LAN Contracts in the UK excluding London

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 100 106
Rank change year-on-year -49 +6 +12
Contract jobs citing LAN 214 439 563
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.67% 2.12% 2.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.82% 12.89% 15.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 245 371
10th Percentile £232 £200 £228
25th Percentile £325 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £538 £650 £525
90th Percentile £611 £725 £588
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 40 26
10th Percentile £12.59 £12.82 £21.61
25th Percentile £13.62 £15.75 £35.50
Median hourly rate £15.33 £22.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.87% -65.65% +201.15%
75th Percentile £17.42 £40.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £18.67 £49.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £32.25 £22.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +43.33% -65.38% +176.86%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,978 3,406 3,579
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.47% 16.48% 14.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,207 1,948 2,273
10th Percentile £194 £203 £211
25th Percentile £304 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% - +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £586
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £488 £490 £520
% change year-on-year -0.51% -5.77% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 360 325
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.48 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.30 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.40 £45.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.81% +148.00% -13.95%
75th Percentile £62.06 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.66 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £31.08 £40.00 £18.93
% change year-on-year -22.30% +111.30% -31.16%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
South East -24 64 £488 +30.00% 88
North of England -2 56 £400 +6.67% 60
North West +21 39 £450 +28.57% 29
South West -14 28 £500 -23.08% 43
Midlands -40 23 £469 -1.32% 50
East of England +35 21 £430 -11.79% 56
Scotland +9 18 £399 -40.89% 16
West Midlands -32 17 £438 -7.89% 28
Yorkshire -16 13 £245 -38.75% 22
East Midlands +7 6 £525 -5.41% 20
Wales +7 5 £400 +81.82% 8
North East -1 2 £375 -6.25% 11
LAN
UK

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 23 (10.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (5.61%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.87%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.47%) Confluence
4 1 (0.47%) IIS
Applications
1 27 (12.62%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (6.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (4.67%) MS Visio
4 8 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 26 (12.15%) Azure
2 23 (10.75%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (7.48%) AWS
4 12 (5.61%) OneDrive
5 10 (4.67%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.93%) GCP
7 1 (0.47%) Akamai
7 1 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.47%) GitHub
7 1 (0.47%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 174 (81.31%) WAN
2 89 (41.59%) VPN
3 79 (36.92%) Firewall
4 46 (21.50%) Wireless
5 45 (21.03%) Network Security
6 43 (20.09%) Wi-Fi
7 34 (15.89%) SD-WAN
8 30 (14.02%) MPLS
8 30 (14.02%) SAN
9 28 (13.08%) DNS
10 25 (11.68%) BGP
11 24 (11.21%) DHCP
11 24 (11.21%) TCP/IP
12 23 (10.75%) VLAN
12 23 (10.75%) WLAN
13 22 (10.28%) OSPF
14 20 (9.35%) Ethernet
15 19 (8.88%) SDH
15 19 (8.88%) VoIP
16 18 (8.41%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.87%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.47%) MySQL
3 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.87%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.47%) JIRA
General
1 78 (36.45%) Social Skills
2 27 (12.62%) Telecoms
3 25 (11.68%) Finance
4 22 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (7.48%) Manufacturing
5 16 (7.48%) Public Sector
6 11 (5.14%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (4.21%) Electronics
8 6 (2.80%) Banking
8 6 (2.80%) Legal
8 6 (2.80%) Retail
9 5 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.87%) Marketing
11 3 (1.40%) Billing
11 3 (1.40%) Law
12 2 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.47%) Automotive
13 1 (0.47%) Military
Job Titles
1 82 (38.32%) Network Engineer
2 28 (13.08%) Architect
3 20 (9.35%) Support Engineer
4 17 (7.94%) Technical Architect
5 15 (7.01%) IP Engineer
5 15 (7.01%) Network Architect
6 14 (6.54%) Test Engineer
7 13 (6.07%) Cisco Engineer
7 13 (6.07%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 13 (6.07%) Desktop Engineer
7 13 (6.07%) Desktop Support
7 13 (6.07%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 12 (5.61%) Senior
9 10 (4.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (4.21%) Field Engineer
10 9 (4.21%) Network Technical Architect
11 8 (3.74%) 2nd Line Support
11 8 (3.74%) Project Manager
12 7 (3.27%) Administrator
12 7 (3.27%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.27%) Middleware
2 4 (1.87%) LDAP
3 3 (1.40%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.47%) HTML
4 1 (0.47%) Java RMI
4 1 (0.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (14.95%) Data Centre
2 21 (9.81%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (6.54%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.21%) Driving Licence
5 7 (3.27%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (2.80%) CMDB
7 5 (2.34%) Public Cloud
7 5 (2.34%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.87%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.87%) SCADA
9 3 (1.40%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (1.40%) IVR
9 3 (1.40%) NHS
9 3 (1.40%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.93%) Anti-Spyware
10 2 (0.93%) CCTV
10 2 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.93%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.93%) Raspberry Pi
11 1 (0.47%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 65 (30.37%) Windows
2 43 (20.09%) Linux
3 27 (12.62%) Windows Server
4 23 (10.75%) Windows 10
5 18 (8.41%) Unix
6 11 (5.14%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (3.74%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (2.80%) Windows 7
8 6 (2.80%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (2.34%) Ubuntu
9 5 (2.34%) Windows 8
9 5 (2.34%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (2.34%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (2.34%) Windows XP
10 4 (1.87%) Android
11 3 (1.40%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.47%) CentOS
12 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.47%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (27.57%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (17.29%) ITIL
3 32 (14.95%) Project Management
4 29 (13.55%) Customer Service
5 19 (8.88%) Network Architecture
5 19 (8.88%) Network Monitoring
6 18 (8.41%) Load Balancing
7 16 (7.48%) Fault Management
7 16 (7.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 16 (7.48%) Regression Testing
7 16 (7.48%) Test Strategy
8 15 (7.01%) Agile
8 15 (7.01%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (7.01%) Migration
9 14 (6.54%) Asset Management
9 14 (6.54%) Mentoring
9 14 (6.54%) Project Delivery
9 14 (6.54%) Technical Leadership
10 13 (6.07%) Network Design
11 11 (5.14%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.48%) Java
2 14 (6.54%) Python
3 10 (4.67%) VB
4 8 (3.74%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.34%) SQL
6 4 (1.87%) VBScript
7 1 (0.47%) Bash
Qualifications
1 58 (27.10%) Cisco Certification
1 58 (27.10%) Security Cleared
2 37 (17.29%) CCNP
2 37 (17.29%) SC Cleared
3 26 (12.15%) CCNA
4 23 (10.75%) Degree
5 16 (7.48%) ISEB
5 16 (7.48%) ISTQB
5 16 (7.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 11 (5.14%) DV Cleared
6 11 (5.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.34%) A+ Certification
7 5 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.34%) CCIE
8 3 (1.40%) CCDP
8 3 (1.40%) CCENT
8 3 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.40%) HNC
8 3 (1.40%) JNCIS
8 3 (1.40%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.94%) SLA
2 6 (2.80%) QA
3 2 (0.93%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.93%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.47%) NIST
System Software
1 38 (17.76%) Active Directory
2 24 (11.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.74%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (2.80%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.34%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.87%) BitLocker
6 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.93%) Firmware
8 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.47%) vSphere
8 1 (0.47%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 24 (11.21%) SCCM
2 18 (8.41%) FortiGate
3 13 (6.07%) Ansible
4 10 (4.67%) AppManager
4 10 (4.67%) Terraform
5 5 (2.34%) Cisco Prime
5 5 (2.34%) SCOM
6 3 (1.40%) Backup Exec
6 3 (1.40%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.93%) AirWatch
7 2 (0.93%) XenMobile
8 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.47%) CASB
8 1 (0.47%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 108 (50.47%) Cisco
2 63 (29.44%) Microsoft
3 36 (16.82%) Juniper
4 33 (15.42%) VMware
5 27 (12.62%) Palo Alto
6 15 (7.01%) F5
7 12 (5.61%) Aruba
7 12 (5.61%) Fortinet
7 12 (5.61%) Ivanti
7 12 (5.61%) ServiceNow
8 9 (4.21%) SolarWinds
9 8 (3.74%) Citrix
10 6 (2.80%) Meraki
10 6 (2.80%) Veeam
11 5 (2.34%) Apple
11 5 (2.34%) Arista
11 5 (2.34%) Canon
11 5 (2.34%) CheckPoint
11 5 (2.34%) MuleSoft
11 5 (2.34%) Red Hat