Local Area Network (LAN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 147 153 218
Rank change year-on-year +6 +65 -24
Contract jobs citing LAN 722 1,021 1,195
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.65% 1.70% 1.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.66% 13.74% 12.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 636 793
10th Percentile £203 £229 £185
25th Percentile £313 £325 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £550 £538
90th Percentile £745 £650 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £425 £388
% change year-on-year +11.76% +9.68% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 41 60
10th Percentile £12.86 £21.22 £13.23
25th Percentile £15.76 £47.50 £18.29
Median hourly rate £23.80 £65.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.38% +188.89% +15.38%
75th Percentile £40.00 £75.00 £46.69
90th Percentile £52.00 £81.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.87 £65.50 £21.75
% change year-on-year -62.03% +201.15% +11.54%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,705 7,429 9,783
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.07% 12.35% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,431 4,839 6,415
10th Percentile £205 £231 £227
25th Percentile £350 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £603
90th Percentile £700 £723 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £433
% change year-on-year - +9.70% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 427 491 363
10th Percentile £13.71 £9.80 £14.83
25th Percentile £17.69 £10.63 £17.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +110.53% -32.74% +6.89%
75th Percentile £62.25 £60.53 £50.00
90th Percentile £67.21 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.95 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +153.76% -13.95% -11.34%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the UK

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in the UK

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in the UK

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in the UK

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LAN over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for LAN in the UK

LAN
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 24 April 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
England +27 662 £475 +5.56% 342
UK excluding London +21 473 £475 +11.76% 258
London +2 203 £475 -3.55% 96
Work from Home -31 162 £525 +7.69% 120
South East 0 156 £375 -16.67% 57
South West +39 100 £650 +31.65% 25
North of England +22 87 £425 +14.86% 74
Midlands +17 77 £475 +11.76% 57
West Midlands +33 64 £475 +11.76% 40
North West -12 43 £450 +16.13% 47
Yorkshire +43 42 £425 +21.43% 21
East of England +3 31 £525 +13.51% 34
Scotland +20 23 £600 +39.13% 6
East Midlands -4 11 £555 +53.10% 17
Wales -10 5 £220 -42.86% 7
North East +13 2 £400 +73.91% 6

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 35 (4.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.35%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.11%) IIS
4 5 (0.69%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.28%) Confluence
6 1 (0.14%) Apache
6 1 (0.14%) nginx
Applications
1 59 (8.17%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (2.91%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.14%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.14%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
2 1 (0.14%) RMDS
2 1 (0.14%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 111 (15.37%) Azure
2 81 (11.22%) Microsoft 365
3 79 (10.94%) AWS
4 41 (5.68%) IaaS
5 40 (5.54%) Cloud Computing
6 38 (5.26%) PaaS
7 36 (4.99%) SaaS
8 22 (3.05%) GCP
9 16 (2.22%) Entra ID
10 7 (0.97%) Mimecast
10 7 (0.97%) OneDrive
11 6 (0.83%) OCI
12 5 (0.69%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (0.69%) Amazon S3
12 5 (0.69%) Route 53
13 4 (0.55%) WhatsApp
14 3 (0.42%) Amazon ECS
14 3 (0.42%) AWS Lambda
14 3 (0.42%) Rubrik
14 3 (0.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 577 (79.92%) WAN
2 268 (37.12%) Firewall
3 184 (25.48%) VPN
4 151 (20.91%) Wireless
5 149 (20.64%) Wi-Fi
6 100 (13.85%) BGP
7 99 (13.71%) OSPF
8 96 (13.30%) DNS
9 93 (12.88%) SD-WAN
10 91 (12.60%) DHCP
11 87 (12.05%) WLAN
12 67 (9.28%) MPLS
13 65 (9.00%) Network Security
14 55 (7.62%) Cisco ASA
15 53 (7.34%) Cisco Nexus
16 50 (6.93%) IPsec
16 50 (6.93%) VLAN
17 48 (6.65%) VoIP
18 45 (6.23%) TCP/IP
19 42 (5.82%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.05%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.28%) MySQL
3 2 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (0.55%) Git
2 3 (0.42%) JIRA
2 3 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.14%) Gradle
3 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
General
1 202 (27.98%) Social Skills
2 108 (14.96%) Public Sector
3 76 (10.53%) Finance
4 52 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (6.09%) Telecoms
6 25 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (1.94%) Mandarin Language
8 14 (1.94%) Manufacturing
9 11 (1.52%) Legal
10 10 (1.39%) Banking
11 9 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.11%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.11%) Electronics
12 8 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.11%) Marketing
13 7 (0.97%) Back Office
13 7 (0.97%) Retail
14 6 (0.83%) Military
14 6 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 202 (27.98%) Network Engineer
2 186 (25.76%) Architect
3 127 (17.59%) Network Architect
4 59 (8.17%) Senior
5 44 (6.09%) Support Engineer
6 33 (4.57%) IT Engineer
7 32 (4.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 32 (4.43%) Senior Network Engineer
8 30 (4.16%) Lead
9 27 (3.74%) Technical Architect
10 26 (3.60%) Cisco Engineer
10 26 (3.60%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 26 (3.60%) IT Support
11 25 (3.46%) Analyst
12 23 (3.19%) Network Specialist
13 22 (3.05%) Project Manager
14 19 (2.63%) 2nd Line Support
15 18 (2.49%) Consultant
15 18 (2.49%) Hardware Engineer
15 18 (2.49%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.80%) LDAP
2 12 (1.66%) Middleware
2 12 (1.66%) Web Services
3 9 (1.25%) 802.1X
4 6 (0.83%) XML
5 5 (0.69%) JSON
5 5 (0.69%) NETCONF
6 3 (0.42%) .NET
6 3 (0.42%) J2EE
6 3 (0.42%) Jinja
6 3 (0.42%) RESTful
6 3 (0.42%) XMPP
6 3 (0.42%) YANG
7 2 (0.28%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.28%) Software Packaging
7 2 (0.28%) XSLT
8 1 (0.14%) EDI
8 1 (0.14%) LAMP
8 1 (0.14%) OAuth
8 1 (0.14%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 132 (18.28%) Data Centre
2 44 (6.09%) Video Conferencing
3 35 (4.85%) Driving Licence
4 34 (4.71%) PKI
5 25 (3.46%) Management Information System
6 21 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (2.49%) Clustering
7 18 (2.49%) NHS
8 17 (2.35%) Public Cloud
9 14 (1.94%) Client/Server
10 11 (1.52%) CMDB
10 11 (1.52%) Operational Technology
11 8 (1.11%) CCTV
11 8 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.11%) Virtual Team
12 7 (0.97%) Onboarding
13 6 (0.83%) Replication
14 5 (0.69%) Product Ownership
14 5 (0.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 4 (0.55%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 191 (26.45%) Windows
2 82 (11.36%) Windows Server
3 58 (8.03%) Linux
4 53 (7.34%) Windows 10
5 32 (4.43%) Mac OS
6 26 (3.60%) Unix
7 20 (2.77%) Windows 7
8 13 (1.80%) Windows Server 2019
9 12 (1.66%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (1.39%) Android
11 8 (1.11%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
13 5 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 4 (0.55%) Apple iOS
14 4 (0.55%) CentOS
15 3 (0.42%) Debian
15 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.28%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.28%) zOS
17 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (16.62%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (12.33%) ITIL
3 75 (10.39%) Migration
4 72 (9.97%) Customer Service
5 62 (8.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 55 (7.62%) Project Management
7 50 (6.93%) Agile
8 47 (6.51%) Change Management
8 47 (6.51%) Network Management
8 47 (6.51%) Project Delivery
9 43 (5.96%) Business Strategy
10 40 (5.54%) Stakeholder Management
11 37 (5.12%) Customer Requirements
12 36 (4.99%) Zero Trust
13 35 (4.85%) Network Architecture
14 31 (4.29%) High Availability
15 29 (4.02%) Load Balancing
15 29 (4.02%) Network Design
16 28 (3.88%) Open Source
16 28 (3.88%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 41 (5.68%) PowerShell
2 34 (4.71%) Python
3 12 (1.66%) Bash
3 12 (1.66%) SQL
4 3 (0.42%) Java
4 3 (0.42%) Perl
5 2 (0.28%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.28%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 247 (34.21%) Security Cleared
2 126 (17.45%) Cisco Certification
3 109 (15.10%) Degree
4 93 (12.88%) SC Cleared
5 84 (11.63%) DV Cleared
6 77 (10.66%) CCNA
6 77 (10.66%) CCNP
7 27 (3.74%) CCIE
8 18 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (2.08%) JNCIA
10 12 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.39%) AWS Certification
12 9 (1.25%) CCIE Data Center
13 8 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 7 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.97%) JNCIS
15 6 (0.83%) Azure Certification
16 5 (0.69%) CCSA
16 5 (0.69%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (8.73%) SLA
2 18 (2.49%) QA
3 6 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.55%) NCSC
5 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (0.42%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.14%) COBIT
6 1 (0.14%) HL7
6 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 110 (15.24%) Active Directory
2 86 (11.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (4.43%) Hyper-V
4 26 (3.60%) Firmware
5 19 (2.63%) Virtual Servers
6 18 (2.49%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (2.08%) VMware NSX
8 10 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (1.25%) VMware Workstation
10 7 (0.97%) Docker
11 6 (0.83%) vSphere
12 4 (0.55%) XenApp
13 3 (0.42%) KVM
13 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
14 2 (0.28%) BitLocker
14 2 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.28%) NFS
14 2 (0.28%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.14%) Samba
Systems Management
1 64 (8.86%) SCCM
2 28 (3.88%) FortiGate
3 20 (2.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (2.63%) Terraform
5 18 (2.49%) Ansible
6 10 (1.39%) Microsoft Clustering
6 10 (1.39%) NetBackup
6 10 (1.39%) SolarWinds Orion
7 9 (1.25%) SCOM
8 8 (1.11%) Failover Clustering
8 8 (1.11%) Jamf Pro
8 8 (1.11%) Kubernetes
8 8 (1.11%) Nagios
8 8 (1.11%) VxRail
9 7 (0.97%) vCenter Server
10 6 (0.83%) Autotask
11 5 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.69%) OpenView
12 4 (0.55%) Nessus
12 4 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 322 (44.60%) Cisco
2 154 (21.33%) Microsoft
3 112 (15.51%) Juniper
4 111 (15.37%) VMware
5 97 (13.43%) Palo Alto
6 53 (7.34%) F5
7 50 (6.93%) Fortinet
8 48 (6.65%) CheckPoint
9 39 (5.40%) HP
10 36 (4.99%) Aruba
11 35 (4.85%) Meraki
12 32 (4.43%) SolarWinds
13 28 (3.88%) Citrix
14 23 (3.19%) Infoblox
15 21 (2.91%) ServiceNow
16 15 (2.08%) Dell
16 15 (2.08%) Extreme Networks
16 15 (2.08%) SAP
17 13 (1.80%) Brocade
17 13 (1.80%) Google