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 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 217 170 257
Rank change year-on-year -47 +87 +146
Permanent jobs citing LAN 195 464 485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.51% 1.96% 1.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.70% 14.14% 12.16%
Number of salaries quoted 154 382 394
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £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 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,500 £85,000 £79,700
England median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £43,944
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.40% -2.35%

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 1,667 3,282 3,989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 12.89% 13.89% 11.64%
Number of salaries quoted 948 2,015 2,737
10th Percentile £34,775 £32,850 £33,000
25th Percentile £46,000 £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 £87,500 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,375 £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 12 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 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
Central London -10 38 £57,750 +21.58% 22
West London +22 6 £42,500 -21.62% 6
South London -16 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 41 (21.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (14.36%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.54%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (20.51%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.62%) 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
1 102 (52.31%) Azure
2 63 (32.31%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (23.08%) AWS
4 25 (12.82%) Entra ID
5 15 (7.69%) Mimecast
6 11 (5.64%) OneDrive
6 11 (5.64%) SaaS
7 9 (4.62%) GCP
8 7 (3.59%) Google Workspace
9 6 (3.08%) AWS Direct Connect
9 6 (3.08%) PaaS
10 5 (2.56%) IaaS
11 4 (2.05%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (2.05%) Amazon S3
11 4 (2.05%) Slack
12 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (1.03%) GitHub
13 2 (1.03%) Nutanix
13 2 (1.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 163 (83.59%) WAN
2 75 (38.46%) Firewall
3 70 (35.90%) VPN
4 58 (29.74%) TCP/IP
5 49 (25.13%) DNS
6 45 (23.08%) Wireless
7 40 (20.51%) DHCP
8 39 (20.00%) BGP
9 36 (18.46%) OSPF
10 33 (16.92%) MPLS
11 32 (16.41%) SD-WAN
11 32 (16.41%) Wi-Fi
12 28 (14.36%) Network Security
12 28 (14.36%) WLAN
13 22 (11.28%) VoIP
14 20 (10.26%) Cisco ISE
15 16 (8.21%) IPsec
16 13 (6.67%) VLAN
17 11 (5.64%) Internet
18 9 (4.62%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.54%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (3.08%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (1.54%) Git
3 1 (0.51%) Eclipse
General
1 54 (27.69%) Social Skills
2 41 (21.03%) Finance
3 28 (14.36%) Banking
4 21 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (8.21%) Telecoms
6 12 (6.15%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.56%) Legal
9 4 (2.05%) Law
9 4 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.05%) Retail
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%) German Language
12 1 (0.51%) Korean Language
12 1 (0.51%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 50 (25.64%) Network Engineer
2 25 (12.82%) Analyst
2 25 (12.82%) Senior
3 23 (11.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 19 (9.74%) Support Engineer
5 16 (8.21%) IT Support
5 16 (8.21%) NOC Engineer
6 14 (7.18%) Cisco Engineer
6 14 (7.18%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 14 (7.18%) Lead
7 13 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
7 13 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
8 12 (6.15%) Support Analyst
9 11 (5.64%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (5.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 10 (5.13%) Junior
10 10 (5.13%) Service Analyst
10 10 (5.13%) Service Desk Analyst
11 9 (4.62%) Azure Engineer
11 9 (4.62%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.69%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.56%) JSON
3 3 (1.54%) EDI
4 1 (0.51%) LDAP
4 1 (0.51%) WebSockets
4 1 (0.51%) Windows Identity Foundation
Miscellaneous
1 32 (16.41%) Data Centre
2 15 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.64%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.62%) iPhone
5 7 (3.59%) Public Cloud
5 7 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.59%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (2.56%) CCTV
6 5 (2.56%) Mobile Computing
7 4 (2.05%) Fat Client
7 4 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.05%) IoT
7 4 (2.05%) iPad
7 4 (2.05%) Thin Client
8 3 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.03%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.03%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 80 (41.03%) Windows
2 50 (25.64%) Windows Server
3 21 (10.77%) Windows Server 2012
4 20 (10.26%) Windows 10
4 20 (10.26%) Windows Server 2019
5 18 (9.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (7.18%) Linux
7 10 (5.13%) Android
8 8 (4.10%) Apple iOS
8 8 (4.10%) Mac OS
9 5 (2.56%) Windows 7
10 4 (2.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (2.05%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (1.03%) Mac OS X
11 2 (1.03%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (28.21%) ITIL
2 50 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 28 (14.36%) Change Management
4 28 (14.36%) Network Monitoring
5 25 (12.82%) Incident Management
6 21 (10.77%) Customer Service
6 21 (10.77%) Disaster Recovery
6 21 (10.77%) Root Cause Analysis
7 18 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (9.23%) High Availability
8 16 (8.21%) Artificial Intelligence
8 16 (8.21%) Cost Optimisation
8 16 (8.21%) Process Improvement
8 16 (8.21%) Project Delivery
9 14 (7.18%) Inventory Management
9 14 (7.18%) Network Management
10 13 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (6.67%) Incident Response
10 13 (6.67%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (15.90%) PowerShell
2 13 (6.67%) Python
3 6 (3.08%) SQL
4 1 (0.51%) Bash
4 1 (0.51%) Java
Qualifications
1 63 (32.31%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (18.46%) CCNP
3 35 (17.95%) CCNA
4 31 (15.90%) Degree
5 27 (13.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (12.31%) Azure Certification
7 17 (8.72%) CCIE
8 11 (5.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 10 (5.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 9 (4.62%) MCSE
11 7 (3.59%) Security Cleared
12 6 (3.08%) CCSA
12 6 (3.08%) CCSE
13 5 (2.56%) Check Point Certification
13 5 (2.56%) SC Cleared
14 3 (1.54%) CIPD
14 3 (1.54%) JNCIA
15 2 (1.03%) AWS Certification
15 2 (1.03%) DV Cleared
15 2 (1.03%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (16.92%) SLA
2 9 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.05%) 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 79 (40.51%) Active Directory
2 25 (12.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (9.74%) Hyper-V
4 8 (4.10%) Firmware
4 8 (4.10%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (3.08%) VMware NSX
5 6 (3.08%) XenApp
6 4 (2.05%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.54%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (1.03%) vSphere
8 2 (1.03%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 40 (20.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (10.77%) SCCM
3 18 (9.23%) Terraform
4 14 (7.18%) Ansible
5 12 (6.15%) FortiGate
6 9 (4.62%) NetBackup
6 9 (4.62%) SCOM
7 5 (2.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (2.56%) PaperCut
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%) Nagios
9 1 (0.51%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 105 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 84 (43.08%) Cisco
3 34 (17.44%) VMware
4 28 (14.36%) Meraki
5 26 (13.33%) CheckPoint
6 24 (12.31%) Juniper
7 23 (11.79%) F5
7 23 (11.79%) ServiceNow
7 23 (11.79%) SolarWinds
8 18 (9.23%) Fortinet
9 16 (8.21%) Palo Alto
10 15 (7.69%) Citrix
11 12 (6.15%) Veeam
12 11 (5.64%) Google
13 9 (4.62%) Apple
14 8 (4.10%) Arista
14 8 (4.10%) Sophos
15 7 (3.59%) HP
16 6 (3.08%) Dell
16 6 (3.08%) Dynatrace