LAN Job Trends in Central London

Local Area Network (LAN)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring LAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 116 95
Rank change year-on-year +8 -21 +69
Permanent jobs citing LAN 37 68 79
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.45% 2.12% 2.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.23% 14.85% 19.65%
Number of salaries quoted 31 44 77
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £78,750 £92,500 £73,750
90th Percentile - - £92,500
London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 260 458 402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 10.16% 14.25% 13.18%
Number of salaries quoted 204 253 366
10th Percentile £28,697 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £50,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -3.61%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £75,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £109,250 £92,500
London median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +4.00%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

LAN job vacancy trend in Central London

LAN
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing LAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing LAN

LAN
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in Central London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for LAN in Central London

LAN
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Central London region over the 6 months to 14 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
City of London -11 22 £40,000 -33.33% 8
West End of London +11 4 £57,500 +21.05%
Southwark +9 1 £43,500 -9.35%
LAN
London

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (43.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (10.81%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.41%) Apache
3 2 (5.41%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 22 (59.46%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (40.54%) Entra ID
3 13 (35.14%) Azure
4 4 (10.81%) OneDrive
4 4 (10.81%) OpenShift
5 3 (8.11%) AWS
5 3 (8.11%) Google Workspace
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 33 (89.19%) WAN
2 23 (62.16%) DNS
3 22 (59.46%) TCP/IP
4 20 (54.05%) DHCP
5 16 (43.24%) Firewall
6 14 (37.84%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (27.03%) VoIP
8 7 (18.92%) VPN
9 6 (16.22%) Network Security
9 6 (16.22%) Wireless
10 5 (13.51%) WLAN
11 3 (8.11%) SD-WAN
11 3 (8.11%) Software-Defined Networking
12 2 (5.41%) BGP
12 2 (5.41%) Cisco Nexus
12 2 (5.41%) MPLS
12 2 (5.41%) NAS
12 2 (5.41%) OSPF
12 2 (5.41%) SAN
12 2 (5.41%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
General
1 23 (62.16%) Finance
2 19 (51.35%) Social Skills
3 9 (24.32%) Legal
4 4 (10.81%) Banking
4 4 (10.81%) Wholesale Banking
5 2 (5.41%) Law
6 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Retail
6 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (24.32%) Senior
1 9 (24.32%) Windows Engineer
2 8 (21.62%) Support Engineer
2 8 (21.62%) Systems Engineer
2 8 (21.62%) Windows Systems Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Network Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) IT Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) IT Support
4 4 (10.81%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Desktop Support
5 3 (8.11%) Network Support
5 3 (8.11%) Network Support Technician
5 3 (8.11%) Network Technician
5 3 (8.11%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Support Technician
6 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (24.32%) Enterprise Software
1 9 (24.32%) Hedge funds
2 7 (18.92%) Onboarding
3 4 (10.81%) CCTV
3 4 (10.81%) PKI
4 3 (8.11%) iPhone
5 2 (5.41%) Data Centre
5 2 (5.41%) FPGA
6 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.70%) CMDB
6 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 26 (70.27%) Windows
2 14 (37.84%) Windows Server
3 12 (32.43%) Windows Server 2012
4 7 (18.92%) Mac OS
5 6 (16.22%) Linux
6 4 (10.81%) Unix
6 4 (10.81%) Windows 10
7 3 (8.11%) Android
7 3 (8.11%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (8.11%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (5.41%) CentOS
8 2 (5.41%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (5.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (24.32%) Batch Scripting
2 9 (24.32%) Collaborative Working
2 9 (24.32%) Patch Management
2 9 (24.32%) Systems Engineering
2 9 (24.32%) Task Automation
3 7 (18.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (16.22%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (16.22%) ITIL
5 5 (13.51%) Data Protection
5 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (13.51%) Roadmaps
5 5 (13.51%) Technology Roadmap
6 4 (10.81%) Customer Service
6 4 (10.81%) Data Analysis
6 4 (10.81%) DevSecOps
6 4 (10.81%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (10.81%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (10.81%) Knowledge Transfer
6 4 (10.81%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 16 (43.24%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.41%) Java
2 2 (5.41%) Perl
2 2 (5.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) Degree
2 4 (10.81%) CCNP
2 4 (10.81%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (10.81%) DBS Check
3 3 (8.11%) CCNA
3 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.41%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (2.70%) NIST
System Software
1 27 (72.97%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.81%) BitLocker
2 4 (10.81%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (10.81%) XenApp
2 4 (10.81%) XenDesktop
3 3 (8.11%) Hyper-V
3 3 (8.11%) KVM
4 2 (5.41%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (35.14%) Single Sign-On
2 12 (32.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (21.62%) SCCM
5 4 (10.81%) Nagios
6 2 (5.41%) Ansible
6 2 (5.41%) FortiGate
6 2 (5.41%) Red Hat Satellite
6 2 (5.41%) Red Hat Spacewalk
7 1 (2.70%) vCenter Server
7 1 (2.70%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 25 (67.57%) Microsoft
2 14 (37.84%) Cisco
3 9 (24.32%) Bloomberg
3 9 (24.32%) Citrix
3 9 (24.32%) Reuters
4 6 (16.22%) Fortinet
5 5 (13.51%) Palo Alto
6 4 (10.81%) Symantec
7 3 (8.11%) Dell
7 3 (8.11%) Google
7 3 (8.11%) Juniper
7 3 (8.11%) Meraki
7 3 (8.11%) Zscaler
8 2 (5.41%) Forcepoint
8 2 (5.41%) ForeScout
8 2 (5.41%) HP
8 2 (5.41%) LogicMonitor
8 2 (5.41%) Red Hat
8 2 (5.41%) ServiceNow
8 2 (5.41%) VMware