Local Area Network (LAN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 129 231 231
Rank change year-on-year +102 0 -69
Permanent jobs citing LAN 1,366 2,005 2,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.61% 1.64% 1.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.21% 13.22% 12.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,081 1,693 1,781
10th Percentile £28,800 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £36,000 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £43,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.16% +1.18% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,935 15,167 16,426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.18% 12.41% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 6,194 10,320 11,502
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,528 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the UK

LAN
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LAN.

Salary trend for LAN in the UK

LAN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for LAN in the UK

LAN
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the UK over the 6 months to 10 December 2023. 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
England +99 1,210 £47,500 - 439
UK excluding London +89 958 £42,500 -1.16% 334
Work from Home +87 511 £47,500 -5.00% 179
London +123 354 £57,500 +4.55% 109
Midlands +90 219 £44,621 -0.84% 90
South East +75 217 £42,000 -11.58% 77
North of England +46 206 £41,000 -2.96% 93
South West +80 157 £45,000 +4.65% 52
West Midlands +98 153 £43,000 -9.47% 63
North West +66 113 £45,000 +5.88% 41
Yorkshire +26 72 £42,500 +6.25% 40
East Midlands +44 66 £50,000 +21.95% 27
East of England +76 53 £49,250 +39.72% 15
Wales +52 50 £50,000 +11.11% 2
Scotland +40 49 £40,000 +6.67% 10
North East +34 21 £39,005 -2.49% 18
Northern Ireland +21 15 £33,000 -12.00% 2

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 88 (6.44%) MS Exchange
2 87 (6.37%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.95%) IIS
4 5 (0.37%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (0.29%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (0.22%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (0.22%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.073%) Apache
7 1 (0.073%) CMS
7 1 (0.073%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.073%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.073%) nginx
7 1 (0.073%) WebSphere
Applications
1 125 (9.15%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.81%) MS Visio
3 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.37%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.073%) Revit
5 1 (0.073%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.15%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.15%) Epicor Tropos
3 1 (0.073%) PlanetPress Connect
Cloud Services
1 467 (34.19%) Azure
2 438 (32.06%) Microsoft 365
3 157 (11.49%) AWS
4 111 (8.13%) Entra ID
5 43 (3.15%) IaaS
6 40 (2.93%) Cloud Computing
6 40 (2.93%) OneDrive
7 34 (2.49%) PaaS
8 31 (2.27%) SaaS
9 27 (1.98%) GCP
10 24 (1.76%) WhatsApp
11 17 (1.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 15 (1.10%) Google Workspace
13 14 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
13 14 (1.02%) Mimecast
14 12 (0.88%) Power Platform
15 11 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
16 8 (0.59%) Power Automate
17 7 (0.51%) PowerApps
18 6 (0.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1,202 (87.99%) WAN
2 584 (42.75%) Firewall
3 424 (31.04%) VPN
4 306 (22.40%) Wireless
5 258 (18.89%) DNS
6 244 (17.86%) DHCP
7 225 (16.47%) Wi-Fi
8 223 (16.33%) TCP/IP
9 201 (14.71%) Network Security
10 171 (12.52%) SD-WAN
11 168 (12.30%) VLAN
12 155 (11.35%) WLAN
13 152 (11.13%) Internet
14 135 (9.88%) BGP
15 126 (9.22%) MPLS
16 117 (8.57%) SAN
17 116 (8.49%) OSPF
18 97 (7.10%) Intrusion Detection
19 69 (5.05%) Cisco Nexus
19 69 (5.05%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 34 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (0.66%) MySQL
3 9 (0.66%) Power BI
4 6 (0.44%) InfluxDB
5 4 (0.29%) MariaDB
5 4 (0.29%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.29%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.22%) GIS
7 2 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.15%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.073%) Big Data
8 1 (0.073%) DB2
8 1 (0.073%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.073%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.073%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 10 (0.73%) JIRA
2 9 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
3 7 (0.51%) Git
4 5 (0.37%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.15%) Fiddler
6 2 (0.15%) GitLab
General
1 384 (28.11%) Social Skills
2 119 (8.71%) Analytical Skills
3 116 (8.49%) Telecoms
4 109 (7.98%) Games
5 89 (6.52%) Finance
6 65 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
7 49 (3.59%) Legal
7 49 (3.59%) Public Sector
8 48 (3.51%) Law
9 47 (3.44%) Retail
10 43 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
11 38 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 38 (2.78%) Manufacturing
12 21 (1.54%) Banking
13 18 (1.32%) Police
14 17 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
14 17 (1.24%) Local Government
15 15 (1.10%) Automotive
16 11 (0.81%) Private Banking
17 10 (0.73%) Military
Job Titles
1 323 (23.65%) Network Engineer
2 268 (19.62%) Senior
3 171 (12.52%) Analyst
4 154 (11.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 130 (9.52%) Support Engineer
6 98 (7.17%) Senior Network Engineer
7 95 (6.95%) Architect
8 94 (6.88%) IT Engineer
9 87 (6.37%) IT Support
10 77 (5.64%) Senior Manager
11 73 (5.34%) Security Manager
12 69 (5.05%) 2nd Line Support
13 60 (4.39%) Business Manager
13 60 (4.39%) Senior Business Manager
14 54 (3.95%) Support Analyst
15 50 (3.66%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 48 (3.51%) Network Support
17 46 (3.37%) Network Analyst
18 45 (3.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
19 42 (3.07%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (2.20%) LDAP
2 26 (1.90%) HTML
3 25 (1.83%) XML
4 24 (1.76%) Node.js
4 24 (1.76%) React
5 23 (1.68%) AngularJS
5 23 (1.68%) CSS
5 23 (1.68%) Express.js
5 23 (1.68%) HTML5
6 16 (1.17%) 802.1X
7 7 (0.51%) JSON
8 6 (0.44%) SAML
9 5 (0.37%) .NET
9 5 (0.37%) OAuth
10 4 (0.29%) EDI
11 2 (0.15%) .NET Framework
11 2 (0.15%) Middleware
11 2 (0.15%) Velocity
11 2 (0.15%) WSH
11 2 (0.15%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 189 (13.84%) Data Centre
2 95 (6.95%) Security Operations Centre
3 46 (3.37%) Driving Licence
4 45 (3.29%) Public Cloud
5 44 (3.22%) Management Information System
5 44 (3.22%) PKI
6 37 (2.71%) Onboarding
7 33 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
8 31 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
9 25 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
10 24 (1.76%) NHS
11 20 (1.46%) Private Cloud
12 15 (1.10%) Replication
12 15 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
13 14 (1.02%) Cyberattack
14 13 (0.95%) Clustering
14 13 (0.95%) IoT
15 12 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
16 11 (0.81%) iPhone
17 10 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 619 (45.31%) Windows
2 324 (23.72%) Windows Server
3 161 (11.79%) Windows 10
4 100 (7.32%) Linux
5 86 (6.30%) Unix
6 80 (5.86%) Windows Server 2019
7 69 (5.05%) Windows Server 2016
8 63 (4.61%) Windows Server 2012
9 40 (2.93%) Apple iOS
10 33 (2.42%) Windows Server 2003
11 24 (1.76%) Windows 7
12 23 (1.68%) Android
12 23 (1.68%) Mac OS
13 20 (1.46%) Ubuntu
14 19 (1.39%) VMS
15 11 (0.81%) CentOS
16 9 (0.66%) Windows Server 2008
17 6 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 4 (0.29%) Windows NT
18 4 (0.29%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (17.42%) Customer Service
2 235 (17.20%) Cybersecurity
3 233 (17.06%) Problem-Solving
4 225 (16.47%) ITIL
5 202 (14.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 163 (11.93%) SIEM
7 118 (8.64%) Service Management
8 115 (8.42%) Incident Management
9 105 (7.69%) Security Operations
10 103 (7.54%) Business Continuity
11 97 (7.10%) Disaster Recovery
12 93 (6.81%) Project Delivery
13 87 (6.37%) Service Delivery
14 80 (5.86%) Network Monitoring
15 79 (5.78%) Network Design
15 79 (5.78%) Vulnerability Management
16 77 (5.64%) Stakeholder Management
17 74 (5.42%) Security Management
18 71 (5.20%) Network Management
18 71 (5.20%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 113 (8.27%) PowerShell
2 72 (5.27%) Python
3 68 (4.98%) SQL
4 29 (2.12%) JavaScript
5 25 (1.83%) PHP
5 25 (1.83%) VB
6 23 (1.68%) JSX
7 19 (1.39%) Bash
8 8 (0.59%) C#
9 5 (0.37%) Perl
10 3 (0.22%) C
10 3 (0.22%) C++
10 3 (0.22%) VBScript
11 2 (0.15%) Bicep
11 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.15%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.073%) Go
12 1 (0.073%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 325 (23.79%) Cisco Certification
2 206 (15.08%) CCNA
3 201 (14.71%) Security Cleared
4 172 (12.59%) CCNP
5 142 (10.40%) Degree
6 120 (8.78%) SC Cleared
7 102 (7.47%) CISSP
8 90 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 89 (6.52%) CISM
10 63 (4.61%) SSCP
11 62 (4.54%) DV Cleared
12 57 (4.17%) CCIE
13 39 (2.86%) Azure Certification
13 39 (2.86%) Network+ Certification
14 29 (2.12%) A+ Certification
15 28 (2.05%) ITIL Certification
15 28 (2.05%) MCSE
16 27 (1.98%) MCITP
17 24 (1.76%) OSCP
18 23 (1.68%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (7.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 78 (5.71%) GDPR
2 78 (5.71%) SLA
3 47 (3.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 21 (1.54%) QA
5 11 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (0.66%) NIST
7 7 (0.51%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.44%) IASME
9 5 (0.37%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.29%) NCSC
11 3 (0.22%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.073%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.073%) ITGC
13 1 (0.073%) PMO
13 1 (0.073%) SOC 3
System Software
1 492 (36.02%) Active Directory
2 205 (15.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 116 (8.49%) Hyper-V
4 38 (2.78%) vSphere
5 25 (1.83%) VMware ESXi
6 23 (1.68%) Firmware
6 23 (1.68%) VMware NSX
7 19 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
8 18 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
9 15 (1.10%) Terminal Services
9 15 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
10 10 (0.73%) XenApp
11 9 (0.66%) Terminal Server
12 7 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 7 (0.51%) XenDesktop
13 6 (0.44%) BitLocker
13 6 (0.44%) Docker
14 4 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 4 (0.29%) NFS
15 3 (0.22%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 94 (6.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 82 (6.00%) FortiGate
3 67 (4.90%) SCCM
4 48 (3.51%) Ansible
5 43 (3.15%) Terraform
6 20 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (1.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 16 (1.17%) ServiceCenter
9 12 (0.88%) Nessus
10 11 (0.81%) Cisco CUCM
11 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Clustering
12 7 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
12 7 (0.51%) Kubernetes
13 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 6 (0.44%) Puppet
13 6 (0.44%) SolarWinds Orion
13 6 (0.44%) vCenter Server
13 6 (0.44%) WSUS
14 5 (0.37%) Cacti
14 5 (0.37%) Icinga
Vendors
1 544 (39.82%) Cisco
2 504 (36.90%) Microsoft
3 308 (22.55%) VMware
4 159 (11.64%) Juniper
5 133 (9.74%) Meraki
6 98 (7.17%) Palo Alto
7 97 (7.10%) Aruba
8 94 (6.88%) CheckPoint
9 85 (6.22%) HP
10 77 (5.64%) Citrix
10 77 (5.64%) Fortinet
11 66 (4.83%) SolarWinds
12 63 (4.61%) F5
13 54 (3.95%) Google
14 48 (3.51%) Veeam
15 42 (3.07%) Apple
16 35 (2.56%) Splunk
17 31 (2.27%) IBM
18 30 (2.20%) Mitel
18 30 (2.20%) TippingPoint