LAN Job Trends in Scotland

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring LAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 145 204
Rank change year-on-year +31 +59 -74
Permanent jobs citing LAN 19 5 49
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.57% 0.20% 0.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.53% 1.95% 9.28%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 35
10th Percentile £43,925 £42,875 £28,250
25th Percentile £47,750 £43,438 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £46,250 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.76% +32.14% -15.66%
75th Percentile £75,864 £48,438 £55,000
90th Percentile £123,456 £48,625 £65,300
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 291 256 528
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 8.71% 10.21% 8.71%
Number of salaries quoted 124 142 370
10th Percentile £25,375 £23,504 £27,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £35,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £33,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.70% -34.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,938 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,650 £71,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.50%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing LAN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

LAN job vacancy trend in Scotland

LAN
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing LAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing LAN

LAN
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for LAN in Scotland

LAN
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 July 2026. 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
Glasgow +23 7 £86,978 - 14
West Lothian - 5 - - 1
Highlands - 4 £36,000 - 1
Aberdeen - 2 £55,000 - 3
Edinburgh +10 1 £57,500 +24.32%
LAN
UK

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (31.58%) Azure
2 6 (31.58%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.26%) AWS
3 1 (5.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 19 (100.00%) WAN
2 13 (68.42%) Firewall
2 13 (68.42%) VPN
3 10 (52.63%) MPLS
4 8 (42.11%) VoIP
5 7 (36.84%) Network Security
6 5 (26.32%) SD-WAN
6 5 (26.32%) Wireless
7 4 (21.05%) BGP
7 4 (21.05%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (21.05%) EIGRP
7 4 (21.05%) OSPF
8 1 (5.26%) BIG-IP
8 1 (5.26%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (5.26%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (5.26%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (5.26%) NGN
8 1 (5.26%) VLAN
8 1 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (5.26%) WLAN
General
1 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
1 5 (26.32%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Network Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (26.32%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) 2nd Line Technical Support
2 5 (26.32%) 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Support Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Technical Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Technical Support
2 5 (26.32%) Technical Support Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) IT Technician
3 3 (15.79%) Senior
3 3 (15.79%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Cloud Network Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Network Operations Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) Driving Licence
2 2 (10.53%) Data Centre
2 2 (10.53%) Onboarding
2 2 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Project Delivery
2 8 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (26.32%) ITIL
4 5 (26.32%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 5 (26.32%) Technology Transformation
5 4 (21.05%) Problem Management
5 4 (21.05%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (15.79%) Application Security
6 3 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (15.79%) High Availability
6 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Monitoring
6 3 (15.79%) ITSM
6 3 (15.79%) Mathematics
6 3 (15.79%) Performance Metrics
6 3 (15.79%) Service Delivery
6 3 (15.79%) Service Management
7 2 (10.53%) Migration
7 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) CCNP
1 7 (36.84%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (15.79%) CCIE
3 2 (10.53%) CCNA
3 2 (10.53%) Degree
4 1 (5.26%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) FortiGate
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (63.16%) Fortinet
2 10 (52.63%) Cisco
3 7 (36.84%) Palo Alto
4 6 (31.58%) Meraki
4 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
5 4 (21.05%) Aruba
6 2 (10.53%) HP
6 2 (10.53%) SolarWinds
7 1 (5.26%) CheckPoint
7 1 (5.26%) F5
7 1 (5.26%) VMware