LAN Jobs in England

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 183 298
Rank change year-on-year +21 +115 -59
Permanent jobs citing LAN 1,323 1,398 2,086
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.69% 1.97% 1.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.28% 12.16% 10.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,039 1,111 1,667
10th Percentile £27,218 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,000 £35,000 £33,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -2.17% +2.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £60,125
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -7.22% +7.78%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,962 11,495 18,987
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.71% 16.17% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 6,437 6,665 10,966
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in England

LAN
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for LAN in England

LAN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for LAN in England

LAN
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the England region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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 +1 362 £55,000 -0.27% 33
North of England +27 307 £42,500 -9.57% 48
South East -12 209 £45,000 +11.11% 55
North West +15 176 £45,000 -5.26% 27
Midlands -16 169 £42,500 +10.39% 28
South West +9 145 £38,000 -5.00% 17
East of England +29 138 £45,000 +5.88% 30
Yorkshire +66 122 £42,500 -15.00% 17
West Midlands +4 119 £41,750 +4.38% 20
East Midlands -39 41 £45,000 +22.27% 7
North East -18 26 £39,000 -8.24% 6
LAN
UK

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 166 (12.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 152 (11.49%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.59%) SharePoint 2010
3 21 (1.59%) SharePoint 2013
4 9 (0.68%) IIS
4 9 (0.68%) Skype for Business
5 8 (0.60%) WebSphere
6 7 (0.53%) Apache
6 7 (0.53%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (0.38%) Confluence
7 5 (0.38%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2007
8 4 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.15%) nginx
10 1 (0.076%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.076%) Moodle
10 1 (0.076%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.076%) WordPress
Applications
1 130 (9.83%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.59%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.23%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.23%) Revit
6 1 (0.076%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.15%) Shopify
4 1 (0.076%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.076%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.076%) Epicor Tropos
4 1 (0.076%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.076%) Sage 300 ERP
4 1 (0.076%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 503 (38.02%) Azure
2 495 (37.41%) Microsoft 365
3 149 (11.26%) Entra ID
4 146 (11.04%) AWS
5 55 (4.16%) GCP
6 49 (3.70%) IaaS
7 48 (3.63%) SaaS
8 42 (3.17%) PaaS
9 39 (2.95%) OneDrive
10 23 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
11 21 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (1.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 13 (0.98%) Mimecast
14 13 (0.98%) Power Platform
15 12 (0.91%) Azure Sentinel
16 11 (0.83%) WhatsApp
17 10 (0.76%) AWS Direct Connect
17 10 (0.76%) Google Workspace
17 10 (0.76%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1,105 (83.52%) WAN
2 548 (41.42%) Firewall
3 352 (26.61%) VPN
4 293 (22.15%) Wi-Fi
5 281 (21.24%) Wireless
6 261 (19.73%) DNS
7 238 (17.99%) TCP/IP
8 214 (16.18%) DHCP
9 176 (13.30%) WLAN
10 174 (13.15%) SD-WAN
11 162 (12.24%) Network Security
12 138 (10.43%) MPLS
13 136 (10.28%) VLAN
14 98 (7.41%) BGP
15 96 (7.26%) Internet
16 88 (6.65%) OSPF
17 82 (6.20%) SAN
18 73 (5.52%) VoIP
19 50 (3.78%) IPsec
20 43 (3.25%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (4.61%) SQL Server
2 23 (1.74%) QlikView
3 22 (1.66%) MySQL
4 13 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (0.76%) Power BI
6 9 (0.68%) DB2
7 8 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.38%) InfluxDB
9 5 (0.38%) MariaDB
9 5 (0.38%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.15%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.076%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.076%) MongoDB
12 1 (0.076%) PowerPivot
12 1 (0.076%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.076%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (1.13%) JIRA
2 13 (0.98%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.53%) Git
4 3 (0.23%) Axure RP
General
1 416 (31.44%) Social Skills
2 132 (9.98%) Finance
3 125 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (6.35%) Law
5 76 (5.74%) Retail
6 67 (5.06%) Telecoms
7 40 (3.02%) Manufacturing
8 36 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
9 35 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 34 (2.57%) Legal
11 28 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
12 20 (1.51%) Public Sector
13 16 (1.21%) Banking
14 14 (1.06%) Games
15 13 (0.98%) Marketing
16 11 (0.83%) Back Office
17 10 (0.76%) Automotive
18 8 (0.60%) Advertising
19 7 (0.53%) Aerospace
20 6 (0.45%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 253 (19.12%) Network Engineer
2 196 (14.81%) Analyst
3 161 (12.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 159 (12.02%) Senior
5 123 (9.30%) Support Engineer
6 113 (8.54%) IT Support
7 84 (6.35%) IT Engineer
8 75 (5.67%) 2nd Line Support
9 72 (5.44%) IT Analyst
10 67 (5.06%) Lead
11 61 (4.61%) Support Analyst
12 60 (4.54%) Service Analyst
13 58 (4.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 55 (4.16%) Architect
15 54 (4.08%) Senior Network Engineer
16 51 (3.85%) Service Desk Analyst
17 49 (3.70%) IT Manager
18 47 (3.55%) Technical Support
19 46 (3.48%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
19 46 (3.48%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.04%) LDAP
2 23 (1.74%) 802.1X
3 16 (1.21%) HTML
4 10 (0.76%) SAML
4 10 (0.76%) XMPP
5 8 (0.60%) WebSphere MQ
6 7 (0.53%) Web Services
6 7 (0.53%) XML
7 6 (0.45%) EDI
8 5 (0.38%) YAML
9 4 (0.30%) ARM Templates
10 2 (0.15%) Azure Blueprints
10 2 (0.15%) Middleware
10 2 (0.15%) ServiceStack
11 1 (0.076%) .NET
11 1 (0.076%) JSON
11 1 (0.076%) LAMP
11 1 (0.076%) Node.js
11 1 (0.076%) React
11 1 (0.076%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 175 (13.23%) Data Centre
2 91 (6.88%) Management Information System
3 48 (3.63%) PKI
4 45 (3.40%) Driving Licence
4 45 (3.40%) Public Cloud
5 40 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (1.74%) Video Conferencing
7 22 (1.66%) Onboarding
8 21 (1.59%) CCTV
9 20 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (1.44%) Client/Server
11 18 (1.36%) Private Cloud
12 17 (1.28%) Clustering
13 14 (1.06%) NHS
14 13 (0.98%) Cyberattack
15 12 (0.91%) EPoS
15 12 (0.91%) PMI
16 10 (0.76%) Cloud Native
16 10 (0.76%) IoT
17 9 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 640 (48.37%) Windows
2 314 (23.73%) Windows Server
3 167 (12.62%) Windows 10
4 154 (11.64%) Linux
5 82 (6.20%) Windows Server 2019
6 66 (4.99%) Windows Server 2016
7 64 (4.84%) Android
8 50 (3.78%) Windows Server 2012
9 44 (3.33%) Apple iOS
10 41 (3.10%) Mac OS
10 41 (3.10%) VMS
11 36 (2.72%) Ubuntu
12 31 (2.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 27 (2.04%) CentOS
14 24 (1.81%) Windows 7
15 22 (1.66%) Unix
16 15 (1.13%) Windows Server 2008
17 14 (1.06%) Mac OS X
18 6 (0.45%) VyOS
18 6 (0.45%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (19.43%) Problem-Solving
2 243 (18.37%) ITIL
3 217 (16.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 177 (13.38%) Customer Service
5 134 (10.13%) Cybersecurity
6 98 (7.41%) Project Delivery
7 95 (7.18%) Project Management
8 92 (6.95%) Agile
9 86 (6.50%) Roadmaps
10 84 (6.35%) Service Delivery
11 78 (5.90%) Mentoring
12 75 (5.67%) Change Management
13 66 (4.99%) Disaster Recovery
14 64 (4.84%) Presales
15 61 (4.61%) Service Management
16 57 (4.31%) Collaborative Culture
17 55 (4.16%) Migration
18 54 (4.08%) PRINCE2
19 52 (3.93%) Time Management
20 51 (3.85%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 120 (9.07%) PowerShell
2 87 (6.58%) SQL
3 58 (4.38%) Python
4 36 (2.72%) Bash
5 17 (1.28%) Perl
6 16 (1.21%) Java
7 11 (0.83%) PHP
8 7 (0.53%) C#
9 4 (0.30%) Bicep
10 2 (0.15%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.15%) Korn
10 2 (0.15%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.076%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.076%) VBA
Qualifications
1 192 (14.51%) Degree
2 172 (13.00%) Cisco Certification
3 120 (9.07%) Security Cleared
4 117 (8.84%) CCNA
5 101 (7.63%) CCNP
6 65 (4.91%) SC Cleared
7 60 (4.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 50 (3.78%) DV Cleared
9 43 (3.25%) CCIE
10 41 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
11 38 (2.87%) DBS Check
12 34 (2.57%) MCSE
13 28 (2.12%) HND
14 25 (1.89%) PMI Certification
15 24 (1.81%) HNC
16 22 (1.66%) JNCIA
17 20 (1.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 19 (1.44%) CISSP
18 19 (1.44%) MCITP
19 17 (1.28%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (7.33%) SLA
2 26 (1.97%) GDPR
3 25 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (0.91%) NIST
6 8 (0.60%) NCSC
7 6 (0.45%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.38%) COBIT
9 3 (0.23%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.23%) PMO
9 3 (0.23%) QA
10 2 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.076%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.076%) ITGC
11 1 (0.076%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 554 (41.87%) Active Directory
2 258 (19.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 167 (12.62%) Hyper-V
4 62 (4.69%) vSphere
5 55 (4.16%) VMware ESXi
6 29 (2.19%) XenApp
7 26 (1.97%) XenDesktop
8 25 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
9 19 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
10 17 (1.28%) Firmware
11 12 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
12 11 (0.83%) VMware NSX
13 8 (0.60%) Docker
14 7 (0.53%) VMware Workstation
15 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 5 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
17 4 (0.30%) VMware Server
18 3 (0.23%) KVM
18 3 (0.23%) QEMU
18 3 (0.23%) Xen
Systems Management
1 160 (12.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 79 (5.97%) SCCM
3 58 (4.38%) Ansible
4 53 (4.01%) Terraform
5 46 (3.48%) WSUS
6 30 (2.27%) FortiGate
7 20 (1.51%) Jamf Pro
7 20 (1.51%) vCenter Server
8 13 (0.98%) Puppet
9 12 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (0.68%) Autotask
11 9 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
11 9 (0.68%) VxRail
12 8 (0.60%) Cisco CUCM
13 7 (0.53%) Nessus
13 7 (0.53%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.53%) Red Hat Spacewalk
14 6 (0.45%) SmoothWall
15 5 (0.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 621 (46.94%) Microsoft
2 414 (31.29%) Cisco
3 378 (28.57%) VMware
4 114 (8.62%) Fortinet
5 104 (7.86%) Meraki
6 103 (7.79%) Juniper
7 93 (7.03%) HP
8 78 (5.90%) Palo Alto
9 77 (5.82%) Citrix
10 75 (5.67%) Aruba
11 69 (5.22%) Veeam
12 66 (4.99%) Dell
13 57 (4.31%) Google
14 54 (4.08%) SolarWinds
15 48 (3.63%) CheckPoint
16 46 (3.48%) Ruckus Wireless
17 34 (2.57%) Apple
18 28 (2.12%) ServiceNow
19 27 (2.04%) Red Hat
19 27 (2.04%) Symantec