LAN Jobs in Central London

Local Area Network (LAN)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 111 151
Rank change year-on-year -13 +40 +34
Permanent jobs citing LAN 27 81 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.13% 2.15% 1.76%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.12% 16.80% 14.63%
Number of salaries quoted 27 78 83
10th Percentile £29,550 £35,875 £31,300
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% +2.15% -25.30%
75th Percentile £78,125 £69,375 £68,125
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,375 £76,250
London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +6.80%

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 296 482 615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 12.35% 12.82% 12.00%
Number of salaries quoted 212 362 487
10th Percentile £35,075 £32,050 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £54,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.21% -16.54% +7.79%
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,403 £78,750
90th Percentile £99,750 £92,375 £105,000
London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +2.65%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Central London

LAN
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for LAN in Central London

LAN
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in Central London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

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 22 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
City of London -17 19 £62,500 +31.58% 22
West End of London +7 4 £39,000 -25.71% 7
City of Westminster -3 1 £26,000 - 2
LAN
London

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 10 (37.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.41%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 14 (51.85%) Azure
2 12 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (25.93%) Entra ID
4 5 (18.52%) AWS
5 3 (11.11%) GCP
5 3 (11.11%) Google Workspace
6 2 (7.41%) Mimecast
6 2 (7.41%) Nutanix
7 1 (3.70%) OneDrive
7 1 (3.70%) PaaS
7 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (96.30%) WAN
2 12 (44.44%) DHCP
2 12 (44.44%) DNS
3 8 (29.63%) SD-WAN
3 8 (29.63%) VoIP
3 8 (29.63%) Wireless
4 7 (25.93%) TCP/IP
5 6 (22.22%) VPN
6 5 (18.52%) Ethernet
6 5 (18.52%) Firewall
6 5 (18.52%) MPLS
6 5 (18.52%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (18.52%) WLAN
7 4 (14.81%) IPsec
8 3 (11.11%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (7.41%) Internet
10 1 (3.70%) IPv4
10 1 (3.70%) IPv6
10 1 (3.70%) Network Security
10 1 (3.70%) VLAN
General
1 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Finance
3 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Legal
4 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Korean Language
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Network Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Senior
3 4 (14.81%) Senior Network Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) Support Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Network Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Support Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Windows Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Desktop Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Desktop Support
5 2 (7.41%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Service Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Onboarding
2 5 (18.52%) Mobile Computing
3 3 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 3 (11.11%) Hedge funds
3 3 (11.11%) Public Cloud
4 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.70%) iPhone
4 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 17 (62.96%) Windows
2 9 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 7 (25.93%) Windows 10
3 7 (25.93%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (18.52%) Windows 7
5 4 (14.81%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (11.11%) Linux
6 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (7.41%) Apple iOS
7 2 (7.41%) Mac OS X
8 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (22.22%) Mentoring
3 5 (18.52%) Project Delivery
4 4 (14.81%) ITIL
4 4 (14.81%) PRINCE2
5 3 (11.11%) Agile
5 3 (11.11%) Antivirus Management
5 3 (11.11%) Batch Scripting
5 3 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (11.11%) Customer Service
5 3 (11.11%) Due Diligence
5 3 (11.11%) Incident Management
5 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (11.11%) Patch Management
5 3 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
5 3 (11.11%) Task Automation
5 3 (11.11%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 2 (7.41%) Customer Experience
6 2 (7.41%) Decision-Making
6 2 (7.41%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) PowerShell
2 3 (11.11%) Python
3 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) Degree
1 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.70%) CCNA
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.70%) CISM
3 1 (3.70%) CISSP
3 1 (3.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) SLA
2 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.70%) GDPR
2 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.70%) NIST
System Software
1 16 (59.26%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.11%) Hyper-V
2 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (11.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (14.81%) Terraform
3 3 (11.11%) Ansible
3 3 (11.11%) FortiGate
3 3 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (3.70%) CASB
Vendors
1 16 (59.26%) Microsoft
2 9 (33.33%) Cisco
3 8 (29.63%) VMware
4 7 (25.93%) Juniper
5 5 (18.52%) Google
6 3 (11.11%) Blue Coat
6 3 (11.11%) CheckPoint
6 3 (11.11%) F5
7 2 (7.41%) Adobe
7 2 (7.41%) Citrix
7 2 (7.41%) ServiceNow
8 1 (3.70%) Bloomberg
8 1 (3.70%) HP
8 1 (3.70%) Reuters
8 1 (3.70%) Sage