LAN Contracts in the Thames Valley

Local Area Network (LAN)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 72 73
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +9
Contract jobs citing LAN 28 74 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.85% 2.76% 2.76%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.11% 12.23% 17.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 35 50
10th Percentile £300 £148 £300
25th Percentile £363 £205 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £210 £481
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -56.30% +12.41%
75th Percentile - £394 £520
90th Percentile £538 £579 £570
South East median daily rate £475 £375 £450
% change year-on-year +26.67% -16.67% +10.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 7
10th Percentile - £34.47 £27.05
25th Percentile £18.50 £58.44 £49.38
Median hourly rate £19.00 £73.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -74.15% +11.36% +407.69%
75th Percentile £19.50 £75.68 £80.25
90th Percentile - £76.47 £80.55
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £73.50 £66.00
% change year-on-year -74.15% +11.36% +161.62%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 252 605 475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.68% 22.52% 16.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 295 291
10th Percentile £242 £205 £313
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +2.46% +5.51%
75th Percentile £550 £594 £570
90th Percentile £618 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £480 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 50 15
10th Percentile - £17.79 £19.70
25th Percentile - £23.78 £25.75
Median hourly rate £14.20 £65.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -78.15% -1.52% +288.24%
75th Percentile £22.09 £85.65 £80.25
90th Percentile £31.44 £87.47 £81.22
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for LAN in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire -11 25 £450 +114.29% 18
Buckinghamshire +16 2 £425 +41.67% 7
Oxfordshire +2 1 - - 8
LAN
South East

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.71%) AWS
1 3 (10.71%) Azure
2 1 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.57%) GCP
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.57%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 26 (92.86%) WAN
2 19 (67.86%) MPLS
2 19 (67.86%) VPN
3 17 (60.71%) Ethernet
3 17 (60.71%) SAN
4 16 (57.14%) ATM
4 16 (57.14%) Frame Relay
4 16 (57.14%) GPRS
4 16 (57.14%) GSM
4 16 (57.14%) LTE
4 16 (57.14%) SDH
4 16 (57.14%) UMTS
4 16 (57.14%) Wireshark
5 7 (25.00%) Firewall
6 6 (21.43%) SD-WAN
7 5 (17.86%) Network Security
8 4 (14.29%) Internet
8 4 (14.29%) Wireless
9 3 (10.71%) BGP
9 3 (10.71%) DNS
General
1 23 (82.14%) Social Skills
2 19 (67.86%) Telecoms
3 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Electronics
5 1 (3.57%) Finance
5 1 (3.57%) Marketing
5 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (53.57%) IP Engineer
2 14 (50.00%) Test Engineer
3 11 (39.29%) Network Engineer
4 5 (17.86%) IP Network Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) IP Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) IP Network Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Network Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Security Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Support
6 1 (3.57%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.57%) IT Support
6 1 (3.57%) Juniper Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 16 (57.14%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (10.71%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.57%) IoT
3 1 (3.57%) Life Science
3 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (57.14%) Linux
1 16 (57.14%) Unix
2 2 (7.14%) Windows
3 1 (3.57%) Mac OS
3 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (60.71%) Problem-Solving
1 17 (60.71%) Project Management
2 16 (57.14%) Fault Management
2 16 (57.14%) Regression Testing
2 16 (57.14%) Test Strategy
3 3 (10.71%) ITIL
4 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (7.14%) Migration
4 2 (7.14%) Presales
4 2 (7.14%) Project Delivery
4 2 (7.14%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (7.14%) Risk Management
4 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (7.14%) User Experience
4 2 (7.14%) Zero Trust
5 1 (3.57%) DevSecOps
5 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (3.57%) Inventory Management
5 1 (3.57%) Preventative Maintenance
5 1 (3.57%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 16 (57.14%) Java
2 1 (3.57%) Python
2 1 (3.57%) SQL
2 1 (3.57%) VB
Qualifications
1 21 (75.00%) CCNP
1 21 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (57.14%) ISEB
2 16 (57.14%) ISTQB
2 16 (57.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 3 (10.71%) CCNA
3 3 (10.71%) Degree
4 2 (7.14%) CCDP
4 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) A+ Certification
5 1 (3.57%) BC Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) CCDA
5 1 (3.57%) CEH
5 1 (3.57%) CISM
5 1 (3.57%) CISSP
5 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.57%) PMP
5 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) NIST
1 1 (3.57%) PCI DSS
1 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.57%) Hyper-V
1 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.57%) vSphere
1 1 (3.57%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.57%) Ansible
2 1 (3.57%) CASB
2 1 (3.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (82.14%) Cisco
2 18 (64.29%) Juniper
3 17 (60.71%) Microsoft
4 3 (10.71%) Palo Alto
5 2 (7.14%) Aruba
5 2 (7.14%) Citrix
5 2 (7.14%) F5
6 1 (3.57%) ADVA
6 1 (3.57%) Alcatel-Lucent
6 1 (3.57%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.57%) SAP
6 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow
6 1 (3.57%) Splunk
6 1 (3.57%) VMware
6 1 (3.57%) Zscaler