LAN Jobs in the UK excluding London

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 158 186 179
Rank change year-on-year +28 -7 -26
Permanent jobs citing LAN 1,287 1,117 1,540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.82% 1.87% 2.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.20% 10.29% 13.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,095 831 1,194
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% -2.35% -
75th Percentile £52,000 £51,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £65,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,748 10,852 11,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.76% 18.20% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 7,064 4,738 6,524
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
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 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
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +31 385 £40,000 -11.11% 87
Midlands +54 252 £42,000 +6.33% 52
South East +4 244 £45,000 +12.50% 49
West Midlands +68 206 £40,313 -4.02% 37
North West +23 206 £42,500 -5.56% 60
South West +54 197 £45,000 +6.51% 25
Yorkshire +79 153 £42,500 -5.56% 21
East of England +20 139 £42,500 +6.25% 33
Scotland -70 44 £35,000 -11.39% 10
North East -18 37 £37,750 -11.18% 6
East Midlands -41 37 £45,000 +21.27% 15
Wales +25 35 £40,500 -10.00% 8
Northern Ireland +15 7 £37,500 -9.09% 5
Channel Islands - 1 - -
Isle of Man - 1 - - 1
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
1 160 (12.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 136 (10.57%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.09%) IIS
4 12 (0.93%) SharePoint 2010
4 12 (0.93%) SharePoint 2013
5 8 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (0.47%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.078%) Apache
9 1 (0.078%) Confluence
9 1 (0.078%) nginx
Applications
1 181 (14.06%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.93%) MS Visio
3 10 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.31%) Epicor Tropos
4 2 (0.16%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.16%) Shopify
5 1 (0.078%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 518 (40.25%) Microsoft 365
2 467 (36.29%) Azure
3 164 (12.74%) Entra ID
4 100 (7.77%) AWS
5 59 (4.58%) OneDrive
6 38 (2.95%) SaaS
7 32 (2.49%) IaaS
8 30 (2.33%) GCP
8 30 (2.33%) PaaS
9 22 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
10 20 (1.55%) Power Platform
11 15 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (1.17%) Mimecast
12 14 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (0.62%) Google Workspace
15 7 (0.54%) Azure Stack
15 7 (0.54%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (0.54%) Serverless
15 7 (0.54%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,072 (83.29%) WAN
2 495 (38.46%) Firewall
3 288 (22.38%) Wi-Fi
4 280 (21.76%) VPN
5 274 (21.29%) TCP/IP
6 256 (19.89%) DNS
7 250 (19.43%) Wireless
8 241 (18.73%) DHCP
9 205 (15.93%) WLAN
10 138 (10.72%) Network Security
11 128 (9.95%) SD-WAN
12 126 (9.79%) MPLS
12 126 (9.79%) VLAN
13 115 (8.94%) OSPF
14 110 (8.55%) BGP
15 89 (6.92%) VoIP
16 84 (6.53%) SAN
17 75 (5.83%) Internet
18 43 (3.34%) Ethernet
19 40 (3.11%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (4.58%) SQL Server
2 16 (1.24%) MySQL
3 15 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
5 11 (0.85%) Power BI
6 7 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (0.54%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.47%) InfluxDB
7 6 (0.47%) MariaDB
7 6 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.31%) QlikView
9 3 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.23%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.23%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.16%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.16%) DB2
10 2 (0.16%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.16%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (1.01%) JIRA
2 7 (0.54%) Git
2 7 (0.54%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.31%) MSBuild
3 4 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (0.31%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.078%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 406 (31.55%) Social Skills
2 117 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 91 (7.07%) Finance
4 72 (5.59%) Telecoms
5 66 (5.13%) Retail
6 55 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 48 (3.73%) Manufacturing
8 47 (3.65%) Law
9 43 (3.34%) Organisational Skills
10 31 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
11 29 (2.25%) Legal
12 18 (1.40%) Police
13 14 (1.09%) Local Government
13 14 (1.09%) Marketing
14 13 (1.01%) Public Sector
15 12 (0.93%) Banking
16 11 (0.85%) Aerospace
17 9 (0.70%) Advertising
17 9 (0.70%) French Language
17 9 (0.70%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 250 (19.43%) Network Engineer
2 218 (16.94%) Analyst
3 183 (14.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 154 (11.97%) Senior
5 134 (10.41%) Support Engineer
6 128 (9.95%) IT Support
7 96 (7.46%) IT Engineer
8 70 (5.44%) IT Analyst
9 62 (4.82%) Network Analyst
10 59 (4.58%) 2nd Line Support
11 58 (4.51%) Operations Analyst
12 57 (4.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 55 (4.27%) Service Analyst
13 55 (4.27%) Support Analyst
14 54 (4.20%) Service Desk Analyst
15 53 (4.12%) Lead
15 53 (4.12%) Network Operations Analyst
16 52 (4.04%) Senior Network Engineer
17 48 (3.73%) Administrator
17 48 (3.73%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.70%) LDAP
2 8 (0.62%) .NET
3 4 (0.31%) Akka
3 4 (0.31%) Web Services
4 3 (0.23%) 802.1X
4 3 (0.23%) Middleware
5 2 (0.16%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (0.16%) Node.js
5 2 (0.16%) React
5 2 (0.16%) RESTful
5 2 (0.16%) SAML
5 2 (0.16%) ServiceStack
6 1 (0.078%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.078%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.078%) HTML
6 1 (0.078%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 151 (11.73%) Data Centre
2 77 (5.98%) Driving Licence
3 50 (3.89%) Management Information System
4 39 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
5 33 (2.56%) Onboarding
6 32 (2.49%) CCTV
7 28 (2.18%) PKI
8 24 (1.86%) IoT
9 22 (1.71%) NHS
10 17 (1.32%) Replication
11 16 (1.24%) Client/Server
11 16 (1.24%) Clustering
11 16 (1.24%) Public Cloud
12 15 (1.17%) Fat Client
12 15 (1.17%) Thin Client
13 14 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
13 14 (1.09%) Private Cloud
14 13 (1.01%) Cyberattack
15 12 (0.93%) PMI
16 11 (0.85%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 594 (46.15%) Windows
2 292 (22.69%) Windows Server
3 164 (12.74%) Windows 10
4 106 (8.24%) Linux
5 72 (5.59%) Android
6 68 (5.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 67 (5.21%) Windows Server 2019
8 48 (3.73%) Apple iOS
9 47 (3.65%) Mac OS
10 44 (3.42%) Windows Server 2012
11 40 (3.11%) Windows 7
12 18 (1.40%) VyOS
13 15 (1.17%) Ubuntu
14 14 (1.09%) Windows Server 2008
15 12 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 11 (0.85%) CentOS
16 11 (0.85%) Mac OS X
16 11 (0.85%) VMS
17 6 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
17 6 (0.47%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
2 240 (18.65%) ITIL
3 237 (18.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 224 (17.40%) Customer Service
5 118 (9.17%) Cybersecurity
6 89 (6.92%) Service Delivery
7 86 (6.68%) Disaster Recovery
8 82 (6.37%) Migration
9 79 (6.14%) Project Delivery
10 68 (5.28%) Change Management
10 68 (5.28%) Continuous Improvement
11 67 (5.21%) Mentoring
11 67 (5.21%) Project Management
12 66 (5.13%) Service Management
13 61 (4.74%) Time Management
14 55 (4.27%) Patch Management
15 54 (4.20%) Roadmaps
15 54 (4.20%) Root Cause Analysis
16 51 (3.96%) Computer Science
16 51 (3.96%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 146 (11.34%) PowerShell
2 105 (8.16%) SQL
3 59 (4.58%) Python
4 41 (3.19%) Bash
5 17 (1.32%) Perl
6 6 (0.47%) C#
7 3 (0.23%) Java
7 3 (0.23%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.16%) Bicep
8 2 (0.16%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.16%) PHP
9 1 (0.078%) Korn
9 1 (0.078%) VBA
Qualifications
1 232 (18.03%) Cisco Certification
2 190 (14.76%) Degree
3 161 (12.51%) CCNA
4 116 (9.01%) Security Cleared
5 110 (8.55%) CCNP
6 71 (5.52%) CCIE
7 68 (5.28%) SC Cleared
8 64 (4.97%) Microsoft Certification
9 48 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
10 46 (3.57%) CCDP
11 40 (3.11%) DBS Check
11 40 (3.11%) DV Cleared
12 39 (3.03%) JNCIA
13 31 (2.41%) MCSE
14 27 (2.10%) CISSP
15 25 (1.94%) A+ Certification
16 21 (1.63%) Network+ Certification
17 20 (1.55%) HND
17 20 (1.55%) PMI Certification
18 17 (1.32%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (6.53%) SLA
2 37 (2.87%) Cyber Essentials
3 25 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (1.32%) GDPR
5 11 (0.85%) NIST
6 8 (0.62%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (0.47%) QA
8 3 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.16%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.16%) PMO
10 1 (0.078%) SOC 2
System Software
1 508 (39.47%) Active Directory
2 253 (19.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 183 (14.22%) Hyper-V
4 62 (4.82%) vSphere
5 32 (2.49%) VMware ESXi
6 26 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (1.71%) Firmware
7 22 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
8 13 (1.01%) XenApp
9 11 (0.85%) XenDesktop
10 7 (0.54%) Docker
10 7 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (0.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 6 (0.47%) VMware NSX
11 6 (0.47%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.31%) VMware Workstation
13 3 (0.23%) BitLocker
13 3 (0.23%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.16%) KVM
14 2 (0.16%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 158 (12.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 67 (5.21%) SCCM
3 31 (2.41%) WSUS
4 24 (1.86%) FortiGate
5 19 (1.48%) vCenter Server
6 18 (1.40%) Ansible
7 17 (1.32%) Terraform
8 16 (1.24%) Jamf Pro
9 14 (1.09%) Autotask
10 12 (0.93%) SmoothWall
11 10 (0.78%) Failover Clustering
12 8 (0.62%) McAfee ePO
12 8 (0.62%) SCVMM
13 7 (0.54%) Nagios
13 7 (0.54%) Puppet
14 6 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 6 (0.47%) Nmap
14 6 (0.47%) VxRail
15 5 (0.39%) OfficeScan
15 5 (0.39%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 598 (46.46%) Microsoft
2 379 (29.45%) VMware
3 378 (29.37%) Cisco
4 126 (9.79%) Juniper
5 85 (6.60%) Fortinet
6 80 (6.22%) HP
7 76 (5.91%) Aruba
8 72 (5.59%) Meraki
9 70 (5.44%) Citrix
10 67 (5.21%) Veeam
11 66 (5.13%) Palo Alto
12 48 (3.73%) Dell
13 41 (3.19%) Apple
14 40 (3.11%) Google
15 37 (2.87%) Nokia
15 37 (2.87%) Ruckus Wireless
16 36 (2.80%) CheckPoint
17 29 (2.25%) Sophos
18 26 (2.02%) SolarWinds
19 19 (1.48%) McAfee