LAN Contracts with Work from Home Options

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 202 149 262
Rank change year-on-year -53 +113 +9
Contract jobs citing LAN 137 421 442
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.90% 1.65% 0.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.75% 14.26% 10.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 277 305
10th Percentile £274 £325 £263
25th Percentile £351 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +14.11%
75th Percentile £672 £588 £569
90th Percentile £750 £680 £646
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 22 23
10th Percentile £22.50 £47.50 £22.10
25th Percentile £28.50 £51.25 £28.41
Median hourly rate £41.00 £75.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.33% +57.89% -23.39%
75th Percentile £55.50 £77.81 £65.54
90th Percentile £62.70 £80.25 £66.00
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
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,565 2,953 4,336
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.33% 11.55% 9.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,010 1,964 2,940
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £600
90th Percentile £704 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £495 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -4.81% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 97 102
10th Percentile £12.75 £23.70 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.27 £42.50 £25.69
Median hourly rate £24.50 £60.00 £49.29
Median % change year-on-year -59.17% +21.73% +15.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.50 £63.19
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £27.50
% change year-on-year +111.30% -31.16% +3.77%

LAN
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

LAN trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing LAN.

LAN daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing LAN over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

LAN daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing LAN.

LAN hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing LAN over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

LAN hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.19%) IIS
3 2 (1.46%) Confluence
4 1 (0.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.73%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 29 (21.17%) Azure
2 17 (12.41%) AWS
3 9 (6.57%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.38%) GCP
5 5 (3.65%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.65%) IaaS
6 4 (2.92%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (2.92%) Amazon S3
6 4 (2.92%) PaaS
6 4 (2.92%) Route 53
7 3 (2.19%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (2.19%) Amazon ElastiCache
7 3 (2.19%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (2.19%) Serverless
8 2 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.46%) GitHub
8 2 (1.46%) SaaS
8 2 (1.46%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.73%) AWS CloudTrail
9 1 (0.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 106 (77.37%) WAN
2 51 (37.23%) Firewall
3 40 (29.20%) Wireless
4 36 (26.28%) SD-WAN
5 34 (24.82%) VPN
6 31 (22.63%) WLAN
7 26 (18.98%) Wi-Fi
8 20 (14.60%) BGP
9 19 (13.87%) Network Security
10 18 (13.14%) OSPF
11 15 (10.95%) VoIP
12 14 (10.22%) Cisco ASA
12 14 (10.22%) SAN
13 12 (8.76%) DHCP
13 12 (8.76%) DNS
14 11 (8.03%) MPLS
15 9 (6.57%) Internet
16 8 (5.84%) Cisco Nexus
16 8 (5.84%) IPsec
16 8 (5.84%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.92%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (2.92%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (1.46%) JIRA
1 2 (1.46%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.73%) Git
2 1 (0.73%) Gradle
2 1 (0.73%) Jenkins
General
1 35 (25.55%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.14%) Finance
3 16 (11.68%) Public Sector
4 11 (8.03%) Telecoms
5 7 (5.11%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (4.38%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.19%) Banking
8 2 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.73%) Automotive
9 1 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.73%) Electronics
9 1 (0.73%) Legal
9 1 (0.73%) Local Government
9 1 (0.73%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.73%) Police
9 1 (0.73%) Retail
9 1 (0.73%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 43 (31.39%) Architect
2 30 (21.90%) Network Engineer
3 18 (13.14%) Network Architect
4 16 (11.68%) Technical Architect
5 14 (10.22%) Senior
6 8 (5.84%) Lead
6 8 (5.84%) Support Engineer
7 7 (5.11%) Cloud Architect
7 7 (5.11%) Consultant
7 7 (5.11%) IT Engineer
7 7 (5.11%) Project Manager
7 7 (5.11%) Voice Architect
8 6 (4.38%) Cisco Engineer
8 6 (4.38%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 6 (4.38%) Senior Architect
9 5 (3.65%) Infrastructure Architect
9 5 (3.65%) Network Manager
9 5 (3.65%) Network Specialist
9 5 (3.65%) Programme Manager
9 5 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.84%) Middleware
2 6 (4.38%) LDAP
3 4 (2.92%) Web Services
4 2 (1.46%) 802.1X
4 2 (1.46%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.73%) .NET
5 1 (0.73%) J2EE
5 1 (0.73%) JSON
5 1 (0.73%) OAuth
5 1 (0.73%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.73%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.73%) SAML
5 1 (0.73%) XML
5 1 (0.73%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.68%) Data Centre
2 10 (7.30%) Public Cloud
3 7 (5.11%) PKI
3 7 (5.11%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (2.92%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.92%) NHS
5 3 (2.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.46%) IoT
6 2 (1.46%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.46%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.73%) BYOD
7 1 (0.73%) CCTV
7 1 (0.73%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.73%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.73%) IVR
7 1 (0.73%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.73%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.73%) Replication
7 1 (0.73%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 31 (22.63%) Windows
2 21 (15.33%) Windows Server
3 17 (12.41%) Linux
4 4 (2.92%) Unix
5 2 (1.46%) CentOS
5 2 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.46%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.46%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.73%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.73%) Solaris
6 1 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (10.95%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (10.22%) Agile
3 13 (9.49%) Change Management
3 13 (9.49%) IT Strategy
4 12 (8.76%) Migration
4 12 (8.76%) Roadmaps
5 11 (8.03%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (7.30%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (7.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 10 (7.30%) Load Balancing
6 10 (7.30%) Technology Strategy
7 9 (6.57%) Analytics
7 9 (6.57%) Kalman Filter
7 9 (6.57%) Project Management
8 8 (5.84%) Customer Service
8 8 (5.84%) High Availability
8 8 (5.84%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (5.11%) Architectural Patterns
9 7 (5.11%) Business Strategy
9 7 (5.11%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.30%) Python
2 8 (5.84%) Bash
2 8 (5.84%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.19%) SQL
4 2 (1.46%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.46%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.73%) Java
5 1 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 31 (22.63%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (18.25%) CCNP
3 13 (9.49%) CCNA
4 12 (8.76%) CCIE
4 12 (8.76%) Security Cleared
5 10 (7.30%) SC Cleared
6 6 (4.38%) Degree
6 6 (4.38%) JNCIA
7 5 (3.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (3.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.19%) CCIE Data Center
8 3 (2.19%) CCSA
9 2 (1.46%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.46%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.46%) CCENT
9 2 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.46%) MCSA
9 2 (1.46%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.46%) PMP
9 2 (1.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.49%) SLA
2 11 (8.03%) QA
3 3 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.19%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.73%) COBIT
5 1 (0.73%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.73%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 21 (15.33%) Active Directory
2 19 (13.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.38%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (3.65%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.92%) VMware NSX
6 3 (2.19%) Docker
7 2 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.46%) vSphere
7 2 (1.46%) XenApp
8 1 (0.73%) Firmware
8 1 (0.73%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.73%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 9 (6.57%) FortiGate
2 5 (3.65%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.92%) Ansible
3 4 (2.92%) SolarWinds Orion
3 4 (2.92%) Terraform
4 3 (2.19%) Nessus
4 3 (2.19%) SCCM
4 3 (2.19%) TrustSec
5 2 (1.46%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (1.46%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.46%) VxRail
6 1 (0.73%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.73%) Puppet
6 1 (0.73%) Stealthwatch
6 1 (0.73%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 74 (54.01%) Cisco
2 31 (22.63%) Microsoft
3 25 (18.25%) VMware
4 24 (17.52%) Palo Alto
5 19 (13.87%) F5
6 13 (9.49%) Juniper
7 11 (8.03%) Fortinet
8 7 (5.11%) CheckPoint
8 7 (5.11%) Citrix
9 5 (3.65%) Aruba
9 5 (3.65%) Blue Coat
9 5 (3.65%) Databricks
9 5 (3.65%) Genesys
9 5 (3.65%) Splunk
10 4 (2.92%) Google
10 4 (2.92%) HP
10 4 (2.92%) Infoblox
10 4 (2.92%) Meraki
10 4 (2.92%) SolarWinds
11 3 (2.19%) Dell