LAN Job Trends in the South East

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > South East

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 153 160
Rank change year-on-year +1 +7 -50
Permanent jobs citing LAN 215 156 194
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.13% 1.74% 1.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.54% 12.42% 9.86%
Number of salaries quoted 154 147 88
10th Percentile £26,750 £22,750 £29,925
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £34,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,750 £41,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.88% -7.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,875 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,800 £63,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +32.53% -17.00% +10.93%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,479 1,256 1,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.79% 13.99% 15.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,118 716 876
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,625 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £30,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -19.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.08% -0.95%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

LAN job vacancy trend in the South East

LAN
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing LAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing LAN

LAN
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the South East over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for LAN in the South East

LAN
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
Surrey +28 70 £65,000 -31.58% 16
Hampshire -32 58 £52,250 -9.91% 35
Thames Valley -30 49 £45,000 +25.00% 35
Berkshire -18 19 £45,000 +60.71% 16
Buckinghamshire +2 17 £46,250 -3.65% 8
Kent -10 14 £27,500 -25.17% 5
Oxfordshire -37 13 £46,250 +11.45% 11
Sussex - 12 - - 2
East Sussex -18 9 £25,000 -7.41% 4
Middlesex - 2 £65,000 -
West Sussex -26 1 - - 10
LAN
England

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 30 (13.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (12.09%) SharePoint
3 13 (6.05%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.93%) Apache
5 1 (0.47%) Confluence
5 1 (0.47%) JBoss
5 1 (0.47%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (5.58%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 61 (28.37%) Azure
2 51 (23.72%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (9.77%) AWS
4 10 (4.65%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.26%) Google Workspace
5 7 (3.26%) Mimecast
6 4 (1.86%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (1.86%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.93%) GCP
8 1 (0.47%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (0.47%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.47%) Boomi
8 1 (0.47%) IaaS
8 1 (0.47%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.47%) PaaS
8 1 (0.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 197 (91.63%) WAN
2 157 (73.02%) Firewall
3 72 (33.49%) VPN
4 66 (30.70%) Wi-Fi
5 58 (26.98%) VLAN
6 54 (25.12%) Wireless
7 51 (23.72%) Network Security
8 44 (20.47%) TCP/IP
9 39 (18.14%) DNS
10 37 (17.21%) Cisco Nexus
11 35 (16.28%) DHCP
12 34 (15.81%) Internet
13 26 (12.09%) VoIP
14 22 (10.23%) SD-WAN
15 17 (7.91%) NGFW
15 17 (7.91%) WLAN
16 14 (6.51%) OSPF
17 13 (6.05%) BGP
17 13 (6.05%) Cisco Wireless
17 13 (6.05%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.19%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.86%) MySQL
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.93%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (2.79%) JIRA
2 4 (1.86%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.93%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.47%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 61 (28.37%) Social Skills
2 19 (8.84%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (6.05%) Military
4 12 (5.58%) Documentation Skills
4 12 (5.58%) Telecoms
5 11 (5.12%) Finance
6 8 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.33%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.33%) Retail
8 4 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.40%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.93%) Back Office
10 2 (0.93%) Legal
11 1 (0.47%) Aviation
11 1 (0.47%) Billing
11 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.47%) Law
11 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.47%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 56 (26.05%) Network Engineer
2 53 (24.65%) Senior
3 37 (17.21%) Analyst
4 30 (13.95%) IT Support
5 24 (11.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 24 (11.16%) IT Engineer
6 22 (10.23%) Senior Analyst
7 21 (9.77%) Support Engineer
8 20 (9.30%) Security Analyst
8 20 (9.30%) Senior Security Analyst
9 19 (8.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 19 (8.84%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
10 18 (8.37%) IT Support Engineer
10 18 (8.37%) Senior Network Engineer
11 17 (7.91%) Network Analyst
12 15 (6.98%) Network Security Analyst
12 15 (6.98%) Senior Network Analyst
13 14 (6.51%) Network Support
13 14 (6.51%) Security Engineer
13 14 (6.51%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.79%) Terraform
2 5 (2.33%) .NET
2 5 (2.33%) LDAP
3 4 (1.86%) Node.js
3 4 (1.86%) React
4 2 (0.93%) Jest
4 2 (0.93%) LAMP
4 2 (0.93%) pytest
5 1 (0.47%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.47%) Kafka
5 1 (0.47%) Middleware
5 1 (0.47%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 36 (16.74%) Driving Licence
2 17 (7.91%) Data Centre
3 13 (6.05%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (5.58%) Security Posture
5 8 (3.72%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.33%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.86%) EPoS
7 4 (1.86%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.86%) PKI
7 4 (1.86%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (1.86%) Smartphone
8 3 (1.40%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.40%) Clustering
8 3 (1.40%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.40%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.93%) MISP
9 2 (0.93%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 78 (36.28%) Windows
2 57 (26.51%) Windows Server
3 21 (9.77%) Windows Server 2016
4 20 (9.30%) Linux
5 8 (3.72%) Windows 10
5 8 (3.72%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (2.79%) Android
6 6 (2.79%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.86%) Debian
7 4 (1.86%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.40%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (25.58%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (25.12%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 38 (17.67%) SIEM
5 36 (16.74%) Vulnerability Management
6 35 (16.28%) Security Operations
7 33 (15.35%) Business Continuity
7 33 (15.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (14.42%) Customer Service
8 31 (14.42%) Stakeholder Management
9 30 (13.95%) ITIL
10 27 (12.56%) Data Security
10 27 (12.56%) Network Load Balancing
11 25 (11.63%) Incident Management
11 25 (11.63%) Penetration Testing
12 24 (11.16%) BCP
12 24 (11.16%) Business Continuity Planning
12 24 (11.16%) Threat Detection
13 20 (9.30%) Mentoring
14 16 (7.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 18 (8.37%) PowerShell
2 15 (6.98%) Ruby
3 9 (4.19%) Python
4 5 (2.33%) C#
5 4 (1.86%) Bash
5 4 (1.86%) C++
5 4 (1.86%) Perl
5 4 (1.86%) PHP
6 3 (1.40%) SQL
7 1 (0.47%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 56 (26.05%) Cisco Certification
2 50 (23.26%) Security Cleared
3 34 (15.81%) DV Cleared
4 32 (14.88%) SC Cleared
5 29 (13.49%) CCNP
6 28 (13.02%) CCNA
7 21 (9.77%) Degree
8 18 (8.37%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (5.58%) Azure Certification
10 11 (5.12%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (3.26%) DBS Check
11 7 (3.26%) HNC
12 6 (2.79%) HND
13 5 (2.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (1.86%) Network+ Certification
15 3 (1.40%) CISSP
15 3 (1.40%) CompTIA CySA+
16 2 (0.93%) CEH
16 2 (0.93%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.19%) GDPR
1 9 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.79%) SLA
3 5 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.33%) NCSC
4 4 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.47%) NIST
System Software
1 55 (25.58%) Active Directory
2 43 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 43 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (5.12%) Firmware
3 11 (5.12%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (3.72%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (7.91%) FortiGate
2 15 (6.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (2.79%) Ansible
4 5 (2.33%) QRadar
5 4 (1.86%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (1.40%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.93%) Autotask
7 2 (0.93%) SCCM
7 2 (0.93%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 1 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.47%) N-central
Vendors
1 98 (45.58%) Microsoft
2 95 (44.19%) Cisco
3 64 (29.77%) VMware
4 48 (22.33%) Palo Alto
5 47 (21.86%) Aruba
6 31 (14.42%) Qualys
7 26 (12.09%) Fortinet
8 13 (6.05%) HP
9 8 (3.72%) Google
9 8 (3.72%) Juniper
10 6 (2.79%) Meraki
11 5 (2.33%) Dell
11 5 (2.33%) Mellanox
11 5 (2.33%) NVIDIA
11 5 (2.33%) Sophos
11 5 (2.33%) Splunk
11 5 (2.33%) Symantec
11 5 (2.33%) Veeam
12 4 (1.86%) Citrix
12 4 (1.86%) N-able