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

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 216 150 218
Rank change year-on-year -66 +68 +55
Permanent jobs citing LAN 741 1,672 1,533
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.52% 1.95% 1.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.76% 13.83% 10.88%
Number of salaries quoted 607 1,428 1,196
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £34,000 £34,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £43,944
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.40% -2.35%
75th Percentile £63,625 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £69,825 £70,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

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 7,590 12,093 14,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 15.55% 14.08% 15.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,736 8,543 7,265
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,017
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

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 12 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 12 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 -47 195 £52,500 -4.55% 153
North of England -75 147 £42,500 +6.25% 58
Midlands -13 142 £45,000 +7.14% 56
South East +8 132 £40,000 -11.11% 89
West Midlands -1 119 £42,000 +4.18% 33
North West -94 79 £47,500 +11.76% 27
Yorkshire -1 63 £40,000 -5.88% 20
East of England -22 57 £42,500 - 65
South West -15 48 £48,750 +8.33% 45
East Midlands +28 23 £60,000 +33.33% 21
North East +14 5 £62,250 +64.90% 11
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
1 112 (15.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 70 (9.45%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.94%) IBM Domino
4 4 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.40%) WordPress
6 2 (0.27%) Confluence
6 2 (0.27%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.27%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.13%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.13%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 103 (13.90%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.91%) MS Visio
3 11 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.27%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.27%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.94%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.81%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.67%) Exchequer
4 4 (0.54%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.27%) Carpe Diem
5 2 (0.27%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 352 (47.50%) Azure
2 258 (34.82%) Microsoft 365
3 90 (12.15%) Entra ID
4 86 (11.61%) AWS
5 35 (4.72%) GCP
6 31 (4.18%) OneDrive
7 19 (2.56%) Mimecast
8 15 (2.02%) SaaS
9 12 (1.62%) IaaS
10 8 (1.08%) PaaS
11 7 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (0.94%) GitHub
11 7 (0.94%) Google Workspace
12 6 (0.81%) AWS Direct Connect
12 6 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (0.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 4 (0.54%) Amazon EC2
14 4 (0.54%) Azure Stack
14 4 (0.54%) Power Platform
14 4 (0.54%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 643 (86.77%) WAN
2 331 (44.67%) Firewall
3 225 (30.36%) VPN
4 134 (18.08%) TCP/IP
5 132 (17.81%) DNS
6 130 (17.54%) Wireless
7 120 (16.19%) DHCP
8 111 (14.98%) Wi-Fi
9 99 (13.36%) SD-WAN
10 91 (12.28%) BGP
11 90 (12.15%) VoIP
12 82 (11.07%) Network Security
13 76 (10.26%) MPLS
14 73 (9.85%) VLAN
15 67 (9.04%) OSPF
16 64 (8.64%) Internet
17 52 (7.02%) WLAN
18 49 (6.61%) IPsec
19 41 (5.53%) Cisco ISE
20 35 (4.72%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (5.13%) SQL Server
2 7 (0.94%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.27%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.27%) Power BI
5 1 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (1.89%) Sonatype Nexus
2 6 (0.81%) JIRA
3 5 (0.67%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.40%) Git
4 3 (0.40%) Spinnaker
5 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
General
1 283 (38.19%) Social Skills
2 77 (10.39%) Finance
3 58 (7.83%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (6.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 48 (6.48%) Retail
6 33 (4.45%) Presentation Skills
6 33 (4.45%) Telecoms
7 31 (4.18%) Banking
8 23 (3.10%) Public Sector
9 18 (2.43%) Manufacturing
10 17 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.62%) Legal
13 10 (1.35%) Law
14 8 (1.08%) Aerospace
14 8 (1.08%) Automotive
15 5 (0.67%) Local Government
15 5 (0.67%) Police
16 4 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.54%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 138 (18.62%) IT Support
2 115 (15.52%) Network Engineer
3 113 (15.25%) Support Engineer
4 85 (11.47%) Architect
5 73 (9.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 61 (8.23%) Senior
7 60 (8.10%) Analyst
8 55 (7.42%) Network Architect
9 52 (7.02%) IT Engineer
10 51 (6.88%) 2nd Line Support
11 46 (6.21%) Lead
12 40 (5.40%) 3rd Line Support
12 40 (5.40%) Infrastructure Support
13 39 (5.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 36 (4.86%) Junior
14 36 (4.86%) Support Specialist
15 35 (4.72%) IT Support Specialist
16 33 (4.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 31 (4.18%) Cisco Engineer
18 30 (4.05%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.24%) JSON
2 19 (2.56%) 802.1X
3 11 (1.48%) LDAP
4 5 (0.67%) Middleware
5 3 (0.40%) EDI
5 3 (0.40%) HTML
5 3 (0.40%) SOAP
5 3 (0.40%) XML
5 3 (0.40%) XSLT
6 1 (0.13%) WebSockets
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Identity Foundation
6 1 (0.13%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 90 (12.15%) Data Centre
2 53 (7.15%) Driving Licence
3 42 (5.67%) Onboarding
4 41 (5.53%) CCTV
5 31 (4.18%) Public Cloud
6 21 (2.83%) Client/Server
6 21 (2.83%) Management Information System
7 20 (2.70%) Virtual Team
8 17 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
9 13 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
10 12 (1.62%) Security Operations Centre
11 10 (1.35%) Social Media
12 9 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (1.21%) iPhone
13 6 (0.81%) PMI
13 6 (0.81%) Replication
14 5 (0.67%) Fat Client
14 5 (0.67%) Mobile Computing
14 5 (0.67%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 363 (48.99%) Windows
2 170 (22.94%) Windows Server
3 81 (10.93%) Windows 10
4 53 (7.15%) Linux
5 52 (7.02%) Windows Server 2016
6 43 (5.80%) Windows Server 2019
7 42 (5.67%) Mac OS
8 27 (3.64%) Windows Server 2012
9 25 (3.37%) Apple iOS
10 18 (2.43%) Android
11 9 (1.21%) Unix
11 9 (1.21%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (0.94%) Mac OS X
13 5 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 5 (0.67%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.40%) VMS
15 2 (0.27%) Solaris
16 1 (0.13%) CentOS
16 1 (0.13%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
2 134 (18.08%) ITIL
3 107 (14.44%) Customer Service
4 85 (11.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 76 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
6 72 (9.72%) Migration
7 52 (7.02%) Business Continuity
7 52 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
8 50 (6.75%) Disaster Recovery
9 49 (6.61%) Change Management
9 49 (6.61%) Presales
10 46 (6.21%) Mentoring
11 45 (6.07%) Network Design
12 44 (5.94%) Network Management
12 44 (5.94%) Network Monitoring
13 40 (5.40%) Root Cause Analysis
14 39 (5.26%) Incident Management
15 33 (4.45%) Technical Leadership
16 32 (4.32%) Service Delivery
17 30 (4.05%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (10.12%) PowerShell
2 60 (8.10%) Python
3 46 (6.21%) SQL
4 12 (1.62%) Bash
5 9 (1.21%) Perl
6 6 (0.81%) C++
7 3 (0.40%) C
7 3 (0.40%) Java
7 3 (0.40%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.40%) Jython
8 1 (0.13%) R
8 1 (0.13%) Scala
8 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 185 (24.97%) Cisco Certification
2 128 (17.27%) Degree
3 124 (16.73%) CCNA
4 100 (13.50%) CCNP
5 97 (13.09%) Security Cleared
6 71 (9.58%) SC Cleared
7 68 (9.18%) Microsoft Certification
8 45 (6.07%) CCIE
9 37 (4.99%) JNCIA
10 29 (3.91%) Azure Certification
11 26 (3.51%) JNCIS
12 22 (2.97%) MCSA
13 20 (2.70%) DV Cleared
14 19 (2.56%) Master's Degree
14 19 (2.56%) MBA
15 17 (2.29%) A+ Certification
15 17 (2.29%) MCP
15 17 (2.29%) MCSE
16 16 (2.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 12 (1.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (8.77%) SLA
2 22 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (0.94%) GDPR
4 7 (0.94%) PCI DSS
5 6 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (0.81%) NIST
5 6 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (0.54%) ISO 14001
6 4 (0.54%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.13%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
System Software
1 270 (36.44%) Active Directory
2 128 (17.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 71 (9.58%) Hyper-V
4 32 (4.32%) VMware NSX
5 22 (2.97%) Virtual Desktop
5 22 (2.97%) XenApp
6 11 (1.48%) Firmware
6 11 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.81%) Terminal Services
8 6 (0.81%) vSphere
9 4 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.40%) KVM
10 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.40%) VMware Workstation
10 3 (0.40%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.27%) NFS
11 2 (0.27%) SRDF
11 2 (0.27%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (0.27%) Xen
Systems Management
1 114 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 56 (7.56%) Ansible
3 55 (7.42%) Terraform
4 35 (4.72%) FortiGate
5 33 (4.45%) SCCM
6 13 (1.75%) Jamf Pro
7 10 (1.35%) SCOM
8 9 (1.21%) NetBackup
8 9 (1.21%) vCenter Server
9 8 (1.08%) QRadar
10 7 (0.94%) SmoothWall
10 7 (0.94%) WSUS
11 5 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.67%) PaperCut
11 5 (0.67%) Puppet
12 4 (0.54%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.54%) VxRail
13 3 (0.40%) Iperf
13 3 (0.40%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 371 (50.07%) Microsoft
2 313 (42.24%) Cisco
3 176 (23.75%) VMware
4 99 (13.36%) Juniper
5 97 (13.09%) Fortinet
6 82 (11.07%) Palo Alto
7 74 (9.99%) CheckPoint
8 73 (9.85%) Meraki
9 62 (8.37%) Aruba
10 49 (6.61%) Citrix
11 48 (6.48%) F5
12 35 (4.72%) Google
13 32 (4.32%) SolarWinds
14 31 (4.18%) Apple
15 30 (4.05%) Veeam
16 27 (3.64%) ServiceNow
17 24 (3.24%) Dell
18 23 (3.10%) Blue Coat
18 23 (3.10%) HP
19 19 (2.56%) Unisys