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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 221 152 206
Rank change year-on-year -69 +54 +85
Permanent jobs citing LAN 754 1,657 1,570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.54% 1.85% 1.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.56% 13.65% 11.29%
Number of salaries quoted 604 1,399 1,181
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,375 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £63,313 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £81,750 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.26%

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 8,810 12,136 13,909
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.99% 13.56% 16.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,706 8,540 7,030
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,813 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 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
London -41 202 £52,500 -4.55% 150
Midlands +3 146 £45,000 +7.14% 234
South East +12 141 £40,000 -11.11% 317
North of England -97 139 £42,500 - 271
West Midlands +3 123 £38,500 -4.50% 126
North West -110 70 £45,000 +5.88% 130
Yorkshire -13 61 £40,000 -5.88% 104
East of England -37 56 £37,500 -16.67% 215
South West -3 49 £45,000 +6.51% 155
East Midlands +30 23 £60,000 +33.33% 95
North East +18 8 £65,000 +72.19% 38
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
1 103 (13.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 66 (8.75%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.93%) IBM Domino
4 5 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.40%) WordPress
6 2 (0.27%) Confluence
6 2 (0.27%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.27%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.27%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 98 (13.00%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.85%) MS Visio
3 11 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.40%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.27%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) Revit
Business Applications
1 7 (0.93%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.80%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.66%) Exchequer
4 4 (0.53%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.27%) Carpe Diem
5 2 (0.27%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 342 (45.36%) Azure
2 255 (33.82%) Microsoft 365
3 91 (12.07%) Entra ID
4 86 (11.41%) AWS
5 34 (4.51%) GCP
6 33 (4.38%) OneDrive
7 15 (1.99%) Mimecast
8 12 (1.59%) SaaS
9 10 (1.33%) IaaS
10 8 (1.06%) AWS Direct Connect
10 8 (1.06%) Google Workspace
11 7 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (0.93%) GitHub
12 6 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (0.66%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 5 (0.66%) PaaS
13 5 (0.66%) Slack
14 4 (0.53%) Amazon EC2
14 4 (0.53%) Amazon S3
14 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 657 (87.14%) WAN
2 318 (42.18%) Firewall
3 226 (29.97%) VPN
4 145 (19.23%) TCP/IP
5 134 (17.77%) Wireless
6 127 (16.84%) DNS
7 114 (15.12%) DHCP
8 104 (13.79%) Wi-Fi
9 94 (12.47%) SD-WAN
10 92 (12.20%) BGP
11 89 (11.80%) VoIP
12 87 (11.54%) Network Security
13 79 (10.48%) MPLS
14 74 (9.81%) VLAN
15 67 (8.89%) OSPF
16 61 (8.09%) Internet
17 53 (7.03%) WLAN
18 50 (6.63%) IPsec
19 39 (5.17%) Cisco ISE
20 34 (4.51%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (5.57%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.06%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.27%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 12 (1.59%) Sonatype Nexus
2 7 (0.93%) Git
3 3 (0.40%) JIRA
4 2 (0.27%) Jenkins
General
1 295 (39.12%) Social Skills
2 86 (11.41%) Finance
3 60 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (6.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 43 (5.70%) Retail
6 33 (4.38%) Banking
7 30 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
8 28 (3.71%) Telecoms
9 25 (3.32%) Public Sector
10 19 (2.52%) Manufacturing
10 19 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.59%) Legal
13 11 (1.46%) Aerospace
14 8 (1.06%) Law
15 7 (0.93%) Automotive
16 6 (0.80%) Local Government
16 6 (0.80%) Police
17 4 (0.53%) Fire and Rescue
17 4 (0.53%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 149 (19.76%) IT Support
2 122 (16.18%) Network Engineer
3 118 (15.65%) Support Engineer
4 84 (11.14%) Architect
5 71 (9.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 65 (8.62%) Analyst
7 55 (7.29%) Lead
7 55 (7.29%) Network Architect
7 55 (7.29%) Senior
8 53 (7.03%) 2nd Line Support
9 44 (5.84%) IT Engineer
10 42 (5.57%) Infrastructure Support
11 39 (5.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 39 (5.17%) 3rd Line Support
12 37 (4.91%) Junior
13 36 (4.77%) Support Specialist
14 35 (4.64%) IT Support Specialist
15 34 (4.51%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 34 (4.51%) Support Analyst
16 32 (4.24%) Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.05%) JSON
2 20 (2.65%) 802.1X
3 13 (1.72%) LDAP
4 5 (0.66%) Middleware
5 4 (0.53%) EDI
6 2 (0.27%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.13%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 80 (10.61%) Data Centre
2 59 (7.82%) Driving Licence
3 39 (5.17%) CCTV
4 36 (4.77%) Onboarding
5 27 (3.58%) Client/Server
6 26 (3.45%) Public Cloud
7 21 (2.79%) Management Information System
8 19 (2.52%) Virtual Team
9 17 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
9 17 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.59%) Security Operations Centre
10 12 (1.59%) Social Media
10 12 (1.59%) Video Conferencing
11 8 (1.06%) iPhone
12 7 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
12 7 (0.93%) Replication
13 6 (0.80%) PMI
14 5 (0.66%) Clustering
14 5 (0.66%) Fat Client
14 5 (0.66%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 365 (48.41%) Windows
2 164 (21.75%) Windows Server
3 81 (10.74%) Windows 10
4 50 (6.63%) Linux
4 50 (6.63%) Windows Server 2016
5 41 (5.44%) Windows Server 2019
6 40 (5.31%) Mac OS
7 27 (3.58%) Windows Server 2012
8 24 (3.18%) Apple iOS
9 18 (2.39%) Android
10 9 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (0.93%) Mac OS X
12 5 (0.66%) Windows 7
12 5 (0.66%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.40%) Unix
14 2 (0.27%) Solaris
14 2 (0.27%) VMS
15 1 (0.13%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
2 133 (17.64%) ITIL
3 109 (14.46%) Customer Service
4 83 (11.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 74 (9.81%) Cybersecurity
6 66 (8.75%) Migration
7 54 (7.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 50 (6.63%) Network Design
9 49 (6.50%) Change Management
9 49 (6.50%) Mentoring
10 48 (6.37%) Business Continuity
11 47 (6.23%) Presales
12 44 (5.84%) Root Cause Analysis
13 41 (5.44%) Disaster Recovery
14 40 (5.31%) Incident Management
15 39 (5.17%) Network Management
16 37 (4.91%) Network Monitoring
16 37 (4.91%) Technical Leadership
17 33 (4.38%) Service Delivery
18 30 (3.98%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 72 (9.55%) PowerShell
2 60 (7.96%) Python
3 49 (6.50%) SQL
4 9 (1.19%) Bash
5 6 (0.80%) C++
5 6 (0.80%) Perl
6 3 (0.40%) Java
7 1 (0.13%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.13%) R
7 1 (0.13%) Scala
7 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 188 (24.93%) Cisco Certification
2 130 (17.24%) CCNA
3 128 (16.98%) Degree
4 111 (14.72%) CCNP
5 97 (12.86%) Security Cleared
6 72 (9.55%) SC Cleared
7 69 (9.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 46 (6.10%) CCIE
9 41 (5.44%) JNCIA
10 32 (4.24%) Azure Certification
11 26 (3.45%) JNCIS
12 23 (3.05%) A+ Certification
13 22 (2.92%) MCSA
14 21 (2.79%) DV Cleared
14 21 (2.79%) MCP
15 20 (2.65%) MCSE
16 17 (2.25%) Master's Degree
16 17 (2.25%) MBA
17 15 (1.99%) DBS Check
17 15 (1.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (9.28%) SLA
2 23 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (0.80%) GDPR
5 5 (0.66%) NIST
6 4 (0.53%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.40%) ISO 14001
7 3 (0.40%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.13%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.13%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.13%) NCSC
9 1 (0.13%) QA
System Software
1 264 (35.01%) Active Directory
2 125 (16.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (8.36%) Hyper-V
4 28 (3.71%) VMware NSX
5 23 (3.05%) XenApp
6 19 (2.52%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (1.33%) Firmware
8 9 (1.19%) vSphere
9 8 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
10 6 (0.80%) Terminal Services
10 6 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.66%) NFS
12 4 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.40%) KVM
13 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.27%) SRDF
14 2 (0.27%) Veritas Cluster Server
14 2 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
14 2 (0.27%) Xen
14 2 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 113 (14.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 57 (7.56%) Ansible
2 57 (7.56%) Terraform
3 35 (4.64%) SCCM
4 28 (3.71%) FortiGate
5 11 (1.46%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (1.46%) NetBackup
5 11 (1.46%) SCOM
6 10 (1.33%) QRadar
7 8 (1.06%) WSUS
8 7 (0.93%) SmoothWall
9 6 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (0.80%) Kubernetes
10 5 (0.66%) PaperCut
10 5 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.53%) Autotask
11 4 (0.53%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.40%) Backup Exec
12 3 (0.40%) Iperf
12 3 (0.40%) Puppet
Vendors
1 372 (49.34%) Microsoft
2 322 (42.71%) Cisco
3 169 (22.41%) VMware
4 101 (13.40%) Juniper
5 100 (13.26%) Fortinet
6 78 (10.34%) Meraki
6 78 (10.34%) Palo Alto
7 74 (9.81%) CheckPoint
8 59 (7.82%) Aruba
9 53 (7.03%) Citrix
10 46 (6.10%) F5
11 35 (4.64%) Google
12 30 (3.98%) Apple
12 30 (3.98%) SolarWinds
13 27 (3.58%) ServiceNow
14 25 (3.32%) Veeam
15 22 (2.92%) Blue Coat
15 22 (2.92%) HP
16 20 (2.65%) SonicWALL
17 17 (2.25%) Dell