LAN Jobs in the UK excluding London

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 149 190 178
Rank change year-on-year +41 -12 -24
Permanent jobs citing LAN 1,353 1,130 1,540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.93% 1.83% 2.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.85% 10.23% 14.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,134 840 1,223
10th Percentile £24,696 £25,363 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% -2.35% -
75th Percentile £51,500 £50,946 £53,750
90th Percentile £60,918 £62,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,766 11,047 10,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.94% 17.88% 15.48%
Number of salaries quoted 7,096 4,889 6,514
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,600
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £32,638
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +45 389 £40,000 -8.45% 77
Midlands +73 273 £42,000 +5.00% 62
South East +34 264 £42,500 +6.25% 63
South West +80 218 £49,000 +15.29% 25
North West +42 209 £42,500 -5.56% 55
West Midlands +86 204 £40,313 -4.58% 44
Yorkshire +65 155 £42,500 -5.56% 17
East of England +27 136 £42,500 +18.06% 39
East Midlands -8 61 £45,000 +20.00% 17
Scotland -79 44 £35,000 -12.50% 8
Wales +28 37 £40,500 -10.00% 9
North East -16 36 £37,500 -11.76% 5
Northern Ireland +14 7 £37,500 +7.14% 5
Isle of Man - 1 - -
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
1 164 (12.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 131 (9.68%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.11%) IIS
4 10 (0.74%) SharePoint 2010
4 10 (0.74%) SharePoint 2013
5 8 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (0.44%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.074%) Apache
8 1 (0.074%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.074%) CMS
8 1 (0.074%) Confluence
8 1 (0.074%) nginx
Applications
1 190 (14.04%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.81%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.30%) Epicor Tropos
4 3 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.15%) Shopify
6 1 (0.074%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 528 (39.02%) Microsoft 365
2 468 (34.59%) Azure
3 164 (12.12%) Entra ID
4 102 (7.54%) AWS
5 60 (4.43%) OneDrive
6 37 (2.73%) SaaS
7 33 (2.44%) IaaS
8 30 (2.22%) PaaS
9 29 (2.14%) GCP
10 22 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
11 17 (1.26%) Mimecast
12 16 (1.18%) Power Platform
13 14 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
14 13 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
15 12 (0.89%) Google Workspace
16 8 (0.59%) Azure Stack
17 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
17 7 (0.52%) Serverless
18 6 (0.44%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,143 (84.48%) WAN
2 525 (38.80%) Firewall
3 290 (21.43%) Wi-Fi
4 284 (20.99%) VPN
5 278 (20.55%) TCP/IP
6 266 (19.66%) Wireless
7 258 (19.07%) DNS
8 246 (18.18%) DHCP
9 206 (15.23%) WLAN
10 143 (10.57%) VLAN
11 139 (10.27%) Network Security
12 131 (9.68%) SD-WAN
13 127 (9.39%) MPLS
14 117 (8.65%) OSPF
15 114 (8.43%) BGP
16 89 (6.58%) VoIP
17 88 (6.50%) SAN
18 81 (5.99%) Internet
19 46 (3.40%) Ethernet
20 44 (3.25%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (6.21%) SQL Server
2 16 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (1.11%) MySQL
3 15 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (0.52%) NoSQL
4 7 (0.52%) Power BI
5 6 (0.44%) InfluxDB
5 6 (0.44%) MariaDB
6 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.30%) QlikView
8 3 (0.22%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.22%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.22%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.15%) DB2
9 2 (0.15%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.15%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.074%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.074%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.074%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (1.03%) JIRA
2 7 (0.52%) Git
2 7 (0.52%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.30%) MSBuild
3 4 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (0.30%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.074%) GitLab
4 1 (0.074%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.074%) Visual Studio
General
1 417 (30.82%) Social Skills
2 118 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
3 91 (6.73%) Finance
4 86 (6.36%) Telecoms
5 65 (4.80%) Retail
6 55 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 49 (3.62%) Law
8 46 (3.40%) Manufacturing
8 46 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
10 27 (2.00%) Legal
11 20 (1.48%) Police
12 14 (1.03%) Local Government
13 13 (0.96%) Marketing
13 13 (0.96%) Public Sector
14 11 (0.81%) Aerospace
14 11 (0.81%) Banking
15 10 (0.74%) Advertising
16 9 (0.67%) Italian Language
16 9 (0.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 283 (20.92%) Network Engineer
2 222 (16.41%) Analyst
3 191 (14.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 175 (12.93%) Senior
5 147 (10.86%) Support Engineer
6 133 (9.83%) IT Support
7 99 (7.32%) IT Engineer
8 72 (5.32%) Senior Network Engineer
9 71 (5.25%) IT Analyst
10 67 (4.95%) Network Analyst
11 63 (4.66%) 2nd Line Support
12 60 (4.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 58 (4.29%) Operations Analyst
13 58 (4.29%) Support Analyst
14 55 (4.07%) Service Analyst
15 54 (3.99%) Service Desk Analyst
16 53 (3.92%) Network Operations Analyst
17 49 (3.62%) IT Manager
17 49 (3.62%) Lead
18 48 (3.55%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.85%) Node.js
1 25 (1.85%) React
2 24 (1.77%) HTML
3 23 (1.70%) AngularJS
3 23 (1.70%) CSS
3 23 (1.70%) Express.js
3 23 (1.70%) HTML5
3 23 (1.70%) XML
4 11 (0.81%) LDAP
5 8 (0.59%) .NET
6 4 (0.30%) Akka
6 4 (0.30%) Web Services
7 3 (0.22%) 802.1X
7 3 (0.22%) Middleware
8 2 (0.15%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.15%) RESTful
8 2 (0.15%) SAML
8 2 (0.15%) ServiceStack
9 1 (0.074%) ARM Templates
9 1 (0.074%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 155 (11.46%) Data Centre
2 81 (5.99%) Driving Licence
3 48 (3.55%) Management Information System
4 39 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
5 34 (2.51%) Onboarding
6 32 (2.37%) CCTV
7 29 (2.14%) PKI
8 24 (1.77%) IoT
9 22 (1.63%) NHS
10 18 (1.33%) Replication
11 17 (1.26%) Public Cloud
12 16 (1.18%) Client/Server
12 16 (1.18%) Clustering
13 15 (1.11%) Fat Client
13 15 (1.11%) Thin Client
14 14 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
14 14 (1.03%) Private Cloud
15 13 (0.96%) Cyberattack
16 12 (0.89%) PMI
17 11 (0.81%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 614 (45.38%) Windows
2 298 (22.03%) Windows Server
3 176 (13.01%) Windows 10
4 108 (7.98%) Linux
5 72 (5.32%) Android
6 67 (4.95%) Windows Server 2019
7 65 (4.80%) Windows Server 2016
8 51 (3.77%) Mac OS
9 48 (3.55%) Apple iOS
10 43 (3.18%) Windows Server 2012
11 42 (3.10%) Windows 7
12 19 (1.40%) VyOS
13 16 (1.18%) Ubuntu
14 15 (1.11%) Windows Server 2008
15 12 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 11 (0.81%) CentOS
16 11 (0.81%) VMS
17 10 (0.74%) Mac OS X
18 9 (0.67%) Windows Server 2003
19 7 (0.52%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (19.14%) Problem-Solving
2 244 (18.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 243 (17.96%) ITIL
4 236 (17.44%) Customer Service
5 117 (8.65%) Cybersecurity
6 90 (6.65%) Service Delivery
7 87 (6.43%) Disaster Recovery
8 81 (5.99%) Migration
9 77 (5.69%) Project Delivery
10 69 (5.10%) Service Management
11 68 (5.03%) Continuous Improvement
12 65 (4.80%) Change Management
13 64 (4.73%) Mentoring
13 64 (4.73%) Project Management
13 64 (4.73%) Time Management
14 54 (3.99%) Patch Management
14 54 (3.99%) Root Cause Analysis
15 53 (3.92%) Roadmaps
16 52 (3.84%) Incident Management
17 50 (3.70%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 153 (11.31%) PowerShell
2 130 (9.61%) SQL
3 83 (6.13%) Python
4 43 (3.18%) Bash
5 26 (1.92%) JavaScript
6 24 (1.77%) PHP
6 24 (1.77%) VB
7 23 (1.70%) JSX
8 17 (1.26%) Perl
9 7 (0.52%) C#
10 3 (0.22%) Java
10 3 (0.22%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.15%) Bicep
11 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.074%) Korn
12 1 (0.074%) VBA
Qualifications
1 245 (18.11%) Cisco Certification
2 208 (15.37%) Degree
3 175 (12.93%) CCNA
4 138 (10.20%) Security Cleared
5 109 (8.06%) CCNP
6 78 (5.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 73 (5.40%) SC Cleared
8 70 (5.17%) CCIE
9 62 (4.58%) DV Cleared
10 46 (3.40%) CCDP
10 46 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
11 40 (2.96%) DBS Check
11 40 (2.96%) JNCIA
12 34 (2.51%) Network+ Certification
13 29 (2.14%) A+ Certification
13 29 (2.14%) MCSE
14 25 (1.85%) CISSP
15 22 (1.63%) MCITP
16 20 (1.48%) HND
17 19 (1.40%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (6.28%) SLA
2 39 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 28 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (1.33%) GDPR
5 8 (0.59%) NIST
6 7 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (0.52%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.44%) QA
8 3 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.22%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.15%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.074%) PMO
10 1 (0.074%) SOC 3
System Software
1 508 (37.55%) Active Directory
2 260 (19.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 187 (13.82%) Hyper-V
4 63 (4.66%) vSphere
5 31 (2.29%) VMware ESXi
6 26 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
7 24 (1.77%) Firmware
8 21 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
9 11 (0.81%) XenApp
10 9 (0.67%) XenDesktop
11 7 (0.52%) Docker
11 7 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (0.52%) VMware NSX
12 6 (0.44%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 6 (0.44%) VMware Server
13 4 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
14 3 (0.22%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.22%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.15%) KVM
15 2 (0.15%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 156 (11.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 67 (4.95%) SCCM
3 31 (2.29%) WSUS
4 28 (2.07%) FortiGate
5 19 (1.40%) Ansible
5 19 (1.40%) vCenter Server
6 18 (1.33%) Terraform
7 17 (1.26%) Jamf Pro
8 14 (1.03%) Autotask
9 12 (0.89%) SmoothWall
10 10 (0.74%) Failover Clustering
11 8 (0.59%) McAfee ePO
11 8 (0.59%) SCVMM
12 7 (0.52%) Nagios
12 7 (0.52%) Puppet
13 6 (0.44%) Nmap
13 6 (0.44%) VxRail
14 5 (0.37%) OfficeScan
14 5 (0.37%) Rancher
14 5 (0.37%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 635 (46.93%) Microsoft
2 418 (30.89%) Cisco
3 385 (28.46%) VMware
4 128 (9.46%) Juniper
5 85 (6.28%) Fortinet
6 84 (6.21%) HP
7 76 (5.62%) Meraki
8 75 (5.54%) Aruba
9 70 (5.17%) Veeam
10 69 (5.10%) Citrix
11 67 (4.95%) Palo Alto
12 47 (3.47%) Dell
13 44 (3.25%) Google
14 43 (3.18%) Apple
15 38 (2.81%) Nokia
15 38 (2.81%) Ruckus Wireless
16 37 (2.73%) CheckPoint
17 30 (2.22%) Sophos
18 27 (2.00%) SolarWinds
19 19 (1.40%) Vyatta