LAN Jobs in the East of England

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 100 125
Rank change year-on-year -27 +25 +13
Permanent jobs citing LAN 57 141 111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.71% 2.28% 2.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.99% 13.52% 10.24%
Number of salaries quoted 42 112 74
10th Percentile £28,003 £26,025 £23,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £30,500 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,250 £43,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% +9.38% -11.11%
75th Percentile £63,500 £50,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £57,125
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £44,600
% change year-on-year -5.56% +0.90% -0.89%

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 815 1,043 1,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 24.39% 16.90% 20.89%
Number of salaries quoted 249 792 407
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,856 £24,800
25th Percentile £32,750 £28,844 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -15.00%
75th Percentile £59,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £70,950
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the East of England

LAN
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LAN in the East of England.

Salary trend for LAN in the East of England

LAN
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the East of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

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 18 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
Hertfordshire -23 16 £62,000 +37.78% 34
Bedfordshire -4 13 £44,750 - 5
Essex +13 11 £32,500 -35.00% 6
Cambridgeshire +33 6 £62,500 +95.31% 6
Suffolk -26 6 £50,000 -4.76% 7
Norfolk +20 5 £32,533 -31.51% 4
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 14 (24.56%) SharePoint
2 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.75%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.75%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.75%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 25 (43.86%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (42.11%) Azure
3 15 (26.32%) Entra ID
4 6 (10.53%) OneDrive
5 5 (8.77%) AWS
6 3 (5.26%) Mimecast
7 2 (3.51%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.75%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 45 (78.95%) WAN
2 38 (66.67%) VPN
3 33 (57.89%) Firewall
4 18 (31.58%) TCP/IP
5 12 (21.05%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (17.54%) FTP
6 10 (17.54%) HTTP
6 10 (17.54%) SMTP
6 10 (17.54%) VLAN
7 9 (15.79%) DHCP
7 9 (15.79%) DNS
7 9 (15.79%) Internet
8 8 (14.04%) Network Security
9 7 (12.28%) VoIP
10 5 (8.77%) BGP
10 5 (8.77%) Intranet
11 4 (7.02%) Wireless
12 3 (5.26%) MPLS
12 3 (5.26%) OSPF
12 3 (5.26%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 24 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.04%) Finance
3 6 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (7.02%) Retail
5 3 (5.26%) Aerospace
5 3 (5.26%) Aviation
5 3 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.51%) Legal
6 2 (3.51%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 15 (26.32%) IT Support
2 10 (17.54%) IT Engineer
2 10 (17.54%) Lead
2 10 (17.54%) Support Engineer
3 7 (12.28%) IT Support Engineer
4 6 (10.53%) 1st Line Support
5 5 (8.77%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (8.77%) IT Support Specialist
5 5 (8.77%) Network Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Support Specialist
6 4 (7.02%) Analyst
6 4 (7.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Project Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Security Analyst
8 2 (3.51%) 3rd Line Support
8 2 (3.51%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (3.51%) SOC Analyst
9 1 (1.75%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (15.79%) LDAP
2 2 (3.51%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.75%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.54%) Client/Server
1 10 (17.54%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (8.77%) Social Media
3 3 (5.26%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.51%) Biopharmaceutical
4 2 (3.51%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (3.51%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.51%) MISP
4 2 (3.51%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.75%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.75%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.75%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.75%) PKI
5 1 (1.75%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.75%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 27 (47.37%) Windows
2 15 (26.32%) Windows Server
3 7 (12.28%) Windows 10
4 3 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.75%) Android
5 1 (1.75%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (1.75%) Linux
5 1 (1.75%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.75%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (28.07%) Network Management
2 13 (22.81%) Customer Service
2 13 (22.81%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (19.30%) ITIL
4 10 (17.54%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (17.54%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 10 (17.54%) Security Operations
4 10 (17.54%) SIEM
5 9 (15.79%) ITSM
5 9 (15.79%) Line Management
5 9 (15.79%) Malware Analysis
5 9 (15.79%) Reverse Engineering
6 8 (14.04%) People Management
6 8 (14.04%) Use Case
7 7 (12.28%) Blue Team
8 6 (10.53%) Proactive Maintenance
9 5 (8.77%) Data Privacy
9 5 (8.77%) Kalman Filter
9 5 (8.77%) Mobile Device Management
9 5 (8.77%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.79%) PowerShell
2 7 (12.28%) Bash
2 7 (12.28%) Python
3 6 (10.53%) C++
3 6 (10.53%) Perl
4 1 (1.75%) Scala
4 1 (1.75%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 13 (22.81%) DV Cleared
3 8 (14.04%) Degree
3 8 (14.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (10.53%) DBS Check
4 6 (10.53%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.51%) MCSA
5 2 (3.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.75%) CCNA
6 1 (1.75%) CCNP
6 1 (1.75%) CCSP
6 1 (1.75%) CISMP
6 1 (1.75%) CISSP
6 1 (1.75%) GCIA
6 1 (1.75%) MCITP
6 1 (1.75%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.75%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.75%) PMP
6 1 (1.75%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.26%) Government Security Classifications
1 3 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.51%) GDPR
2 2 (3.51%) NIST
2 2 (3.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.75%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (35.09%) Active Directory
2 12 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (15.79%) Hyper-V
4 4 (7.02%) VMware NSX
5 3 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (3.51%) Firmware
7 1 (1.75%) Docker
7 1 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (28.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (15.79%) QRadar
3 8 (14.04%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (8.77%) SmoothWall
5 3 (5.26%) Ansible
5 3 (5.26%) Avamar
5 3 (5.26%) Progress Chef
5 3 (5.26%) Puppet
5 3 (5.26%) vCenter Server
5 3 (5.26%) VxRail
6 2 (3.51%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.75%) Autotask
7 1 (1.75%) CASB
7 1 (1.75%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (1.75%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.75%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 43 (75.44%) Microsoft
2 15 (26.32%) Cisco
3 12 (21.05%) VMware
4 10 (17.54%) Splunk
5 8 (14.04%) Palo Alto
6 6 (10.53%) WatchGuard
7 5 (8.77%) Aruba
7 5 (8.77%) Fortinet
7 5 (8.77%) Meraki
8 4 (7.02%) Dell
8 4 (7.02%) EMC
9 3 (5.26%) Citrix
10 1 (1.75%) Avaya
10 1 (1.75%) F5
10 1 (1.75%) HP
10 1 (1.75%) Juniper
10 1 (1.75%) Meru Networks
10 1 (1.75%) Mitel
10 1 (1.75%) NetApp
10 1 (1.75%) Riverbed