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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 207 164 169
Rank change year-on-year -43 +5 +34
Permanent jobs citing LAN 600 1,210 1,063
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.39% 1.66% 2.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.57% 13.08% 11.37%
Number of salaries quoted 506 956 780
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,875 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,563 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +2.41% -2.35%
75th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £63,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -5.26%

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 9,130 9,251 9,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 21.10% 12.67% 18.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,683 6,406 4,490
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,500 £44,309 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.42% -1.54% -5.26%
75th Percentile £48,750 £58,750 £62,375
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £33,000 £47,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -30.53% -7.77% -1.90%

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 17 July 2025.

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 17 July 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
South East +18 175 £40,000 -11.30% 93
North of England -81 141 £38,500 -9.41% 64
Midlands +6 134 £35,000 -16.67% 68
West Midlands +23 110 £35,000 -15.66% 48
South West +16 76 £42,500 +12.58% 20
Yorkshire -13 67 £31,125 -26.76% 24
East of England -52 62 £36,000 -20.00% 53
North West -117 58 £37,500 -11.76% 33
East Midlands +21 24 £60,000 +33.33% 19
North East +23 16 £52,000 +36.84% 9
Scotland +49 5 £46,250 +26.71% 9
Wales +4 5 £49,750 +22.84% 12
Northern Ireland +37 4 £50,000 +33.33% 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 78 (13.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (9.50%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.17%) IIS
4 11 (1.83%) Exchange Server 2013
5 7 (1.17%) IBM Domino
6 1 (0.17%) Confluence
6 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.17%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 75 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (3.67%) MS Visio
3 13 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (0.67%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 8 (1.33%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (1.00%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.67%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 230 (38.33%) Azure
2 204 (34.00%) Microsoft 365
3 81 (13.50%) Entra ID
4 46 (7.67%) AWS
5 28 (4.67%) OneDrive
6 11 (1.83%) GCP
7 10 (1.67%) IaaS
8 9 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (1.00%) PaaS
10 5 (0.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 4 (0.67%) SaaS
12 3 (0.50%) Mimecast
13 2 (0.33%) Dynamics 365
14 1 (0.17%) Azure Sentinel
14 1 (0.17%) Azure Stack
14 1 (0.17%) Cloudflare
14 1 (0.17%) GitHub
14 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Copilot
14 1 (0.17%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 521 (86.83%) WAN
2 251 (41.83%) Firewall
3 188 (31.33%) VPN
4 105 (17.50%) TCP/IP
5 104 (17.33%) DNS
6 101 (16.83%) DHCP
7 100 (16.67%) Wireless
8 98 (16.33%) Wi-Fi
9 83 (13.83%) Network Security
10 76 (12.67%) VLAN
11 72 (12.00%) Internet
12 61 (10.17%) VoIP
13 57 (9.50%) SD-WAN
14 49 (8.17%) BGP
15 45 (7.50%) WLAN
16 40 (6.67%) MPLS
17 33 (5.50%) OSPF
18 30 (5.00%) IPsec
19 28 (4.67%) Cisco IOS
19 28 (4.67%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (8.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.33%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.17%) DB2
5 1 (0.17%) MS Access
5 1 (0.17%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.17%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 8 (1.33%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (0.50%) JIRA
3 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
General
1 264 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 47 (7.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 44 (7.33%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (6.33%) Finance
5 34 (5.67%) Public Sector
6 30 (5.00%) Manufacturing
7 27 (4.50%) Telecoms
8 26 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (2.50%) Aerospace
10 13 (2.17%) Automotive
10 13 (2.17%) Retail
11 12 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.83%) Law
13 8 (1.33%) Marketing
14 7 (1.17%) Advertising
15 5 (0.83%) Legal
16 4 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.67%) Multimedia
17 3 (0.50%) Aviation
17 3 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 140 (23.33%) IT Support
2 113 (18.83%) Support Engineer
3 86 (14.33%) Network Engineer
4 65 (10.83%) Analyst
5 53 (8.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 52 (8.67%) Support Analyst
7 51 (8.50%) 2nd Line Support
8 48 (8.00%) Architect
8 48 (8.00%) Technical Support
9 45 (7.50%) 3rd Line Support
10 42 (7.00%) Lead
11 39 (6.50%) Infrastructure Support
12 37 (6.17%) IT Engineer
13 32 (5.33%) Support Technician
14 31 (5.17%) 1st Line Support
15 30 (5.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 28 (4.67%) Senior
17 27 (4.50%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
18 26 (4.33%) Network Architect
18 26 (4.33%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.50%) LDAP
2 9 (1.50%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.67%) .NET
3 4 (0.67%) Middleware
4 1 (0.17%) JSON
4 1 (0.17%) WSH
4 1 (0.17%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 77 (12.83%) Driving Licence
2 53 (8.83%) Data Centre
3 31 (5.17%) Client/Server
4 21 (3.50%) Onboarding
5 17 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
7 13 (2.17%) PKI
8 12 (2.00%) Replication
8 12 (2.00%) Security Operations Centre
8 12 (2.00%) Social Media
8 12 (2.00%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.83%) Management Information System
10 10 (1.67%) Digital Signage
10 10 (1.67%) EPoS
11 9 (1.50%) Clustering
12 8 (1.33%) Public Cloud
13 7 (1.17%) Operational Technology
13 7 (1.17%) Video Conferencing
14 6 (1.00%) PMI
14 6 (1.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 313 (52.17%) Windows
2 144 (24.00%) Windows Server
3 47 (7.83%) Windows 10
4 37 (6.17%) Mac OS
5 31 (5.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 29 (4.83%) Linux
7 25 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (2.83%) Apple iOS
9 10 (1.67%) Android
10 6 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.83%) Mac OS X
12 4 (0.67%) AIX
13 3 (0.50%) VMS
14 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.17%) CentOS
15 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.17%) Solaris
15 1 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (25.67%) Problem-Solving
2 114 (19.00%) Customer Service
3 103 (17.17%) ITIL
4 60 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 60 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 50 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
6 46 (7.67%) Mentoring
6 46 (7.67%) Migration
7 42 (7.00%) Business Continuity
8 39 (6.50%) Network Design
9 36 (6.00%) Service Delivery
10 31 (5.17%) Network Management
11 30 (5.00%) Disaster Recovery
11 30 (5.00%) Technical Leadership
12 28 (4.67%) Presales
12 28 (4.67%) Project Delivery
12 28 (4.67%) Roadmaps
13 27 (4.50%) SIEM
14 26 (4.33%) Agile
14 26 (4.33%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 55 (9.17%) SQL
2 41 (6.83%) PowerShell
3 34 (5.67%) Python
4 12 (2.00%) VB
5 7 (1.17%) Bash
6 6 (1.00%) C++
6 6 (1.00%) Perl
7 3 (0.50%) R
8 1 (0.17%) Java
8 1 (0.17%) RPG
8 1 (0.17%) RPG IV
8 1 (0.17%) Scala
8 1 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 116 (19.33%) Cisco Certification
2 92 (15.33%) CCNA
3 79 (13.17%) Security Cleared
4 74 (12.33%) Degree
5 68 (11.33%) CCNP
6 51 (8.50%) SC Cleared
7 48 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (5.67%) A+ Certification
9 33 (5.50%) JNCIA
10 29 (4.83%) MCP
11 26 (4.33%) MCSA
12 25 (4.17%) DV Cleared
13 19 (3.17%) JNCIS
13 19 (3.17%) MCSE
14 16 (2.67%) DBS Check
15 15 (2.50%) CCIE
16 11 (1.83%) Master's Degree
16 11 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
17 10 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
17 10 (1.67%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (6.67%) SLA
2 21 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (0.83%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.67%) NIST
7 3 (0.50%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.50%) GDPR
7 3 (0.50%) ISO 14001
7 3 (0.50%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.33%) NCSC
9 1 (0.17%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.17%) GRC
9 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
System Software
1 186 (31.00%) Active Directory
2 103 (17.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (8.83%) Hyper-V
4 14 (2.33%) XenApp
5 11 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.83%) Terminal Services
6 5 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.83%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.67%) vSphere
8 3 (0.50%) Firmware
8 3 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.33%) KVM
10 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.17%) Docker
10 1 (0.17%) NFS
10 1 (0.17%) RHEV
10 1 (0.17%) SRDF
10 1 (0.17%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 88 (14.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (5.00%) Ansible
3 27 (4.50%) Terraform
4 17 (2.83%) SCCM
5 12 (2.00%) Jamf Pro
6 11 (1.83%) WSUS
7 10 (1.67%) QRadar
8 9 (1.50%) Autotask
9 8 (1.33%) FortiGate
9 8 (1.33%) SmoothWall
10 3 (0.50%) Iperf
11 2 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
11 2 (0.33%) Kubernetes
11 2 (0.33%) Puppet
11 2 (0.33%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.17%) Avamar
12 1 (0.17%) CASB
12 1 (0.17%) Cisco Prime
12 1 (0.17%) Nagios
12 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 319 (53.17%) Microsoft
2 206 (34.33%) Cisco
3 127 (21.17%) VMware
4 70 (11.67%) Fortinet
4 70 (11.67%) Juniper
5 56 (9.33%) Palo Alto
6 55 (9.17%) Meraki
7 50 (8.33%) Aruba
8 35 (5.83%) Citrix
9 34 (5.67%) Apple
10 27 (4.50%) CheckPoint
11 20 (3.33%) SonicWALL
12 18 (3.00%) Dell
13 16 (2.67%) HP
14 14 (2.33%) McAfee
15 13 (2.17%) arcserve
15 13 (2.17%) Mellanox
15 13 (2.17%) NVIDIA
16 12 (2.00%) Splunk
17 10 (1.67%) F5