LAN Job Trends in the East of England

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring LAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 90 96
Rank change year-on-year -53 +6 +43
Permanent jobs citing LAN 40 59 134
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.64% 2.27% 2.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.12% 16.86% 13.07%
Number of salaries quoted 28 48 105
10th Percentile £31,461 £31,023 £24,950
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,500 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% +19.72%
75th Percentile £48,188 £63,563 £50,000
90th Percentile £69,750 £70,000 £64,000
England median annual salary £46,160 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.82% +5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 781 350 1,025
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 12.58% 13.47% 17.03%
Number of salaries quoted 276 265 779
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,175 £24,968
25th Percentile £30,875 £34,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

LAN job vacancy trend in the East of England

LAN
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing LAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing LAN

LAN
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the East of England over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for LAN in the East of England

LAN
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the East of England region over the 6 months to 20 April 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
Hertfordshire -30 11 £46,160 -25.55% 6
Suffolk +5 8 £40,000 -20.00%
Cambridgeshire -21 7 £44,000 -29.60% 5
Essex -33 6 £38,250 +17.69% 4
Norfolk -15 5 £40,000 +22.95%
Bedfordshire +4 3 £65,000 +44.44% 2
LAN
England

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 10 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 29 (72.50%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (35.00%) Azure
3 4 (10.00%) AWS
4 2 (5.00%) Google Workspace
4 2 (5.00%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.50%) IaaS
5 1 (2.50%) Nutanix
5 1 (2.50%) PaaS
5 1 (2.50%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (85.00%) WAN
2 29 (72.50%) Firewall
3 23 (57.50%) VPN
4 16 (40.00%) VLAN
5 14 (35.00%) DHCP
5 14 (35.00%) DNS
6 12 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (25.00%) TCP/IP
8 9 (22.50%) Network Security
9 8 (20.00%) Wireless
10 6 (15.00%) SMTP
10 6 (15.00%) WLAN
11 5 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
11 5 (12.50%) EIGRP
11 5 (12.50%) IMAP
11 5 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (12.50%) OSPF
11 5 (12.50%) POP3
11 5 (12.50%) Wireshark
12 3 (7.50%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 13 (32.50%) Social Skills
2 9 (22.50%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (12.50%) Retail
3 5 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 4 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.50%) Police
6 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (35.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (27.50%) IT Support
3 9 (22.50%) Network Engineer
4 8 (20.00%) Senior
4 8 (20.00%) Support Engineer
5 7 (17.50%) IT Engineer
5 7 (17.50%) IT Support Engineer
5 7 (17.50%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (17.50%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (12.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 5 (12.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 5 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support
6 5 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 5 (12.50%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (10.00%) Administrator
7 4 (10.00%) IT Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (22.50%) Driving Licence
2 5 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (7.50%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.50%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.50%) Clustering
5 1 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.50%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (70.00%) Windows
2 23 (57.50%) Windows Server
3 10 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 3 (7.50%) Linux
5 2 (5.00%) Android
5 2 (5.00%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.50%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.50%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (35.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (32.50%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (22.50%) Network Monitoring
6 8 (20.00%) ERP
7 7 (17.50%) Asset Management
7 7 (17.50%) Network Management
8 6 (15.00%) Service Delivery
8 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (15.00%) Time Management
9 5 (12.50%) ITIL
9 5 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
10 4 (10.00%) Customer Service
10 4 (10.00%) IT Strategy
10 4 (10.00%) Network Design
11 3 (7.50%) Infrastructure Management
11 3 (7.50%) Mobile Device Management
11 3 (7.50%) Virtual Environments
12 2 (5.00%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 9 (22.50%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.00%) Bash
2 2 (5.00%) Python
3 1 (2.50%) C++
3 1 (2.50%) Perl
3 1 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (32.50%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (25.00%) CCNA
2 10 (25.00%) CCNP
2 10 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (12.50%) DBS Check
3 5 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 4 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (7.50%) Azure Certification
5 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.50%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.50%) CEH
6 1 (2.50%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.50%) CREST Certified
6 1 (2.50%) Degree
6 1 (2.50%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.50%) MCSE
System Software
1 24 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (10.00%) Hyper-V
4 3 (7.50%) Firmware
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.50%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.50%) Ansible
2 1 (2.50%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
2 1 (2.50%) QRadar
Vendors
1 33 (82.50%) Microsoft
2 19 (47.50%) Cisco
3 9 (22.50%) Fortinet
4 8 (20.00%) SolarWinds
4 8 (20.00%) VMware
5 6 (15.00%) Aruba
5 6 (15.00%) Palo Alto
6 4 (10.00%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (10.00%) Juniper
7 2 (5.00%) Apple
7 2 (5.00%) Google
7 2 (5.00%) Samsung
7 2 (5.00%) ServiceNow
8 1 (2.50%) CheckPoint
8 1 (2.50%) F5
8 1 (2.50%) Meraki
8 1 (2.50%) MobileIron
8 1 (2.50%) Salesforce
8 1 (2.50%) Splunk
8 1 (2.50%) Veeam