LAN Jobs with Work from Home Options

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 198 202 289
Rank change year-on-year +4 +87 -17
Permanent jobs citing LAN 472 553 1,004
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.69% 1.68% 1.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.26% 14.25% 10.67%
Number of salaries quoted 354 402 887
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £46,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% -11.43% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,938 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,375 £72,500 £80,000
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
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,190 3,882 9,409
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.00% 11.83% 11.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,346 3,097 5,593
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £56,456
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +1.85% +2.65%
75th Percentile £67,968 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

LAN
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

LAN trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing LAN.

LAN salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing LAN over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

LAN salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 52 (11.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (9.75%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.85%) IIS
3 4 (0.85%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.42%) Apache
4 2 (0.42%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (0.42%) nginx
Applications
1 44 (9.32%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.12%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.64%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.64%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.06%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 203 (43.01%) Azure
2 155 (32.84%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 57 (12.08%) AWS
5 28 (5.93%) GCP
6 26 (5.51%) IaaS
7 25 (5.30%) PaaS
7 25 (5.30%) SaaS
8 13 (2.75%) Cloud Computing
9 10 (2.12%) OCI
10 9 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (1.91%) Power Platform
11 7 (1.48%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (1.06%) OneDrive
13 5 (1.06%) WhatsApp
14 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (0.85%) Mimecast
14 4 (0.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 428 (90.68%) WAN
2 248 (52.54%) Firewall
3 177 (37.50%) VPN
4 152 (32.20%) Wi-Fi
5 124 (26.27%) Wireless
6 111 (23.52%) SD-WAN
7 100 (21.19%) DNS
8 95 (20.13%) Network Security
9 81 (17.16%) DHCP
10 74 (15.68%) WLAN
11 72 (15.25%) MPLS
12 67 (14.19%) TCP/IP
13 54 (11.44%) VLAN
14 47 (9.96%) BGP
15 45 (9.53%) Internet
16 43 (9.11%) OSPF
17 36 (7.63%) SAN
18 33 (6.99%) IPsec
19 27 (5.72%) VoIP
20 22 (4.66%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.39%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (1.27%) Power BI
4 5 (1.06%) DB2
5 4 (0.85%) MySQL
5 4 (0.85%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.42%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.42%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.42%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.21%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 3 (0.64%) Axure RP
1 3 (0.64%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
General
1 138 (29.24%) Social Skills
2 43 (9.11%) Finance
3 31 (6.57%) Retail
4 29 (6.14%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (3.81%) Legal
6 17 (3.60%) Telecoms
7 14 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (2.33%) Law
8 11 (2.33%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.12%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.27%) Banking
11 5 (1.06%) Advertising
12 4 (0.85%) Japanese Language
12 4 (0.85%) Local Government
13 3 (0.64%) Portuguese Language
13 3 (0.64%) Spanish Language
13 3 (0.64%) Swedish Language
13 3 (0.64%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 111 (23.52%) Network Engineer
2 77 (16.31%) Senior
3 72 (15.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 49 (10.38%) Analyst
5 38 (8.05%) Architect
6 31 (6.57%) Lead
7 30 (6.36%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 30 (6.36%) Senior Network Engineer
8 27 (5.72%) Network Manager
9 25 (5.30%) Project Manager
10 23 (4.87%) IT Engineer
11 21 (4.45%) Consultant
11 21 (4.45%) IT Analyst
11 21 (4.45%) Network Architect
11 21 (4.45%) Support Engineer
12 20 (4.24%) IT Support
13 19 (4.03%) Infrastructure Manager
14 17 (3.60%) 3rd Line Support
15 16 (3.39%) Infrastructure Architect
16 15 (3.18%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.27%) LDAP
2 4 (0.85%) 802.1X
2 4 (0.85%) ARM Templates
2 4 (0.85%) WebSphere MQ
3 3 (0.64%) Web Services
3 3 (0.64%) XMPP
3 3 (0.64%) YAML
4 2 (0.42%) Azure Blueprints
4 2 (0.42%) Middleware
5 1 (0.21%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 93 (19.70%) Data Centre
2 41 (8.69%) Public Cloud
3 31 (6.57%) Management Information System
4 20 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (3.60%) PKI
6 12 (2.54%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (2.12%) Cloud Native
7 10 (2.12%) Cyber Threat
8 9 (1.91%) Private Cloud
9 8 (1.69%) Driving Licence
10 7 (1.48%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.27%) Client/Server
12 5 (1.06%) CCTV
12 5 (1.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 4 (0.85%) Algorithms
13 4 (0.85%) Data Structures
13 4 (0.85%) FPGA
14 3 (0.64%) EPoS
14 3 (0.64%) IPTV
14 3 (0.64%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 161 (34.11%) Windows
2 80 (16.95%) Windows Server
3 57 (12.08%) Linux
4 34 (7.20%) Windows 10
5 28 (5.93%) Ubuntu
6 27 (5.72%) VMS
7 18 (3.81%) Android
7 18 (3.81%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (3.60%) Windows Server 2016
9 14 (2.97%) Apple iOS
10 12 (2.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 8 (1.69%) CentOS
11 8 (1.69%) Windows 7
11 8 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (1.06%) Mac OS X
13 4 (0.85%) Oracle Linux
14 3 (0.64%) Mac OS
15 2 (0.42%) Windows 8
15 2 (0.42%) Windows XP
16 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (20.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 71 (15.04%) Agile
2 71 (15.04%) ITIL
3 52 (11.02%) Project Management
4 51 (10.81%) Customer Service
4 51 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
5 50 (10.59%) Mentoring
5 50 (10.59%) Roadmaps
6 45 (9.53%) Cybersecurity
7 41 (8.69%) Project Delivery
8 38 (8.05%) Service Delivery
9 35 (7.42%) Change Management
10 33 (6.99%) Application Security
11 31 (6.57%) Coaching
11 31 (6.57%) Collaborative Culture
11 31 (6.57%) Migration
11 31 (6.57%) PRINCE2
12 28 (5.93%) Presales
13 27 (5.72%) DevSecOps
13 27 (5.72%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 28 (5.93%) PowerShell
2 17 (3.60%) SQL
3 15 (3.18%) Python
4 5 (1.06%) Java
5 4 (0.85%) Bash
6 2 (0.42%) Korn
6 2 (0.42%) Perl
6 2 (0.42%) PHP
7 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.21%) VBA
Qualifications
1 81 (17.16%) Cisco Certification
2 66 (13.98%) Degree
3 59 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 57 (12.08%) CCNP
5 49 (10.38%) CCNA
6 36 (7.63%) DV Cleared
7 29 (6.14%) CCIE
8 17 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (3.39%) APMP
9 16 (3.39%) SC Cleared
10 12 (2.54%) CISSP
11 11 (2.33%) DBS Check
12 10 (2.12%) CCDP
12 10 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (1.91%) Azure Certification
14 8 (1.69%) RIBA
15 7 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (1.27%) MCSE
17 5 (1.06%) JNCIA
17 5 (1.06%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.51%) SLA
2 24 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (0.85%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.42%) NIST
7 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.21%) ITGC
7 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 170 (36.02%) Active Directory
2 93 (19.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (11.86%) Hyper-V
4 29 (6.14%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (4.66%) vSphere
6 20 (4.24%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (2.75%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (1.48%) Firmware
9 4 (0.85%) Docker
10 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.42%) Terminal Server
10 2 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.42%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.21%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 47 (9.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (9.53%) Ansible
3 40 (8.47%) Terraform
4 32 (6.78%) WSUS
5 12 (2.54%) FortiGate
6 11 (2.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 10 (2.12%) SCCM
8 3 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.64%) Nagios
8 3 (0.64%) OfficeScan
9 2 (0.42%) Cisco Prime
9 2 (0.42%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (0.42%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.42%) Puppet
9 2 (0.42%) Rundeck
9 2 (0.42%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.21%) Nessus
10 1 (0.21%) Nmap
10 1 (0.21%) OpenNMS
10 1 (0.21%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 208 (44.07%) Cisco
2 177 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 117 (24.79%) VMware
4 85 (18.01%) Meraki
5 53 (11.23%) Fortinet
6 51 (10.81%) Palo Alto
7 32 (6.78%) Juniper
8 31 (6.57%) Aruba
9 26 (5.51%) HP
10 25 (5.30%) SolarWinds
11 24 (5.08%) Ruckus Wireless
12 22 (4.66%) Veeam
13 18 (3.81%) Citrix
14 17 (3.60%) CheckPoint
15 14 (2.97%) Dell
16 13 (2.75%) Red Hat
17 11 (2.33%) ServiceNow
18 9 (1.91%) Ekahau
18 9 (1.91%) F5
19 8 (1.69%) Apple