LAN Contracts in the South East

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 65 96
Rank change year-on-year -7 +31 -16
Contract jobs citing LAN 145 183 186
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.57% 3.24% 2.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.05% 19.06% 14.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 102 117
10th Percentile £203 £273 £203
25th Percentile £205 £331 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £488 £524 £616
90th Percentile £650 £588 £653
England median daily rate £473 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 22 15
10th Percentile £34.47 £18.77 £12.55
25th Percentile £58.44 £60.25 £13.00
Median hourly rate £73.50 £66.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% +193.33% -64.29%
75th Percentile £75.68 £75.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.47 £79.92 £59.63
England median hourly rate £23.15 £65.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -64.38% +188.89% -30.77%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,203 960 1,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.32% 17.02% 16.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 585 570 772
10th Percentile £205 £245 £205
25th Percentile £375 £372 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £486 £453
Median % change year-on-year +2.83% +7.34% +6.59%
75th Percentile £608 £588 £563
90th Percentile £650 £700 £656
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 71 78
10th Percentile £16.68 £18.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £27.13 £42.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £57.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% +167.44% -49.41%
75th Percentile £65.00 £74.63 £47.50
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £60.98
England median hourly rate £40.00 £17.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +135.29% -28.90% +3.48%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the South East

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in the South East.

Daily rate trend for LAN in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in the South East

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LAN in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for LAN in the South East

LAN
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Thames Valley +6 68 £210 -56.50% 22
Berkshire -3 59 £210 -58.00% 13
Hampshire -9 51 £450 +5.88% 6
Surrey +2 12 £405 -22.86% 2
Kent +5 7 £205 -36.92% 7
Oxfordshire +7 5 £465 +3.33% 6
Buckinghamshire +11 4 £350 -27.17% 3
East Sussex +8 4 £400 -42.86%
West Sussex +4 2 £113 -71.88% 2
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.69%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 25 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.07%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.69%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (8.97%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (4.14%) Azure
3 4 (2.76%) AWS
4 3 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (2.07%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.38%) Google Workspace
5 2 (1.38%) IaaS
5 2 (1.38%) PaaS
5 2 (1.38%) SaaS
6 1 (0.69%) GCP
6 1 (0.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 111 (76.55%) WAN
2 41 (28.28%) Firewall
3 36 (24.83%) VPN
4 34 (23.45%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (8.97%) Network Security
5 13 (8.97%) Wireless
6 12 (8.28%) DNS
7 11 (7.59%) DHCP
8 8 (5.52%) TCP/IP
9 7 (4.83%) BGP
9 7 (4.83%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (4.83%) Cisco ISE
9 7 (4.83%) IPsec
9 7 (4.83%) OSPF
10 6 (4.14%) EIGRP
10 6 (4.14%) VLAN
11 5 (3.45%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (3.45%) MPLS
11 5 (3.45%) SD-WAN
12 4 (2.76%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.38%) SQL Server
General
1 39 (26.90%) Social Skills
2 20 (13.79%) Public Sector
3 13 (8.97%) Organisational Skills
4 11 (7.59%) Finance
5 7 (4.83%) Manufacturing
5 7 (4.83%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.07%) Automotive
6 3 (2.07%) Electronics
6 3 (2.07%) Marketing
6 3 (2.07%) Military
7 2 (1.38%) French Language
7 2 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.38%) Law
7 2 (1.38%) Portuguese Language
7 2 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.38%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.69%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.69%) Billing
Job Titles
1 54 (37.24%) Architect
2 49 (33.79%) Network Architect
3 45 (31.03%) Network Engineer
4 16 (11.03%) Senior
5 14 (9.66%) Senior Network Engineer
6 13 (8.97%) Hardware Engineer
7 8 (5.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (4.14%) IT Support
9 5 (3.45%) Break Fix Engineer
9 5 (3.45%) IT Engineer
10 4 (2.76%) Desktop Support
10 4 (2.76%) IT Support Engineer
10 4 (2.76%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (2.76%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 4 (2.76%) Support Engineer
11 3 (2.07%) 2nd Line Support
11 3 (2.07%) Analyst
11 3 (2.07%) Support Specialist
11 3 (2.07%) Systems Engineer
11 3 (2.07%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.07%) XMPP
2 2 (1.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.72%) Driving Licence
2 16 (11.03%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.07%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.38%) CMDB
4 2 (1.38%) NHS
4 2 (1.38%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.38%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.38%) SCADA
4 2 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.69%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (0.69%) IoT
5 1 (0.69%) iPhone
5 1 (0.69%) Life Science
5 1 (0.69%) PKI
5 1 (0.69%) Smartcard
5 1 (0.69%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 36 (24.83%) Windows
2 20 (13.79%) Windows 10
3 13 (8.97%) Windows 7
4 9 (6.21%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.76%) Android
5 4 (2.76%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.76%) Linux
6 2 (1.38%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.38%) Unix
7 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (23.45%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (18.62%) Customer Requirements
3 22 (15.17%) Project Management
4 21 (14.48%) Customer Service
4 21 (14.48%) Project Delivery
5 18 (12.41%) ITIL
6 15 (10.34%) Agile
6 15 (10.34%) Service Delivery
7 14 (9.66%) Preventative Maintenance
8 13 (8.97%) Software Deployment
8 13 (8.97%) Software Testing
9 9 (6.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (5.52%) Availability Management
10 8 (5.52%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (4.83%) Migration
12 6 (4.14%) Service Management
13 5 (3.45%) Incident Management
13 5 (3.45%) Information Security
13 5 (3.45%) Line Management
14 4 (2.76%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 93 (64.14%) Security Cleared
2 30 (20.69%) DV Cleared
3 22 (15.17%) Degree
4 20 (13.79%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (9.66%) CCNP
6 13 (8.97%) CCNA
7 11 (7.59%) SC Cleared
8 10 (6.90%) JNCIA
9 4 (2.76%) CCSA
10 3 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.38%) CCIE
12 1 (0.69%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.69%) CCDP
12 1 (0.69%) CCIP
12 1 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.69%) HNC
12 1 (0.69%) MCSA
12 1 (0.69%) MCSE
12 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.69%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (15.86%) SLA
2 3 (2.07%) QA
3 2 (1.38%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (13.79%) Active Directory
2 13 (8.97%) Firmware
3 12 (8.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.38%) XenApp
5 1 (0.69%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 23 (15.86%) SCCM
2 3 (2.07%) AppManager
3 2 (1.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (1.38%) Nessus
3 2 (1.38%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (1.38%) SCOM
4 1 (0.69%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.69%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.69%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (0.69%) VxRail
Vendors
1 73 (50.34%) Cisco
2 46 (31.72%) Juniper
3 31 (21.38%) Microsoft
4 20 (13.79%) HP
5 18 (12.41%) VMware
6 11 (7.59%) Palo Alto
7 10 (6.90%) CheckPoint
8 6 (4.14%) Aruba
9 5 (3.45%) Blue Coat
9 5 (3.45%) Citrix
9 5 (3.45%) Fortinet
9 5 (3.45%) SolarWinds
10 4 (2.76%) Meraki
10 4 (2.76%) SAP
10 4 (2.76%) ServiceNow
11 3 (2.07%) Apple
11 3 (2.07%) Ivanti
12 2 (1.38%) F5
12 2 (1.38%) Google
12 2 (1.38%) Splunk