LAN Jobs in the South East

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 173 161 195
Rank change year-on-year -12 +34 -10
Permanent jobs citing LAN 209 231 419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.38% 1.99% 1.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.98% 10.44% 11.89%
Number of salaries quoted 167 168 338
10th Percentile £26,400 £25,925 £29,450
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -2.17% +2.22%

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 2,328 2,213 3,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.42% 19.10% 15.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,452 1,346 2,049
10th Percentile £26,660 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the South East

LAN
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LAN in the South East.

Salary trend for LAN in the South East

LAN
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
Hampshire +3 82 £45,000 +62.16% 11
Thames Valley +2 53 £45,000 -5.26% 18
Surrey -20 34 £49,000 +24.05% 3
Oxfordshire -4 26 £44,089 +1.35% 2
Kent -33 25 £40,000 -1.23% 5
Berkshire +6 24 £50,000 +25.00% 9
East Sussex +25 11 £55,000 +57.14% 3
Buckinghamshire -10 4 £45,000 -16.28% 7
West Sussex +13 3 £52,500 +25.00% 4
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 14 (6.70%) SharePoint
2 13 (6.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.39%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.48%) Apache
4 1 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.48%) nginx
Applications
1 21 (10.05%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.35%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 77 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
2 69 (33.01%) Azure
3 33 (15.79%) Entra ID
4 30 (14.35%) AWS
5 9 (4.31%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (3.83%) SaaS
7 5 (2.39%) IaaS
7 5 (2.39%) OneDrive
7 5 (2.39%) PaaS
8 4 (1.91%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.44%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.44%) Azure Table
9 3 (1.44%) GCP
10 2 (0.96%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.96%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.48%) Dropbox
11 1 (0.48%) GitHub
11 1 (0.48%) Google Sheets
11 1 (0.48%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 167 (79.90%) WAN
2 81 (38.76%) Firewall
3 60 (28.71%) Wireless
4 50 (23.92%) VPN
5 45 (21.53%) Wi-Fi
6 41 (19.62%) TCP/IP
7 34 (16.27%) DNS
8 29 (13.88%) WLAN
9 21 (10.05%) DHCP
10 20 (9.57%) Network Security
11 17 (8.13%) VLAN
12 15 (7.18%) OSPF
13 13 (6.22%) SD-WAN
14 11 (5.26%) BGP
15 8 (3.83%) SSL
16 7 (3.35%) MPLS
16 7 (3.35%) NAS
17 6 (2.87%) iSCSI
17 6 (2.87%) NGFW
17 6 (2.87%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.70%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.87%) MySQL
3 5 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (2.39%) InfluxDB
3 5 (2.39%) MariaDB
3 5 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.91%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.48%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (3.35%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.39%) Git
3 1 (0.48%) JIRA
General
1 95 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 15 (7.18%) Finance
2 15 (7.18%) Telecoms
3 13 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.74%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (4.31%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.39%) Advertising
6 5 (2.39%) Back Office
6 5 (2.39%) Legal
7 3 (1.44%) Banking
7 3 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.44%) Electronics
7 3 (1.44%) Local Government
7 3 (1.44%) Marketing
7 3 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (0.96%) Games
8 2 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.48%) Automotive
9 1 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.48%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 55 (26.32%) Network Engineer
2 35 (16.75%) Analyst
3 33 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 25 (11.96%) Senior
5 17 (8.13%) Support Analyst
6 16 (7.66%) Support Engineer
7 14 (6.70%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (6.22%) Support Technician
9 12 (5.74%) 3rd Line Support
9 12 (5.74%) IT Analyst
10 11 (5.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 10 (4.78%) IT Technician
11 10 (4.78%) Service Analyst
11 10 (4.78%) Service Desk Analyst
11 10 (4.78%) Service Manager
12 9 (4.31%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 9 (4.31%) Project Engineer
12 9 (4.31%) Technical Manager
12 9 (4.31%) Technical Services Manager
13 8 (3.83%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.91%) Web Services
2 3 (1.44%) EDI
3 2 (0.96%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.48%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.48%) Azure Blueprints
4 1 (0.48%) Middleware
4 1 (0.48%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 35 (16.75%) Data Centre
2 17 (8.13%) PKI
3 14 (6.70%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.78%) CCTV
5 9 (4.31%) NHS
5 9 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.35%) Algorithms
6 7 (3.35%) EPoS
7 6 (2.87%) Driving Licence
8 5 (2.39%) Client/Server
8 5 (2.39%) PMI
8 5 (2.39%) Replication
9 4 (1.91%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.91%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.91%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.44%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (0.96%) Molecular Biology
11 2 (0.96%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 112 (53.59%) Windows
2 42 (20.10%) Windows Server
3 38 (18.18%) Windows 10
4 17 (8.13%) Mac OS
5 15 (7.18%) Linux
6 14 (6.70%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (5.26%) Android
7 11 (5.26%) Apple iOS
7 11 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.87%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (2.39%) CentOS
9 5 (2.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (1.44%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.96%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.96%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.96%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (24.88%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (21.53%) Customer Service
3 36 (17.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 35 (16.75%) ITIL
5 23 (11.00%) Service Delivery
6 22 (10.53%) Change Management
7 18 (8.61%) Cybersecurity
8 17 (8.13%) Inventory Management
9 16 (7.66%) Information Security
10 15 (7.18%) Project Management
11 13 (6.22%) Roadmaps
12 11 (5.26%) Decision-Making
12 11 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery
12 11 (5.26%) Infrastructure Management
12 11 (5.26%) Mentoring
13 10 (4.78%) Incident Management
13 10 (4.78%) Mathematics
13 10 (4.78%) Presales
13 10 (4.78%) Project Delivery
14 9 (4.31%) Information Governance
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.57%) PowerShell
2 12 (5.74%) Python
3 10 (4.78%) Bash
4 5 (2.39%) Perl
5 2 (0.96%) SQL
6 1 (0.48%) Korn
6 1 (0.48%) PHP
Qualifications
1 22 (10.53%) Degree
2 21 (10.05%) Cisco Certification
3 19 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 16 (7.66%) SC Cleared
5 11 (5.26%) CCNP
6 10 (4.78%) CCNA
6 10 (4.78%) DBS Check
7 7 (3.35%) CCIE
7 7 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.87%) DV Cleared
8 6 (2.87%) PMI Certification
9 5 (2.39%) MCP
10 4 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.91%) JNCIE
10 4 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.91%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.44%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.44%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.44%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (1.44%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (4.78%) GDPR
3 8 (3.83%) SLA
4 5 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 70 (33.49%) Active Directory
2 35 (16.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (14.83%) Hyper-V
4 11 (5.26%) vSphere
5 7 (3.35%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (2.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 3 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.96%) Docker
8 2 (0.96%) KVM
8 2 (0.96%) QEMU
8 2 (0.96%) Xen
9 1 (0.48%) Firmware
9 1 (0.48%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 24 (11.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.31%) Ansible
2 9 (4.31%) vCenter Server
3 7 (3.35%) FortiGate
4 6 (2.87%) VxRail
5 5 (2.39%) Puppet
5 5 (2.39%) Red Hat Spacewalk
5 5 (2.39%) Terraform
5 5 (2.39%) WSUS
6 4 (1.91%) SCCM
7 2 (0.96%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (0.96%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.96%) SmoothWall
8 1 (0.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.48%) Nessus
8 1 (0.48%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 101 (48.33%) Microsoft
2 61 (29.19%) VMware
3 48 (22.97%) Cisco
4 23 (11.00%) Juniper
5 20 (9.57%) Fortinet
6 18 (8.61%) Aruba
7 13 (6.22%) Google
8 12 (5.74%) Dell
9 10 (4.78%) HP
10 8 (3.83%) Meraki
11 7 (3.35%) Veeam
12 5 (2.39%) BT
12 5 (2.39%) Mitel
12 5 (2.39%) Palo Alto
13 3 (1.44%) CheckPoint
13 3 (1.44%) Citrix
13 3 (1.44%) Extreme Networks
13 3 (1.44%) Infoblox
13 3 (1.44%) Nokia
13 3 (1.44%) SAP