LAN Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring LAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 174 162
Rank change year-on-year -36 -12 -56
Permanent jobs citing LAN 741 556 768
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.86% 1.62% 1.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.68% 10.17% 12.85%
Number of salaries quoted 467 451 392
10th Percentile £28,900 £24,500 £30,163
25th Percentile £32,256 £28,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £36,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -20.00% +5.88%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £57,125
90th Percentile £76,201 £76,250 £69,875
UK median annual salary £52,250 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +25.90% -17.00% +7.53%

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 5,846 5,468 5,978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.75% 15.92% 11.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3,612 2,971 2,872
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £34,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% -32.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,075 £68,750 £74,975
UK median annual salary £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +1.94%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

LAN job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

LAN
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing LAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing LAN

LAN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

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 13 October 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
South East +14 221 £50,000 +20.48% 81
North of England -24 162 £55,000 +83.33% 50
Midlands -29 126 £55,000 +46.67% 50
North West +11 83 £57,500 +96.58% 24
West Midlands -51 79 £55,000 +57.14% 33
Northern Ireland -32 64 £40,000 -15.79% 8
Yorkshire -39 57 £47,661 +70.22% 18
South West -95 51 £38,378 -0.32% 23
East of England -37 50 £50,000 +38.89% 32
East Midlands 0 47 £55,000 -6.18% 17
Wales -40 37 £50,000 +11.11% 9
Scotland -7 31 £50,500 +50.75% 11
North East -65 22 £30,000 -44.44% 9
LAN
UK

LAN
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:

Application Platforms
1 92 (12.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 69 (9.31%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.02%) Skype for Business
4 9 (1.21%) IIS
5 2 (0.27%) Apache
6 1 (0.13%) CMS
6 1 (0.13%) Confluence
6 1 (0.13%) JBoss
6 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 34 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 292 (39.41%) Microsoft 365
2 270 (36.44%) Azure
3 123 (16.60%) Entra ID
4 70 (9.45%) AWS
5 68 (9.18%) Cloud Computing
6 39 (5.26%) Power Platform
7 32 (4.32%) OneDrive
8 29 (3.91%) Mimecast
9 25 (3.37%) Google Workspace
10 10 (1.35%) Viva Engage
11 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (0.81%) SaaS
13 5 (0.67%) GCP
13 5 (0.67%) IaaS
13 5 (0.67%) OCI
13 5 (0.67%) OpenShift
13 5 (0.67%) PaaS
14 3 (0.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 2 (0.27%) Azure Stack
15 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 661 (89.20%) WAN
2 389 (52.50%) Firewall
3 250 (33.74%) VPN
4 167 (22.54%) Wi-Fi
5 156 (21.05%) Wireless
6 149 (20.11%) Network Security
7 146 (19.70%) DNS
8 142 (19.16%) VLAN
9 137 (18.49%) DHCP
10 136 (18.35%) TCP/IP
11 100 (13.50%) WLAN
12 85 (11.47%) SD-WAN
13 70 (9.45%) BGP
13 70 (9.45%) OSPF
14 67 (9.04%) VoIP
15 56 (7.56%) Cisco Nexus
16 37 (4.99%) Internet
17 36 (4.86%) EIGRP
18 29 (3.91%) MPLS
19 27 (3.64%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.21%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.08%) Power BI
3 4 (0.54%) MySQL
4 3 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.27%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.27%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.27%) GIS
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.27%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 13 (1.75%) JIRA
2 9 (1.21%) Git
3 5 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.54%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.27%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.13%) Carbide.c++
6 1 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 287 (38.73%) Social Skills
2 92 (12.42%) Finance
3 67 (9.04%) Presentation Skills
3 67 (9.04%) Telecoms
4 59 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (6.21%) Public Sector
6 37 (4.99%) Law
7 32 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (2.97%) Retail
9 21 (2.83%) Manufacturing
10 16 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (2.16%) Legal
11 13 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (1.75%) Military
12 12 (1.62%) Aerospace
13 11 (1.48%) Marketing
14 10 (1.35%) Banking
15 4 (0.54%) French Language
16 3 (0.40%) Advertising
17 2 (0.27%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 198 (26.72%) Network Engineer
2 129 (17.41%) IT Support
3 119 (16.06%) Senior
4 115 (15.52%) IT Engineer
5 101 (13.63%) Support Engineer
6 90 (12.15%) Architect
7 78 (10.53%) Analyst
8 66 (8.91%) IT Support Engineer
8 66 (8.91%) Senior Network Engineer
9 63 (8.50%) Systems Architect
10 61 (8.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 41 (5.53%) IT Technician
12 39 (5.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 31 (4.18%) Field Engineer
13 31 (4.18%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 30 (4.05%) Field Service Engineer
14 30 (4.05%) Network Support
14 30 (4.05%) Support Analyst
15 29 (3.91%) Lead
16 27 (3.64%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.97%) Terraform
2 15 (2.02%) LDAP
3 5 (0.67%) .NET
3 5 (0.67%) XMPP
4 4 (0.54%) Node.js
4 4 (0.54%) React
4 4 (0.54%) YAML
5 3 (0.40%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.27%) Jest
6 2 (0.27%) LAMP
6 2 (0.27%) pytest
7 1 (0.13%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.13%) Kafka
7 1 (0.13%) Middleware
7 1 (0.13%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 93 (12.55%) Driving Licence
2 61 (8.23%) Data Centre
3 38 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
4 32 (4.32%) Onboarding
5 23 (3.10%) Hybrid Cloud
6 21 (2.83%) Security Posture
7 17 (2.29%) Security Operations Centre
8 12 (1.62%) Client/Server
8 12 (1.62%) Management Information System
9 11 (1.48%) Operational Technology
9 11 (1.48%) Private Cloud
10 10 (1.35%) iPad
10 10 (1.35%) iPhone
10 10 (1.35%) PKI
11 9 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
12 7 (0.94%) Replication
12 7 (0.94%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (0.81%) CCTV
13 6 (0.81%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 272 (36.71%) Windows
2 153 (20.65%) Windows Server
3 52 (7.02%) Windows 10
4 40 (5.40%) Linux
5 37 (4.99%) Apple iOS
5 37 (4.99%) Windows Server 2016
6 35 (4.72%) Android
7 27 (3.64%) macOS
8 25 (3.37%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.67%) CentOS
9 5 (0.67%) CoreOS
9 5 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.67%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.54%) Debian
10 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.40%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (27.13%) Problem-Solving
2 145 (19.57%) Cybersecurity
3 141 (19.03%) ITIL
4 137 (18.49%) Customer Service
5 134 (18.08%) Project Delivery
6 108 (14.57%) Network Design
7 91 (12.28%) Risk Management
8 89 (12.01%) Disaster Recovery
9 87 (11.74%) Continuous Improvement
10 85 (11.47%) Logistics
11 84 (11.34%) Network Architecture
12 81 (10.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 81 (10.93%) Stakeholder Management
13 73 (9.85%) Infrastructure as Code
14 72 (9.72%) Roadmaps
15 69 (9.31%) Technical Architecture
16 66 (8.91%) Business Strategy
16 66 (8.91%) Information Security
17 63 (8.50%) Mentoring
18 62 (8.37%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 76 (10.26%) PowerShell
2 45 (6.07%) Python
3 17 (2.29%) Bash
3 17 (2.29%) Ruby
4 12 (1.62%) SQL
5 10 (1.35%) C++
5 10 (1.35%) Perl
6 5 (0.67%) C#
7 4 (0.54%) PHP
7 4 (0.54%) XAML
8 2 (0.27%) Bicep
9 1 (0.13%) C
9 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 169 (22.81%) Cisco Certification
2 118 (15.92%) CCNP
3 88 (11.88%) CCNA
4 75 (10.12%) Security Cleared
5 69 (9.31%) Degree
6 48 (6.48%) SC Cleared
7 42 (5.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (5.13%) DV Cleared
9 33 (4.45%) DBS Check
10 25 (3.37%) Azure Certification
11 20 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
12 12 (1.62%) CCIE
13 10 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
14 9 (1.21%) CEH
15 8 (1.08%) AWS Certification
15 8 (1.08%) CREST Certified
16 7 (0.94%) HNC
16 7 (0.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 6 (0.81%) HND
17 6 (0.81%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (8.37%) GRC
2 27 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 27 (3.64%) SLA
3 25 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (2.16%) GDPR
5 12 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (1.21%) NCSC
7 4 (0.54%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.54%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.27%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.27%) QA
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.13%) NIST
System Software
1 199 (26.86%) Active Directory
2 102 (13.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 99 (13.36%) Hyper-V
4 17 (2.29%) Firmware
4 17 (2.29%) vSphere
5 14 (1.89%) VMware NSX
6 12 (1.62%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.81%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.40%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.13%) FreeRADIUS
12 1 (0.13%) KVM
12 1 (0.13%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 70 (9.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (4.72%) FortiGate
3 27 (3.64%) Ansible
4 17 (2.29%) Jamf Pro
5 13 (1.75%) QRadar
6 8 (1.08%) SCCM
7 6 (0.81%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (0.67%) Autotask
8 5 (0.67%) McAfee ePO
8 5 (0.67%) SCVMM
8 5 (0.67%) SmoothWall
9 4 (0.54%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (0.54%) Grafana
9 4 (0.54%) Iperf
9 4 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.54%) VxRail
10 3 (0.40%) Proxmox
10 3 (0.40%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.40%) WSUS
Vendors
1 393 (53.04%) Microsoft
2 287 (38.73%) Cisco
3 125 (16.87%) VMware
4 100 (13.50%) Fortinet
5 94 (12.69%) Aruba
6 78 (10.53%) Palo Alto
7 68 (9.18%) Meraki
8 42 (5.67%) Juniper
9 32 (4.32%) Qualys
10 31 (4.18%) Sophos
11 30 (4.05%) HP
12 29 (3.91%) Google
13 24 (3.24%) TOWER Software
14 20 (2.70%) Splunk
15 19 (2.56%) Logitech
16 16 (2.16%) Apple
17 12 (1.62%) Ruckus Wireless
17 12 (1.62%) SonicWALL
17 12 (1.62%) Veeam
18 11 (1.48%) F5