LAN Jobs in Kent

Local Area Network (LAN)
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 59 65
Rank change year-on-year -11 +6 -37
Permanent jobs citing LAN 30 47 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 2.03% 4.06% 4.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.78% 13.31% 23.71%
Number of salaries quoted 30 46 55
10th Percentile - - £24,000
25th Percentile £21,250 £32,000 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £22,500 £39,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -43.04% +23.44% -7.91%
75th Percentile £38,750 £43,250 £40,625
90th Percentile £46,250 £46,375 £48,750
South East median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Kent

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 Kent with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 203 353 232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 13.73% 30.48% 18.17%
Number of salaries quoted 164 181 178
10th Percentile £21,250 £27,000 £27,125
25th Percentile £26,188 £31,500 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,500 £38,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.94% +5.88% -1.92%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
South East median annual salary £46,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -5.00%

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 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
Maidstone +24 18 £22,500 -45.78% 3
Sevenoaks - 1 £55,000 -
Tonbridge - 1 £28,000 -
West Malling - 1 £31,000 -
Canterbury - 1 £24,500 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (26.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (70.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 30 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (33.33%) Azure
3 9 (30.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.67%) Google Workspace
4 2 (6.67%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 29 (96.67%) WAN
2 26 (86.67%) VLAN
3 21 (70.00%) Wireless
4 18 (60.00%) ADSL
4 18 (60.00%) Broadband
5 10 (33.33%) Firewall
5 10 (33.33%) VPN
6 7 (23.33%) DHCP
6 7 (23.33%) DNS
6 7 (23.33%) FTP
7 6 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (16.67%) TCP/IP
9 1 (3.33%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (3.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (23.33%) Amazon RDS
General
1 25 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 18 (60.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (70.00%) Support Engineer
2 18 (60.00%) Network Support
3 13 (43.33%) Network Engineer
3 13 (43.33%) Network Support Engineer
4 10 (33.33%) Help Desk Engineer
4 10 (33.33%) Help Desk Support
4 10 (33.33%) Help Desk Support Engineer
5 8 (26.67%) Analyst
5 8 (26.67%) Support Analyst
6 7 (23.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 7 (23.33%) 3rd Line Support
6 7 (23.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 7 (23.33%) Network Analyst
6 7 (23.33%) Network Support Analyst
7 6 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
8 5 (16.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 5 (16.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
8 5 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 4 (13.33%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) Client/Server
2 2 (6.67%) Public Cloud
2 2 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.33%) CMDB
3 1 (3.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (70.00%) Windows 10
3 9 (30.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (10.00%) Mac OS
5 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (3.33%) Android
6 1 (3.33%) Apple iOS
6 1 (3.33%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (63.33%) Customer Service
2 8 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (3.33%) Antivirus Management
4 1 (3.33%) Asset Management
4 1 (3.33%) Change Management
4 1 (3.33%) Configuration Management
4 1 (3.33%) Customer Experience
4 1 (3.33%) Email Management
4 1 (3.33%) ITSM
4 1 (3.33%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (3.33%) Patch Management
4 1 (3.33%) Preventative Maintenance
4 1 (3.33%) Software Asset Management
4 1 (3.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) Bash
1 2 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (63.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (60.00%) CCNA
2 18 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (60.00%) MCITP
2 18 (60.00%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (3.33%) DBS Check
System Software
1 9 (30.00%) Active Directory
1 9 (30.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (26.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.67%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 26 (86.67%) Cisco
2 23 (76.67%) Microsoft
3 9 (30.00%) Meraki
4 3 (10.00%) Apple
5 2 (6.67%) Google
5 2 (6.67%) WatchGuard
6 1 (3.33%) Salesforce