LAN Jobs in Kent

Local Area Network (LAN)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 91 55
Rank change year-on-year +27 -36 +12
Permanent jobs citing LAN 9 16 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 1.10% 1.06% 4.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.68% 8.25% 13.66%
Number of salaries quoted 8 14 46
10th Percentile - £21,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £22,750 £24,313 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £23,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.33% -6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £48,750 £46,188 £43,250
90th Percentile £49,875 £46,250 £47,250
South East median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 93 194 344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 11.33% 12.91% 30.94%
Number of salaries quoted 76 153 174
10th Percentile - £23,000 £25,825
25th Percentile £23,731 £30,000 £31,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,500 £42,500 £40,250
Median % change year-on-year -30.59% +5.59% +5.23%
75th Percentile £38,750 £57,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £51,250 £62,500 £66,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Kent

LAN
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for LAN in Kent

LAN
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in Kent over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for LAN in Kent

LAN
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Kent region over the 6 months to 16 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
Maidstone +22 5 £23,500 +4.44%
Canterbury +10 1 £47,500 +93.88%
LAN
South East

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) AutoCAD
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) DHCP
1 6 (66.67%) DNS
1 6 (66.67%) VPN
2 5 (55.56%) TCP/IP
2 5 (55.56%) VoIP
3 3 (33.33%) WAN
3 3 (33.33%) WLAN
4 2 (22.22%) Firewall
4 2 (22.22%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (22.22%) Wireless
General
1 1 (11.11%) Automotive
1 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (22.22%) Lead
2 2 (22.22%) Network Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Network Team Leader
2 2 (22.22%) Senior
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Network Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Team Leader
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365 Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) IT Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) IT Systems Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Mac OS
3 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (22.22%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (11.11%) Change Management
2 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
2 1 (11.11%) ERP
2 1 (11.11%) IT Strategy
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL
2 1 (11.11%) Migration
2 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
2 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Aruba
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Apple
2 1 (11.11%) VMware