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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 74 70
Rank change year-on-year -14 -4 +26
Contract jobs citing LAN 63 147 174
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.15% 2.69% 3.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.52% 12.30% 18.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 63 99
10th Percentile £350 £192 £273
25th Percentile £450 £205 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £613 £474 £531
90th Percentile £694 £589 £590
England median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 20
10th Percentile - £34.47 £20.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £58.44 £60.75
Median hourly rate £19.00 £73.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -74.15% +11.36% +193.33%
75th Percentile £19.50 £75.68 £75.00
90th Percentile - £76.47 £80.25
England median hourly rate £31.00 £22.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +37.78% -65.38% +168.04%

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 503 1,195 918
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.16% 21.87% 16.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 583 550
10th Percentile £206 £205 £241
25th Percentile £325 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £481
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +1.44% +5.62%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £588
90th Percentile £629 £648 £700
England median daily rate £500 £493 £525
% change year-on-year +1.52% -6.19% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 132 71
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.39 £18.25
25th Percentile £19.68 £27.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -0.26% +167.44%
75th Percentile £60.81 £65.00 £68.13
90th Percentile £64.25 £85.65 £80.25
England median hourly rate £31.41 £40.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -21.48% +122.22% -24.72%

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 22 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 22 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 -6 27 £450 +114.29% 108
Berkshire -6 25 £450 +114.29% 72
Hampshire +5 23 £575 +35.29% 57
Surrey +8 7 £463 +14.20% 25
West Sussex +15 2 - - 17
Kent -1 2 £438 +113.41% 24
Buckinghamshire +15 1 £375 +7.14% 22
Oxfordshire -5 1 - - 18
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 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.59%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (28.57%) Azure
2 13 (20.63%) AWS
3 6 (9.52%) Entra ID
4 4 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.59%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 49 (77.78%) WAN
2 28 (44.44%) VPN
3 19 (30.16%) MPLS
4 17 (26.98%) Ethernet
4 17 (26.98%) Firewall
4 17 (26.98%) SAN
5 16 (25.40%) ATM
5 16 (25.40%) Frame Relay
5 16 (25.40%) GPRS
5 16 (25.40%) GSM
5 16 (25.40%) LTE
5 16 (25.40%) SDH
5 16 (25.40%) UMTS
5 16 (25.40%) Wireshark
6 12 (19.05%) Wireless
7 10 (15.87%) Cisco ISE
8 8 (12.70%) Cisco IOS
9 7 (11.11%) Cisco Firepower
9 7 (11.11%) Junos
9 7 (11.11%) SD-WAN
General
1 33 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 21 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 11 (17.46%) Finance
4 8 (12.70%) Public Sector
5 5 (7.94%) Manufacturing
6 4 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.76%) Electronics
7 3 (4.76%) Marketing
8 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (53.97%) Network Engineer
2 15 (23.81%) IP Engineer
2 15 (23.81%) Test Engineer
3 10 (15.87%) Architect
4 8 (12.70%) Technical Architect
5 6 (9.52%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (7.94%) IP Network Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) Juniper Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 3 (4.76%) IT Support
9 2 (3.17%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 2 (3.17%) 1st/2nd Line Support Technician
9 2 (3.17%) 2nd Line Support Technician
9 2 (3.17%) Field Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) IP Consultant
9 2 (3.17%) IP Network Consultant
9 2 (3.17%) IT Support Technician
9 2 (3.17%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.11%) Middleware
2 1 (1.59%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 16 (25.40%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (7.94%) Public Cloud
3 4 (6.35%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.17%) CCTV
4 2 (3.17%) NHS
5 1 (1.59%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.59%) IoT
5 1 (1.59%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.59%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (36.51%) Linux
2 16 (25.40%) Unix
3 12 (19.05%) Windows
4 3 (4.76%) Mac OS
5 2 (3.17%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (50.79%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (26.98%) Project Management
3 16 (25.40%) Fault Management
3 16 (25.40%) Regression Testing
3 16 (25.40%) Test Strategy
4 12 (19.05%) Agile
4 12 (19.05%) Customer Requirements
4 12 (19.05%) Preventative Maintenance
5 10 (15.87%) Migration
6 9 (14.29%) ITIL
7 8 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (11.11%) Load Balancing
9 6 (9.52%) API Management
9 6 (9.52%) Architectural Patterns
9 6 (9.52%) IT Strategy
10 5 (7.94%) Business Strategy
11 4 (6.35%) Application Packaging
11 4 (6.35%) Incident Management
11 4 (6.35%) Root Cause Analysis
12 3 (4.76%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 16 (25.40%) Java
2 7 (11.11%) Python
2 7 (11.11%) VB
3 1 (1.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (42.86%) CCNP
3 20 (31.75%) Security Cleared
4 16 (25.40%) ISEB
4 16 (25.40%) ISTQB
4 16 (25.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 11 (17.46%) SC Cleared
6 8 (12.70%) CCNA
7 7 (11.11%) DV Cleared
8 3 (4.76%) A+ Certification
8 3 (4.76%) Degree
9 2 (3.17%) CCDP
10 1 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (1.59%) CCDA
10 1 (1.59%) CCIP
10 1 (1.59%) CEH
10 1 (1.59%) CISM
10 1 (1.59%) CISSP
10 1 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (17.46%) SLA
2 2 (3.17%) QA
3 1 (1.59%) NIST
3 1 (1.59%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.59%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.59%) vSphere
2 1 (1.59%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (11.11%) Ansible
1 7 (11.11%) FortiGate
2 6 (9.52%) Terraform
3 2 (3.17%) SCCM
4 1 (1.59%) CASB
4 1 (1.59%) SCOM
Vendors
1 45 (71.43%) Cisco
2 28 (44.44%) Juniper
3 20 (31.75%) Microsoft
4 9 (14.29%) Citrix
5 8 (12.70%) F5
6 6 (9.52%) MuleSoft
6 6 (9.52%) Palo Alto
7 5 (7.94%) Aruba
8 3 (4.76%) SAP
9 2 (3.17%) CheckPoint
9 2 (3.17%) ServiceNow
9 2 (3.17%) SolarWinds
9 2 (3.17%) VMware
9 2 (3.17%) Zscaler
10 1 (1.59%) ADVA
10 1 (1.59%) Alcatel-Lucent
10 1 (1.59%) Databricks
10 1 (1.59%) Meraki
10 1 (1.59%) Splunk
10 1 (1.59%) Wyse