LAN Jobs in the UK excluding London

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 166 167 196
Rank change year-on-year +1 +29 -24
Permanent jobs citing LAN 1,031 1,020 1,490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.58% 2.12% 1.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.82% 11.25% 13.19%
Number of salaries quoted 793 751 1,198
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £26,925
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -1.18% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -7.22% +7.78%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,042 9,068 11,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.32% 18.83% 14.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,374 4,409 6,985
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LAN in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
North of England +27 307 £42,500 -9.57% 48
South East -12 209 £45,000 +11.11% 55
North West +15 176 £45,000 -5.26% 27
Midlands -16 169 £42,500 +10.39% 28
South West +9 145 £38,000 -5.00% 17
East of England +29 138 £45,000 +5.88% 30
Yorkshire +66 122 £42,500 -15.00% 17
West Midlands +4 119 £41,750 +4.38% 20
Scotland -66 47 £40,250 -1.23% 8
East Midlands -39 41 £45,000 +22.27% 7
Wales +13 27 £40,500 -4.71% 8
North East -18 26 £39,000 -8.24% 6
Northern Ireland +10 6 £37,500 -6.25% 15
Isle of Man - 2 - -
Channel Islands - 1 - -
LAN
UK

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 120 (11.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 107 (10.38%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.16%) SharePoint 2010
3 12 (1.16%) SharePoint 2013
4 8 (0.78%) IIS
5 5 (0.48%) Apache
5 5 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (0.48%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.097%) nginx
Applications
1 116 (11.25%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.75%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.097%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.58%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.19%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.19%) Shopify
4 1 (0.097%) Epicor Tropos
4 1 (0.097%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.097%) Sage 300 ERP
4 1 (0.097%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 409 (39.67%) Microsoft 365
2 365 (35.40%) Azure
3 126 (12.22%) Entra ID
4 96 (9.31%) AWS
5 38 (3.69%) OneDrive
6 34 (3.30%) GCP
7 32 (3.10%) SaaS
8 22 (2.13%) IaaS
8 22 (2.13%) PaaS
9 14 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (1.07%) Mimecast
12 10 (0.97%) Google Workspace
12 10 (0.97%) OCI
13 9 (0.87%) Power Platform
13 9 (0.87%) WhatsApp
14 8 (0.78%) Serverless
15 7 (0.68%) Nutanix
16 6 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 853 (82.74%) WAN
2 386 (37.44%) Firewall
3 240 (23.28%) VPN
4 222 (21.53%) Wireless
5 204 (19.79%) TCP/IP
6 197 (19.11%) Wi-Fi
7 188 (18.23%) DNS
8 157 (15.23%) DHCP
8 157 (15.23%) WLAN
9 123 (11.93%) Network Security
10 100 (9.70%) VLAN
11 96 (9.31%) SD-WAN
12 65 (6.30%) SAN
13 63 (6.11%) MPLS
14 61 (5.92%) OSPF
15 60 (5.82%) VoIP
16 53 (5.14%) BGP
17 45 (4.36%) Internet
18 33 (3.20%) Ethernet
19 30 (2.91%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.24%) SQL Server
2 23 (2.23%) QlikView
3 21 (2.04%) MySQL
4 11 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (0.87%) Power BI
6 8 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.48%) InfluxDB
8 5 (0.48%) MariaDB
8 5 (0.48%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.29%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.29%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.19%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.097%) DB2
11 1 (0.097%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.097%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.097%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 9 (0.87%) JIRA
2 7 (0.68%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.58%) Git
4 3 (0.29%) Axure RP
General
1 354 (34.34%) Social Skills
2 97 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
3 84 (8.15%) Finance
4 56 (5.43%) Telecoms
5 54 (5.24%) Law
6 45 (4.36%) Manufacturing
7 41 (3.98%) Retail
8 39 (3.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (1.84%) Legal
11 16 (1.55%) Marketing
12 15 (1.45%) Public Sector
13 12 (1.16%) Games
14 11 (1.07%) Back Office
15 10 (0.97%) Automotive
16 9 (0.87%) Police
17 7 (0.68%) Advertising
17 7 (0.68%) Banking
17 7 (0.68%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 182 (17.65%) Network Engineer
2 164 (15.91%) Analyst
3 119 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 116 (11.25%) IT Support
5 111 (10.77%) Senior
6 95 (9.21%) Support Engineer
7 81 (7.86%) IT Engineer
8 69 (6.69%) IT Analyst
9 63 (6.11%) 2nd Line Support
10 54 (5.24%) Lead
10 54 (5.24%) Support Analyst
11 50 (4.85%) Service Analyst
12 48 (4.66%) Service Desk Analyst
12 48 (4.66%) Technical Support
13 47 (4.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 44 (4.27%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 42 (4.07%) IT Manager
16 38 (3.69%) 3rd Line Support
17 37 (3.59%) Administrator
17 37 (3.59%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.87%) HTML
2 8 (0.78%) LDAP
3 7 (0.68%) Web Services
4 3 (0.29%) 802.1X
4 3 (0.29%) ARM Templates
4 3 (0.29%) EDI
4 3 (0.29%) XMPP
5 2 (0.19%) Middleware
5 2 (0.19%) SAML
5 2 (0.19%) ServiceStack
6 1 (0.097%) .NET
6 1 (0.097%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.097%) Node.js
6 1 (0.097%) React
6 1 (0.097%) RESTful
6 1 (0.097%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 115 (11.15%) Data Centre
2 63 (6.11%) Management Information System
3 42 (4.07%) Driving Licence
4 31 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
5 30 (2.91%) PKI
6 27 (2.62%) Onboarding
7 17 (1.65%) Clustering
8 16 (1.55%) CCTV
9 14 (1.36%) NHS
10 13 (1.26%) Cyberattack
11 12 (1.16%) PMI
11 12 (1.16%) Public Cloud
12 11 (1.07%) Cloud Native
13 10 (0.97%) Client/Server
13 10 (0.97%) IoT
14 9 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
14 9 (0.87%) EPoS
14 9 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
14 9 (0.87%) Private Cloud
15 8 (0.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 519 (50.34%) Windows
2 254 (24.64%) Windows Server
3 155 (15.03%) Windows 10
4 82 (7.95%) Linux
5 68 (6.60%) Android
6 64 (6.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 58 (5.63%) Windows Server 2016
8 46 (4.46%) Apple iOS
9 41 (3.98%) Mac OS
9 41 (3.98%) Windows Server 2012
10 22 (2.13%) Windows 7
11 15 (1.45%) Windows Server 2008
12 14 (1.36%) VMS
13 12 (1.16%) Mac OS X
14 11 (1.07%) CentOS
14 11 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 8 (0.78%) Ubuntu
16 6 (0.58%) VyOS
17 3 (0.29%) Unix
18 2 (0.19%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (22.79%) Problem-Solving
2 187 (18.14%) ITIL
3 171 (16.59%) Customer Service
4 151 (14.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 96 (9.31%) Cybersecurity
6 85 (8.24%) Service Delivery
7 69 (6.69%) Project Delivery
8 67 (6.50%) Change Management
9 58 (5.63%) Roadmaps
10 55 (5.33%) Project Management
11 54 (5.24%) Service Management
12 53 (5.14%) Disaster Recovery
12 53 (5.14%) Mentoring
13 50 (4.85%) Computer Science
13 50 (4.85%) Migration
14 49 (4.75%) Continuous Improvement
15 48 (4.66%) Patch Management
16 42 (4.07%) Time Management
17 38 (3.69%) Coaching
18 36 (3.49%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 99 (9.60%) PowerShell
2 75 (7.27%) SQL
3 38 (3.69%) Python
4 29 (2.81%) Bash
5 14 (1.36%) Perl
6 10 (0.97%) PHP
7 4 (0.39%) Bicep
8 2 (0.19%) C#
8 2 (0.19%) Java
8 2 (0.19%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.19%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.097%) Korn
9 1 (0.097%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.097%) VBA
Qualifications
1 173 (16.78%) Degree
2 144 (13.97%) Cisco Certification
3 93 (9.02%) Security Cleared
4 92 (8.92%) CCNA
5 78 (7.57%) CCNP
6 71 (6.89%) SC Cleared
7 47 (4.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 44 (4.27%) CCIE
8 44 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 34 (3.30%) DBS Check
10 33 (3.20%) HND
11 26 (2.52%) HNC
12 25 (2.42%) MCSE
13 22 (2.13%) JNCIA
13 22 (2.13%) PMI Certification
14 18 (1.75%) CISSP
15 17 (1.65%) CCDP
15 17 (1.65%) DV Cleared
16 15 (1.45%) Network+ Certification
17 14 (1.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (8.05%) SLA
2 28 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 26 (2.52%) GDPR
4 17 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (0.29%) NIST
5 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.29%) PMO
5 3 (0.29%) QA
6 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.097%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.097%) SOC 2
System Software
1 415 (40.25%) Active Directory
2 200 (19.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 140 (13.58%) Hyper-V
4 51 (4.95%) vSphere
5 29 (2.81%) VMware ESXi
6 26 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (1.65%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (1.65%) XenApp
8 14 (1.36%) Firmware
8 14 (1.36%) XenDesktop
9 11 (1.07%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (0.78%) VMware NSX
11 5 (0.48%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.39%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.39%) VMware Workstation
13 3 (0.29%) Docker
14 2 (0.19%) KVM
14 2 (0.19%) QEMU
14 2 (0.19%) Xen
Systems Management
1 128 (12.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 58 (5.63%) SCCM
3 26 (2.52%) WSUS
4 19 (1.84%) vCenter Server
5 17 (1.65%) Jamf Pro
6 16 (1.55%) Ansible
6 16 (1.55%) FortiGate
6 16 (1.55%) Terraform
7 12 (1.16%) Autotask
8 9 (0.87%) Failover Clustering
9 8 (0.78%) VxRail
10 7 (0.68%) Puppet
11 6 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (0.58%) SmoothWall
12 5 (0.48%) Rancher
12 5 (0.48%) Red Hat Spacewalk
13 4 (0.39%) IBM BigFix
13 4 (0.39%) Nagios
13 4 (0.39%) SCVMM
13 4 (0.39%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 493 (47.82%) Microsoft
2 299 (29.00%) VMware
3 272 (26.38%) Cisco
4 82 (7.95%) Juniper
5 70 (6.79%) Fortinet
6 66 (6.40%) Veeam
7 64 (6.21%) HP
7 64 (6.21%) Meraki
8 61 (5.92%) Palo Alto
9 54 (5.24%) Aruba
10 48 (4.66%) Dell
11 46 (4.46%) Citrix
12 37 (3.59%) Apple
13 35 (3.39%) Google
14 30 (2.91%) Ruckus Wireless
15 29 (2.81%) CheckPoint
16 26 (2.52%) SolarWinds
17 24 (2.33%) Sophos
18 20 (1.94%) ServiceNow
19 17 (1.65%) Datto