LAN Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Local Area Network Engineer (LAN Engineer)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Local Area Network Engineer (LAN Engineer) salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 487 566 -
Rank change year-on-year +79 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a LAN Engineer 19 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.045% 0.017% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.018% -
Number of salaries quoted 19 6 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £66,250 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.53% - -
75th Percentile £52,500 £83,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -20.00% +50.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,179 33,328 33,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,318 16,178 25,075
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

LAN Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'LAN Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

LAN Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

LAN Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for LAN Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for LAN Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

LAN Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
North West +39 17 £50,000 -24.53% 1
North of England +39 17 £50,000 -24.53% 1
East Midlands - 2 £50,000 -
Midlands - 2 £50,000 -
LAN Engineer
UK

LAN Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, LAN Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring LAN Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 19 (100.00%) Firewall
1 19 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 19 (100.00%) LAN
1 19 (100.00%) WAN
2 17 (89.47%) Aruba
2 17 (89.47%) CCNA
2 17 (89.47%) Cisco
2 17 (89.47%) JNCIA
2 17 (89.47%) Juniper
2 17 (89.47%) Presales
3 2 (10.53%) AWS
3 2 (10.53%) Azure
3 2 (10.53%) BGP
3 2 (10.53%) CCNP
3 2 (10.53%) FortiGate
3 2 (10.53%) ITSM
3 2 (10.53%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (10.53%) OSPF
3 2 (10.53%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (10.53%) Progress
3 2 (10.53%) SD-WAN
3 2 (10.53%) Web Filtering

LAN Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) AWS
1 2 (10.53%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 19 (100.00%) Firewall
1 19 (100.00%) LAN
1 19 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (10.53%) BGP
2 2 (10.53%) OSPF
2 2 (10.53%) SD-WAN
General
1 17 (89.47%) Presentation Skills
1 17 (89.47%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (89.47%) Presales
2 2 (10.53%) ITSM
2 2 (10.53%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (10.53%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (10.53%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (89.47%) CCNA
2 17 (89.47%) JNCIA
3 2 (10.53%) CCNP
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) Fortinet
2 17 (89.47%) Aruba
2 17 (89.47%) Cisco
2 17 (89.47%) Juniper
3 2 (10.53%) Progress