LAN Jobs with Work from Home Options

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 176 241 297
Rank change year-on-year +65 +56 -65
Permanent jobs citing LAN 623 586 883
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.85% 1.43% 1.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.99% 12.81% 11.45%
Number of salaries quoted 511 484 758
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,008 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £81,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

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 permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,198 4,576 7,710
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.44% 11.17% 11.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3,344 3,412 4,994
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,612 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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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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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

LAN salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing LAN over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

LAN salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 76 (12.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 51 (8.19%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.64%) IIS
3 4 (0.64%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.48%) SAS
5 2 (0.32%) Apache
5 2 (0.32%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.32%) nginx
6 1 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 64 (10.27%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.12%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.48%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.48%) Revit
4 3 (0.48%) SPSS
5 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.28%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 265 (42.54%) Azure
2 207 (33.23%) Microsoft 365
3 63 (10.11%) AWS
4 48 (7.70%) Entra ID
5 27 (4.33%) Cloud Computing
6 26 (4.17%) SaaS
7 23 (3.69%) GCP
7 23 (3.69%) IaaS
8 22 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (3.21%) PaaS
10 17 (2.73%) Microsoft Purview
11 16 (2.57%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (1.28%) Rubrik
13 6 (0.96%) OneDrive
14 5 (0.80%) AWS Direct Connect
14 5 (0.80%) Datadog
14 5 (0.80%) Power Platform
14 5 (0.80%) WhatsApp
15 4 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
16 3 (0.48%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 563 (90.37%) WAN
2 303 (48.64%) Firewall
3 202 (32.42%) VPN
4 185 (29.70%) Wi-Fi
5 154 (24.72%) SD-WAN
6 145 (23.27%) DNS
7 126 (20.22%) Network Security
8 125 (20.06%) Wireless
9 121 (19.42%) DHCP
10 117 (18.78%) WLAN
11 110 (17.66%) MPLS
12 98 (15.73%) TCP/IP
13 84 (13.48%) BGP
14 75 (12.04%) OSPF
15 65 (10.43%) VLAN
16 63 (10.11%) Internet
17 58 (9.31%) SAN
18 35 (5.62%) VoIP
19 32 (5.14%) IPsec
20 25 (4.01%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.05%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (0.96%) DB2
4 6 (0.96%) MySQL
5 5 (0.80%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.80%) Power BI
6 3 (0.48%) Big Data
6 3 (0.48%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.32%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.32%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.16%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 8 (1.28%) JIRA
2 4 (0.64%) MSBuild
2 4 (0.64%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
General
1 186 (29.86%) Social Skills
2 64 (10.27%) Finance
3 59 (9.47%) Retail
4 33 (5.30%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (4.17%) Legal
6 22 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (3.05%) Telecoms
8 18 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (2.57%) Public Sector
10 13 (2.09%) Law
11 12 (1.93%) Banking
11 12 (1.93%) Manufacturing
11 12 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.28%) Advertising
13 6 (0.96%) French Language
13 6 (0.96%) German Language
13 6 (0.96%) Italian Language
13 6 (0.96%) Portuguese Language
13 6 (0.96%) Publishing
13 6 (0.96%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 138 (22.15%) Network Engineer
2 94 (15.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 86 (13.80%) Analyst
4 84 (13.48%) Senior
5 46 (7.38%) Architect
6 42 (6.74%) Support Engineer
7 39 (6.26%) Network Analyst
8 37 (5.94%) IT Engineer
9 35 (5.62%) Operations Analyst
10 32 (5.14%) Security Engineer
11 31 (4.98%) Network Operations Analyst
11 31 (4.98%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 30 (4.82%) IT Support
12 30 (4.82%) Network Manager
12 30 (4.82%) Senior Network Engineer
13 28 (4.49%) Project Manager
14 27 (4.33%) 3rd Line Support
14 27 (4.33%) Infrastructure Architect
15 26 (4.17%) Lead
16 23 (3.69%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.96%) 802.1X
2 5 (0.80%) XMPP
3 4 (0.64%) .NET
3 4 (0.64%) Web Services
3 4 (0.64%) WebSphere MQ
4 3 (0.48%) LDAP
4 3 (0.48%) Middleware
5 2 (0.32%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.32%) Azure Blueprints
5 2 (0.32%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.16%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 118 (18.94%) Data Centre
2 43 (6.90%) Public Cloud
3 41 (6.58%) Management Information System
4 30 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (2.73%) PKI
6 16 (2.57%) Client/Server
6 16 (2.57%) Hybrid Cloud
7 13 (2.09%) Security Operations Centre
8 11 (1.77%) Private Cloud
9 10 (1.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 10 (1.61%) Driving Licence
10 9 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (0.96%) Onboarding
11 6 (0.96%) Operational Technology
11 6 (0.96%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.80%) Algorithms
12 5 (0.80%) Data Structures
12 5 (0.80%) IoT
13 4 (0.64%) Fat Client
13 4 (0.64%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 221 (35.47%) Windows
2 106 (17.01%) Windows Server
3 69 (11.08%) Linux
4 41 (6.58%) Ubuntu
5 36 (5.78%) Windows 10
6 35 (5.62%) VMS
7 27 (4.33%) Android
8 26 (4.17%) Apple iOS
9 24 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
9 24 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
10 13 (2.09%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (1.44%) CentOS
13 8 (1.28%) Windows 7
14 7 (1.12%) Mac OS X
15 4 (0.64%) Windows 8
15 4 (0.64%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.64%) Windows XP
16 3 (0.48%) Unix
17 2 (0.32%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (19.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 93 (14.93%) Agile
3 88 (14.13%) ITIL
4 68 (10.91%) Customer Service
5 65 (10.43%) Cybersecurity
6 61 (9.79%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (8.67%) Project Management
8 52 (8.35%) Mentoring
9 49 (7.87%) Presales
10 45 (7.22%) Roadmaps
11 42 (6.74%) Migration
12 41 (6.58%) Application Security
12 41 (6.58%) Information Security
12 41 (6.58%) Project Delivery
12 41 (6.58%) Service Delivery
13 39 (6.26%) Disaster Recovery
14 37 (5.94%) DevOps
14 37 (5.94%) Zero Trust
15 36 (5.78%) Collaborative Culture
16 35 (5.62%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 59 (9.47%) PowerShell
2 35 (5.62%) Python
3 12 (1.93%) Bash
3 12 (1.93%) SQL
4 4 (0.64%) Java
5 2 (0.32%) Korn
5 2 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.32%) PHP
6 1 (0.16%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 146 (23.43%) Cisco Certification
2 95 (15.25%) CCNP
3 92 (14.77%) CCNA
4 70 (11.24%) Degree
5 56 (8.99%) Security Cleared
6 52 (8.35%) CCIE
7 40 (6.42%) CCDP
8 39 (6.26%) DV Cleared
9 24 (3.85%) CISSP
10 19 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (2.57%) APMP
12 14 (2.25%) CCSP
13 13 (2.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 13 (2.09%) CEH
13 13 (2.09%) SANS
13 13 (2.09%) SSCP
14 12 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (1.61%) SC Cleared
16 9 (1.44%) ITIL Certification
17 8 (1.28%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (7.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (5.94%) SLA
3 19 (3.05%) NIST
4 17 (2.73%) PCI DSS
5 14 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.32%) ITGC
7 2 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 206 (33.07%) Active Directory
2 105 (16.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 74 (11.88%) Hyper-V
4 32 (5.14%) VMware ESXi
5 30 (4.82%) vSphere
6 21 (3.37%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (1.12%) Docker
9 4 (0.64%) Firmware
9 4 (0.64%) NFS
10 2 (0.32%) Terminal Server
10 2 (0.32%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.16%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 62 (9.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 58 (9.31%) Ansible
3 49 (7.87%) Terraform
4 33 (5.30%) WSUS
5 14 (2.25%) Nmap
6 12 (1.93%) FortiGate
7 11 (1.77%) SCCM
8 8 (1.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.80%) McAfee ePO
9 5 (0.80%) SCVMM
10 3 (0.48%) Cisco Prime
10 3 (0.48%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.48%) HAProxy
10 3 (0.48%) Nagios
10 3 (0.48%) OfficeScan
11 2 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.32%) Puppet
11 2 (0.32%) Rundeck
11 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.32%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 271 (43.50%) Cisco
2 241 (38.68%) Microsoft
3 149 (23.92%) VMware
4 104 (16.69%) Meraki
5 60 (9.63%) Fortinet
6 59 (9.47%) Palo Alto
7 45 (7.22%) Aruba
8 44 (7.06%) Juniper
9 40 (6.42%) HP
10 29 (4.65%) Citrix
11 28 (4.49%) Veeam
12 27 (4.33%) SolarWinds
13 22 (3.53%) Dell
14 20 (3.21%) Ruckus Wireless
15 19 (3.05%) Rapid7
16 18 (2.89%) CheckPoint
17 14 (2.25%) NetApp
17 14 (2.25%) Red Hat
17 14 (2.25%) Splunk
18 13 (2.09%) Thycotic