LAN Contracts in West London

Local Area Network (LAN)
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West 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 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 37 58
Rank change year-on-year +30 +21 -6
DemandTrendContract jobs citing LAN 38 3 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 14.13% 1.01% 1.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 43.68% 5.26% 8.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 1 7
10th Percentile £329 - £146
25th Percentile £397 - £164
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £650 £175
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +271.43% -44.00%
75th Percentile £453 - £269
90th Percentile £500 - £282
London median daily rate £463 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -7.50% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Median hourly rate £52.00 £23.80 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +118.49% -63.38% +74.64%
London median hourly rate £40.00 £23.80 £17.07
% change year-on-year +68.07% +39.47% -58.49%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West 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 West London.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 87 57 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 32.34% 19.26% 15.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 43 76
10th Percentile £275 £213 £133
25th Percentile £366 £270 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% +14.42%
75th Percentile £463 £532 £700
90th Percentile £509 £575 £838
London median daily rate £500 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - - £68.00
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate £52.00 £23.80 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +118.49% -70.25% +321.05%
75th Percentile - £44.40 £88.13
90th Percentile - £56.76 £89.25
London median hourly rate £25.15 £23.80 £33.65
% change year-on-year +5.67% -29.26% +40.72%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West London.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in West London

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in West London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing LAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing LAN

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in West London over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in West London

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing LAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing LAN

LAN
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in West 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 West London region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hillingdon +10 31 £425 -34.62% 1
Wembley -3 1 - - 3
Hounslow - 1 - -
LAN
London

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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 3 (7.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.63%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (18.42%) AWS
2 1 (2.63%) Azure
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 36 (94.74%) Firewall
2 32 (84.21%) SD-WAN
3 23 (60.53%) WAN
3 23 (60.53%) Wi-Fi
4 22 (57.89%) Cisco Nexus
5 17 (44.74%) VPN
6 14 (36.84%) Network Security
7 12 (31.58%) BGP
7 12 (31.58%) OSPF
8 11 (28.95%) VLAN
9 10 (26.32%) DHCP
9 10 (26.32%) DNS
9 10 (26.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 9 (23.68%) EIGRP
10 9 (23.68%) SSL
10 9 (23.68%) Wireless
10 9 (23.68%) WLAN
11 7 (18.42%) Cisco ISE
11 7 (18.42%) Cisco Wireless
11 7 (18.42%) DMVPN
General
1 10 (26.32%) Telecoms
2 7 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (18.42%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.89%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.63%) Aviation
4 1 (2.63%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (47.37%) Architect
2 13 (34.21%) Network Architect
3 7 (18.42%) Network Design Architect
4 6 (15.79%) Network Engineer
5 5 (13.16%) Administrator
5 5 (13.16%) Network Administrator
6 4 (10.53%) Network Security Administrator
6 4 (10.53%) Security Administrator
6 4 (10.53%) Technical Architect
7 3 (7.89%) Cisco Architect
7 3 (7.89%) Technical Design Architect
8 2 (5.26%) Cisco Network Architect
8 2 (5.26%) Designer
8 2 (5.26%) Network Designer
8 2 (5.26%) Network Security Architect
8 2 (5.26%) Security Architect
9 1 (2.63%) Check Point Consultant
9 1 (2.63%) IT Support
9 1 (2.63%) Juniper Engineer
9 1 (2.63%) Security Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.63%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.16%) Windows
2 1 (2.63%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (23.68%) Network Design
2 8 (21.05%) Network Monitoring
3 6 (15.79%) Patch Management
3 6 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (5.26%) Change Management
4 2 (5.26%) High Availability
5 1 (2.63%) Agile
5 1 (2.63%) ITIL
5 1 (2.63%) Mentoring
5 1 (2.63%) Migration
5 1 (2.63%) Network Management
5 1 (2.63%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (2.63%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (2.63%) Project Management
5 1 (2.63%) Risk Management
5 1 (2.63%) Security Architecture
5 1 (2.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (2.63%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (2.63%) TOGAF
5 1 (2.63%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (36.84%) Cisco Certification
1 14 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 13 (34.21%) CCNP
3 11 (28.95%) SC Cleared
4 10 (26.32%) CCSA
5 3 (7.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (7.89%) CCSE
6 2 (5.26%) CCIE
6 2 (5.26%) CCNA
6 2 (5.26%) JNCIA
6 2 (5.26%) JNCIS
7 1 (2.63%) Degree
7 1 (2.63%) JNCIE
7 1 (2.63%) JNCIP
7 1 (2.63%) MCITP
7 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 8 (21.05%) Firmware
2 1 (2.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (15.79%) CA Spectrum
2 1 (2.63%) Ansible
2 1 (2.63%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (92.11%) Cisco
2 21 (55.26%) Fortinet
3 12 (31.58%) Juniper
4 10 (26.32%) CheckPoint
4 10 (26.32%) F5
5 8 (21.05%) Meraki
6 7 (18.42%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.63%) Microsoft
7 1 (2.63%) Remedy
7 1 (2.63%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.63%) Zscaler