LAN Contracts in London

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > London

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 211 211 310
Rank change year-on-year 0 +99 -42
Contract jobs citing LAN 197 351 319
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.11% 1.30% 0.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.54% 13.12% 8.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 189 204
10th Percentile £201 £213 £197
25th Percentile £350 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.11% +11.45%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £585
90th Percentile £835 £775 £693
England median daily rate £475 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 6
10th Percentile - - £39.79
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £41.37
Median hourly rate £20.40 £20.00 £44.37
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -54.92% -11.26%
75th Percentile £23.80 £65.00 £48.06
90th Percentile - - £58.04
England median hourly rate £22.50 £65.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -65.38% +188.89% +0.36%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,707 2,676 3,692
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.59% 9.94% 9.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,137 1,881 2,550
10th Percentile £213 £256 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 54 82
10th Percentile £14.48 £20.07 £20.90
25th Percentile £18.36 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £22.00 £43.00 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year -48.84% +27.41% -25.00%
75th Percentile £41.25 £69.88 £48.20
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in London

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in London

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in London

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in London

LAN
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Central London +16 26 £300 -41.18% 20
West London +11 3 £525 +153.01% 2
East London -4 3 £323 +27.72% 4
South London +7 2 £450 +69.81% 3
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 10 (5.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.52%) IIS
4 1 (0.51%) Apache
Applications
1 11 (5.58%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (5.58%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (5.08%) MS Visio
3 6 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.51%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 46 (23.35%) Azure
2 43 (21.83%) AWS
3 22 (11.17%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (6.60%) GCP
5 9 (4.57%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (4.06%) Entra ID
7 6 (3.05%) IaaS
8 5 (2.54%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (2.54%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.54%) Mimecast
8 5 (2.54%) OCI
8 5 (2.54%) Route 53
8 5 (2.54%) SaaS
9 4 (2.03%) WhatsApp
10 3 (1.52%) Amazon ECS
10 3 (1.52%) Amazon ElastiCache
10 3 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.52%) PaaS
10 3 (1.52%) Serverless
11 2 (1.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 160 (81.22%) WAN
2 113 (57.36%) Firewall
3 76 (38.58%) VPN
4 72 (36.55%) Wireless
5 66 (33.50%) OSPF
6 65 (32.99%) BGP
7 44 (22.34%) DNS
8 41 (20.81%) DHCP
9 39 (19.80%) WLAN
10 35 (17.77%) Wi-Fi
11 32 (16.24%) IPsec
12 29 (14.72%) Cisco ASA
13 28 (14.21%) MPLS
14 27 (13.71%) SD-WAN
15 26 (13.20%) VLAN
16 23 (11.68%) Network Security
17 22 (11.17%) EIGRP
18 21 (10.66%) Cisco Nexus
19 20 (10.15%) TCP/IP
20 18 (9.14%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.05%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.51%) MySQL
2 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Git
2 1 (0.51%) Gradle
2 1 (0.51%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 55 (27.92%) Social Skills
2 33 (16.75%) Finance
3 23 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (10.15%) Public Sector
5 13 (6.60%) Mandarin Language
6 9 (4.57%) Banking
7 8 (4.06%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.05%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.52%) Front Office
10 3 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.52%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.02%) Aviation
11 2 (1.02%) Cantonese Language
11 2 (1.02%) Legal
11 2 (1.02%) Military
11 2 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.51%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 61 (30.96%) Network Engineer
2 22 (11.17%) Network Specialist
3 21 (10.66%) Senior
4 19 (9.64%) Architect
5 16 (8.12%) Support Engineer
6 12 (6.09%) IT Engineer
6 12 (6.09%) IT Support
7 11 (5.58%) Senior Network Engineer
8 10 (5.08%) Cisco Engineer
8 10 (5.08%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 10 (5.08%) Network Architect
9 8 (4.06%) Desktop Support
10 7 (3.55%) 2nd Line Support
10 7 (3.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (3.55%) Lead
10 7 (3.55%) Project Manager
11 6 (3.05%) IT Support Engineer
11 6 (3.05%) Security Engineer
11 6 (3.05%) Technical Architect
11 6 (3.05%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.55%) 802.1X
2 6 (3.05%) LDAP
3 4 (2.03%) NETCONF
4 2 (1.02%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.02%) Jinja
4 2 (1.02%) JSON
4 2 (1.02%) Middleware
4 2 (1.02%) RESTful
4 2 (1.02%) Software Packaging
4 2 (1.02%) XML
4 2 (1.02%) YANG
5 1 (0.51%) LAMP
5 1 (0.51%) LAPP Stack
5 1 (0.51%) libvirt
Miscellaneous
1 29 (14.72%) Data Centre
2 27 (13.71%) PKI
3 22 (11.17%) Video Conferencing
4 9 (4.57%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.54%) CCTV
7 4 (2.03%) iPhone
7 4 (2.03%) NHS
7 4 (2.03%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.03%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.52%) CMDB
8 3 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.52%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.02%) Clustering
9 2 (1.02%) Digital Signage
9 2 (1.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.02%) Fat Client
9 2 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (1.02%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 46 (23.35%) Windows
2 25 (12.69%) Windows Server
3 16 (8.12%) Mac OS
4 13 (6.60%) Linux
5 11 (5.58%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.54%) Android
6 5 (2.54%) Unix
7 3 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.02%) CentOS
8 2 (1.02%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.02%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.51%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (17.26%) Change Management
2 30 (15.23%) ITIL
3 29 (14.72%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (13.71%) Migration
5 23 (11.68%) Infrastructure as Code
6 22 (11.17%) Agile
7 21 (10.66%) Threat Management
8 20 (10.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 18 (9.14%) Root Cause Analysis
9 18 (9.14%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (8.63%) Customer Service
11 16 (8.12%) Network Architecture
12 15 (7.61%) Network Design
13 14 (7.11%) Capacity Management
13 14 (7.11%) Kalman Filter
14 13 (6.60%) Project Management
15 12 (6.09%) Asset Management
15 12 (6.09%) Cybersecurity
15 12 (6.09%) Disaster Recovery
16 11 (5.58%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 20 (10.15%) Python
2 14 (7.11%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.03%) Bash
3 4 (2.03%) SQL
4 2 (1.02%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.02%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.51%) Java
5 1 (0.51%) Perl
Qualifications
1 44 (22.34%) Cisco Certification
2 34 (17.26%) CCNP
3 32 (16.24%) Security Cleared
4 28 (14.21%) Degree
5 22 (11.17%) CCNA
5 22 (11.17%) SC Cleared
6 12 (6.09%) CCIE
7 8 (4.06%) DV Cleared
7 8 (4.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.54%) AWS Certification
9 5 (2.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (2.54%) Azure Certification
10 4 (2.03%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.52%) MCSE
12 2 (1.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 2 (1.02%) PMI Certification
12 2 (1.02%) PMP
12 2 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 1 (0.51%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.17%) SLA
2 4 (2.03%) QA
3 3 (1.52%) NCSC
4 2 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 31 (15.74%) Active Directory
2 15 (7.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (4.57%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (4.06%) Hyper-V
5 6 (3.05%) Firmware
6 5 (2.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (2.03%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.52%) Docker
9 2 (1.02%) BitLocker
9 2 (1.02%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (1.02%) VMware NSX
9 2 (1.02%) vSphere
10 1 (0.51%) Ceph
10 1 (0.51%) iptables
10 1 (0.51%) KVM
10 1 (0.51%) Lustre
10 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.51%) NFS
10 1 (0.51%) Samba
10 1 (0.51%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 18 (9.14%) FortiGate
2 13 (6.60%) Terraform
3 9 (4.57%) Ansible
4 7 (3.55%) SCCM
5 5 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (2.54%) SolarWinds Orion
6 4 (2.03%) Kubernetes
7 3 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.52%) SCOM
7 3 (1.52%) TrustSec
7 3 (1.52%) VxRail
8 2 (1.02%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.02%) Nessus
8 2 (1.02%) NetBackup
8 2 (1.02%) Nmap
8 2 (1.02%) OpenNMS
8 2 (1.02%) Puppet
8 2 (1.02%) SCVMM
8 2 (1.02%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 112 (56.85%) Cisco
2 58 (29.44%) Palo Alto
3 47 (23.86%) Microsoft
4 35 (17.77%) Juniper
5 34 (17.26%) F5
6 29 (14.72%) Fortinet
7 26 (13.20%) CheckPoint
8 19 (9.64%) VMware
9 16 (8.12%) Infoblox
10 12 (6.09%) Meraki
10 12 (6.09%) ServiceNow
10 12 (6.09%) SolarWinds
11 11 (5.58%) Extreme Networks
12 9 (4.57%) Aruba
13 8 (4.06%) Dell
13 8 (4.06%) Google
14 7 (3.55%) TOWER Software
15 6 (3.05%) Blue Coat
15 6 (3.05%) HP
16 5 (2.54%) Citrix