LAN Jobs in Berkshire

Local Area Network (LAN)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring LAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited LAN over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 129 147
Rank change year-on-year +38 +18 +10
Permanent jobs citing LAN 37 38 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.27% 1.18% 1.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.70% 7.55% 9.51%
Number of salaries quoted 36 31 19
10th Percentile £21,101 - £25,900
25th Percentile £22,750 £34,500 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +23.53% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £58,125 £61,875
90th Percentile £88,750 £63,750 £90,500
South East median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £40,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +11.11% -10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

LAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 163 503 431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 9.98% 15.66% 14.09%
Number of salaries quoted 124 363 184
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,880 £24,150
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,125 £34,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,313 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £79,625
South East median annual salary £46,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.16% +5.56% -5.26%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Berkshire

LAN
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LAN in Berkshire.

Salary trend for LAN in Berkshire

LAN
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in Berkshire over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for LAN in Berkshire

LAN
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thatcham - 10 £23,500 -
Reading +43 9 £60,000 +50.00% 19
Bracknell +29 9 £65,000 +30.00% 2
Wokingham +6 2 £87,500 +136.81%
Slough - 1 £55,000 - 39
LAN
South East

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Applications
1 14 (37.84%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) Azure
2 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 37 (100.00%) WAN
2 16 (43.24%) Internet
3 9 (24.32%) Firewall
4 7 (18.92%) MPLS
5 5 (13.51%) BGP
6 4 (10.81%) Cisco IOS
6 4 (10.81%) DHCP
6 4 (10.81%) DNS
6 4 (10.81%) IPsec
6 4 (10.81%) Junos
6 4 (10.81%) VPN
7 3 (8.11%) DMZ
7 3 (8.11%) DWDM
7 3 (8.11%) Network Security
7 3 (8.11%) SD-WAN
7 3 (8.11%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (8.11%) Wireless
8 2 (5.41%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (2.70%) Unified Communications
9 1 (2.70%) Wireless Security
General
1 9 (24.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Finance
4 2 (5.41%) Retail
5 1 (2.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) IT Support
2 8 (21.62%) Lead
2 8 (21.62%) Trainee
2 8 (21.62%) Trainee IT Support
3 5 (13.51%) Architect
3 5 (13.51%) Network Architect
4 3 (8.11%) Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Network Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (5.41%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) IT Technician
5 2 (5.41%) Support Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Business Development Manager
6 1 (2.70%) Business Manager
6 1 (2.70%) Field Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Lead Network Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (10.81%) Social Media
3 3 (8.11%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.41%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 20 (54.05%) Windows
2 3 (8.11%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.70%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.70%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) ITIL
2 7 (18.92%) Customer Service
3 6 (16.22%) Network Design
3 6 (16.22%) Network Virtualisation
4 5 (13.51%) Business Strategy
4 5 (13.51%) Customer-Centricity
4 5 (13.51%) Infrastructure as Code
4 5 (13.51%) Requirements Gathering
4 5 (13.51%) Roadmaps
4 5 (13.51%) Strategic Planning
4 5 (13.51%) Strategic Roadmap
5 4 (10.81%) Analytical Thinking
5 4 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (10.81%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (8.11%) Change Control
6 3 (8.11%) Load Balancing
6 3 (8.11%) Migration
6 3 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (8.11%) Risk Management
7 2 (5.41%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.51%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (24.32%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (18.92%) CCNA
2 7 (18.92%) CCNP
3 5 (13.51%) JNCIS
3 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
4 4 (10.81%) DBS Check
5 2 (5.41%) A+ Certification
5 2 (5.41%) Degree
6 1 (2.70%) CCIE
6 1 (2.70%) CEH
6 1 (2.70%) CISA
6 1 (2.70%) CISSP
6 1 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) SLA
2 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (13.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (10.81%) Active Directory
3 3 (8.11%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.70%) Firmware
4 1 (2.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (13.51%) Ansible
1 5 (13.51%) Terraform
2 3 (8.11%) vCenter Server
2 3 (8.11%) WSUS
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (43.24%) Microsoft
2 14 (37.84%) Cisco
3 5 (13.51%) Aruba
3 5 (13.51%) Fortinet
3 5 (13.51%) Juniper
3 5 (13.51%) Mellanox
3 5 (13.51%) NVIDIA
3 5 (13.51%) Palo Alto
3 5 (13.51%) VMware
4 1 (2.70%) Apple
4 1 (2.70%) CrowdStrike