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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 179 182
Rank change year-on-year +8 +3 +2
Permanent jobs citing LAN 132 242 251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.41% 1.44% 1.74%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.61% 8.77% 9.97%
Number of salaries quoted 116 223 185
10th Percentile £22,750 £26,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £28,125 £34,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £48,750 £55,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £65,000 £61,250
England median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £43,944
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.40% -2.35%

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 1,374 2,758 2,517
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 14.62% 16.40% 17.40%
Number of salaries quoted 770 1,879 1,480
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £31,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,875 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,125 £70,000 £75,100
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -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 12 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 12 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 +59 65 £40,000 -4.76% 23
Berkshire +28 33 £45,000 +7.14% 15
Surrey +28 29 £42,500 -13.27% 6
Oxfordshire +31 25 £40,000 -3.03% 8
Hampshire -10 14 £31,500 -30.00% 7
East Sussex +34 13 £27,000 -50.91% 3
Kent +29 9 £23,500 -37.33% 2
Buckinghamshire +41 7 £65,000 +44.44% 3
West Sussex +35 2 - - 5
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 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.55%) IBM Domino
3 4 (3.03%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.76%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.76%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.76%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 14 (10.61%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (9.09%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.76%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 41 (31.06%) Azure
2 32 (24.24%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (9.09%) AWS
4 10 (7.58%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.27%) GCP
6 2 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 126 (95.45%) WAN
2 33 (25.00%) Internet
3 32 (24.24%) Wireless
4 30 (22.73%) Firewall
5 24 (18.18%) BGP
6 20 (15.15%) VPN
7 18 (13.64%) OSPF
8 17 (12.88%) VoIP
9 16 (12.12%) Network Security
9 16 (12.12%) SD-WAN
10 15 (11.36%) DHCP
10 15 (11.36%) DNS
10 15 (11.36%) MPLS
11 14 (10.61%) TCP/IP
11 14 (10.61%) VLAN
12 13 (9.85%) Cisco IOS
13 11 (8.33%) WLAN
14 9 (6.82%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (5.30%) Intrusion Detection
15 7 (5.30%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.76%) JIRA
General
1 49 (37.12%) Social Skills
2 26 (19.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (4.55%) Telecoms
4 5 (3.79%) Finance
5 1 (0.76%) Automotive
5 1 (0.76%) Back Office
5 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.76%) Marketing
5 1 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (0.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (24.24%) IT Support
2 26 (19.70%) Infrastructure Support
3 24 (18.18%) Network Support
4 23 (17.42%) Support Engineer
5 17 (12.88%) Network Engineer
6 14 (10.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (9.85%) Lead
8 11 (8.33%) 1st Line Engineer
9 10 (7.58%) 1st Line Support
10 8 (6.06%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 8 (6.06%) IT Engineer
10 8 (6.06%) Trainee
10 8 (6.06%) Trainee IT Support
11 7 (5.30%) 2nd Line Support
11 7 (5.30%) Architect
11 7 (5.30%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 7 (5.30%) Network Architect
11 7 (5.30%) Systems Support
12 6 (4.55%) Platform Engineer
12 6 (4.55%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.76%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 19 (14.39%) Virtual Team
2 13 (9.85%) Data Centre
3 12 (9.09%) Client/Server
3 12 (9.09%) Driving Licence
4 6 (4.55%) PMI
5 5 (3.79%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (3.03%) Replication
7 3 (2.27%) Social Media
8 2 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.76%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 65 (49.24%) Windows
2 19 (14.39%) Mac OS
3 12 (9.09%) Windows Server
4 8 (6.06%) Apple iOS
4 8 (6.06%) Windows 10
5 6 (4.55%) Android
6 1 (0.76%) CentOS
6 1 (0.76%) Linux
6 1 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (25.76%) Customer Service
2 24 (18.18%) ITIL
3 20 (15.15%) Business Continuity
3 20 (15.15%) Migration
4 19 (14.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 18 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (9.09%) E-Commerce
7 10 (7.58%) Data Protection
8 9 (6.82%) Budget Management
8 9 (6.82%) Change Management
8 9 (6.82%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (6.82%) Service Delivery
8 9 (6.82%) Statistics
8 9 (6.82%) Stress Testing
9 8 (6.06%) Network Design
9 8 (6.06%) Problem Management
9 8 (6.06%) Root Cause Analysis
10 7 (5.30%) Presales
10 7 (5.30%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (5.30%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.09%) SQL
2 5 (3.79%) Python
3 1 (0.76%) R
Qualifications
1 25 (18.94%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (17.42%) Degree
3 21 (15.91%) CCNA
4 19 (14.39%) Master's Degree
4 19 (14.39%) MBA
5 12 (9.09%) CCNP
6 8 (6.06%) Security Cleared
7 7 (5.30%) JNCIS
7 7 (5.30%) SC Cleared
8 6 (4.55%) PMI Certification
9 3 (2.27%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.52%) CCIE
10 2 (1.52%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.76%) CEH
11 1 (0.76%) CISA
11 1 (0.76%) CISSP
11 1 (0.76%) MCITP
11 1 (0.76%) MCSE
11 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.76%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.58%) SLA
2 5 (3.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 24 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 10 (7.58%) Hyper-V
4 9 (6.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.52%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.76%) Firmware
7 1 (0.76%) KVM
7 1 (0.76%) XenApp
7 1 (0.76%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (10.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.79%) Ansible
2 5 (3.79%) SCCM
3 4 (3.03%) Terraform
3 4 (3.03%) vCenter Server
3 4 (3.03%) WSUS
4 1 (0.76%) Grafana
4 1 (0.76%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 59 (44.70%) Microsoft
2 43 (32.58%) Cisco
3 28 (21.21%) VMware
4 19 (14.39%) Juniper
4 19 (14.39%) Unisys
5 17 (12.88%) Fortinet
6 12 (9.09%) Citrix
6 12 (9.09%) Palo Alto
7 8 (6.06%) Apple
8 6 (4.55%) Aruba
9 5 (3.79%) Dell
9 5 (3.79%) HP
10 4 (3.03%) arcserve
10 4 (3.03%) Mellanox
10 4 (3.03%) NVIDIA
11 3 (2.27%) Draytek
11 3 (2.27%) Ubiquiti
11 3 (2.27%) WatchGuard
12 2 (1.52%) CheckPoint
12 2 (1.52%) Google