LAN Contracts in the UK excluding London

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 109 117
Rank change year-on-year +11 +8 +11
Contract jobs citing LAN 438 561 679
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.13% 2.35% 2.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.94% 15.73% 16.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 370 441
10th Percentile £200 £226 £180
25th Percentile £300 £313 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +13.33% -
75th Percentile £650 £520 £500
90th Percentile £725 £588 £600
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 25 46
10th Percentile £12.79 £21.53 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.75 £43.75 £16.66
Median hourly rate £22.50 £66.00 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year -65.91% +203.45% +11.54%
75th Percentile £40.00 £75.00 £28.41
90th Percentile £50.30 £80.25 £49.76
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £65.00 £23.48
% change year-on-year -65.38% +176.86% +20.40%

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,384 3,566 4,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.46% 14.92% 13.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,939 2,267 2,643
10th Percentile £203 £210 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £586 £545
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £495 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -4.81% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 324 235
10th Percentile £13.43 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.44
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -10.42%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £59.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £27.50
% change year-on-year +111.30% -31.16% +3.77%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
South East +2 150 £375 -16.67% 61
South West +37 91 £650 +31.65% 31
Midlands +23 81 £475 +13.10% 52
North of England -3 75 £375 - 91
West Midlands +29 68 £475 +13.10% 36
Yorkshire +35 40 £400 -11.11% 27
North West -28 33 £350 -6.67% 59
Scotland +28 22 £675 +54.29% 9
East of England -13 20 £488 +20.00% 33
East Midlands +6 11 £555 +53.10% 16
Wales -10 5 £220 -40.54% 13
North East +14 2 £400 +73.91% 5
LAN
UK

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 19 (4.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (2.51%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.91%) IIS
4 3 (0.68%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.46%) Confluence
6 1 (0.23%) nginx
Applications
1 45 (10.27%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.74%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.23%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.23%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
2 1 (0.23%) RMDS
2 1 (0.23%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 51 (11.64%) Azure
2 48 (10.96%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (7.31%) IaaS
3 32 (7.31%) PaaS
4 30 (6.85%) Cloud Computing
5 29 (6.62%) SaaS
6 24 (5.48%) AWS
7 5 (1.14%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.14%) OneDrive
8 3 (0.68%) GCP
8 3 (0.68%) iPaaS
9 2 (0.46%) GitHub
9 2 (0.46%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.23%) OCI
10 1 (0.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 353 (80.59%) WAN
2 127 (29.00%) Firewall
3 103 (23.52%) Wi-Fi
4 91 (20.78%) VPN
5 59 (13.47%) Wireless
6 46 (10.50%) DHCP
7 45 (10.27%) DNS
8 40 (9.13%) SD-WAN
9 38 (8.68%) WLAN
10 36 (8.22%) MPLS
11 34 (7.76%) SAN
12 28 (6.39%) VoIP
13 27 (6.16%) Cisco Nexus
14 25 (5.71%) Network Security
15 23 (5.25%) BGP
16 22 (5.02%) OSPF
17 20 (4.57%) Cisco ASA
18 19 (4.34%) Ethernet
19 18 (4.11%) TCP/IP
19 18 (4.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.34%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.23%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (0.91%) JIRA
2 2 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 132 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 75 (17.12%) Public Sector
3 29 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (6.62%) Finance
4 28 (6.39%) Telecoms
5 22 (5.02%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (2.51%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.05%) Legal
7 9 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (1.83%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.60%) Back Office
9 7 (1.60%) Retail
10 6 (1.37%) Marketing
11 5 (1.14%) Electronics
11 5 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.91%) Military
13 3 (0.68%) Automotive
13 3 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.46%) Law
Job Titles
1 152 (34.70%) Architect
2 112 (25.57%) Network Architect
3 111 (25.34%) Network Engineer
4 28 (6.39%) Senior
4 28 (6.39%) Support Engineer
5 22 (5.02%) Analyst
5 22 (5.02%) Technical Architect
6 21 (4.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (4.34%) IT Engineer
7 19 (4.34%) Lead
8 17 (3.88%) Hardware Engineer
8 17 (3.88%) Senior Network Engineer
9 15 (3.42%) IT Support
9 15 (3.42%) Technical Support
10 12 (2.74%) 2nd Line Support
10 12 (2.74%) Field Engineer
10 12 (2.74%) IT Support Engineer
10 12 (2.74%) Lead Architect
11 11 (2.51%) Project Manager
12 10 (2.28%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.74%) Web Services
2 9 (2.05%) Middleware
3 4 (0.91%) LDAP
4 3 (0.68%) .NET
4 3 (0.68%) J2EE
4 3 (0.68%) XMPP
5 2 (0.46%) XML
5 2 (0.46%) XSLT
6 1 (0.23%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 94 (21.46%) Data Centre
2 32 (7.31%) Driving Licence
3 16 (3.65%) Clustering
4 14 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (2.97%) Client/Server
6 12 (2.74%) NHS
7 11 (2.51%) Operational Technology
7 11 (2.51%) Public Cloud
8 10 (2.28%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.28%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (1.83%) CMDB
9 8 (1.83%) PKI
10 5 (1.14%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.91%) AS400
11 4 (0.91%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.91%) Replication
12 3 (0.68%) Blog
12 3 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.68%) EPoS
12 3 (0.68%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 138 (31.51%) Windows
2 54 (12.33%) Windows Server
3 41 (9.36%) Windows 10
4 40 (9.13%) Linux
5 18 (4.11%) Unix
6 17 (3.88%) Windows 7
7 13 (2.97%) Mac OS
8 10 (2.28%) Windows Server 2012
8 10 (2.28%) Windows Server 2019
9 8 (1.83%) Ubuntu
10 6 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (1.14%) Android
11 5 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.91%) Apple iOS
12 4 (0.91%) CentOS
13 3 (0.68%) Debian
13 3 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.46%) zOS
15 1 (0.23%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (12.33%) ITIL
3 51 (11.64%) Customer Service
4 42 (9.59%) Network Management
5 41 (9.36%) Business Strategy
6 39 (8.90%) Migration
7 38 (8.68%) Project Delivery
8 36 (8.22%) Customer Requirements
9 35 (7.99%) Project Management
10 32 (7.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 32 (7.31%) Zero Trust
11 29 (6.62%) Agile
12 27 (6.16%) Open Source
13 25 (5.71%) Service Delivery
14 24 (5.48%) Decision-Making
15 21 (4.79%) Data Protection
16 20 (4.57%) Load Balancing
17 18 (4.11%) Stakeholder Management
17 18 (4.11%) Technical Leadership
18 17 (3.88%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (6.39%) PowerShell
2 8 (1.83%) Bash
3 7 (1.60%) SQL
4 6 (1.37%) Python
5 2 (0.46%) Java
Qualifications
1 191 (43.61%) Security Cleared
2 75 (17.12%) Cisco Certification
2 75 (17.12%) DV Cleared
3 72 (16.44%) Degree
4 51 (11.64%) CCNA
5 50 (11.42%) SC Cleared
6 40 (9.13%) CCNP
7 14 (3.20%) JNCIA
8 12 (2.74%) CCIE
9 9 (2.05%) CCIE Data Center
9 9 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.14%) CCSA
11 5 (1.14%) JNCIS
11 5 (1.14%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (0.91%) HND
13 3 (0.68%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.68%) ECDL
13 3 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.68%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (8.22%) SLA
2 14 (3.20%) QA
3 3 (0.68%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.68%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.23%) COBIT
4 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.23%) HL7
4 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 73 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 64 (14.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.02%) Hyper-V
4 19 (4.34%) Firmware
5 16 (3.65%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (3.42%) VMware NSX
7 10 (2.28%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (1.83%) VMware Workstation
9 6 (1.37%) vSphere
10 5 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
11 4 (0.91%) VMware Server
12 3 (0.68%) XenApp
13 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.23%) Docker
14 1 (0.23%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 56 (12.79%) SCCM
2 13 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (2.28%) Microsoft Clustering
3 10 (2.28%) vCenter Server
4 8 (1.83%) FortiGate
4 8 (1.83%) Nagios
4 8 (1.83%) NetBackup
5 6 (1.37%) Autotask
5 6 (1.37%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (1.37%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (1.37%) SCOM
6 5 (1.14%) OpenView
6 5 (1.14%) VxRail
7 3 (0.68%) AppManager
7 3 (0.68%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.46%) Cisco Prime
8 2 (0.46%) Nessus
8 2 (0.46%) OPNET
8 2 (0.46%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 173 (39.50%) Cisco
2 93 (21.23%) Microsoft
3 84 (19.18%) VMware
4 72 (16.44%) Juniper
5 33 (7.53%) Palo Alto
6 30 (6.85%) HP
7 25 (5.71%) Aruba
8 22 (5.02%) CheckPoint
9 19 (4.34%) Meraki
10 17 (3.88%) Citrix
10 17 (3.88%) Fortinet
11 16 (3.65%) SolarWinds
12 14 (3.20%) F5
13 13 (2.97%) SAP
14 11 (2.51%) 3Com
14 11 (2.51%) Brocade
15 10 (2.28%) Apple
15 10 (2.28%) NetApp
16 8 (1.83%) Hitachi
16 8 (1.83%) ServiceNow