LAN Job Trends in England

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring LAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 174 155
Rank change year-on-year -44 -19 +19
Permanent jobs citing LAN 789 845 1,517
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.90% 1.95% 1.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.16% 12.99% 13.86%
Number of salaries quoted 583 679 1,234
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,250 £29,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.48% -7.78% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £61,125 £58,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £71,285
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -

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 6,487 6,503 10,947
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.37% 15.04% 12.82%
Number of salaries quoted 4,297 3,730 7,584
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,308 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.47%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £43,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.47% -9.47% -7.77%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

LAN job vacancy trend in England

LAN
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing LAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing LAN

LAN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in England over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

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 18 July 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 -32 213 £65,000 +23.81% 40
South East +2 200 £47,500 +18.75% 49
North of England -24 164 £50,000 +31.58% 40
Midlands -57 91 £55,000 +57.14% 24
Yorkshire -22 80 £35,500 +14.52% 20
North West +11 70 £57,500 +53.33% 19
South West -67 66 £40,000 -5.88% 16
West Midlands -58 65 £55,000 +57.14% 18
East of England -29 44 £42,500 +18.06% 9
East Midlands -13 26 £41,000 -31.67% 6
North East -55 14 £39,000 -25.00% 4
LAN
UK

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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
1 120 (15.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 85 (10.77%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.89%) IIS
4 4 (0.51%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.38%) Confluence
6 2 (0.25%) Apache
6 2 (0.25%) OpenStack
Applications
1 64 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.65%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.38%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.38%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.13%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 5 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.25%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.25%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 321 (40.68%) Azure
2 288 (36.50%) Microsoft 365
3 151 (19.14%) AWS
4 116 (14.70%) Entra ID
5 39 (4.94%) GCP
6 30 (3.80%) OneDrive
7 27 (3.42%) Google Workspace
8 18 (2.28%) Mimecast
9 15 (1.90%) SaaS
10 10 (1.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 10 (1.27%) IaaS
10 10 (1.27%) OCI
10 10 (1.27%) PaaS
11 9 (1.14%) AWS Direct Connect
11 9 (1.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 8 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (1.01%) Power Platform
13 7 (0.89%) Viva Engage
14 6 (0.76%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 698 (88.47%) WAN
2 463 (58.68%) Firewall
3 286 (36.25%) VPN
4 196 (24.84%) Wi-Fi
5 169 (21.42%) DNS
6 160 (20.28%) TCP/IP
7 159 (20.15%) Network Security
8 151 (19.14%) Wireless
9 145 (18.38%) SD-WAN
10 141 (17.87%) DHCP
11 138 (17.49%) VLAN
12 107 (13.56%) WLAN
13 87 (11.03%) BGP
14 83 (10.52%) OSPF
15 62 (7.86%) VoIP
16 50 (6.34%) Cisco ISE
16 50 (6.34%) Cisco Nexus
17 45 (5.70%) Cisco ASA
18 41 (5.20%) Cisco Firepower
19 39 (4.94%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.04%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (0.63%) MySQL
4 4 (0.51%) Power BI
4 4 (0.51%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.25%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.13%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 17 (2.15%) JIRA
2 10 (1.27%) Git
2 10 (1.27%) GitLab
3 4 (0.51%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.13%) Carbide.c++
5 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
General
1 233 (29.53%) Social Skills
2 70 (8.87%) Finance
3 67 (8.49%) Telecoms
4 61 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (6.08%) Public Sector
6 35 (4.44%) Banking
7 34 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (3.55%) Retail
9 20 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (2.28%) Law
11 15 (1.90%) Marketing
12 14 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
12 14 (1.77%) Military
13 10 (1.27%) Aerospace
13 10 (1.27%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.14%) Legal
14 9 (1.14%) Retail Banking
15 6 (0.76%) Advertising
15 6 (0.76%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 192 (24.33%) Network Engineer
2 155 (19.65%) IT Support
3 140 (17.74%) Support Engineer
4 136 (17.24%) Senior
5 134 (16.98%) IT Engineer
6 100 (12.67%) IT Support Engineer
7 83 (10.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 75 (9.51%) Analyst
9 62 (7.86%) Senior Network Engineer
10 54 (6.84%) Architect
11 41 (5.20%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 35 (4.44%) IT Technician
13 34 (4.31%) 2nd Line Support
13 34 (4.31%) Network Architect
14 31 (3.93%) Support Technician
15 30 (3.80%) IT Support Technician
15 30 (3.80%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 29 (3.68%) Cisco Engineer
17 27 (3.42%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 27 (3.42%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.03%) 802.1X
2 12 (1.52%) LDAP
3 10 (1.27%) XMPP
4 8 (1.01%) WebSockets
5 6 (0.76%) ARM Templates
6 5 (0.63%) .NET
7 4 (0.51%) Node.js
7 4 (0.51%) React
8 3 (0.38%) OpenTelemetry
9 2 (0.25%) Jest
9 2 (0.25%) JSON
9 2 (0.25%) LAMP
9 2 (0.25%) pytest
10 1 (0.13%) Middleware
10 1 (0.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 146 (18.50%) Data Centre
2 69 (8.75%) Driving Licence
3 38 (4.82%) Hybrid Cloud
4 33 (4.18%) Onboarding
4 33 (4.18%) Security Posture
5 27 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (2.15%) Video Conferencing
7 16 (2.03%) Management Information System
8 14 (1.77%) Replication
9 13 (1.65%) Client/Server
10 12 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.52%) Private Cloud
11 10 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.27%) FlexPod
11 10 (1.27%) Security Operations Centre
11 10 (1.27%) Smartphone
12 9 (1.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 9 (1.14%) EPoS
13 8 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (1.01%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 321 (40.68%) Windows
2 176 (22.31%) Windows Server
3 79 (10.01%) Linux
4 76 (9.63%) Windows 10
5 37 (4.69%) Mac OS
6 36 (4.56%) Windows Server 2016
7 32 (4.06%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (2.66%) Android
9 19 (2.41%) Apple iOS
10 18 (2.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 16 (2.03%) Windows Server 2012
12 8 (1.01%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.63%) CentOS
13 5 (0.63%) Windows 7
14 4 (0.51%) CoreOS
14 4 (0.51%) Debian
15 2 (0.25%) Rocky
15 2 (0.25%) VMS
16 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (28.39%) Problem-Solving
2 152 (19.26%) ITIL
3 127 (16.10%) Cybersecurity
4 118 (14.96%) Continuous Improvement
4 118 (14.96%) Disaster Recovery
5 116 (14.70%) Customer Service
6 100 (12.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 80 (10.14%) Service Delivery
8 68 (8.62%) Project Delivery
9 63 (7.98%) SIEM
10 60 (7.60%) Stakeholder Management
11 59 (7.48%) Mentoring
12 58 (7.35%) Business Continuity
12 58 (7.35%) Presales
13 52 (6.59%) Root Cause Analysis
14 50 (6.34%) Service Management
15 49 (6.21%) Proactive Monitoring
16 47 (5.96%) High Availability
16 47 (5.96%) Technical Leadership
17 45 (5.70%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 76 (9.63%) PowerShell
2 74 (9.38%) Python
3 25 (3.17%) SQL
4 22 (2.79%) Bash
5 8 (1.01%) C++
5 8 (1.01%) Perl
6 5 (0.63%) C#
6 5 (0.63%) Ruby
7 4 (0.51%) Bicep
7 4 (0.51%) PHP
8 2 (0.25%) Java
8 2 (0.25%) XAML
9 1 (0.13%) C
9 1 (0.13%) Google Apps Script
9 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 201 (25.48%) Cisco Certification
2 140 (17.74%) CCNP
3 103 (13.05%) Degree
4 100 (12.67%) CCNA
5 94 (11.91%) Security Cleared
6 67 (8.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 58 (7.35%) SC Cleared
8 42 (5.32%) Azure Certification
9 41 (5.20%) CCIE
10 40 (5.07%) DV Cleared
11 27 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
12 26 (3.30%) DBS Check
13 18 (2.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 16 (2.03%) AWS Certification
14 16 (2.03%) MCSA
15 15 (1.90%) CompTIA Security+
15 15 (1.90%) Network+ Certification
16 13 (1.65%) A+ Certification
17 12 (1.52%) CCSA
17 12 (1.52%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (6.21%) SLA
2 41 (5.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (3.42%) Cyber Essentials
4 20 (2.53%) GDPR
5 15 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 12 (1.52%) PMO
7 4 (0.51%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.51%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.51%) NCSC
7 4 (0.51%) NIST
7 4 (0.51%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.38%) QA
9 2 (0.25%) GRC
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 243 (30.80%) Active Directory
2 133 (16.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 114 (14.45%) Hyper-V
4 22 (2.79%) vSphere
5 16 (2.03%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (2.03%) VMware NSX
6 9 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.01%) ProxySG
8 6 (0.76%) BitLocker
8 6 (0.76%) Firmware
8 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.25%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.13%) NLBS
11 1 (0.13%) QEMU
11 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.13%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 61 (7.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 50 (6.34%) Ansible
3 42 (5.32%) FortiGate
3 42 (5.32%) Terraform
4 14 (1.77%) Cisco CUCM
5 13 (1.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 13 (1.65%) SCCM
6 11 (1.39%) WSUS
7 10 (1.27%) Grafana
7 10 (1.27%) QRadar
8 9 (1.14%) Kubernetes
9 8 (1.01%) Check_MK
9 8 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
9 8 (1.01%) Nagios
10 7 (0.89%) VxRail
11 5 (0.63%) Control-M
12 4 (0.51%) McAfee ePO
12 4 (0.51%) SCVMM
12 4 (0.51%) ServiceCenter
12 4 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 357 (45.25%) Microsoft
2 325 (41.19%) Cisco
3 176 (22.31%) VMware
4 116 (14.70%) Palo Alto
5 103 (13.05%) Fortinet
6 79 (10.01%) Aruba
7 64 (8.11%) Meraki
8 56 (7.10%) Juniper
9 48 (6.08%) SolarWinds
10 43 (5.45%) CheckPoint
11 38 (4.82%) Google
12 29 (3.68%) Dell
13 27 (3.42%) HP
14 25 (3.17%) Splunk
15 24 (3.04%) Qualys
16 23 (2.92%) Citrix
16 23 (2.92%) Red Hat
17 20 (2.53%) Sophos
18 19 (2.41%) F5
18 19 (2.41%) ServiceNow