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 19 19
Rank change year-on-year +10 0 +15
Contract jobs citing LAN 18 3 12
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 10.40% 2.36% 5.61%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 45.00% 11.54% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 0 9
10th Percentile £394 - £159
25th Percentile £431 - £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 - £205
Median % change year-on-year - - -34.40%
75th Percentile £451 - £369
90th Percentile £455 - £423
South East median daily rate £445 £400 £210
% change year-on-year +11.25% +90.48% -53.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.25
Median hourly rate - - £20.50
75th Percentile - - £20.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £48.72 £19.00 £41.75
% change year-on-year +156.42% -54.49% -4.57%

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 40 26 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 23.12% 20.47% 18.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 12 35
10th Percentile £298 £206 £201
25th Percentile £331 £233 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £370 £425
Median % change year-on-year +18.24% -12.94% +16.44%
75th Percentile £482 £623 £525
90th Percentile £591 £625 £532
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -5.00% +8.11% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.25
Median hourly rate - £67.02 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year - +226.93% -
75th Percentile - - £20.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £55.50 £59.13 £58.50
% change year-on-year -6.13% +1.08% +29.99%

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 4 February 2026.

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 4 February 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
Maidstone - 10 £441 - 1
Sevenoaks - 3 £438 -
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 (11.11%) Google Ads
2 1 (5.56%) AWS
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 18 (100.00%) WAN
2 17 (94.44%) Firewall
3 16 (88.89%) BGP
3 16 (88.89%) IPsec
3 16 (88.89%) OSPF
3 16 (88.89%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (5.56%) VXLAN
General
1 16 (88.89%) Documentation Skills
2 11 (61.11%) Manufacturing
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (88.89%) Network Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) Cisco Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Architect
3 1 (5.56%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 16 (88.89%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Customer Requirements
2 5 (27.78%) Project Delivery
3 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.56%) Bill of Materials
4 1 (5.56%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) CCNP
1 18 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 18 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 18 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (50.00%) Degree
3 7 (38.89%) CCNA
4 1 (5.56%) CCSE
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) Cisco
2 17 (94.44%) Aruba
2 17 (94.44%) CheckPoint
2 17 (94.44%) Palo Alto
3 2 (11.11%) Pegasus
4 1 (5.56%) Fortinet
4 1 (5.56%) Juniper