LAN Jobs in the Thames Valley

Local Area Network (LAN)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 169 158
Rank change year-on-year +61 -11 -17
Permanent jobs citing LAN 55 74 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.89% 1.10% 1.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.08% 7.73% 10.51%
Number of salaries quoted 47 66 62
10th Percentile £22,750 £34,500 £26,375
25th Percentile - £36,250 £28,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -12.24%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £87,625
South East median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 322 957 990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 11.07% 14.18% 16.08%
Number of salaries quoted 205 686 558
10th Percentile £25,950 £28,675 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £34,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £44,123
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -3.68% -11.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £59,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £46,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.15% +3.33% -5.26%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the Thames Valley

LAN
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LAN in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for LAN in the Thames Valley

LAN
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 April 2025.

Salary histogram for LAN in the Thames Valley

LAN
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Berkshire +25 25 £50,000 +21.95% 23
Oxfordshire +43 23 £40,000 -3.03% 9
Buckinghamshire +59 7 £65,000 +44.44% 6
LAN
South East

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 8 (14.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (10.91%) IBM Domino
3 2 (3.64%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 8 (14.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (27.27%) Azure
2 10 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.45%) AWS
4 2 (3.64%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.82%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 55 (100.00%) WAN
2 28 (50.91%) Internet
3 24 (43.64%) Wireless
4 11 (20.00%) Firewall
5 10 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
6 6 (10.91%) MPLS
7 5 (9.09%) BGP
7 5 (9.09%) DHCP
7 5 (9.09%) DNS
8 4 (7.27%) IPsec
8 4 (7.27%) Junos
8 4 (7.27%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (5.45%) DWDM
9 3 (5.45%) VPN
10 2 (3.64%) DMZ
10 2 (3.64%) Network Security
10 2 (3.64%) SAN
10 2 (3.64%) SD-WAN
10 2 (3.64%) VLAN
10 2 (3.64%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.82%) JIRA
General
1 22 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 10 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 4 (7.27%) Finance
4 3 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.82%) Marketing
5 1 (1.82%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (34.55%) Infrastructure Support
1 19 (34.55%) Network Support
2 7 (12.73%) IT Support
3 6 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (10.91%) Platform Engineer
3 6 (10.91%) Platform Support Engineer
3 6 (10.91%) Support Engineer
4 5 (9.09%) Architect
4 5 (9.09%) Network Architect
4 5 (9.09%) Trainee
4 5 (9.09%) Trainee IT Support
5 4 (7.27%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
5 4 (7.27%) Lead
5 4 (7.27%) Security Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) Network Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) Support Technician
7 2 (3.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) 3rd Line Support
7 2 (3.64%) 3rd Line Support Technician
7 2 (3.64%) IT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 19 (34.55%) Virtual Team
2 2 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (3.64%) Replication
3 1 (1.82%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.82%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 41 (74.55%) Windows
2 8 (14.55%) Mac OS
3 6 (10.91%) Android
3 6 (10.91%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.64%) Apple iOS
4 2 (3.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.82%) Customer Service
2 11 (20.00%) ITIL
3 7 (12.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (10.91%) Customer Experience
4 6 (10.91%) Network Design
4 6 (10.91%) Platform Engineering
4 6 (10.91%) User Experience
5 5 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (7.27%) Change Control
6 4 (7.27%) Migration
6 4 (7.27%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (5.45%) Change Management
7 3 (5.45%) Network Virtualisation
7 3 (5.45%) Service Delivery
8 2 (3.64%) Business Strategy
8 2 (3.64%) Customer-Centricity
8 2 (3.64%) Infrastructure as Code
8 2 (3.64%) Knowledge Transfer
8 2 (3.64%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (38.18%) Degree
2 19 (34.55%) Master's Degree
2 19 (34.55%) MBA
3 8 (14.55%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (12.73%) CCNP
5 6 (10.91%) CCNA
6 5 (9.09%) JNCIS
6 5 (9.09%) SC Cleared
6 5 (9.09%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.82%) CCIE
7 1 (1.82%) CISSP
7 1 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.82%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.82%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.27%) SLA
2 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.82%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (21.82%) Active Directory
2 7 (12.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (7.27%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (3.64%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.82%) Firmware
5 1 (1.82%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (7.27%) vCenter Server
1 4 (7.27%) WSUS
2 2 (3.64%) Ansible
2 2 (3.64%) SCCM
2 2 (3.64%) Terraform
3 1 (1.82%) Grafana
3 1 (1.82%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 19 (34.55%) Cisco
1 19 (34.55%) Microsoft
1 19 (34.55%) Unisys
2 8 (14.55%) Palo Alto
2 8 (14.55%) VMware
3 5 (9.09%) Juniper
4 2 (3.64%) Apple
4 2 (3.64%) arcserve
4 2 (3.64%) Aruba
4 2 (3.64%) Fortinet
4 2 (3.64%) Mellanox
4 2 (3.64%) NVIDIA
5 1 (1.82%) Nokia
5 1 (1.82%) ServiceNow