Hybrid/Remote LAN Job Trends

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring LAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 210 156
Rank change year-on-year +9 -54 +72
Permanent jobs citing LAN 181 252 470
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.21% 1.53% 2.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.28% 11.57% 15.95%
Number of salaries quoted 123 170 407
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £27,650
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% +11.34% -3.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,375 £60,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,250 £76,600
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -

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 1,363 2,178 2,946
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.12% 13.25% 13.54%
Number of salaries quoted 865 1,222 2,498
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,313 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £86,250 £84,056
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing LAN and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

LAN job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing LAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing LAN

LAN
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing LAN over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

LAN salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 29 (16.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (9.39%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.10%) Apache
3 2 (1.10%) nginx
4 1 (0.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (3.87%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (3.87%) MS Visio
2 6 (3.31%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 108 (59.67%) Azure
2 47 (25.97%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (19.34%) AWS
4 13 (7.18%) Entra ID
5 11 (6.08%) Google Workspace
6 8 (4.42%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (4.42%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.87%) GCP
7 7 (3.87%) GitHub
7 7 (3.87%) SaaS
8 5 (2.76%) Mimecast
8 5 (2.76%) PowerApps
9 4 (2.21%) AWS Direct Connect
9 4 (2.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (1.10%) IaaS
10 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.10%) OCI
10 2 (1.10%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.10%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 154 (85.08%) WAN
2 90 (49.72%) Firewall
3 81 (44.75%) SD-WAN
4 66 (36.46%) VPN
5 48 (26.52%) Wireless
6 45 (24.86%) Wi-Fi
7 39 (21.55%) DNS
8 34 (18.78%) TCP/IP
9 32 (17.68%) DHCP
10 26 (14.36%) Wireshark
11 25 (13.81%) VoIP
12 24 (13.26%) VLAN
13 20 (11.05%) WLAN
14 16 (8.84%) Network Security
15 15 (8.29%) MPLS
16 14 (7.73%) BGP
16 14 (7.73%) Cisco ASA
17 12 (6.63%) IPsec
18 11 (6.08%) HSRP
19 10 (5.52%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 7 (3.87%) Git
2 1 (0.55%) JIRA
General
1 69 (38.12%) Social Skills
2 45 (24.86%) Finance
3 38 (20.99%) Telecoms
4 11 (6.08%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.52%) Retail
6 9 (4.97%) Manufacturing
7 8 (4.42%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.76%) Banking
8 5 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.21%) Law
10 3 (1.66%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.66%) Automotive
10 3 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (29.83%) Network Engineer
2 30 (16.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 24 (13.26%) Senior
4 22 (12.15%) IT Support
4 22 (12.15%) Support Engineer
5 18 (9.94%) Analyst
5 18 (9.94%) IT Engineer
6 17 (9.39%) Senior Network Engineer
7 16 (8.84%) IT Support Engineer
7 16 (8.84%) Support Analyst
8 15 (8.29%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (7.73%) 2nd Line Support
10 12 (6.63%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 12 (6.63%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 10 (5.52%) Architect
11 10 (5.52%) Cisco Engineer
12 9 (4.97%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
12 9 (4.97%) Network Architect
12 9 (4.97%) Network Manager
12 9 (4.97%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.66%) JSON
2 2 (1.10%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 55 (30.39%) Data Centre
2 34 (18.78%) Management Information System
3 13 (7.18%) Driving Licence
4 7 (3.87%) Operational Technology
4 7 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.31%) CCTV
6 5 (2.76%) Social Media
7 4 (2.21%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.21%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.66%) BYOD
8 3 (1.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (1.66%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (1.66%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.66%) Web3
9 2 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.10%) iPad
9 2 (1.10%) iPhone
9 2 (1.10%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.10%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 61 (33.70%) Windows
2 31 (17.13%) Windows Server
3 24 (13.26%) Mac OS
3 24 (13.26%) Windows 10
4 17 (9.39%) Linux
5 15 (8.29%) Apple iOS
6 12 (6.63%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (4.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (4.97%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (4.42%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (3.87%) Android
10 2 (1.10%) CentOS
10 2 (1.10%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (30.94%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (24.86%) ITIL
3 40 (22.10%) Change Management
4 38 (20.99%) Customer Service
5 33 (18.23%) Problem Management
6 30 (16.57%) Coaching
6 30 (16.57%) Network Monitoring
7 29 (16.02%) Load Balancing
8 28 (15.47%) Asset Management
8 28 (15.47%) Capacity Planning
9 27 (14.92%) Network Virtualisation
10 26 (14.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 24 (13.26%) Network Planning
11 24 (13.26%) Service Delivery
12 23 (12.71%) Cybersecurity
12 23 (12.71%) High Availability
13 21 (11.60%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (11.05%) DevOps
15 19 (10.50%) Infrastructure as Code
15 19 (10.50%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 20 (11.05%) Python
2 5 (2.76%) Bash
2 5 (2.76%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.10%) Java
3 2 (1.10%) Perl
3 2 (1.10%) SQL
4 1 (0.55%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 49 (27.07%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (19.34%) CCNP
3 26 (14.36%) Degree
4 18 (9.94%) CCNA
5 15 (8.29%) Security Cleared
6 14 (7.73%) SC Cleared
7 13 (7.18%) Azure Certification
8 10 (5.52%) ITIL Certification
9 9 (4.97%) CCIE
9 9 (4.97%) Master's Degree
9 9 (4.97%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (4.42%) AWS Certification
11 7 (3.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (3.87%) DV Cleared
11 7 (3.87%) PMI Certification
11 7 (3.87%) PMP
12 5 (2.76%) DBS Check
12 5 (2.76%) MCSA
13 4 (2.21%) JNCIS
14 3 (1.66%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.08%) SLA
2 7 (3.87%) NIST
3 5 (2.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.10%) GRC
5 2 (1.10%) NCSC
5 2 (1.10%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.55%) Basel III
6 1 (0.55%) MiFID
System Software
1 49 (27.07%) Active Directory
2 15 (8.29%) Hyper-V
3 14 (7.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.87%) vSphere
5 6 (3.31%) NFS
6 4 (2.21%) Firmware
6 4 (2.21%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.66%) BitLocker
7 3 (1.66%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.66%) VMware NSX
8 2 (1.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 26 (14.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (12.15%) Ansible
3 17 (9.39%) Terraform
4 15 (8.29%) Jamf Pro
5 12 (6.63%) FortiGate
6 9 (4.97%) Kubernetes
7 8 (4.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (3.31%) Autotask
9 4 (2.21%) PaperCut
10 3 (1.66%) Endace
11 2 (1.10%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (1.10%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 1 (0.55%) Cisco Prime
12 1 (0.55%) OpenView
12 1 (0.55%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.55%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 102 (56.35%) Cisco
2 62 (34.25%) Microsoft
3 37 (20.44%) Palo Alto
4 36 (19.89%) CheckPoint
5 34 (18.78%) Meraki
6 32 (17.68%) SolarWinds
7 30 (16.57%) Fortinet
8 26 (14.36%) VMware
9 15 (8.29%) Apple
10 14 (7.73%) Google
10 14 (7.73%) Juniper
11 12 (6.63%) Extreme Networks
12 9 (4.97%) Red Hat
13 8 (4.42%) HP
14 7 (3.87%) Commvault
14 7 (3.87%) Dell
14 7 (3.87%) Pure Storage
15 6 (3.31%) Avaya
15 6 (3.31%) Logitech
15 6 (3.31%) Ubiquiti