LAN Contracts in Scotland

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 105 121
Rank change year-on-year +10 +16 +19
Contract jobs citing LAN 21 17 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.29% 0.80% 1.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.54% 7.23% 11.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 22
10th Percentile £327 £181 £296
25th Percentile £363 £372 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.61% - +50.00%
75th Percentile £423 £706 £533
90th Percentile £446 £750 £549
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £473
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +10.66%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 182 235 355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 11.15% 11.00% 13.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 142 220
10th Percentile £196 £182 £160
25th Percentile £313 £240 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £440 £459
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% -4.03% +1.89%
75th Percentile £519 £600 £538
90th Percentile £550 £638 £600
UK median daily rate £485 £490 £518
% change year-on-year -1.02% -5.31% +3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 20 21
10th Percentile - £13.13 -
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.27 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year +20.42% +71.87% -78.37%
75th Percentile £23.53 £60.00 £47.73
90th Percentile £32.36 £60.75 £59.03
UK median hourly rate £30.70 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -23.25% +116.22% -32.73%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Scotland

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in Scotland

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Scotland over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Scotland

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in Scotland

LAN
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Edinburgh +6 10 £425 -37.04% 1
Glasgow -4 9 £388 +24.00% 17
West Lothian +4 1 £188 - 3
LAN
UK

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 17 (80.95%) WAN
2 14 (66.67%) Firewall
3 11 (52.38%) VPN
4 7 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (28.57%) Cisco Nexus
5 6 (28.57%) Network Security
5 6 (28.57%) Wireless
6 5 (23.81%) BGP
6 5 (23.81%) IPsec
6 5 (23.81%) OSPF
6 5 (23.81%) SD-WAN
6 5 (23.81%) TCP/IP
7 4 (19.05%) Unified Communications
8 3 (14.29%) Internet
8 3 (14.29%) MPLS
8 3 (14.29%) SDH
8 3 (14.29%) WLAN
9 1 (4.76%) ADSL
9 1 (4.76%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (4.76%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Oracle Reports
General
1 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Public Sector
2 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
3 3 (14.29%) Electronics
3 3 (14.29%) Finance
4 2 (9.52%) Legal
5 1 (4.76%) Banking
5 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Law
Job Titles
1 17 (80.95%) Network Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Field Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Network Field Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) IT Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Telecoms Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Data Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Data Network Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Field Telecoms Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) NOC Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 10 (47.62%) Data Centre
2 6 (28.57%) Driving Licence
3 3 (14.29%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
4 2 (9.52%) SCADA
5 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
5 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
5 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
2 2 (9.52%) Linux
2 2 (9.52%) Unix
2 2 (9.52%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.76%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Network Monitoring
2 7 (33.33%) Project Management
3 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (23.81%) Project Delivery
5 4 (19.05%) High Availability
5 4 (19.05%) ITIL
5 4 (19.05%) Load Balancing
6 3 (14.29%) Capacity Management
6 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (14.29%) Network Design
6 3 (14.29%) Process Management
7 2 (9.52%) Analytical Thinking
7 2 (9.52%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (9.52%) Change Management
7 2 (9.52%) Customer Service
7 2 (9.52%) ITSM
7 2 (9.52%) Roadmaps
7 2 (9.52%) Server Management
7 2 (9.52%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (19.05%) CCNA
2 4 (19.05%) CCNP
2 4 (19.05%) Degree
3 3 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (14.29%) HNC
3 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) BC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) Accessibility
1 2 (9.52%) QA
2 1 (4.76%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Firmware
1 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (4.76%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) FortiGate
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 19 (90.48%) Cisco
2 10 (47.62%) Palo Alto
3 5 (23.81%) F5
3 5 (23.81%) Fortinet
4 4 (19.05%) Juniper
4 4 (19.05%) Nokia
4 4 (19.05%) ServiceNow
5 3 (14.29%) Meraki
6 2 (9.52%) Avaya
6 2 (9.52%) Extreme Networks
6 2 (9.52%) Oracle
7 1 (4.76%) Aruba
7 1 (4.76%) CheckPoint
7 1 (4.76%) SolarWinds
7 1 (4.76%) VMware