LAN Contracts in the South East

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for LAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited LAN over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 72 91
Rank change year-on-year +3 +19 -10
Contract jobs citing LAN 156 181 202
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.82% 3.11% 2.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.44% 18.34% 16.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 102 131
10th Percentile £182 £273 £185
25th Percentile £205 £364 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £473 £500 £575
90th Percentile £569 £575 £663
England median daily rate £475 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 20 16
10th Percentile £34.50 £31.60 £12.25
25th Percentile £58.50 £60.75 £13.00
Median hourly rate £73.50 £66.00 £25.23
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% +161.62% -44.25%
75th Percentile £75.24 £75.00 £49.26
90th Percentile £76.29 £80.25 £65.52
England median hourly rate £22.50 £65.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -65.38% +188.89% +0.36%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

LAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,254 987 1,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.70% 16.93% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 612 595 776
10th Percentile £205 £235 £189
25th Percentile £363 £363 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £560
90th Percentile £638 £700 £659
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 74 68
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.33 £15.25
25th Percentile £27.50 £42.50 £16.81
Median hourly rate £57.35 £53.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.21% +146.51% -34.85%
75th Percentile £64.69 £67.50 £46.40
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
% change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%

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 27 April 2024.

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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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LAN in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for LAN in the South East

LAN
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 27 April 2024. 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 0 74 £210 -56.30% 19
Berkshire +10 68 £210 -58.00% 11
Hampshire -3 53 £425 -2.86% 18
Surrey +8 11 £405 +62.00% 3
Kent 0 7 £205 -34.40% 7
East Sussex +10 4 £400 -42.86% 5
Oxfordshire +5 4 £465 +3.33% 5
West Sussex +1 4 £113 -70.00% 2
Buckinghamshire -2 2 £300 -33.33% 3
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 5 (3.21%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.28%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 30 (19.23%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.85%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.64%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 18 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (3.85%) Azure
3 5 (3.21%) AWS
4 3 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (1.92%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.28%) GCP
5 2 (1.28%) Google Workspace
5 2 (1.28%) IaaS
5 2 (1.28%) PaaS
5 2 (1.28%) SaaS
6 1 (0.64%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 115 (73.72%) WAN
2 44 (28.21%) Firewall
3 41 (26.28%) VPN
4 33 (21.15%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (12.18%) Wireless
6 13 (8.33%) DNS
7 12 (7.69%) Network Security
8 10 (6.41%) TCP/IP
9 9 (5.77%) BGP
9 9 (5.77%) Cisco ASA
9 9 (5.77%) DHCP
9 9 (5.77%) OSPF
10 8 (5.13%) Cisco ISE
10 8 (5.13%) IPsec
11 7 (4.49%) VLAN
12 6 (3.85%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (3.85%) Cisco Nexus
12 6 (3.85%) MPLS
12 6 (3.85%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (3.21%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.92%) SQL Server
General
1 44 (28.21%) Social Skills
2 20 (12.82%) Public Sector
3 18 (11.54%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (5.13%) Finance
5 7 (4.49%) Telecoms
6 6 (3.85%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.92%) Automotive
7 3 (1.92%) Electronics
7 3 (1.92%) Marketing
8 2 (1.28%) French Language
8 2 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.28%) Law
8 2 (1.28%) Military
8 2 (1.28%) Portuguese Language
8 2 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.28%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.64%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.64%) Billing
9 1 (0.64%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 53 (33.97%) Architect
2 50 (32.05%) Network Architect
3 49 (31.41%) Network Engineer
4 18 (11.54%) Hardware Engineer
4 18 (11.54%) Senior
5 16 (10.26%) Senior Network Engineer
6 9 (5.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (3.85%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 6 (3.85%) Support Specialist
7 6 (3.85%) Technical Specialist
7 6 (3.85%) Technical Support
7 6 (3.85%) Technical Support Specialist
8 5 (3.21%) Break Fix Engineer
8 5 (3.21%) IT Support
9 4 (2.56%) Cisco Engineer
9 4 (2.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 4 (2.56%) Desktop Support
9 4 (2.56%) IT Support Engineer
9 4 (2.56%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (2.56%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.92%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.10%) Driving Licence
2 19 (12.18%) Data Centre
3 7 (4.49%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.56%) NHS
4 4 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.92%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.28%) CMDB
6 2 (1.28%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.28%) PKI
6 2 (1.28%) SCADA
7 1 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.64%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.64%) IoT
7 1 (0.64%) iPhone
7 1 (0.64%) Life Science
7 1 (0.64%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.64%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.64%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 40 (25.64%) Windows
2 29 (18.59%) Windows 10
3 18 (11.54%) Windows 7
4 9 (5.77%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.56%) Linux
5 4 (2.56%) Unix
6 3 (1.92%) Android
6 3 (1.92%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (19.23%) Customer Requirements
3 28 (17.95%) Customer Service
4 24 (15.38%) ITIL
5 23 (14.74%) Project Management
6 21 (13.46%) Service Delivery
7 20 (12.82%) Project Delivery
8 18 (11.54%) Software Deployment
8 18 (11.54%) Software Testing
9 12 (7.69%) Agile
9 12 (7.69%) Preventative Maintenance
10 11 (7.05%) Migration
11 10 (6.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 8 (5.13%) Availability Management
12 8 (5.13%) Service Management
13 7 (4.49%) Continuous Improvement
14 6 (3.85%) Information Security
14 6 (3.85%) Knowledge Management
15 5 (3.21%) Incident Management
15 5 (3.21%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 102 (65.38%) Security Cleared
2 38 (24.36%) DV Cleared
3 34 (21.79%) Degree
4 23 (14.74%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (9.62%) CCNP
6 14 (8.97%) CCNA
7 13 (8.33%) SC Cleared
8 10 (6.41%) JNCIA
9 5 (3.21%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (2.56%) CCSA
11 2 (1.28%) CCIE
12 1 (0.64%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.64%) CCDP
12 1 (0.64%) CCIP
12 1 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.64%) HNC
12 1 (0.64%) MCSA
12 1 (0.64%) MCSE
12 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.64%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (15.38%) SLA
2 2 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.28%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.64%) HL7
3 1 (0.64%) QA
System Software
1 19 (12.18%) Active Directory
2 18 (11.54%) Firmware
3 12 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.28%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.28%) XenApp
5 1 (0.64%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 31 (19.87%) SCCM
2 3 (1.92%) AppManager
3 2 (1.28%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (1.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.28%) Nessus
3 2 (1.28%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (1.28%) SCOM
3 2 (1.28%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (0.64%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.64%) VxRail
Vendors
1 77 (49.36%) Cisco
2 46 (29.49%) Juniper
3 40 (25.64%) Microsoft
4 28 (17.95%) HP
5 20 (12.82%) VMware
6 12 (7.69%) Palo Alto
7 10 (6.41%) CheckPoint
8 7 (4.49%) ServiceNow
8 7 (4.49%) SolarWinds
9 5 (3.21%) Aruba
9 5 (3.21%) Blue Coat
9 5 (3.21%) Fortinet
9 5 (3.21%) Meraki
10 4 (2.56%) SAP
11 3 (1.92%) Citrix
11 3 (1.92%) F5
11 3 (1.92%) Forcepoint
11 3 (1.92%) Ivanti
12 2 (1.28%) SonicWALL
12 2 (1.28%) Splunk