LAN Jobs in England

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for LAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited LAN over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 150 218 275
Rank change year-on-year +68 +57 -56
Permanent jobs citing LAN 1,672 1,533 1,999
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.95% 1.71% 1.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.83% 10.88% 11.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,428 1,196 1,562
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £34,025 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,944 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% -2.35% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £69,825 £70,000 £70,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

LAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,093 14,087 17,799
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.08% 15.68% 13.37%
Number of salaries quoted 8,543 7,265 10,333
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,017 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +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 11 May 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 11 May 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 +87 464 £55,000 - 96
North of England +28 385 £40,000 -11.11% 84
Midlands +44 250 £42,000 +6.33% 51
South East +4 242 £45,000 +12.50% 50
North West +25 206 £42,500 -5.56% 55
West Midlands +75 204 £40,313 -4.02% 37
South West +47 200 £45,000 +6.19% 25
Yorkshire +69 153 £42,500 -5.56% 23
East of England +34 139 £42,500 +6.25% 31
North East -17 37 £37,750 -11.18% 6
East Midlands -40 37 £45,000 +21.27% 14
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
1 210 (12.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 182 (10.89%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.02%) IIS
4 16 (0.96%) SharePoint 2010
4 16 (0.96%) SharePoint 2013
5 10 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2010
6 9 (0.54%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.48%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
9 6 (0.36%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.24%) Apache
10 4 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
11 3 (0.18%) SAS
12 2 (0.12%) Moodle
12 2 (0.12%) nginx
12 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.060%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.060%) CMS
13 1 (0.060%) Confluence
Applications
1 201 (12.02%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.08%) MS Visio
3 17 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.18%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.18%) Revit
5 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (0.48%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.24%) Epicor Tropos
4 2 (0.12%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.12%) Shopify
5 1 (0.060%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.060%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 637 (38.10%) Microsoft 365
2 623 (37.26%) Azure
3 192 (11.48%) Entra ID
4 159 (9.51%) AWS
5 61 (3.65%) IaaS
5 61 (3.65%) OneDrive
6 50 (2.99%) SaaS
7 48 (2.87%) PaaS
8 43 (2.57%) GCP
9 41 (2.45%) Cloud Computing
10 27 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (1.44%) Power Platform
12 23 (1.38%) Azure Sentinel
13 20 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
14 19 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
15 16 (0.96%) Mimecast
16 13 (0.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 13 (0.78%) Rubrik
17 12 (0.72%) AWS Direct Connect
18 9 (0.54%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,403 (83.91%) WAN
2 686 (41.03%) Firewall
3 422 (25.24%) VPN
4 412 (24.64%) Wi-Fi
5 349 (20.87%) Wireless
6 347 (20.75%) DNS
7 316 (18.90%) DHCP
8 314 (18.78%) TCP/IP
9 224 (13.40%) SD-WAN
10 219 (13.10%) WLAN
11 209 (12.50%) Network Security
12 205 (12.26%) MPLS
13 165 (9.87%) VLAN
14 164 (9.81%) Internet
15 161 (9.63%) BGP
16 152 (9.09%) OSPF
17 112 (6.70%) SAN
18 111 (6.64%) VoIP
19 61 (3.65%) Ethernet
20 57 (3.41%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (3.95%) SQL Server
2 17 (1.02%) MySQL
3 15 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (0.72%) Power BI
5 11 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (0.60%) DB2
7 7 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (0.42%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.36%) InfluxDB
8 6 (0.36%) MariaDB
9 5 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.24%) QlikView
11 3 (0.18%) Big Data
11 3 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.18%) EDRMS
12 2 (0.12%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.12%) MongoDB
13 1 (0.060%) PowerPivot
13 1 (0.060%) RDBMS
13 1 (0.060%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (0.78%) JIRA
2 7 (0.42%) Git
2 7 (0.42%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.24%) MSBuild
3 4 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (0.24%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.060%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 491 (29.37%) Social Skills
2 166 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
3 164 (9.81%) Finance
4 109 (6.52%) Retail
5 94 (5.62%) Telecoms
6 85 (5.08%) Law
7 52 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
8 51 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 46 (2.75%) Legal
10 44 (2.63%) Manufacturing
11 39 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
12 25 (1.50%) Public Sector
13 19 (1.14%) Banking
14 13 (0.78%) Advertising
14 13 (0.78%) Police
15 11 (0.66%) Aerospace
15 11 (0.66%) Games
15 11 (0.66%) Marketing
16 9 (0.54%) Local Government
16 9 (0.54%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 370 (22.13%) Network Engineer
2 245 (14.65%) Analyst
3 224 (13.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 211 (12.62%) Senior
5 160 (9.57%) Support Engineer
6 134 (8.01%) IT Support
7 114 (6.82%) IT Engineer
8 80 (4.78%) Senior Network Engineer
9 77 (4.61%) Network Analyst
10 74 (4.43%) IT Analyst
11 68 (4.07%) 2nd Line Support
12 65 (3.89%) Architect
13 64 (3.83%) Service Analyst
14 63 (3.77%) Lead
15 62 (3.71%) Service Desk Analyst
16 59 (3.53%) IT Manager
17 58 (3.47%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 56 (3.35%) Operations Analyst
19 54 (3.23%) 3rd Line Engineer
20 53 (3.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (1.79%) 802.1X
2 21 (1.26%) LDAP
3 10 (0.60%) SAML
4 8 (0.48%) .NET
4 8 (0.48%) WebSphere MQ
4 8 (0.48%) XML
5 7 (0.42%) EDI
5 7 (0.42%) HTML
6 5 (0.30%) XMPP
7 4 (0.24%) Akka
7 4 (0.24%) Web Services
8 3 (0.18%) Middleware
9 2 (0.12%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.12%) Azure Blueprints
9 2 (0.12%) LAMP
9 2 (0.12%) Node.js
9 2 (0.12%) React
9 2 (0.12%) RESTful
9 2 (0.12%) ServiceStack
9 2 (0.12%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 220 (13.16%) Data Centre
2 92 (5.50%) Management Information System
3 83 (4.96%) Driving Licence
4 57 (3.41%) Public Cloud
5 50 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
6 48 (2.87%) PKI
7 35 (2.09%) CCTV
8 30 (1.79%) Onboarding
9 29 (1.73%) Client/Server
10 26 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
11 25 (1.50%) Private Cloud
12 23 (1.38%) IoT
13 22 (1.32%) NHS
14 17 (1.02%) Replication
15 16 (0.96%) Clustering
15 16 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
16 15 (0.90%) Fat Client
16 15 (0.90%) Thin Client
17 14 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
18 13 (0.78%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 746 (44.62%) Windows
2 362 (21.65%) Windows Server
3 176 (10.53%) Linux
4 166 (9.93%) Windows 10
5 73 (4.37%) Android
5 73 (4.37%) Windows Server 2019
6 70 (4.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 54 (3.23%) Apple iOS
7 54 (3.23%) Mac OS
7 54 (3.23%) Windows Server 2012
8 52 (3.11%) Ubuntu
9 47 (2.81%) VMS
10 40 (2.39%) Windows 7
11 27 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 23 (1.38%) CentOS
13 18 (1.08%) VyOS
14 16 (0.96%) Unix
15 15 (0.90%) Mac OS X
15 15 (0.90%) Windows Server 2008
16 7 (0.42%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (18.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 310 (18.54%) Problem-Solving
3 309 (18.48%) ITIL
4 237 (14.17%) Customer Service
5 163 (9.75%) Cybersecurity
6 126 (7.54%) Agile
7 112 (6.70%) Disaster Recovery
8 105 (6.28%) Project Delivery
8 105 (6.28%) Project Management
8 105 (6.28%) Roadmaps
9 101 (6.04%) Service Delivery
10 99 (5.92%) Mentoring
11 87 (5.20%) Presales
12 79 (4.72%) Migration
13 78 (4.67%) Service Management
14 73 (4.37%) Information Security
15 69 (4.13%) Time Management
16 66 (3.95%) DevOps
16 66 (3.95%) Load Balancing
17 65 (3.89%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 176 (10.53%) PowerShell
2 113 (6.76%) SQL
3 87 (5.20%) Python
4 47 (2.81%) Bash
5 18 (1.08%) Perl
6 6 (0.36%) C#
6 6 (0.36%) Java
7 3 (0.18%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.18%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.12%) Bicep
8 2 (0.12%) Korn
8 2 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.12%) PHP
9 1 (0.060%) VBA
Qualifications
1 291 (17.40%) Cisco Certification
2 215 (12.86%) Degree
3 199 (11.90%) CCNA
4 153 (9.15%) CCNP
5 147 (8.79%) Security Cleared
6 81 (4.84%) DV Cleared
7 73 (4.37%) CCIE
8 72 (4.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 58 (3.47%) SC Cleared
10 46 (2.75%) CCDP
11 43 (2.57%) DBS Check
12 39 (2.33%) JNCIA
13 37 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
14 36 (2.15%) CISSP
15 35 (2.09%) MCSE
16 27 (1.61%) A+ Certification
17 26 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
18 22 (1.32%) MCSA
19 21 (1.26%) PMI Certification
20 20 (1.20%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (5.98%) SLA
2 52 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 23 (1.38%) NIST
5 21 (1.26%) PCI DSS
6 19 (1.14%) GDPR
7 11 (0.66%) QA
8 10 (0.60%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.30%) NCSC
11 2 (0.12%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.12%) ITGC
11 2 (0.12%) PMO
11 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.060%) COBIT
12 1 (0.060%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 663 (39.65%) Active Directory
2 303 (18.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 205 (12.26%) Hyper-V
4 74 (4.43%) vSphere
5 57 (3.41%) VMware ESXi
6 28 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
7 25 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
8 23 (1.38%) Firmware
9 18 (1.08%) XenApp
10 15 (0.90%) XenDesktop
11 11 (0.66%) Docker
12 8 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.36%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 6 (0.36%) Terminal Services
13 6 (0.36%) VMware NSX
13 6 (0.36%) VMware Server
14 4 (0.24%) NFS
14 4 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
15 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
16 2 (0.12%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 179 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 80 (4.78%) SCCM
3 66 (3.95%) Ansible
4 58 (3.47%) Terraform
5 49 (2.93%) WSUS
6 31 (1.85%) FortiGate
7 22 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
8 20 (1.20%) vCenter Server
9 15 (0.90%) Nmap
10 13 (0.78%) Puppet
11 12 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 12 (0.72%) SmoothWall
12 11 (0.66%) Autotask
12 11 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
13 10 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
14 8 (0.48%) McAfee ePO
14 8 (0.48%) SCVMM
15 7 (0.42%) Nagios
15 7 (0.42%) Progress Chef
15 7 (0.42%) VxRail
Vendors
1 749 (44.80%) Microsoft
2 547 (32.72%) Cisco
3 444 (26.56%) VMware
4 162 (9.69%) Juniper
5 148 (8.85%) Fortinet
6 142 (8.49%) Meraki
7 117 (7.00%) Aruba
8 115 (6.88%) HP
9 98 (5.86%) Citrix
10 81 (4.84%) Palo Alto
11 80 (4.78%) Veeam
12 72 (4.31%) SolarWinds
13 59 (3.53%) Dell
14 56 (3.35%) Ruckus Wireless
15 54 (3.23%) CheckPoint
16 51 (3.05%) Google
17 39 (2.33%) Nokia
18 38 (2.27%) Apple
19 27 (1.61%) F5
20 25 (1.50%) Red Hat