LAN Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Local Area Network (LAN)
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring LAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - 13
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs citing LAN 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 5.33% - 1.92%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.33% - 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £442 - £421
25th Percentile £466 - £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 - £463
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.91%
75th Percentile £523 - £484
90th Percentile £599 - £494
Oxfordshire median daily rate £450 - £465
% change year-on-year - - -15.45%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12 3 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 16.00% 6.52% 13.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 5
10th Percentile £196 - £149
25th Percentile £413 £206 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £213 £375
Median % change year-on-year +125.88% -43.33% -18.92%
75th Percentile £525 £219 £438
90th Percentile £550 - £475
Oxfordshire median daily rate £450 £213 £445
% change year-on-year +111.76% -52.25% -1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.72 £20.85 £13.00
Median hourly rate £26.44 £21.90 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.73% -43.85% -
75th Percentile £27.16 £22.95 £65.00
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £27.16 £21.90 £48.75
% change year-on-year +24.02% -55.08% -0.51%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

LAN job vacancy trend in Oxford

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing LAN

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Oxford over the 6 months to 23 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Oxford

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing LAN

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Network Security
2 3 (75.00%) Wireless
3 2 (50.00%) BGP
3 2 (50.00%) DHCP
3 2 (50.00%) DNS
3 2 (50.00%) IPv4
3 2 (50.00%) IPv6
3 2 (50.00%) OSPF
3 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (25.00%) DMVPN
4 1 (25.00%) MPLS
4 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
4 1 (25.00%) TETRA
4 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Life Science
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Infoblox
3 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto