LAN Contracts in England

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 137 208
Rank change year-on-year -26 +71 -1
Contract jobs citing LAN 552 905 1,023
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.48% 1.92% 1.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.47% 15.28% 12.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 563 687
10th Percentile £200 £214 £193
25th Percentile £313 £320 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £550
90th Percentile £714 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £438
% change year-on-year -5.26% +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 38 48
10th Percentile £12.82 £18.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.75 £44.77 £17.61
Median hourly rate £23.15 £65.50 £22.63
Median % change year-on-year -64.66% +189.50% -30.38%
75th Percentile £40.00 £75.00 £48.62
90th Percentile £40.60 £80.25 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £66.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -65.91% +153.85% +12.74%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,811 5,924 8,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.94% 12.55% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,869 3,842 5,377
10th Percentile £213 £240 £227
25th Percentile £350 £381 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £601 £644 £619
90th Percentile £688 £731 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -3.41% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 390 410 319
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.44 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £17.53 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +128.15% -26.67% +3.96%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.28 £48.20
90th Percentile £71.94 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +116.22% -28.85% +4.00%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in England

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in England

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in England

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in England

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LAN in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for LAN in England

LAN
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the England region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
London -52 168 £475 -5.47% 56
South East -16 142 £400 -11.11% 53
South West +22 85 £650 +33.33% 31
Midlands -2 69 £464 +17.84% 52
North of England -30 63 £338 -18.18% 70
West Midlands +2 58 £450 +16.13% 36
Yorkshire +26 33 £325 -27.78% 21
North West -47 27 £350 -17.65% 43
East of England -28 18 £525 +31.25% 34
East Midlands -1 10 £525 +38.16% 16
North East +12 3 £350 +154.55% 6
LAN
UK

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 25 (4.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.72%) IIS
4 2 (0.36%) Confluence
4 2 (0.36%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.18%) Apache
Applications
1 48 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (3.44%) MS Visio
3 11 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.18%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 86 (15.58%) Azure
2 63 (11.41%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (10.51%) AWS
4 37 (6.70%) IaaS
5 36 (6.52%) SaaS
6 34 (6.16%) Cloud Computing
6 34 (6.16%) PaaS
7 13 (2.36%) GCP
8 10 (1.81%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.09%) Mimecast
9 6 (1.09%) WhatsApp
10 5 (0.91%) OCI
10 5 (0.91%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.54%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (0.54%) Amazon ElastiCache
11 3 (0.54%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (0.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 3 (0.54%) Nutanix
11 3 (0.54%) Rubrik
11 3 (0.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 439 (79.53%) WAN
2 190 (34.42%) Firewall
3 127 (23.01%) Wi-Fi
4 126 (22.83%) VPN
5 109 (19.75%) Wireless
6 77 (13.95%) DNS
7 76 (13.77%) DHCP
8 67 (12.14%) BGP
8 67 (12.14%) OSPF
9 61 (11.05%) MPLS
9 61 (11.05%) SD-WAN
10 60 (10.87%) WLAN
11 46 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
12 41 (7.43%) Network Security
13 39 (7.07%) VLAN
14 37 (6.70%) VoIP
15 36 (6.52%) SAN
16 33 (5.98%) IPsec
17 31 (5.62%) TCP/IP
18 29 (5.25%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.72%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.18%) MySQL
3 1 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (0.72%) JIRA
2 3 (0.54%) Git
2 3 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.18%) Gradle
3 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.18%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 154 (27.90%) Social Skills
2 78 (14.13%) Public Sector
3 55 (9.96%) Finance
4 42 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (5.98%) Telecoms
6 17 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (2.36%) Manufacturing
8 10 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (1.81%) Legal
8 10 (1.81%) Mandarin Language
8 10 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (1.45%) Aerospace
9 8 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.27%) Retail
11 6 (1.09%) Banking
11 6 (1.09%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.09%) Military
11 6 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.72%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 170 (30.80%) Network Engineer
2 146 (26.45%) Architect
3 110 (19.93%) Network Architect
4 44 (7.97%) Senior
5 39 (7.07%) Support Engineer
6 28 (5.07%) IT Engineer
7 27 (4.89%) IT Support
7 27 (4.89%) Senior Network Engineer
8 26 (4.71%) Analyst
8 26 (4.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 22 (3.99%) Technical Architect
10 18 (3.26%) 2nd Line Support
11 17 (3.08%) Lead
12 16 (2.90%) Cisco Engineer
12 16 (2.90%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 16 (2.90%) Desktop Support
12 16 (2.90%) IT Support Engineer
13 13 (2.36%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (2.36%) Network Support
14 12 (2.17%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.81%) Middleware
1 10 (1.81%) Web Services
2 8 (1.45%) 802.1X
3 5 (0.91%) XML
4 4 (0.72%) JSON
4 4 (0.72%) NETCONF
5 3 (0.54%) LDAP
5 3 (0.54%) Software Packaging
5 3 (0.54%) XMPP
6 2 (0.36%) AWS CDK
6 2 (0.36%) Jinja
6 2 (0.36%) RESTful
6 2 (0.36%) XSLT
6 2 (0.36%) YANG
7 1 (0.18%) EDI
7 1 (0.18%) LAPP Stack
7 1 (0.18%) libvirt
7 1 (0.18%) OAuth
7 1 (0.18%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.18%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 111 (20.11%) Data Centre
2 29 (5.25%) Driving Licence
3 24 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
4 19 (3.44%) PKI
5 18 (3.26%) Clustering
6 15 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (2.36%) Public Cloud
8 12 (2.17%) CMDB
9 11 (1.99%) Management Information System
9 11 (1.99%) Operational Technology
10 9 (1.63%) Client/Server
10 9 (1.63%) NHS
11 6 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.09%) Replication
11 6 (1.09%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.91%) CCTV
12 5 (0.91%) iPhone
12 5 (0.91%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.72%) Cloud Native
14 3 (0.54%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 150 (27.17%) Windows
2 57 (10.33%) Windows Server
3 46 (8.33%) Linux
4 43 (7.79%) Windows 10
5 30 (5.43%) Mac OS
6 19 (3.44%) Unix
7 15 (2.72%) Windows 7
8 11 (1.99%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (1.63%) Android
9 9 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (1.27%) Ubuntu
10 7 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.72%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.72%) CentOS
11 4 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.54%) Debian
13 2 (0.36%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.36%) Windows 8
13 2 (0.36%) zOS
14 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (18.30%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (12.86%) ITIL
3 51 (9.24%) Customer Service
4 49 (8.88%) Migration
5 44 (7.97%) Business Strategy
6 40 (7.25%) Network Management
6 40 (7.25%) Project Delivery
7 39 (7.07%) Agile
8 38 (6.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 36 (6.52%) Change Management
10 35 (6.34%) Customer Requirements
11 34 (6.16%) Project Management
12 33 (5.98%) Zero Trust
13 28 (5.07%) Open Source
14 27 (4.89%) Kalman Filter
15 25 (4.53%) Network Architecture
16 24 (4.35%) Asset Management
16 24 (4.35%) Decision-Making
16 24 (4.35%) Server Management
17 23 (4.17%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 36 (6.52%) PowerShell
2 22 (3.99%) Python
3 10 (1.81%) Bash
4 7 (1.27%) SQL
5 3 (0.54%) Java
6 2 (0.36%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.36%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.18%) Perl
Qualifications
1 194 (35.14%) Security Cleared
2 109 (19.75%) Cisco Certification
3 78 (14.13%) Degree
4 75 (13.59%) DV Cleared
5 68 (12.32%) CCNA
6 67 (12.14%) CCNP
7 53 (9.60%) SC Cleared
8 25 (4.53%) CCIE
9 15 (2.72%) JNCIA
10 13 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.63%) AWS Certification
11 9 (1.63%) CCIE Data Center
11 9 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (1.09%) JNCIS
14 5 (0.91%) Azure Certification
14 5 (0.91%) CCSA
14 5 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.91%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.88%) SLA
2 15 (2.72%) QA
3 6 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.72%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.36%) NCSC
6 1 (0.18%) COBIT
6 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 84 (15.22%) Active Directory
2 66 (11.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (4.53%) Hyper-V
4 21 (3.80%) Firmware
5 19 (3.44%) Virtual Servers
6 14 (2.54%) VMware ESXi
7 13 (2.36%) VMware NSX
8 8 (1.45%) VMware Workstation
9 5 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.91%) vSphere
10 4 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.72%) VMware Server
11 3 (0.54%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.54%) Docker
11 3 (0.54%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.36%) XenApp
13 1 (0.18%) Ceph
13 1 (0.18%) iptables
13 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 47 (8.51%) SCCM
2 16 (2.90%) FortiGate
3 15 (2.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (2.54%) Terraform
5 11 (1.99%) NetBackup
6 10 (1.81%) Ansible
7 9 (1.63%) Failover Clustering
7 9 (1.63%) Jamf Pro
7 9 (1.63%) Microsoft Clustering
7 9 (1.63%) vCenter Server
8 8 (1.45%) Nagios
8 8 (1.45%) SCOM
8 8 (1.45%) SolarWinds Orion
8 8 (1.45%) VxRail
9 7 (1.27%) Autotask
9 7 (1.27%) OpenView
10 4 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.72%) Kubernetes
10 4 (0.72%) Nessus
11 3 (0.54%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 241 (43.66%) Cisco
2 115 (20.83%) Microsoft
3 91 (16.49%) Juniper
4 83 (15.04%) VMware
5 68 (12.32%) Palo Alto
6 40 (7.25%) CheckPoint
7 39 (7.07%) Aruba
7 39 (7.07%) F5
8 29 (5.25%) Fortinet
8 29 (5.25%) HP
9 24 (4.35%) Meraki
10 21 (3.80%) Citrix
11 20 (3.62%) Infoblox
12 18 (3.26%) SolarWinds
13 17 (3.08%) ServiceNow
14 14 (2.54%) Brocade
15 12 (2.17%) Dell
16 11 (1.99%) 3Com
16 11 (1.99%) Apple
16 11 (1.99%) Blue Coat