LAN Contracts in London

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 226 250 166
Rank change year-on-year +24 -84 +119
Contract jobs citing LAN 155 142 381
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.13% 0.88% 1.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.95% 9.30% 15.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 91 239
10th Percentile £301 £250 £210
25th Percentile £400 £350 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £586 £600 £694
90th Percentile £707 £650 £775
England median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile £28.75 - -
25th Percentile £36.25 - £16.13
Median hourly rate £40.00 £23.80 £17.07
Median % change year-on-year +68.07% +39.47% -63.53%
75th Percentile £50.00 - £41.50
90th Percentile £51.20 - £55.60
England median hourly rate £30.00 £23.80 £62.00
% change year-on-year +26.05% -61.61% +175.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,415 1,527 2,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.31% 9.41% 10.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 923 1,027 1,756
10th Percentile £280 £250 £252
25th Percentile £400 £375 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £625 £619 £675
90th Percentile £716 £713 £750
England median daily rate £494 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.20% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 31 37
10th Percentile £19.46 £16.24 £18.79
25th Percentile £25.15 £20.00 £22.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £23.80 £36.54
Median % change year-on-year +26.05% -34.87% +43.06%
75th Percentile £52.88 £50.25 £67.00
90th Percentile £63.25 £65.00 £77.00
England median hourly rate £43.75 £51.50 £50.42
% change year-on-year -15.05% +2.14% +83.35%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in London

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in London

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in London over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in London

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in London

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LAN in London over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for LAN in London

LAN
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
West London +33 37 £425 -34.62% 14
Central London -3 17 £500 - 16
South London - 10 £348 -
East London +13 4 £568 +354.00% 3
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.29%) Confluence
2 2 (1.29%) nginx
3 1 (0.65%) Apache
3 1 (0.65%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.65%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 9 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.87%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (24.52%) Azure
2 27 (17.42%) AWS
3 18 (11.61%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.52%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.23%) GCP
6 4 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.58%) GitHub
7 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.29%) SaaS
7 2 (1.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.65%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.65%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 118 (76.13%) WAN
2 97 (62.58%) Firewall
3 58 (37.42%) SD-WAN
4 54 (34.84%) VPN
5 47 (30.32%) Wi-Fi
6 40 (25.81%) Cisco Nexus
7 33 (21.29%) DNS
7 33 (21.29%) TCP/IP
8 32 (20.65%) BGP
9 30 (19.35%) OSPF
10 29 (18.71%) Network Security
11 28 (18.06%) Wireless
12 26 (16.77%) DHCP
13 20 (12.90%) VLAN
14 18 (11.61%) MPLS
15 16 (10.32%) WLAN
16 14 (9.03%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 11 (7.10%) Cisco Wireless
17 11 (7.10%) EIGRP
18 10 (6.45%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.94%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.29%) Apache Cassandra
2 2 (1.29%) DB2
2 2 (1.29%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.65%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (3.87%) Sonatype Nexus
2 5 (3.23%) Git
3 4 (2.58%) GitLab
4 3 (1.94%) JIRA
5 2 (1.29%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.29%) eggPlant
6 1 (0.65%) JIRA Agile
General
1 48 (30.97%) Social Skills
2 18 (11.61%) Finance
3 17 (10.97%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (10.97%) Telecoms
4 11 (7.10%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.16%) Banking
6 5 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.58%) Games
7 4 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.58%) Law
7 4 (2.58%) Legal
7 4 (2.58%) Retail
8 3 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.94%) Local Government
9 2 (1.29%) Billing
9 2 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.65%) Aviation
10 1 (0.65%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.65%) Military
10 1 (0.65%) Police
Job Titles
1 43 (27.74%) Architect
2 38 (24.52%) Network Engineer
3 31 (20.00%) Network Architect
4 14 (9.03%) Senior
5 11 (7.10%) Network Design Architect
6 9 (5.81%) Analyst
6 9 (5.81%) Technical Architect
7 8 (5.16%) Support Engineer
8 7 (4.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (4.52%) Infrastructure Manager
9 6 (3.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (3.23%) Administrator
10 5 (3.23%) IT Engineer
10 5 (3.23%) Network Administrator
11 4 (2.58%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 4 (2.58%) Juniper Engineer
11 4 (2.58%) Lead
11 4 (2.58%) Network Infrastructure Manager
11 4 (2.58%) Network Security Administrator
11 4 (2.58%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.58%) JSON
2 3 (1.94%) EDI
2 3 (1.94%) Middleware
2 3 (1.94%) XML
3 2 (1.29%) HTML
3 2 (1.29%) Node.js
3 2 (1.29%) React
3 2 (1.29%) Spring
3 2 (1.29%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.65%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.65%) ADO
4 1 (0.65%) Jinja
4 1 (0.65%) LAMP
4 1 (0.65%) NETCONF
4 1 (0.65%) RESTCONF
4 1 (0.65%) SOAP
4 1 (0.65%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.55%) Data Centre
2 9 (5.81%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.87%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (3.23%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.23%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.94%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.94%) Security Posture
5 3 (1.94%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.29%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.29%) CMDB
6 2 (1.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.29%) Online Banking
6 2 (1.29%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.29%) Replication
6 2 (1.29%) SCADA
6 2 (1.29%) Video\Live Streaming
6 2 (1.29%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.65%) CCTV
7 1 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 39 (25.16%) Windows
2 14 (9.03%) Linux
3 5 (3.23%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.94%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.94%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.29%) Unix
6 1 (0.65%) AIX
6 1 (0.65%) Android
6 1 (0.65%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.65%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.65%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (17.42%) Network Design
2 23 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (13.55%) Network Architecture
4 19 (12.26%) Network Monitoring
5 16 (10.32%) ITIL
5 16 (10.32%) Migration
6 14 (9.03%) High Availability
7 13 (8.39%) Mentoring
8 12 (7.74%) Agile
8 12 (7.74%) Change Management
8 12 (7.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 11 (7.10%) Business Strategy
9 11 (7.10%) Customer Service
10 9 (5.81%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (5.16%) Business Continuity
11 8 (5.16%) Incident Management
11 8 (5.16%) Patch Management
11 8 (5.16%) Runbook
12 7 (4.52%) Data Encryption
12 7 (4.52%) Proactive Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.68%) Python
2 3 (1.94%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.94%) SQL
3 2 (1.29%) C
3 2 (1.29%) C++
3 2 (1.29%) Java
3 2 (1.29%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.65%) Bash
4 1 (0.65%) Go
Qualifications
1 42 (27.10%) Security Cleared
2 40 (25.81%) Cisco Certification
3 34 (21.94%) CCNP
4 29 (18.71%) SC Cleared
5 15 (9.68%) CCNA
6 11 (7.10%) DV Cleared
7 10 (6.45%) CCSA
7 10 (6.45%) JNCIA
8 9 (5.81%) Degree
9 7 (4.52%) CCIE
10 6 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (3.23%) CCSE
11 5 (3.23%) JNCIS
12 3 (1.94%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.94%) JNCIE
12 3 (1.94%) JNCIP
12 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (1.29%) CIPD
13 2 (1.29%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.23%) SLA
2 4 (2.58%) QA
System Software
1 21 (13.55%) Active Directory
2 13 (8.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (7.74%) Firmware
4 3 (1.94%) Docker
4 3 (1.94%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.29%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (8.39%) Ansible
2 9 (5.81%) FortiGate
3 7 (4.52%) CA Spectrum
3 7 (4.52%) Terraform
4 6 (3.87%) SCCM
5 5 (3.23%) Cisco Prime
6 4 (2.58%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.94%) Progress Chef
7 3 (1.94%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 2 (1.29%) Cisco LMS
8 2 (1.29%) HAProxy
8 2 (1.29%) Icinga
8 2 (1.29%) Kubernetes
8 2 (1.29%) Nagios
8 2 (1.29%) Observium
9 1 (0.65%) Netcool
Vendors
1 90 (58.06%) Cisco
2 37 (23.87%) Fortinet
3 26 (16.77%) Juniper
4 24 (15.48%) Microsoft
5 20 (12.90%) F5
5 20 (12.90%) Palo Alto
6 19 (12.26%) CheckPoint
7 16 (10.32%) VMware
8 13 (8.39%) Meraki
9 12 (7.74%) SolarWinds
10 8 (5.16%) Arista
11 7 (4.52%) Aruba
12 6 (3.87%) ServiceNow
13 5 (3.23%) Citrix
14 4 (2.58%) Zscaler
15 3 (1.94%) Apple
15 3 (1.94%) Databricks
15 3 (1.94%) Infoblox
15 3 (1.94%) Oracle
15 3 (1.94%) Remedy