LAN Job Trends in Surrey

Local Area Network (LAN)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring LAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 87 112
Rank change year-on-year +31 +25 -47
Permanent jobs citing LAN 71 11 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 2.84% 0.97% 0.73%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.83% 7.69% 3.49%
Number of salaries quoted 41 11 9
10th Percentile £31,250 £56,250 -
25th Percentile £48,250 £56,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £95,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +90.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £68,750 £105,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £82,500 - -
South East median annual salary £50,000 £41,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +20.48% -7.78% +5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 286 143 373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 11.45% 12.63% 21.00%
Number of salaries quoted 189 115 107
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,424 £28,450
25th Percentile £35,250 £30,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £36,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -34.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £50,125 £60,813
90th Percentile £82,500 £67,500 £65,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -19.05% +5.00%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

LAN job vacancy trend in Surrey

LAN
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing LAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing LAN

LAN
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in Surrey over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for LAN in Surrey

LAN
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 9 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
Epsom - 11 £66,250 -
Woking -16 10 £65,000 -35.00% 1
Redhill - 5 £52,500 - 4
Reigate - 4 £49,500 -
Staines - 3 £32,500 -
Tadworth - 2 - -
Guildford -23 1 £85,000 +157.58%
Walton-on-Thames - 1 £55,000 -
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 £55,000 - 1
LAN
South East

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 2 (2.82%) Apache
2 1 (1.41%) Confluence
2 1 (1.41%) JBoss
2 1 (1.41%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 12 (16.90%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (11.27%) Azure
3 6 (8.45%) Google Workspace
4 4 (5.63%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (5.63%) Mimecast
5 2 (2.82%) AWS
5 2 (2.82%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.41%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (1.41%) Boomi
6 1 (1.41%) iPaaS
6 1 (1.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 68 (95.77%) WAN
2 62 (87.32%) Firewall
3 37 (52.11%) Wi-Fi
4 31 (43.66%) Cisco Nexus
5 26 (36.62%) Internet
6 12 (16.90%) VLAN
7 11 (15.49%) VPN
8 8 (11.27%) VoIP
9 6 (8.45%) NGFW
9 6 (8.45%) TCP/IP
9 6 (8.45%) Wireless
10 5 (7.04%) SD-WAN
11 4 (5.63%) DNS
12 3 (4.23%) Network Security
12 3 (4.23%) WLAN
13 2 (2.82%) BGP
13 2 (2.82%) IPsec
14 1 (1.41%) DHCP
14 1 (1.41%) Ethernet
14 1 (1.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.63%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (7.04%) JIRA
2 4 (5.63%) Bitbucket
3 2 (2.82%) Cypress.io
General
1 12 (16.90%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.08%) Military
3 8 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.23%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.82%) Finance
5 2 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.41%) Electronics
6 1 (1.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (60.56%) Senior
2 21 (29.58%) Network Engineer
3 20 (28.17%) Analyst
3 20 (28.17%) Security Analyst
3 20 (28.17%) Senior Analyst
3 20 (28.17%) Senior Security Analyst
4 19 (26.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 19 (26.76%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 18 (25.35%) Senior Network Engineer
6 15 (21.13%) Network Analyst
6 15 (21.13%) Network Security Analyst
6 15 (21.13%) Senior Network Analyst
7 14 (19.72%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 14 (19.72%) Security Engineer
7 14 (19.72%) Senior Security Engineer
8 12 (16.90%) Network Security Engineer
8 12 (16.90%) Senior Network Security Engineer
9 11 (15.49%) Firewall Engineer
9 11 (15.49%) Senior Firewall Engineer
9 11 (15.49%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.63%) Node.js
1 4 (5.63%) React
2 2 (2.82%) Jest
2 2 (2.82%) LAMP
2 2 (2.82%) pytest
3 1 (1.41%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.41%) Kafka
3 1 (1.41%) Middleware
3 1 (1.41%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 15 (21.13%) Driving Licence
2 8 (11.27%) Security Posture
3 3 (4.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (4.23%) Smartphone
4 2 (2.82%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.41%) IoT
5 1 (1.41%) PKI
5 1 (1.41%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.41%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 19 (26.76%) Windows
2 13 (18.31%) Linux
2 13 (18.31%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.63%) Debian
3 4 (5.63%) Ubuntu
3 4 (5.63%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (5.63%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (4.23%) Android
4 3 (4.23%) Apple iOS
4 3 (4.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (49.30%) SIEM
1 35 (49.30%) Vulnerability Management
2 34 (47.89%) Cybersecurity
3 31 (43.66%) Security Operations
4 27 (38.03%) Business Continuity
4 27 (38.03%) Data Security
4 27 (38.03%) Network Load Balancing
5 25 (35.21%) Disaster Recovery
5 25 (35.21%) Penetration Testing
6 24 (33.80%) Incident Management
7 23 (32.39%) BCP
7 23 (32.39%) Business Continuity Planning
8 22 (30.99%) Threat Detection
9 13 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (16.90%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (11.27%) ITIL
12 7 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (9.86%) Root Cause Analysis
13 6 (8.45%) Configuration Management
14 5 (7.04%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.63%) PHP
1 4 (5.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (19.72%) Cisco Certification
1 14 (19.72%) Security Cleared
2 13 (18.31%) DV Cleared
3 10 (14.08%) CCNA
3 10 (14.08%) SC Cleared
4 6 (8.45%) CCNP
4 6 (8.45%) Degree
4 6 (8.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (7.04%) Azure Certification
5 5 (7.04%) HND
6 4 (5.63%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (5.63%) HNC
7 3 (4.23%) CISSP
8 2 (2.82%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.82%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.41%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.41%) SSCP
9 1 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 3 (4.23%) SLA
2 2 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.41%) GDPR
3 1 (1.41%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (12.68%) Hyper-V
1 9 (12.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (8.45%) Firmware
3 4 (5.63%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.82%) Autotask
3 1 (1.41%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 42 (59.15%) Cisco
2 34 (47.89%) Palo Alto
3 32 (45.07%) Aruba
4 31 (43.66%) Qualys
5 17 (23.94%) Microsoft
6 15 (21.13%) VMware
7 6 (8.45%) Google
8 5 (7.04%) Fortinet
9 4 (5.63%) Acronis
9 4 (5.63%) N-able
10 3 (4.23%) Huawei
11 2 (2.82%) ConnectWise
11 2 (2.82%) Datto
12 1 (1.41%) Arista
12 1 (1.41%) Atlassian
12 1 (1.41%) Juniper
12 1 (1.41%) MuleSoft
12 1 (1.41%) Sparx
12 1 (1.41%) Zscaler