LAN Jobs in London

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 210 165 251
Rank change year-on-year -45 +86 +161
Permanent jobs citing LAN 195 460 478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.51% 1.95% 1.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.74% 14.08% 12.07%
Number of salaries quoted 150 379 389
10th Percentile £31,225 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +6.80%
75th Percentile £72,188 £72,500 £69,950
90th Percentile £85,500 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £43,694
% change year-on-year -5.56% +2.99% -2.90%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,815 3,268 3,961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 14.08% 13.83% 11.74%
Number of salaries quoted 938 2,006 2,709
10th Percentile £33,925 £32,875 £32,950
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £86,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in London

LAN
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for LAN in London

LAN
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for LAN in London

LAN
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the London 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
Central London -15 34 £58,000 +22.11% 30
West London +29 6 £42,500 -21.62% 6
South London -18 1 - -
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 38 (19.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (13.85%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.54%) WordPress
Applications
1 38 (19.49%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.10%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.03%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.56%) Exchequer
2 2 (1.03%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (1.03%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 101 (51.79%) Azure
2 59 (30.26%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (24.10%) AWS
4 24 (12.31%) Entra ID
5 15 (7.69%) Mimecast
6 11 (5.64%) OneDrive
7 10 (5.13%) SaaS
8 8 (4.10%) GCP
9 7 (3.59%) AWS Direct Connect
9 7 (3.59%) Google Workspace
10 5 (2.56%) PaaS
11 4 (2.05%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (2.05%) Amazon S3
11 4 (2.05%) IaaS
11 4 (2.05%) Slack
12 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (1.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 2 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (1.03%) GitHub
13 2 (1.03%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 162 (83.08%) WAN
2 74 (37.95%) Firewall
3 70 (35.90%) VPN
4 61 (31.28%) TCP/IP
5 50 (25.64%) DNS
6 44 (22.56%) Wireless
7 41 (21.03%) BGP
8 40 (20.51%) DHCP
9 38 (19.49%) OSPF
10 34 (17.44%) MPLS
11 31 (15.90%) SD-WAN
11 31 (15.90%) Wi-Fi
12 30 (15.38%) WLAN
13 27 (13.85%) Network Security
14 20 (10.26%) Cisco ISE
14 20 (10.26%) VoIP
15 18 (9.23%) IPsec
16 12 (6.15%) VLAN
17 10 (5.13%) Internet
18 9 (4.62%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.03%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (3.08%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (2.05%) Git
General
1 54 (27.69%) Social Skills
2 42 (21.54%) Finance
3 30 (15.38%) Banking
4 23 (11.79%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.69%) Telecoms
6 11 (5.64%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.56%) Legal
8 5 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.56%) Retail
9 4 (2.05%) Law
9 4 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.54%) Fire and Rescue
10 3 (1.54%) Local Government
10 3 (1.54%) Police
11 2 (1.03%) Billing
12 1 (0.51%) Advertising
12 1 (0.51%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.51%) German Language
12 1 (0.51%) Korean Language
Job Titles
1 48 (24.62%) Network Engineer
2 25 (12.82%) Analyst
3 24 (12.31%) Senior
4 22 (11.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (9.74%) Support Engineer
6 16 (8.21%) NOC Engineer
7 15 (7.69%) IT Support
7 15 (7.69%) Lead
8 14 (7.18%) Cisco Engineer
8 14 (7.18%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 13 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
10 12 (6.15%) Cloud Engineer
11 11 (5.64%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (5.64%) Service Analyst
11 11 (5.64%) Service Desk Analyst
11 11 (5.64%) Support Analyst
12 10 (5.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 10 (5.13%) Administrator
12 10 (5.13%) Junior
12 10 (5.13%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.69%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.05%) EDI
2 4 (2.05%) JSON
3 2 (1.03%) WebSockets
4 1 (0.51%) LDAP
4 1 (0.51%) Windows Identity Foundation
Miscellaneous
1 32 (16.41%) Data Centre
2 15 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 12 (6.15%) Management Information System
4 8 (4.10%) iPhone
5 7 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.59%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (3.08%) Public Cloud
7 5 (2.56%) CCTV
7 5 (2.56%) Mobile Computing
8 4 (2.05%) Fat Client
8 4 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.05%) IoT
8 4 (2.05%) iPad
8 4 (2.05%) Thin Client
9 3 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.03%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.03%) Hedge funds
11 1 (0.51%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 82 (42.05%) Windows
2 50 (25.64%) Windows Server
3 21 (10.77%) Windows Server 2012
4 20 (10.26%) Windows Server 2019
5 19 (9.74%) Windows 10
6 18 (9.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (8.21%) Linux
8 10 (5.13%) Android
9 8 (4.10%) Apple iOS
9 8 (4.10%) Mac OS
10 5 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (2.56%) Windows 7
11 4 (2.05%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (1.03%) Mac OS X
12 2 (1.03%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (27.69%) ITIL
2 50 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (14.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 27 (13.85%) Change Management
4 27 (13.85%) Incident Management
4 27 (13.85%) Network Monitoring
5 22 (11.28%) Customer Service
5 22 (11.28%) Root Cause Analysis
6 21 (10.77%) Disaster Recovery
7 19 (9.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (9.23%) Artificial Intelligence
8 18 (9.23%) Cost Optimisation
8 18 (9.23%) Process Improvement
9 17 (8.72%) High Availability
10 15 (7.69%) Incident Response
11 14 (7.18%) Network Management
11 14 (7.18%) Project Delivery
12 13 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
12 13 (6.67%) Inventory Management
12 13 (6.67%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (15.90%) PowerShell
2 14 (7.18%) Python
3 7 (3.59%) SQL
4 2 (1.03%) Bash
5 1 (0.51%) Java
5 1 (0.51%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 64 (32.82%) Cisco Certification
2 37 (18.97%) CCNA
3 36 (18.46%) CCNP
4 30 (15.38%) Degree
5 28 (14.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 25 (12.82%) Azure Certification
7 17 (8.72%) CCIE
8 12 (6.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 10 (5.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 9 (4.62%) MCSE
11 6 (3.08%) CCSA
11 6 (3.08%) CCSE
11 6 (3.08%) Security Cleared
12 5 (2.56%) Check Point Certification
13 4 (2.05%) CIPD
13 4 (2.05%) SC Cleared
14 3 (1.54%) AWS Certification
14 3 (1.54%) JNCIA
15 2 (1.03%) DV Cleared
15 2 (1.03%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (17.95%) SLA
2 9 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.54%) NIST
4 2 (1.03%) GDPR
5 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 80 (41.03%) Active Directory
2 26 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (9.74%) Hyper-V
4 7 (3.59%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (3.08%) Firmware
5 6 (3.08%) XenApp
6 5 (2.56%) VMware NSX
7 4 (2.05%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.54%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (1.03%) vSphere
9 2 (1.03%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (20.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (11.28%) SCCM
3 17 (8.72%) Terraform
4 13 (6.67%) Ansible
5 11 (5.64%) FortiGate
6 10 (5.13%) NetBackup
6 10 (5.13%) SCOM
7 5 (2.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (2.56%) PaperCut
8 2 (1.03%) Nagios
8 2 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.03%) WSUS
9 1 (0.51%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.51%) CASB
9 1 (0.51%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 102 (52.31%) Microsoft
2 82 (42.05%) Cisco
3 34 (17.44%) VMware
4 27 (13.85%) Meraki
5 26 (13.33%) SolarWinds
6 25 (12.82%) ServiceNow
7 24 (12.31%) CheckPoint
7 24 (12.31%) Juniper
8 21 (10.77%) F5
9 19 (9.74%) Fortinet
10 15 (7.69%) Citrix
10 15 (7.69%) Palo Alto
11 12 (6.15%) Veeam
12 10 (5.13%) Google
13 9 (4.62%) Apple
14 8 (4.10%) Sophos
15 7 (3.59%) Arista
15 7 (3.59%) Dynatrace
15 7 (3.59%) HP
16 6 (3.08%) Dell