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 1 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 158 158
Rank change year-on-year +45 0 -31
Permanent jobs citing LAN 48 85 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.74% 1.30% 1.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.39% 9.95% 10.84%
Number of salaries quoted 39 75 62
10th Percentile £39,000 £34,500 £26,375
25th Percentile - £36,875 £28,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £45,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -7.10% -6.63%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £68,000 £67,500 £90,000
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 261 854 978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.46% 13.05% 15.80%
Number of salaries quoted 200 663 556
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,570 £25,625
25th Percentile £36,188 £34,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £43,239 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.75% +1.74% -15.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £59,000 £55,819
90th Percentile £76,625 £70,000 £75,250
South East median annual salary £51,500 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.57% +4.44% -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 1 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 1 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
Oxfordshire +40 24 £40,000 -23.81% 8
Berkshire +9 20 £50,000 +19.05% 16
Buckinghamshire +52 4 - - 11
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 3 (6.25%) IBM Domino
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (25.00%) Azure
2 6 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.17%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 48 (100.00%) WAN
2 24 (50.00%) Wireless
3 20 (41.67%) Internet
4 14 (29.17%) Firewall
5 11 (22.92%) DHCP
5 11 (22.92%) DNS
6 7 (14.58%) Cisco IOS
7 5 (10.42%) BGP
7 5 (10.42%) MPLS
7 5 (10.42%) Network Security
8 4 (8.33%) IPsec
8 4 (8.33%) Junos
8 4 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (4.17%) DWDM
9 2 (4.17%) VPN
9 2 (4.17%) WLAN
10 1 (2.08%) DMZ
10 1 (2.08%) OSPF
10 1 (2.08%) SDH
10 1 (2.08%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 19 (39.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 12 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.33%) Finance
5 1 (2.08%) Banking
5 1 (2.08%) Marketing
5 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (39.58%) Infrastructure Support
1 19 (39.58%) Network Support
2 8 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (14.58%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 7 (14.58%) Security Engineer
4 6 (12.50%) Network Engineer
5 5 (10.42%) Architect
5 5 (10.42%) Network Architect
6 3 (6.25%) Platform Engineer
6 3 (6.25%) Platform Support Engineer
6 3 (6.25%) Senior
6 3 (6.25%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (6.25%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) IT Support
7 2 (4.17%) IT Support Technician
7 2 (4.17%) IT Technician
7 2 (4.17%) Support Technician
8 1 (2.08%) Business Development Manager
8 1 (2.08%) Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 19 (39.58%) Virtual Team
2 3 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.08%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 34 (70.83%) Windows
2 8 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 6 (12.50%) Mac OS
4 3 (6.25%) Android
5 2 (4.17%) Apple iOS
5 2 (4.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 9 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 7 (14.58%) Change Control
3 7 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (12.50%) Network Design
5 5 (10.42%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (8.33%) ITIL
6 4 (8.33%) Problem Management
6 4 (8.33%) Service Delivery
6 4 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (6.25%) Customer Experience
7 3 (6.25%) Platform Engineering
7 3 (6.25%) User Experience
8 2 (4.17%) Analytical Thinking
8 2 (4.17%) Change Management
8 2 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (4.17%) Incident Management
8 2 (4.17%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (4.17%) Service Desk Management
9 1 (2.08%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 22 (45.83%) Degree
2 19 (39.58%) Master's Degree
2 19 (39.58%) MBA
3 8 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 8 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 7 (14.58%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (12.50%) CCNA
5 6 (12.50%) CCNP
6 5 (10.42%) JNCIS
7 4 (8.33%) DV Cleared
8 3 (6.25%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (2.08%) CCIE
9 1 (2.08%) CISSP
9 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.33%) SLA
2 1 (2.08%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (27.08%) Active Directory
2 8 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (14.58%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (4.17%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.08%) BitLocker
5 1 (2.08%) Firmware
5 1 (2.08%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (14.58%) vCenter Server
1 7 (14.58%) WSUS
2 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.08%) Grafana
3 1 (2.08%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 19 (39.58%) Unisys
2 17 (35.42%) Cisco
3 9 (18.75%) Microsoft
4 8 (16.67%) VMware
5 5 (10.42%) Juniper
6 3 (6.25%) Apple
6 3 (6.25%) Infoblox
6 3 (6.25%) Palo Alto
7 2 (4.17%) ServiceNow
8 1 (2.08%) Bomgar
8 1 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (2.08%) Datto
8 1 (2.08%) Nokia
8 1 (2.08%) Okta
8 1 (2.08%) Proofpoint