LAN Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Local Area Network (LAN)
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring LAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing LAN 11 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 2.45% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £392 - -
25th Percentile £455 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £825 - -
90th Percentile £837 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £775 £200 £575
% change year-on-year +287.50% -65.22% +109.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £68.75 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £68.75 - £72.50
% change year-on-year - - +11.54%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 98 68 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 21.83% 33.01% 22.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 29 24
10th Percentile £389 £510 £338
25th Percentile £425 £525 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +57.14%
75th Percentile £634 £575 £575
90th Percentile £824 £700 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +29.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 32 26
10th Percentile £57.63 £41.25 £61.25
25th Percentile £65.00 £44.06 £61.56
Median hourly rate £68.75 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% - -
75th Percentile £71.25 - -
90th Percentile £88.67 £75.00 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £68.75 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +5.77% - -

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

LAN job vacancy trend in Stevenage

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing LAN

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Stevenage over the 6 months to 26 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Stevenage

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing LAN

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (54.55%) CMS
2 1 (9.09%) Skype for Business
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) WAN
2 6 (54.55%) H.323
3 5 (45.45%) Firewall
3 5 (45.45%) Network Security
3 5 (45.45%) Unified Communications
4 4 (36.36%) BGP
4 4 (36.36%) HSRP
4 4 (36.36%) HTTP
4 4 (36.36%) IP Telephony
4 4 (36.36%) OSPF
4 4 (36.36%) SSL
4 4 (36.36%) TCP/IP
4 4 (36.36%) VRRP
4 4 (36.36%) WLAN
5 1 (9.09%) Skype
5 1 (9.09%) Telepresence
5 1 (9.09%) VoIP
5 1 (9.09%) VSAN
5 1 (9.09%) Wireless
General
1 1 (9.09%) Legal
1 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Network Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Cisco Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Telephony Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Video Conferencing Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Lead
4 1 (9.09%) Network Support
4 1 (9.09%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Network Team Leader
4 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Team Leader
4 1 (9.09%) Unified Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (54.55%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (36.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Linux
1 4 (36.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
1 4 (36.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) DevOps
1 4 (36.36%) Document Management
1 4 (36.36%) Load Balancing
1 4 (36.36%) Problem Management
1 4 (36.36%) Risk Analysis
2 3 (27.27%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
4 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
4 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Service Management
4 1 (9.09%) Validation
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) Security Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
3 4 (36.36%) CCNA
3 4 (36.36%) CCNP
3 4 (36.36%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 10 (90.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 4 (36.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (54.55%) Cisco CUCM
2 4 (36.36%) Nagios
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco
2 10 (90.91%) VMware
3 4 (36.36%) SolarWinds