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 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 178 187 173
Rank change year-on-year +9 -14 +20
Permanent jobs citing LAN 143 236 262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.48% 1.34% 1.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.58% 8.46% 10.65%
Number of salaries quoted 126 209 190
10th Percentile £22,750 £26,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,125 £34,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £51,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £61,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

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 1,493 2,788 2,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.42% 15.82% 17.69%
Number of salaries quoted 763 1,884 1,438
10th Percentile £25,250 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 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
Thames Valley +72 71 £40,000 -4.76% 26
Berkshire +38 38 £47,500 +13.10% 23
Surrey +33 29 £42,500 -15.00% 3
Oxfordshire +38 25 £40,000 - 7
East Sussex +33 16 £27,000 -50.91% 5
Hampshire -3 15 £47,500 +5.56% 17
Kent +31 10 £23,500 -41.25% 3
Buckinghamshire +39 8 £62,500 +38.89% 1
West Sussex +31 2 - - 8
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 11 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.20%) IBM Domino
3 5 (3.50%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (2.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (10.49%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (8.39%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.70%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 44 (30.77%) Azure
2 34 (23.78%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (9.09%) AWS
3 13 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.10%) GCP
5 2 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 137 (95.80%) WAN
2 33 (23.08%) Internet
3 30 (20.98%) Firewall
3 30 (20.98%) Wireless
4 26 (18.18%) VPN
5 25 (17.48%) BGP
6 20 (13.99%) Network Security
6 20 (13.99%) VoIP
7 19 (13.29%) OSPF
8 18 (12.59%) TCP/IP
9 17 (11.89%) MPLS
9 17 (11.89%) SD-WAN
10 16 (11.19%) DHCP
10 16 (11.19%) DNS
11 15 (10.49%) VLAN
12 13 (9.09%) Cisco IOS
12 13 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
13 12 (8.39%) WLAN
14 9 (6.29%) Junos
15 7 (4.90%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.49%) SQL Server
General
1 59 (41.26%) Social Skills
2 27 (18.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.59%) Finance
5 5 (3.50%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.40%) Retail
7 1 (0.70%) Automotive
7 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.70%) Marketing
7 1 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (24.48%) IT Support
2 23 (16.08%) Infrastructure Support
3 21 (14.69%) Network Support
3 21 (14.69%) Support Engineer
4 18 (12.59%) Network Engineer
5 16 (11.19%) Lead
6 13 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (8.39%) 1st Line Support
8 11 (7.69%) 1st Line Engineer
9 10 (6.99%) Architect
10 9 (6.29%) Network Architect
10 9 (6.29%) Systems Support
11 8 (5.59%) 2nd Line Support
11 8 (5.59%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 8 (5.59%) Trainee
11 8 (5.59%) Trainee IT Support
12 7 (4.90%) Analyst
12 7 (4.90%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 7 (4.90%) IT Engineer
13 6 (4.20%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.70%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.19%) Data Centre
1 16 (11.19%) Virtual Team
2 15 (10.49%) Client/Server
2 15 (10.49%) Driving Licence
3 7 (4.90%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (4.20%) PMI
5 5 (3.50%) Replication
6 4 (2.80%) Social Media
7 2 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 66 (46.15%) Windows
2 19 (13.29%) Mac OS
3 11 (7.69%) Windows Server
4 8 (5.59%) Apple iOS
4 8 (5.59%) Windows 10
5 6 (4.20%) Android
6 1 (0.70%) CentOS
6 1 (0.70%) Linux
6 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (24.48%) Customer Service
2 27 (18.88%) ITIL
3 21 (14.69%) Business Continuity
4 20 (13.99%) Migration
5 19 (13.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (12.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 15 (10.49%) E-Commerce
8 13 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (8.39%) Project Delivery
10 11 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
11 10 (6.99%) Service Delivery
11 10 (6.99%) Technical Leadership
12 9 (6.29%) Budget Management
12 9 (6.29%) Change Management
12 9 (6.29%) Data Protection
12 9 (6.29%) Network Design
12 9 (6.29%) Requirements Gathering
12 9 (6.29%) Statistics
12 9 (6.29%) Stress Testing
13 8 (5.59%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.49%) SQL
2 7 (4.90%) Python
3 1 (0.70%) R
Qualifications
1 29 (20.28%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (17.48%) CCNA
3 20 (13.99%) Degree
4 16 (11.19%) Master's Degree
4 16 (11.19%) MBA
5 15 (10.49%) CCNP
6 11 (7.69%) Security Cleared
7 10 (6.99%) SC Cleared
8 7 (4.90%) JNCIS
9 6 (4.20%) PMI Certification
10 5 (3.50%) DBS Check
11 3 (2.10%) DV Cleared
11 3 (2.10%) JNCIA
11 3 (2.10%) MCP
12 2 (1.40%) A+ Certification
12 2 (1.40%) CCIE
13 1 (0.70%) CISA
13 1 (0.70%) CISSP
13 1 (0.70%) MCSE
13 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.59%) SLA
2 6 (4.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (3.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (16.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (14.69%) Active Directory
3 10 (6.99%) Hyper-V
4 9 (6.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.40%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.70%) Firmware
7 1 (0.70%) KVM
Systems Management
1 17 (11.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.90%) Ansible
3 6 (4.20%) Terraform
4 5 (3.50%) SCCM
5 3 (2.10%) vCenter Server
5 3 (2.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 65 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 46 (32.17%) Cisco
3 28 (19.58%) VMware
4 22 (15.38%) Juniper
5 20 (13.99%) Fortinet
6 16 (11.19%) Unisys
7 14 (9.79%) Palo Alto
8 11 (7.69%) Citrix
9 8 (5.59%) Apple
9 8 (5.59%) Aruba
10 6 (4.20%) Mellanox
10 6 (4.20%) NVIDIA
11 5 (3.50%) arcserve
11 5 (3.50%) WatchGuard
12 3 (2.10%) Datto
12 3 (2.10%) Dell
12 3 (2.10%) HP
12 3 (2.10%) Sophos
13 2 (1.40%) CheckPoint
13 2 (1.40%) Draytek