LAN Contracts in London

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring LAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LAN over the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 235 185 319
Rank change year-on-year -50 +134 -30
Contract jobs citing LAN 169 365 321
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.96% 1.45% 0.83%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.16% 14.21% 8.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 206 209
10th Percentile £176 £211 £210
25th Percentile £350 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £516 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.99% +8.68% +13.77%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £588
90th Percentile £700 £750 £712
England median daily rate £470 £459 £427
% change year-on-year +2.40% +7.49% +6.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 6
10th Percentile - - £29.81
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £39.06
Median hourly rate £23.80 £41.03 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.00% -6.74% -12.00%
75th Percentile - £65.00 £48.06
90th Percentile - - £58.04
England median hourly rate £23.15 £65.50 £22.75
% change year-on-year -64.66% +187.91% -30.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

LAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,664 2,568 3,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.41% 10.21% 9.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,112 1,808 2,579
10th Percentile £215 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +12.82%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £660
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 49 90
10th Percentile £14.48 £18.93 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.71 £22.75 £23.91
Median hourly rate £23.80 £36.54 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -34.87% +36.60% -43.48%
75th Percentile £41.25 £69.50 £43.29
90th Percentile £59.75 £76.00 £63.39
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
% change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%

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 15 June 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 15 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
Central London +18 28 £500 -11.50% 5
West London +16 4 £600 +242.86% 2
East London -3 3 £125 -50.50% 4
South London -3 1 £225 -57.14% 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 (5.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.37%) IIS
2 4 (2.37%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.59%) Apache
Applications
1 11 (6.51%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.33%) MS Visio
3 8 (4.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (3.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.59%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 43 (25.44%) Azure
2 37 (21.89%) AWS
3 22 (13.02%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (5.33%) GCP
5 7 (4.14%) Entra ID
5 7 (4.14%) IaaS
5 7 (4.14%) SaaS
6 6 (3.55%) Mimecast
6 6 (3.55%) WhatsApp
7 5 (2.96%) OCI
8 4 (2.37%) PaaS
9 3 (1.78%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.78%) Amazon ECS
9 3 (1.78%) Amazon ElastiCache
9 3 (1.78%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (1.78%) Nutanix
9 3 (1.78%) Route 53
9 3 (1.78%) Rubrik
9 3 (1.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 128 (75.74%) WAN
2 89 (52.66%) Firewall
3 51 (30.18%) Wireless
4 47 (27.81%) VPN
5 46 (27.22%) BGP
6 45 (26.63%) OSPF
7 33 (19.53%) DNS
8 30 (17.75%) DHCP
9 28 (16.57%) SD-WAN
10 27 (15.98%) MPLS
11 26 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
12 24 (14.20%) Cisco Nexus
12 24 (14.20%) WLAN
13 20 (11.83%) EIGRP
13 20 (11.83%) VLAN
14 19 (11.24%) IPsec
15 17 (10.06%) Network Security
16 16 (9.47%) TCP/IP
17 15 (8.88%) Cisco ASA
17 15 (8.88%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.37%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.59%) MySQL
3 1 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Git
2 1 (0.59%) Gradle
2 1 (0.59%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 47 (27.81%) Social Skills
2 30 (17.75%) Finance
3 16 (9.47%) Public Sector
4 15 (8.88%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.92%) Mandarin Language
6 7 (4.14%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.55%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.37%) Banking
8 4 (2.37%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.18%) Aviation
10 2 (1.18%) Cantonese Language
10 2 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.18%) Legal
10 2 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.59%) Advertising
11 1 (0.59%) Military
11 1 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.59%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 63 (37.28%) Network Engineer
2 17 (10.06%) Architect
3 16 (9.47%) Senior
4 14 (8.28%) IT Support
5 13 (7.69%) IT Engineer
6 12 (7.10%) Support Engineer
7 11 (6.51%) Cisco Engineer
7 11 (6.51%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 10 (5.92%) Senior Network Engineer
9 9 (5.33%) Desktop Support
9 9 (5.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (4.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 7 (4.14%) Consultant
10 7 (4.14%) Network Architect
11 6 (3.55%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
11 6 (3.55%) IT Support Technician
11 6 (3.55%) IT Technician
11 6 (3.55%) Network Specialist
11 6 (3.55%) Support Technician
11 6 (3.55%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.55%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.37%) NETCONF
3 3 (1.78%) Software Packaging
4 2 (1.18%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.18%) Jinja
4 2 (1.18%) JSON
4 2 (1.18%) LDAP
4 2 (1.18%) RESTful
4 2 (1.18%) XML
4 2 (1.18%) YANG
5 1 (0.59%) EDI
5 1 (0.59%) LAMP
5 1 (0.59%) LAPP Stack
5 1 (0.59%) libvirt
5 1 (0.59%) Middleware
5 1 (0.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (13.61%) Data Centre
2 20 (11.83%) Video Conferencing
3 13 (7.69%) PKI
4 6 (3.55%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.96%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.37%) CMDB
6 4 (2.37%) iPhone
7 3 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.78%) Fat Client
7 3 (1.78%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.78%) Thin Client
8 2 (1.18%) CCTV
8 2 (1.18%) Clustering
8 2 (1.18%) Digital Signage
8 2 (1.18%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.18%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.18%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.18%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 38 (22.49%) Windows
2 20 (11.83%) Windows Server
3 17 (10.06%) Mac OS
4 11 (6.51%) Linux
4 11 (6.51%) Windows 10
5 6 (3.55%) Android
5 6 (3.55%) Unix
6 4 (2.37%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.78%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.78%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.78%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.59%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.59%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.59%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (16.57%) ITIL
2 22 (13.02%) Change Management
2 22 (13.02%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (11.24%) Kalman Filter
4 18 (10.65%) Migration
5 16 (9.47%) Customer Service
6 15 (8.88%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (7.10%) Server Management
8 11 (6.51%) Agile
8 11 (6.51%) Asset Management
8 11 (6.51%) Infrastructure as Code
8 11 (6.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 11 (6.51%) Problem Management
9 10 (5.92%) Computer Science
9 10 (5.92%) Network Monitoring
10 9 (5.33%) Cloud Security
10 9 (5.33%) Runbook
11 8 (4.73%) Capacity Management
11 8 (4.73%) High Availability
11 8 (4.73%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.06%) Python
2 10 (5.92%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.37%) Bash
4 3 (1.78%) SQL
5 2 (1.18%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.18%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.59%) Java
6 1 (0.59%) Perl
Qualifications
1 41 (24.26%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (18.34%) CCNP
3 23 (13.61%) CCNA
3 23 (13.61%) Degree
4 20 (11.83%) Security Cleared
5 12 (7.10%) CCIE
6 9 (5.33%) DV Cleared
7 8 (4.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (4.14%) SC Cleared
9 6 (3.55%) AWS Certification
9 6 (3.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (2.96%) Azure Certification
11 2 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (1.18%) PMI Certification
11 2 (1.18%) PMP
11 2 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (1.18%) RIBA
12 1 (0.59%) JNCIA
12 1 (0.59%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (11.83%) SLA
2 2 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.18%) NCSC
3 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.59%) QA
System Software
1 26 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 17 (10.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (6.51%) Hyper-V
3 11 (6.51%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (3.55%) Firmware
5 3 (1.78%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.78%) Docker
5 3 (1.78%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (1.78%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.18%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.59%) Ceph
7 1 (0.59%) iptables
7 1 (0.59%) KVM
7 1 (0.59%) Lustre
7 1 (0.59%) NFS
7 1 (0.59%) Samba
7 1 (0.59%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.59%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (7.10%) Terraform
2 9 (5.33%) SCCM
3 8 (4.73%) Ansible
4 7 (4.14%) SolarWinds Orion
5 6 (3.55%) FortiGate
6 5 (2.96%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (2.37%) VxRail
8 3 (1.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.78%) NetBackup
8 3 (1.78%) SCOM
8 3 (1.78%) SCVMM
9 2 (1.18%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (1.18%) Kubernetes
9 2 (1.18%) Nessus
9 2 (1.18%) Nmap
9 2 (1.18%) OpenNMS
10 1 (0.59%) CASB
10 1 (0.59%) NetMRI
10 1 (0.59%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 89 (52.66%) Cisco
2 46 (27.22%) Microsoft
3 35 (20.71%) Palo Alto
4 29 (17.16%) F5
5 23 (13.61%) Juniper
6 20 (11.83%) CheckPoint
6 20 (11.83%) VMware
7 16 (9.47%) Fortinet
8 15 (8.88%) Infoblox
9 13 (7.69%) ServiceNow
9 13 (7.69%) SolarWinds
10 12 (7.10%) Aruba
11 9 (5.33%) Dell
11 9 (5.33%) HP
12 7 (4.14%) TOWER Software
13 6 (3.55%) Commvault
13 6 (3.55%) Google
13 6 (3.55%) Meraki
14 5 (2.96%) Blue Coat
15 4 (2.37%) Citrix