LAN Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Local Area Network (LAN)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring LAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing LAN 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 1.89% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.79% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £433 - -
25th Percentile £444 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £569 - -
90th Percentile £618 - -
South East median daily rate £455 £413 £210
% change year-on-year +10.30% +96.43% -53.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 19 10 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 11.95% 10.99% 7.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 9
10th Percentile £190 - £166
25th Percentile £300 £406 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £413 £180
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +129.17% -57.65%
75th Percentile £481 £420 £538
90th Percentile £525 £423 £632
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £13.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -78.33%
South East median hourly rate £56.40 £59.13 £62.00
% change year-on-year -4.61% -4.64% +37.78%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

LAN job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing LAN

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 21 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Oxfordshire

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing LAN

LAN
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 21 January 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
Oxford - 2 £550 - 2
LAN
South East

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) DHCP
3 1 (33.33%) DMVPN
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) IPv6
3 1 (33.33%) MPLS
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (33.33%) TETRA
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Police
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Life Science
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) High Availability
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) Infoblox
3 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto