LAN Jobs in Reading

Local Area Network (LAN)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 105 108
Rank change year-on-year +46 +3 +8
Permanent jobs citing LAN 9 23 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 1.75% 1.25% 1.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.45% 7.88% 8.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8 19 8
10th Percentile £28,000 - £30,200
25th Percentile £33,063 £34,500 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £40,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -21.95% +57.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £58,125 £82,500
90th Percentile £89,750 £58,750 £100,500
Berkshire median annual salary £47,500 £42,000 £34,500
% change year-on-year +13.10% +21.74% +1.47%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 44 292 224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 8.56% 15.91% 14.64%
Number of salaries quoted 33 191 91
10th Percentile £30,250 £31,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +8.91% -8.18%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £74,250
90th Percentile £86,500 £78,750 £80,000
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Reading

LAN
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for LAN in Reading

LAN
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in Reading over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for LAN in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) WAN
2 4 (44.44%) Firewall
3 2 (22.22%) DMZ
3 2 (22.22%) DWDM
3 2 (22.22%) Internet
3 2 (22.22%) MPLS
3 2 (22.22%) SD-WAN
3 2 (22.22%) Software-Defined Networking
3 2 (22.22%) VPN
3 2 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (22.22%) Wireless
4 1 (11.11%) BGP
4 1 (11.11%) DHCP
4 1 (11.11%) DNS
4 1 (11.11%) Network Security
4 1 (11.11%) OSPF
4 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
4 1 (11.11%) WLAN
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (22.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Lead
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) 1st Line Support
3 2 (22.22%) 1st Line Support Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Support Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
1 2 (22.22%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
2 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Customer Service
1 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Business Strategy
2 2 (22.22%) Capacity Management
2 2 (22.22%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (22.22%) DevOps
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (22.22%) Load Balancing
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Network Virtualisation
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
2 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
2 2 (22.22%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
3 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) A+ Certification
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (11.11%) CCNA
2 1 (11.11%) CCNP
2 1 (11.11%) CEH
2 1 (11.11%) CISA
2 1 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) Firmware
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Ansible
1 2 (22.22%) Terraform
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Aruba
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco
1 2 (22.22%) Fortinet
1 2 (22.22%) Mellanox
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) NVIDIA
1 2 (22.22%) Palo Alto
2 1 (11.11%) Apple
2 1 (11.11%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (11.11%) VMware