LAN Contracts in the South East

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > South East

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

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 64 71
Rank change year-on-year -28 +7 +22
Contract jobs citing LAN 64 151 176
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.13% 2.72% 3.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.31% 12.24% 18.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 67 98
10th Percentile £344 £173 £273
25th Percentile £431 £205 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -16.67% +8.04%
75th Percentile £606 £468 £500
90th Percentile £646 £576 £575
England median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 20
10th Percentile - £34.50 £31.60
25th Percentile £18.50 £58.50 £60.75
Median hourly rate £19.00 £73.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -74.15% +11.36% +161.62%
75th Percentile £19.50 £75.24 £75.00
90th Percentile - £76.29 £80.25
England median hourly rate £37.50 £22.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +66.67% -65.38% +188.89%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 520 1,234 960
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.32% 22.26% 16.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 611 580
10th Percentile £210 £205 £235
25th Percentile £325 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £486
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +0.77% +8.06%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £588
90th Percentile £625 £638 £700
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 131 75
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.25 £18.25
25th Percentile £20.85 £27.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.88 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.32% +9.24% +144.19%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £66.25 £85.65 £80.25
England median hourly rate £28.41 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -28.98% +116.22% -22.63%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the South East

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in the South East.

Daily rate trend for LAN in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Thames Valley -7 29 £450 +114.29% 25
Berkshire -12 26 £450 +114.29% 14
Hampshire +1 21 £575 +35.29% 12
Surrey +12 6 £500 +23.46% 6
Buckinghamshire +14 2 £425 +41.67% 6
West Sussex +13 2 - - 5
Kent +3 2 £438 +113.41% 2
Oxfordshire +3 1 - - 6
East Sussex -6 1 £163 -59.38% 3
Sussex - 1 - - 4
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 15 (23.44%) Azure
2 11 (17.19%) AWS
3 5 (7.81%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.56%) GCP
5 1 (1.56%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 51 (79.69%) WAN
2 26 (40.63%) VPN
3 19 (29.69%) MPLS
4 18 (28.13%) Firewall
5 17 (26.56%) Ethernet
5 17 (26.56%) SAN
6 16 (25.00%) ATM
6 16 (25.00%) Frame Relay
6 16 (25.00%) GPRS
6 16 (25.00%) GSM
6 16 (25.00%) LTE
6 16 (25.00%) SDH
6 16 (25.00%) UMTS
6 16 (25.00%) Wireshark
7 13 (20.31%) Wireless
8 10 (15.63%) Cisco ISE
9 9 (14.06%) SD-WAN
10 8 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
11 7 (10.94%) Network Security
12 6 (9.38%) Junos
General
1 35 (54.69%) Social Skills
2 21 (32.81%) Telecoms
3 10 (15.63%) Finance
4 8 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 6 (9.38%) Manufacturing
6 5 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.69%) Electronics
7 3 (4.69%) Marketing
8 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 15 (23.44%) IP Engineer
3 14 (21.88%) Test Engineer
4 8 (12.50%) Architect
5 7 (10.94%) Technical Architect
6 6 (9.38%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 5 (7.81%) IP Network Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Cisco Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Juniper Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 3 (4.69%) Field Engineer
9 3 (4.69%) IT Support
10 2 (3.13%) 2nd Line Support
10 2 (3.13%) Consultant
10 2 (3.13%) Field Service Engineer
10 2 (3.13%) IT Support Technician
10 2 (3.13%) Network Security Engineer
10 2 (3.13%) Security Engineer
10 2 (3.13%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 16 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (6.25%) Public Cloud
3 3 (4.69%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.69%) Virtual Team
4 2 (3.13%) CCTV
4 2 (3.13%) NHS
5 1 (1.56%) IoT
5 1 (1.56%) Life Science
5 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (34.38%) Linux
2 16 (25.00%) Unix
3 12 (18.75%) Windows
4 3 (4.69%) Mac OS
5 2 (3.13%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.13%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.56%) Android
6 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (48.44%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (26.56%) Project Management
3 16 (25.00%) Fault Management
3 16 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 16 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 11 (17.19%) Agile
4 11 (17.19%) Customer Requirements
4 11 (17.19%) Preventative Maintenance
5 9 (14.06%) Migration
6 8 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (12.50%) ITIL
7 6 (9.38%) Load Balancing
8 5 (7.81%) API Management
8 5 (7.81%) Architectural Patterns
8 5 (7.81%) IT Strategy
9 4 (6.25%) Business Strategy
10 3 (4.69%) Application Packaging
10 3 (4.69%) Digital Marketing
10 3 (4.69%) Programme Management
10 3 (4.69%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 16 (25.00%) Java
2 7 (10.94%) Python
3 6 (9.38%) VB
4 2 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (42.19%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (40.63%) CCNP
3 22 (34.38%) Security Cleared
4 16 (25.00%) ISEB
4 16 (25.00%) ISTQB
4 16 (25.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 13 (20.31%) SC Cleared
6 7 (10.94%) DV Cleared
7 5 (7.81%) CCNA
8 4 (6.25%) Degree
9 3 (4.69%) A+ Certification
10 2 (3.13%) CCDP
10 2 (3.13%) CCIE
11 1 (1.56%) CCDA
11 1 (1.56%) CCIP
11 1 (1.56%) CCSP
11 1 (1.56%) CISSP
11 1 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (1.56%) MCP
11 1 (1.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.63%) SLA
2 2 (3.13%) QA
3 1 (1.56%) NIST
3 1 (1.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.13%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.56%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.56%) vSphere
4 1 (1.56%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (10.94%) Ansible
1 7 (10.94%) FortiGate
2 5 (7.81%) Terraform
3 1 (1.56%) CASB
3 1 (1.56%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (1.56%) SCCM
3 1 (1.56%) SCOM
Vendors
1 43 (67.19%) Cisco
2 28 (43.75%) Juniper
3 21 (32.81%) Microsoft
4 8 (12.50%) Palo Alto
5 7 (10.94%) Citrix
5 7 (10.94%) F5
6 5 (7.81%) Aruba
6 5 (7.81%) MuleSoft
7 4 (6.25%) VMware
8 3 (4.69%) CheckPoint
8 3 (4.69%) SAP
8 3 (4.69%) SolarWinds
9 2 (3.13%) ServiceNow
9 2 (3.13%) Zscaler
10 1 (1.56%) ADVA
10 1 (1.56%) Arista
10 1 (1.56%) Databricks
10 1 (1.56%) D-Link
10 1 (1.56%) Meraki
10 1 (1.56%) Splunk