LAN Job Trends in Berkshire

Local Area Network (LAN)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring LAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 91 94
Rank change year-on-year -19 +3 +44
Permanent jobs citing LAN 18 30 50
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.91% 1.83% 2.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.06% 20.83% 16.72%
Number of salaries quoted 16 16 48
10th Percentile - £33,125 £32,805
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.71% +9.38% -16.23%
75th Percentile £56,533 £50,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £73,750 - £58,750
South East median annual salary £52,783 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year +31.96% -2.44% -8.89%

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 179 144 299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 9.09% 8.80% 14.32%
Number of salaries quoted 100 75 261
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,500 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £57,813 £63,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £78,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing LAN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

LAN job vacancy trend in Berkshire

LAN
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing LAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing LAN

LAN
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in Berkshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

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 13 January 2026. 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
Bracknell +27 4 £32,500 -35.00% 1
Thatcham +1 2 £29,750 -8.46%
Slough - 2 £80,000 - 7
Reading +23 1 £61,000 +43.53% 5
LAN
South East

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Azure
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 15 (83.33%) WAN
2 8 (44.44%) VoIP
3 5 (27.78%) Wireless
4 3 (16.67%) Internet
4 3 (16.67%) Network Security
4 3 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (16.67%) WLAN
5 2 (11.11%) 5G
5 2 (11.11%) 802.11
5 2 (11.11%) Firewall
5 2 (11.11%) VPN
6 1 (5.56%) Ethernet
6 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
General
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Games
3 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 2 (11.11%) Retail
4 1 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) IT Support
1 5 (27.78%) Support Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) IT Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Administrator
3 3 (16.67%) Network Administrator
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Senior
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
5 1 (5.56%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Network Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Trainee
5 1 (5.56%) Trainee IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) CCTV
2 4 (22.22%) Driving Licence
3 3 (16.67%) Data Centre
3 3 (16.67%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (11.11%) BYOD
4 2 (11.11%) IoT
5 1 (5.56%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 3 (16.67%) Linux
4 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (27.78%) Customer Service
2 5 (27.78%) Network Design
3 4 (22.22%) Software Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 3 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (16.67%) ITIL
4 3 (16.67%) Non-Blocking Code
4 3 (16.67%) Physics
5 2 (11.11%) AI
5 2 (11.11%) Business Continuity
5 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
5 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (11.11%) Logistics
5 2 (11.11%) Machine Learning
5 2 (11.11%) Presales
5 2 (11.11%) Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (11.11%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (38.89%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.11%) Hyper-V
2 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) FortiGate
2 2 (11.11%) Ansible
2 2 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) Adobe
3 3 (16.67%) Arista
3 3 (16.67%) Extreme Networks
3 3 (16.67%) Palo Alto
4 2 (11.11%) Ruckus Wireless
4 2 (11.11%) VMware