LAN Contracts in Central London

Local Area Network (LAN)
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for LAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited LAN over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 128 163
Rank change year-on-year +27 +35 -37
Contract jobs citing LAN 27 52 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.13% 1.39% 0.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.25% 13.65% 8.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 31 23
10th Percentile £123 £200 £408
25th Percentile £163 £254 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £488 £530
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% -8.02% +0.95%
75th Percentile £628 £638 £638
90th Percentile £663 £675 £650
London median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +13.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £38.58
25th Percentile - - £39.06
Median hourly rate - - £41.25
75th Percentile - - £43.56
90th Percentile - - £44.13
London median hourly rate £20.40 £20.00 £44.37
% change year-on-year +2.00% -54.92% -11.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central 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 contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 240 381 443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.01% 10.17% 9.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 267 339
10th Percentile £205 £184 £313
25th Percentile £333 £364 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £666 £616
90th Percentile £721 £743 £713
London median daily rate £500 £571 £550
% change year-on-year -12.43% +3.82% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 10
10th Percentile - £20.46 £21.00
25th Percentile £12.75 £20.81 £24.50
Median hourly rate £13.50 £21.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% -48.15% +157.14%
75th Percentile £14.25 £24.64 £57.44
90th Percentile - £30.86 £63.43
London median hourly rate £22.75 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -43.13% +14.29% -29.51%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Central London

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in Central London.

Daily rate trend for LAN in Central London

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Central London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Central London

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in Central London

LAN
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Central London region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +14 21 £550 +12.82% 20
West End of London +4 2 £252 -59.65%
City of Westminster -1 2 - -
Lambeth - 1 £188 -
LAN
London

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 2 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (7.41%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.70%) Chatbot
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (22.22%) Azure
2 5 (18.52%) AWS
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.70%) GCP
4 1 (3.70%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.70%) IaaS
4 1 (3.70%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.70%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.70%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 20 (74.07%) WAN
2 10 (37.04%) Wireless
3 7 (25.93%) Firewall
3 7 (25.93%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (22.22%) WLAN
5 5 (18.52%) SD-WAN
6 4 (14.81%) Unified Communications
7 3 (11.11%) BGP
7 3 (11.11%) OSPF
8 2 (7.41%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (7.41%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (7.41%) DHCP
8 2 (7.41%) DNS
8 2 (7.41%) IPsec
8 2 (7.41%) Softphone
8 2 (7.41%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (7.41%) VoIP
8 2 (7.41%) VPN
9 1 (3.70%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (3.70%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Finance
3 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Banking
4 1 (3.70%) Law
4 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Network Engineer
2 4 (14.81%) Architect
2 4 (14.81%) IT Engineer
2 4 (14.81%) IT Support
2 4 (14.81%) IT Support Technician
2 4 (14.81%) IT Technician
2 4 (14.81%) Network Architect
2 4 (14.81%) Support Technician
3 3 (11.11%) Desktop Support Technician
3 3 (11.11%) Desktop Technician
3 3 (11.11%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Junior Desktop Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Junior Desktop Support
3 3 (11.11%) Junior Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Junior IT Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Junior IT Support
3 3 (11.11%) Junior IT Technician
3 3 (11.11%) Junior Support Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Junior Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Data Centre
2 3 (11.11%) iPhone
3 2 (7.41%) PKI
3 2 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (7.41%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.70%) Digital Signage
4 1 (3.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (3.70%) IVR
4 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.93%) Windows
2 2 (7.41%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.70%) Android
3 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (18.52%) Change Management
1 5 (18.52%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (14.81%) Asset Management
2 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
2 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (11.11%) Logistics
3 3 (11.11%) Performance Management
4 2 (7.41%) Agile
4 2 (7.41%) Analytics
4 2 (7.41%) Capacity Management
4 2 (7.41%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (7.41%) CRM
4 2 (7.41%) IT Strategy
4 2 (7.41%) ITIL
4 2 (7.41%) Migration
4 2 (7.41%) Network Design
4 2 (7.41%) Operations Management
4 2 (7.41%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 5 (18.52%) Degree
3 4 (14.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (11.11%) DV Cleared
5 2 (7.41%) CCNA
5 2 (7.41%) CCNP
6 1 (3.70%) CCIE
6 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.70%) PMI Certification
6 1 (3.70%) PMP
6 1 (3.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.70%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) Cisco
2 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
3 7 (25.93%) Juniper
4 6 (22.22%) Palo Alto
5 5 (18.52%) ServiceNow
6 2 (7.41%) CheckPoint
6 2 (7.41%) F5
6 2 (7.41%) Google
6 2 (7.41%) VMware
7 1 (3.70%) Apple
7 1 (3.70%) Aruba
7 1 (3.70%) Commvault
7 1 (3.70%) Dell
7 1 (3.70%) Fortinet
7 1 (3.70%) Genesys
7 1 (3.70%) HP
7 1 (3.70%) Meraki
7 1 (3.70%) Riverbed
7 1 (3.70%) SolarWinds