LAN Job Trends in the City of London

Local Area Network (LAN)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring LAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 96 92
Rank change year-on-year -13 -4 +85
Permanent jobs citing LAN 21 66 74
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.94% 2.48% 2.63%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.99% 15.94% 20.05%
Number of salaries quoted 15 42 72
10th Percentile £28,500 £40,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £46,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £57,625 £92,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,500 - £92,500
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +4.35% +4.07%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 191 414 369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 8.56% 15.56% 13.11%
Number of salaries quoted 151 239 335
10th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,125 £50,000 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,250 £76,125
90th Percentile £97,500 £106,000 £93,250
Central London median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -1.64%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

LAN job vacancy trend in the City of London

LAN
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing LAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing LAN

LAN
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the City of London over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for LAN in the City of London

LAN
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the City of London region over the 6 months to 9 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
London Bridge - 1 £43,500 -
LAN
Central London

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (19.05%) SharePoint
3 2 (9.52%) Apache
3 2 (9.52%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 11 (52.38%) Azure
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (19.05%) Entra ID
2 4 (19.05%) OneDrive
2 4 (19.05%) OpenShift
3 3 (14.29%) AWS
3 3 (14.29%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 21 (100.00%) WAN
2 12 (57.14%) Firewall
3 11 (52.38%) DHCP
3 11 (52.38%) DNS
4 10 (47.62%) VoIP
4 10 (47.62%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (42.86%) TCP/IP
6 6 (28.57%) VPN
7 5 (23.81%) Network Security
7 5 (23.81%) Wireless
7 5 (23.81%) WLAN
8 3 (14.29%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (9.52%) BGP
9 2 (9.52%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (9.52%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (9.52%) MPLS
9 2 (9.52%) NAS
9 2 (9.52%) OSPF
9 2 (9.52%) SD-WAN
9 2 (9.52%) SNMP
General
1 10 (47.62%) Finance
1 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Banking
2 4 (19.05%) Wholesale Banking
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Senior
1 8 (38.10%) Support Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) IT Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) IT Support
2 4 (19.05%) IT Support Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Network Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Network Support
3 3 (14.29%) Network Support Technician
3 3 (14.29%) Network Technician
3 3 (14.29%) Support Technician
4 2 (9.52%) Linux Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Linux Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) CCTV
1 4 (19.05%) Onboarding
1 4 (19.05%) PKI
2 2 (9.52%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.52%) FPGA
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 12 (57.14%) Windows
2 6 (28.57%) Linux
3 4 (19.05%) Mac OS
3 4 (19.05%) Unix
3 4 (19.05%) Windows 10
4 3 (14.29%) Windows Server
4 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (9.52%) CentOS
5 2 (9.52%) Oracle Linux
5 2 (9.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (28.57%) ITIL
3 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (19.05%) Application Packaging
4 4 (19.05%) BCP
4 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
4 4 (19.05%) Customer Service
4 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (19.05%) Data Analysis
4 4 (19.05%) DevSecOps
4 4 (19.05%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (19.05%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (19.05%) Knowledge Transfer
4 4 (19.05%) Roadmaps
4 4 (19.05%) Service Delivery
4 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (19.05%) Strategic Planning
4 4 (19.05%) Technology Roadmap
4 4 (19.05%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.52%) Java
2 2 (9.52%) Perl
2 2 (9.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Degree
2 4 (19.05%) DBS Check
3 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 2 (9.52%) CCNA
4 2 (9.52%) CCNP
4 2 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 13 (61.90%) Active Directory
2 4 (19.05%) BitLocker
2 4 (19.05%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (19.05%) XenApp
2 4 (19.05%) XenDesktop
3 3 (14.29%) Hyper-V
3 3 (14.29%) KVM
4 2 (9.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (38.10%) SCCM
2 4 (19.05%) Nagios
2 4 (19.05%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (14.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (9.52%) Ansible
4 2 (9.52%) FortiGate
4 2 (9.52%) Red Hat Satellite
4 2 (9.52%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) Cisco
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft
2 6 (28.57%) Citrix
2 6 (28.57%) Fortinet
3 4 (19.05%) Palo Alto
3 4 (19.05%) Symantec
4 3 (14.29%) Google
4 3 (14.29%) Zscaler
5 2 (9.52%) Dell
5 2 (9.52%) Forcepoint
5 2 (9.52%) ForeScout
5 2 (9.52%) HP
5 2 (9.52%) Juniper
5 2 (9.52%) LogicMonitor
5 2 (9.52%) Meraki
5 2 (9.52%) Oracle
5 2 (9.52%) Red Hat
5 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow