LAN Jobs in the Thames Valley

Local Area Network (LAN)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for LAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited LAN over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 181 169 149
Rank change year-on-year -12 -20 +12
Permanent jobs citing LAN 69 97 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.03% 1.64% 1.87%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.17% 10.31% 9.29%
Number of salaries quoted 61 53 102
10th Percentile £34,500 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,500 £61,250
South East median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +1.12%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

LAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 962 941 1,410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.32% 15.93% 20.09%
Number of salaries quoted 677 531 746
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,500 £31,000 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £59,000 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,875 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -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 17 May 2024.

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 17 May 2024. 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 +30 40 £41,000 +26.15% 10
Oxfordshire +14 27 £40,000 -8.05% 2
Buckinghamshire -52 3 £45,000 -14.29% 4
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 13 (18.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (8.70%) OpenStack
3 1 (1.45%) Apache
3 1 (1.45%) nginx
Applications
1 10 (14.49%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (36.23%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (34.78%) Azure
3 13 (18.84%) AWS
4 2 (2.90%) AWS Direct Connect
4 2 (2.90%) SaaS
4 2 (2.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.45%) Akamai
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.45%) GitHub
5 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 58 (84.06%) WAN
2 22 (31.88%) Firewall
3 19 (27.54%) DNS
4 13 (18.84%) OSPF
4 13 (18.84%) VPN
5 12 (17.39%) DHCP
5 12 (17.39%) Wireless
6 10 (14.49%) Network Security
6 10 (14.49%) SD-WAN
7 8 (11.59%) TCP/IP
7 8 (11.59%) VoIP
7 8 (11.59%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (8.70%) BGP
8 6 (8.70%) SAN
9 5 (7.25%) NAS
9 5 (7.25%) SSL
10 4 (5.80%) Wireshark
11 3 (4.35%) Internet
11 3 (4.35%) WLAN
12 2 (2.90%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.70%) InfluxDB
1 6 (8.70%) MariaDB
1 6 (8.70%) MySQL
1 6 (8.70%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (10.14%) Jenkins
2 5 (7.25%) Git
General
1 21 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 12 (17.39%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (4.35%) Banking
3 3 (4.35%) Finance
4 2 (2.90%) Electronics
4 2 (2.90%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.90%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (2.90%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.45%) Advertising
5 1 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (24.64%) Support Engineer
2 12 (17.39%) Network Engineer
3 11 (15.94%) Senior
4 9 (13.04%) Desktop Engineer
4 9 (13.04%) Desktop Support
4 9 (13.04%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 9 (13.04%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
4 9 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (11.59%) IT Engineer
5 8 (11.59%) Systems Engineer
6 7 (10.14%) 3rd Line Support
6 7 (10.14%) Lead
6 7 (10.14%) Linux Engineer
6 7 (10.14%) Network Team Leader
6 7 (10.14%) Team Leader
7 5 (7.25%) Analyst
7 5 (7.25%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) Linux Systems Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) Network Manager
7 5 (7.25%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.90%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.45%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.45%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (1.45%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.59%) Driving Licence
1 8 (11.59%) PKI
2 5 (7.25%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.25%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (2.90%) CCTV
3 2 (2.90%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.90%) Molecular Biology
4 1 (1.45%) IoT
4 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 43 (62.32%) Windows
2 20 (28.99%) Windows 10
3 17 (24.64%) Linux
4 14 (20.29%) Windows Server
5 9 (13.04%) Windows 7
5 9 (13.04%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (13.04%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (11.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (10.14%) Android
8 6 (8.70%) Apple iOS
8 6 (8.70%) CentOS
8 6 (8.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (5.80%) Mac OS X
9 4 (5.80%) Windows 8
9 4 (5.80%) Windows XP
10 2 (2.90%) Mac OS
10 2 (2.90%) Ubuntu
10 2 (2.90%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (24.64%) ITIL
3 15 (21.74%) Customer Service
4 13 (18.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 11 (15.94%) Information Security
6 10 (14.49%) Service Delivery
7 9 (13.04%) Customer Requirements
7 9 (13.04%) Software Deployment
7 9 (13.04%) Software Testing
8 7 (10.14%) Open Source
9 6 (8.70%) Time Management
10 5 (7.25%) Migration
11 4 (5.80%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (5.80%) Email Migration
11 4 (5.80%) Innovative Thinking
11 4 (5.80%) Mentoring
11 4 (5.80%) Network Architecture
11 4 (5.80%) Network Monitoring
11 4 (5.80%) People Management
11 4 (5.80%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.49%) Bash
2 9 (13.04%) Python
3 6 (8.70%) PowerShell
4 5 (7.25%) Perl
5 2 (2.90%) SQL
6 1 (1.45%) Korn
6 1 (1.45%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (24.64%) Security Cleared
2 14 (20.29%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (14.49%) CCNA
3 10 (14.49%) DV Cleared
4 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (11.59%) SC Cleared
5 7 (10.14%) Degree
5 7 (10.14%) MCP
6 4 (5.80%) CCNP
6 4 (5.80%) MCSE
7 3 (4.35%) AWS Certification
7 3 (4.35%) Azure Certification
7 3 (4.35%) JNCIA
8 2 (2.90%) CCIE
8 2 (2.90%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.45%) MCITP
9 1 (1.45%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.45%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.45%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.45%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (36.23%) Active Directory
2 22 (31.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (18.84%) Hyper-V
4 11 (15.94%) Firmware
5 6 (8.70%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 3 (4.35%) vSphere
7 2 (2.90%) Docker
7 2 (2.90%) KVM
7 2 (2.90%) QEMU
7 2 (2.90%) Xen
8 1 (1.45%) NFS
8 1 (1.45%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 15 (21.74%) SCCM
2 6 (8.70%) Terraform
3 5 (7.25%) Ansible
3 5 (7.25%) Puppet
3 5 (7.25%) Red Hat Spacewalk
4 3 (4.35%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.90%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.45%) Nessus
6 1 (1.45%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 32 (46.38%) Microsoft
2 24 (34.78%) VMware
3 17 (24.64%) Cisco
4 13 (18.84%) HP
5 10 (14.49%) Juniper
6 9 (13.04%) Fortinet
7 7 (10.14%) Dell
8 5 (7.25%) Citrix
9 3 (4.35%) CheckPoint
9 3 (4.35%) Meraki
10 2 (2.90%) Red Hat
10 2 (2.90%) Snow
10 2 (2.90%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.45%) Aruba
11 1 (1.45%) Google
11 1 (1.45%) Splunk
11 1 (1.45%) WatchGuard