LAN Jobs in England

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for LAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited LAN over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 146 217 272
Rank change year-on-year +71 +55 -61
Permanent jobs citing LAN 1,672 1,526 2,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.95% 1.71% 1.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.86% 10.86% 11.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,427 1,192 1,594
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £27,825
25th Percentile £34,000 £34,025 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,200 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.81% -1.78% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,600
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

LAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,060 14,047 18,026
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.07% 15.73% 13.37%
Number of salaries quoted 8,521 7,229 10,417
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in England

LAN
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LAN in England.

Salary trend for LAN in England

LAN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for LAN in England

LAN
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +87 463 £55,000 - 94
North of England +31 385 £40,000 -11.11% 86
Midlands +54 252 £42,000 +6.33% 50
South East +4 244 £45,000 +12.50% 49
West Midlands +68 206 £40,313 -4.02% 35
North West +23 206 £42,500 -5.56% 60
South West +54 197 £45,000 +6.51% 24
Yorkshire +79 153 £42,500 -5.56% 20
East of England +20 139 £42,500 +6.25% 30
North East -18 37 £37,750 -11.18% 6
East Midlands -41 37 £45,000 +21.27% 15
LAN
UK

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 209 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 185 (11.06%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.02%) IIS
4 16 (0.96%) SharePoint 2010
4 16 (0.96%) SharePoint 2013
5 10 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2010
6 9 (0.54%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.48%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
9 6 (0.36%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.24%) Apache
10 4 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
11 3 (0.18%) SAS
12 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.12%) Moodle
12 2 (0.12%) nginx
12 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.060%) Confluence
Applications
1 202 (12.08%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.08%) MS Visio
3 17 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.18%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.18%) Revit
5 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.24%) Epicor Tropos
5 2 (0.12%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.12%) Shopify
6 1 (0.060%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.060%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 640 (38.28%) Microsoft 365
2 625 (37.38%) Azure
3 193 (11.54%) Entra ID
4 157 (9.39%) AWS
5 61 (3.65%) OneDrive
6 60 (3.59%) IaaS
7 50 (2.99%) SaaS
8 48 (2.87%) PaaS
9 43 (2.57%) GCP
10 41 (2.45%) Cloud Computing
11 27 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
12 24 (1.44%) Power Platform
13 23 (1.38%) Azure Sentinel
14 20 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
15 19 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
16 16 (0.96%) Mimecast
17 13 (0.78%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 13 (0.78%) Rubrik
18 12 (0.72%) AWS Direct Connect
19 10 (0.60%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,403 (83.91%) WAN
2 681 (40.73%) Firewall
3 421 (25.18%) VPN
4 413 (24.70%) Wi-Fi
5 352 (21.05%) Wireless
6 348 (20.81%) DNS
7 316 (18.90%) TCP/IP
8 315 (18.84%) DHCP
9 224 (13.40%) SD-WAN
10 220 (13.16%) WLAN
11 209 (12.50%) Network Security
12 205 (12.26%) MPLS
13 166 (9.93%) VLAN
14 163 (9.75%) Internet
15 162 (9.69%) BGP
16 153 (9.15%) OSPF
17 111 (6.64%) VoIP
18 110 (6.58%) SAN
19 62 (3.71%) Ethernet
20 57 (3.41%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (4.07%) SQL Server
2 18 (1.08%) MySQL
3 15 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (0.72%) Power BI
5 11 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (0.60%) DB2
7 7 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (0.42%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.36%) InfluxDB
8 6 (0.36%) MariaDB
8 6 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.24%) QlikView
10 3 (0.18%) Big Data
10 3 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.18%) EDRMS
11 2 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.12%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.12%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (0.78%) JIRA
2 7 (0.42%) Git
2 7 (0.42%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.24%) MSBuild
3 4 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (0.24%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.060%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 494 (29.55%) Social Skills
2 165 (9.87%) Analytical Skills
3 164 (9.81%) Finance
4 108 (6.46%) Retail
5 94 (5.62%) Telecoms
6 86 (5.14%) Law
7 52 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
8 50 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 46 (2.75%) Legal
10 44 (2.63%) Manufacturing
11 39 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
12 25 (1.50%) Public Sector
13 19 (1.14%) Banking
14 13 (0.78%) Advertising
14 13 (0.78%) Police
15 12 (0.72%) Games
16 11 (0.66%) Aerospace
16 11 (0.66%) Marketing
17 9 (0.54%) French Language
17 9 (0.54%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 368 (22.01%) Network Engineer
2 247 (14.77%) Analyst
3 222 (13.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 208 (12.44%) Senior
5 158 (9.45%) Support Engineer
6 135 (8.07%) IT Support
7 114 (6.82%) IT Engineer
8 77 (4.61%) Network Analyst
8 77 (4.61%) Senior Network Engineer
9 75 (4.49%) IT Analyst
10 69 (4.13%) 2nd Line Support
11 65 (3.89%) Architect
12 64 (3.83%) Lead
12 64 (3.83%) Service Analyst
13 62 (3.71%) Service Desk Analyst
14 59 (3.53%) IT Manager
15 58 (3.47%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 56 (3.35%) Operations Analyst
17 54 (3.23%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 53 (3.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (1.79%) 802.1X
2 21 (1.26%) LDAP
3 10 (0.60%) SAML
4 8 (0.48%) .NET
4 8 (0.48%) HTML
4 8 (0.48%) WebSphere MQ
4 8 (0.48%) XML
5 6 (0.36%) EDI
6 5 (0.30%) XMPP
7 4 (0.24%) Akka
7 4 (0.24%) Web Services
8 3 (0.18%) Middleware
9 2 (0.12%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.12%) Azure Blueprints
9 2 (0.12%) LAMP
9 2 (0.12%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (0.12%) Node.js
9 2 (0.12%) RESTful
9 2 (0.12%) ServiceStack
9 2 (0.12%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 220 (13.16%) Data Centre
2 91 (5.44%) Management Information System
3 83 (4.96%) Driving Licence
4 57 (3.41%) Public Cloud
5 50 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
6 48 (2.87%) PKI
7 35 (2.09%) CCTV
8 30 (1.79%) Onboarding
9 29 (1.73%) Client/Server
10 26 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
11 25 (1.50%) Private Cloud
12 23 (1.38%) IoT
13 22 (1.32%) NHS
14 17 (1.02%) Replication
15 16 (0.96%) Clustering
15 16 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
16 15 (0.90%) Fat Client
16 15 (0.90%) Thin Client
17 14 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
18 13 (0.78%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 749 (44.80%) Windows
2 364 (21.77%) Windows Server
3 176 (10.53%) Linux
4 168 (10.05%) Windows 10
5 74 (4.43%) Windows Server 2019
6 73 (4.37%) Android
7 71 (4.25%) Windows Server 2016
8 54 (3.23%) Apple iOS
8 54 (3.23%) Mac OS
8 54 (3.23%) Windows Server 2012
9 51 (3.05%) Ubuntu
10 46 (2.75%) VMS
11 40 (2.39%) Windows 7
12 27 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 23 (1.38%) CentOS
14 18 (1.08%) VyOS
15 16 (0.96%) Unix
16 15 (0.90%) Mac OS X
17 14 (0.84%) Windows Server 2008
18 7 (0.42%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (18.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 311 (18.60%) ITIL
3 309 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
4 241 (14.41%) Customer Service
5 164 (9.81%) Cybersecurity
6 126 (7.54%) Agile
7 112 (6.70%) Disaster Recovery
8 106 (6.34%) Roadmaps
9 105 (6.28%) Project Delivery
9 105 (6.28%) Project Management
10 103 (6.16%) Service Delivery
11 101 (6.04%) Mentoring
12 87 (5.20%) Presales
13 79 (4.72%) Migration
14 78 (4.67%) Service Management
15 73 (4.37%) Information Security
16 69 (4.13%) Time Management
17 66 (3.95%) DevOps
17 66 (3.95%) Load Balancing
18 65 (3.89%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 175 (10.47%) PowerShell
2 113 (6.76%) SQL
3 87 (5.20%) Python
4 47 (2.81%) Bash
5 18 (1.08%) Perl
6 6 (0.36%) C#
6 6 (0.36%) Java
7 3 (0.18%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.18%) PHP
7 3 (0.18%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.12%) Bicep
8 2 (0.12%) Korn
8 2 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.060%) VBA
Qualifications
1 291 (17.40%) Cisco Certification
2 216 (12.92%) Degree
3 199 (11.90%) CCNA
4 153 (9.15%) CCNP
5 143 (8.55%) Security Cleared
6 77 (4.61%) DV Cleared
7 73 (4.37%) CCIE
8 72 (4.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 58 (3.47%) SC Cleared
10 46 (2.75%) CCDP
11 43 (2.57%) DBS Check
12 39 (2.33%) JNCIA
13 38 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
14 35 (2.09%) CISSP
14 35 (2.09%) MCSE
15 27 (1.61%) A+ Certification
16 26 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
17 22 (1.32%) MCSA
18 21 (1.26%) PMI Certification
19 20 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (5.86%) SLA
2 52 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 23 (1.38%) NIST
5 21 (1.26%) PCI DSS
6 19 (1.14%) GDPR
7 11 (0.66%) QA
8 10 (0.60%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.30%) NCSC
11 2 (0.12%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.12%) ITGC
11 2 (0.12%) PMO
11 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.060%) COBIT
12 1 (0.060%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 665 (39.77%) Active Directory
2 302 (18.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 205 (12.26%) Hyper-V
4 74 (4.43%) vSphere
5 57 (3.41%) VMware ESXi
6 29 (1.73%) Virtual Desktop
7 25 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
8 23 (1.38%) Firmware
9 18 (1.08%) XenApp
10 15 (0.90%) XenDesktop
11 11 (0.66%) Docker
12 8 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.36%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 6 (0.36%) Terminal Services
13 6 (0.36%) VMware NSX
13 6 (0.36%) VMware Server
14 4 (0.24%) NFS
14 4 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
15 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
16 2 (0.12%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 181 (10.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 79 (4.72%) SCCM
3 65 (3.89%) Ansible
4 57 (3.41%) Terraform
5 49 (2.93%) WSUS
6 31 (1.85%) FortiGate
7 22 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
8 20 (1.20%) vCenter Server
9 15 (0.90%) Nmap
10 13 (0.78%) Puppet
11 12 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 12 (0.72%) SmoothWall
12 11 (0.66%) Autotask
12 11 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
13 10 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
14 8 (0.48%) McAfee ePO
14 8 (0.48%) SCVMM
15 7 (0.42%) Nagios
15 7 (0.42%) Progress Chef
15 7 (0.42%) VxRail
Vendors
1 751 (44.92%) Microsoft
2 546 (32.66%) Cisco
3 444 (26.56%) VMware
4 162 (9.69%) Juniper
5 148 (8.85%) Fortinet
6 141 (8.43%) Meraki
7 117 (7.00%) Aruba
8 115 (6.88%) HP
9 98 (5.86%) Citrix
10 80 (4.78%) Palo Alto
10 80 (4.78%) Veeam
11 73 (4.37%) SolarWinds
12 59 (3.53%) Dell
13 56 (3.35%) Ruckus Wireless
14 54 (3.23%) CheckPoint
15 51 (3.05%) Google
16 39 (2.33%) Nokia
17 38 (2.27%) Apple
18 27 (1.61%) F5
19 25 (1.50%) Sophos