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

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 111 99
Rank change year-on-year -37 -12 +17
Contract jobs citing LAN 212 406 581
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.65% 1.97% 2.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.46% 12.28% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 222 379
10th Percentile £215 £200 £250
25th Percentile £325 £285 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £444 £425
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% +4.47% +13.33%
75th Percentile £538 £650 £525
90th Percentile £608 £713 £590
UK median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 37 27
10th Percentile £12.94 £12.72 £19.96
25th Percentile £14.48 £15.75 £37.50
Median hourly rate £22.67 £22.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.73% -65.91% +196.63%
75th Percentile £31.00 £40.00 £75.00
90th Percentile - £42.40 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% -65.65% +130.55%

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 2,026 3,306 3,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.75% 16.04% 15.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,226 1,890 2,185
10th Percentile £200 £205 £210
25th Percentile £303 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.90% +1.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £581
90th Percentile £625 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -4.00% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 356 299
10th Percentile £13.97 £13.25 -
25th Percentile £15.33 £16.30 £9.80
Median hourly rate £28.00 £45.88 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.97% +162.17% -18.60%
75th Percentile £62.50 £63.75 £59.54
90th Percentile £81.22 £70.66 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £18.34
% change year-on-year -6.25% +118.16% -33.33%

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 29 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 29 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 -19 64 £500 +29.03% 60
North of England -10 45 £400 +14.36% 90
North West +12 35 £425 +21.43% 46
South West -11 28 £413 -36.54% 48
Midlands -32 26 £481 +3.49% 69
Scotland +15 22 £399 -11.33% 18
West Midlands -24 20 £438 -2.78% 37
East of England +31 18 £430 -18.10% 59
Wales +7 11 £294 +21.76% 10
East Midlands +4 6 £525 -3.23% 30
Yorkshire -18 6 £400 +23.15% 29
North East -1 2 £375 -6.25% 16
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 16 (7.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.89%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.47%) Confluence
4 1 (0.47%) IIS
Applications
1 24 (11.32%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (3.77%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.42%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 30 (14.15%) Azure
2 23 (10.85%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (8.02%) AWS
4 14 (6.60%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.36%) OneDrive
6 2 (0.94%) GCP
7 1 (0.47%) Akamai
7 1 (0.47%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 170 (80.19%) WAN
2 81 (38.21%) VPN
3 79 (37.26%) Firewall
4 43 (20.28%) Wireless
5 42 (19.81%) Wi-Fi
6 36 (16.98%) Network Security
7 32 (15.09%) SD-WAN
8 30 (14.15%) MPLS
8 30 (14.15%) SAN
9 25 (11.79%) DNS
10 23 (10.85%) BGP
10 23 (10.85%) TCP/IP
11 22 (10.38%) Cisco Nexus
11 22 (10.38%) WLAN
12 19 (8.96%) DHCP
12 19 (8.96%) Ethernet
12 19 (8.96%) OSPF
12 19 (8.96%) SDH
12 19 (8.96%) Wireshark
13 16 (7.55%) Frame Relay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.89%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.47%) MySQL
3 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.89%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.47%) JIRA
General
1 77 (36.32%) Social Skills
2 29 (13.68%) Telecoms
3 24 (11.32%) Finance
4 20 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (8.02%) Public Sector
6 16 (7.55%) Manufacturing
7 13 (6.13%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (3.77%) Electronics
9 7 (3.30%) Legal
10 5 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.36%) Retail
11 4 (1.89%) Banking
12 3 (1.42%) Billing
12 3 (1.42%) Law
12 3 (1.42%) Marketing
13 2 (0.94%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.94%) Aviation
13 2 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.94%) Military
14 1 (0.47%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 87 (41.04%) Network Engineer
2 26 (12.26%) Architect
3 18 (8.49%) Support Engineer
3 18 (8.49%) Test Engineer
4 16 (7.55%) Network Architect
5 15 (7.08%) IP Engineer
6 14 (6.60%) Technical Architect
7 12 (5.66%) Cisco Engineer
7 12 (5.66%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 10 (4.72%) Desktop Support
8 10 (4.72%) Field Engineer
8 10 (4.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (4.72%) IT Support
8 10 (4.72%) Senior
9 9 (4.25%) 2nd Line Support
9 9 (4.25%) Desktop Engineer
9 9 (4.25%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 8 (3.77%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
10 8 (3.77%) Technical Support
11 7 (3.30%) Network Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.77%) Middleware
2 4 (1.89%) LDAP
3 3 (1.42%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.47%) HTML
4 1 (0.47%) Java RMI
4 1 (0.47%) RFC 2544
4 1 (0.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (16.04%) Data Centre
2 21 (9.91%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (6.60%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.77%) Driving Licence
5 7 (3.30%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (2.83%) CMDB
7 4 (1.89%) Distributed Computing
7 4 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.89%) Fibre Optics
7 4 (1.89%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.89%) SCADA
8 3 (1.42%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.42%) IVR
8 3 (1.42%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.42%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.94%) Anti-Spyware
9 2 (0.94%) CCTV
9 2 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.94%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 62 (29.25%) Windows
2 45 (21.23%) Linux
3 27 (12.74%) Windows Server
4 20 (9.43%) Windows 10
5 18 (8.49%) Unix
6 10 (4.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (3.77%) Windows Server 2003
8 7 (3.30%) Android
8 7 (3.30%) Mac OS
9 6 (2.83%) Windows 7
10 5 (2.36%) Ubuntu
10 5 (2.36%) Windows 8
10 5 (2.36%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (2.36%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (2.36%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (2.36%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.47%) CentOS
11 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.47%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (27.83%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (20.28%) ITIL
3 34 (16.04%) Project Management
4 23 (10.85%) Network Monitoring
5 20 (9.43%) Customer Service
6 19 (8.96%) Load Balancing
7 18 (8.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (8.49%) Migration
7 18 (8.49%) Network Design
8 16 (7.55%) Fault Management
8 16 (7.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 16 (7.55%) Network Architecture
8 16 (7.55%) Regression Testing
8 16 (7.55%) Test Strategy
9 15 (7.08%) Asset Management
9 15 (7.08%) Project Delivery
10 14 (6.60%) Agile
10 14 (6.60%) Incident Management
10 14 (6.60%) Mentoring
11 13 (6.13%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.55%) Java
2 14 (6.60%) Python
3 11 (5.19%) VB
4 8 (3.77%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.89%) SQL
5 4 (1.89%) VBScript
6 1 (0.47%) Bash
Qualifications
1 60 (28.30%) Cisco Certification
2 56 (26.42%) Security Cleared
3 38 (17.92%) CCNP
4 36 (16.98%) SC Cleared
5 29 (13.68%) CCNA
6 23 (10.85%) Degree
7 16 (7.55%) ISEB
7 16 (7.55%) ISTQB
7 16 (7.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 12 (5.66%) DV Cleared
9 11 (5.19%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (2.36%) A+ Certification
10 5 (2.36%) CCIE
10 5 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.42%) CCENT
11 3 (1.42%) HNC
11 3 (1.42%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.94%) JNCIA
12 2 (0.94%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.85%) SLA
2 4 (1.89%) QA
3 2 (0.94%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.94%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.47%) NIST
System Software
1 38 (17.92%) Active Directory
2 15 (7.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.77%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (2.36%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.89%) BitLocker
5 4 (1.89%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (0.94%) Firmware
6 2 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.47%) vSphere
7 1 (0.47%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 18 (8.49%) FortiGate
1 18 (8.49%) SCCM
2 13 (6.13%) Ansible
3 11 (5.19%) Terraform
4 5 (2.36%) Cisco Prime
4 5 (2.36%) SCOM
5 3 (1.42%) AppManager
5 3 (1.42%) Backup Exec
5 3 (1.42%) HP ALM
5 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.42%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.94%) AirWatch
6 2 (0.94%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (0.94%) XenMobile
7 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.47%) CASB
7 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 118 (55.66%) Cisco
2 58 (27.36%) Microsoft
3 33 (15.57%) Juniper
4 25 (11.79%) Palo Alto
5 24 (11.32%) VMware
6 18 (8.49%) F5
7 16 (7.55%) ServiceNow
8 13 (6.13%) Aruba
9 12 (5.66%) Fortinet
10 10 (4.72%) Citrix
11 8 (3.77%) HP
11 8 (3.77%) Meraki
11 8 (3.77%) MuleSoft
11 8 (3.77%) SolarWinds
12 7 (3.30%) Remedy
13 5 (2.36%) Apple
13 5 (2.36%) Canon
13 5 (2.36%) Ivanti
13 5 (2.36%) Red Hat
13 5 (2.36%) Veeam