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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 176 242 299
Rank change year-on-year +66 +57 -71
Permanent jobs citing LAN 616 588 886
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.82% 1.46% 1.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.87% 12.96% 11.31%
Number of salaries quoted 504 475 757
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,025 £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 5,189 4,537 7,831
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.33% 11.23% 11.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,332 3,376 5,011
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,316 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +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 18 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 73 (11.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (8.12%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.65%) IIS
3 4 (0.65%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.49%) 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 61 (9.90%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.30%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.49%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.49%) Revit
4 3 (0.49%) SPSS
5 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.30%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 261 (42.37%) Azure
2 204 (33.12%) Microsoft 365
3 63 (10.23%) AWS
4 48 (7.79%) Entra ID
5 26 (4.22%) Cloud Computing
5 26 (4.22%) SaaS
6 23 (3.73%) GCP
6 23 (3.73%) IaaS
7 22 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (3.25%) PaaS
9 17 (2.76%) Microsoft Purview
10 16 (2.60%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (1.30%) Rubrik
12 6 (0.97%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.81%) AWS Direct Connect
13 5 (0.81%) Datadog
13 5 (0.81%) Power Platform
13 5 (0.81%) WhatsApp
14 4 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
15 3 (0.49%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 556 (90.26%) WAN
2 305 (49.51%) Firewall
3 204 (33.12%) VPN
4 184 (29.87%) Wi-Fi
5 151 (24.51%) SD-WAN
6 143 (23.21%) DNS
7 127 (20.62%) Network Security
8 124 (20.13%) Wireless
9 119 (19.32%) DHCP
10 115 (18.67%) WLAN
11 107 (17.37%) MPLS
12 98 (15.91%) TCP/IP
13 82 (13.31%) BGP
14 73 (11.85%) OSPF
15 65 (10.55%) VLAN
16 64 (10.39%) Internet
17 57 (9.25%) SAN
18 34 (5.52%) VoIP
19 32 (5.19%) IPsec
20 25 (4.06%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.08%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (0.97%) DB2
4 6 (0.97%) MySQL
5 5 (0.81%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.81%) Power BI
6 3 (0.49%) Big Data
6 3 (0.49%) 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 (1.30%) JIRA
2 4 (0.65%) MSBuild
2 4 (0.65%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.16%) Jenkins
General
1 184 (29.87%) Social Skills
2 64 (10.39%) Finance
3 60 (9.74%) Retail
4 33 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (4.22%) Legal
6 22 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (2.60%) Public Sector
8 16 (2.60%) Telecoms
9 13 (2.11%) Law
10 12 (1.95%) Banking
10 12 (1.95%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.30%) Advertising
12 6 (0.97%) French Language
12 6 (0.97%) German Language
12 6 (0.97%) Italian Language
12 6 (0.97%) Portuguese Language
12 6 (0.97%) Publishing
12 6 (0.97%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 137 (22.24%) Network Engineer
2 93 (15.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 83 (13.47%) Senior
4 82 (13.31%) Analyst
5 46 (7.47%) Architect
6 41 (6.66%) Support Engineer
7 37 (6.01%) IT Engineer
8 35 (5.68%) Network Analyst
9 33 (5.36%) Operations Analyst
10 32 (5.19%) Security Engineer
11 30 (4.87%) IT Support
11 30 (4.87%) Network Manager
11 30 (4.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 30 (4.87%) Senior Network Engineer
12 29 (4.71%) Network Operations Analyst
13 28 (4.55%) Project Manager
14 27 (4.38%) 3rd Line Support
14 27 (4.38%) Infrastructure Architect
14 27 (4.38%) Lead
15 23 (3.73%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.97%) 802.1X
2 5 (0.81%) XMPP
3 4 (0.65%) .NET
3 4 (0.65%) Web Services
3 4 (0.65%) WebSphere MQ
4 3 (0.49%) LDAP
4 3 (0.49%) 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 (19.16%) Data Centre
2 42 (6.82%) Public Cloud
3 41 (6.66%) Management Information System
4 30 (4.87%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (2.76%) PKI
6 16 (2.60%) Client/Server
6 16 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
7 13 (2.11%) Security Operations Centre
8 11 (1.79%) Private Cloud
9 10 (1.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 9 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
10 9 (1.46%) Driving Licence
11 6 (0.97%) Onboarding
11 6 (0.97%) Operational Technology
11 6 (0.97%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.81%) Algorithms
12 5 (0.81%) Data Structures
12 5 (0.81%) IoT
13 4 (0.65%) Fat Client
13 4 (0.65%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 217 (35.23%) Windows
2 104 (16.88%) Windows Server
3 69 (11.20%) Linux
4 42 (6.82%) Ubuntu
5 36 (5.84%) VMS
6 33 (5.36%) Windows 10
7 27 (4.38%) Android
8 26 (4.22%) Apple iOS
9 25 (4.06%) Windows Server 2016
10 23 (3.73%) Windows Server 2019
11 13 (2.11%) Windows Server 2012
12 10 (1.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 8 (1.30%) CentOS
14 7 (1.14%) Mac OS X
14 7 (1.14%) Windows 7
15 4 (0.65%) Windows 8
15 4 (0.65%) Windows XP
16 3 (0.49%) Unix
17 2 (0.32%) Mac OS
17 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (19.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 94 (15.26%) Agile
3 87 (14.12%) ITIL
4 66 (10.71%) Customer Service
4 66 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
5 60 (9.74%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (8.77%) Project Management
7 52 (8.44%) Mentoring
8 48 (7.79%) Presales
9 45 (7.31%) Roadmaps
10 42 (6.82%) Application Security
11 41 (6.66%) Information Security
11 41 (6.66%) Migration
11 41 (6.66%) Project Delivery
12 40 (6.49%) Service Delivery
13 39 (6.33%) Disaster Recovery
14 37 (6.01%) Collaborative Culture
14 37 (6.01%) DevOps
14 37 (6.01%) Zero Trust
15 36 (5.84%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 59 (9.58%) PowerShell
2 34 (5.52%) Python
3 11 (1.79%) Bash
3 11 (1.79%) SQL
4 4 (0.65%) 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
1 142 (23.05%) Cisco Certification
2 93 (15.10%) CCNP
3 88 (14.29%) CCNA
4 70 (11.36%) Degree
5 58 (9.42%) Security Cleared
6 50 (8.12%) CCIE
7 40 (6.49%) DV Cleared
8 38 (6.17%) CCDP
9 24 (3.90%) CISSP
10 20 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (2.60%) APMP
12 14 (2.27%) CCSP
13 13 (2.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 13 (2.11%) CEH
13 13 (2.11%) SANS
13 13 (2.11%) SSCP
14 10 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (1.62%) SC Cleared
15 9 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
16 8 (1.30%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (7.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (6.17%) SLA
3 19 (3.08%) NIST
4 17 (2.76%) PCI DSS
5 14 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.32%) ITGC
7 2 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 206 (33.44%) Active Directory
2 105 (17.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (11.85%) Hyper-V
4 32 (5.19%) VMware ESXi
5 30 (4.87%) vSphere
6 21 (3.41%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (1.14%) Docker
9 4 (0.65%) Firmware
10 3 (0.49%) NFS
11 2 (0.32%) Terminal Server
11 2 (0.32%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.16%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 62 (10.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 58 (9.42%) Ansible
3 50 (8.12%) Terraform
4 33 (5.36%) WSUS
5 14 (2.27%) Nmap
6 12 (1.95%) FortiGate
7 11 (1.79%) SCCM
8 8 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.81%) McAfee ePO
9 5 (0.81%) SCVMM
10 3 (0.49%) Cisco Prime
10 3 (0.49%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.49%) HAProxy
10 3 (0.49%) Nagios
10 3 (0.49%) OfficeScan
11 2 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.32%) Puppet
11 2 (0.32%) Rundeck
11 2 (0.32%) SolarWinds Orion
11 2 (0.32%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 269 (43.67%) Cisco
2 237 (38.47%) Microsoft
3 149 (24.19%) VMware
4 103 (16.72%) Meraki
5 59 (9.58%) Fortinet
5 59 (9.58%) Palo Alto
6 44 (7.14%) Juniper
7 43 (6.98%) Aruba
8 40 (6.49%) HP
9 29 (4.71%) Citrix
10 28 (4.55%) Veeam
11 27 (4.38%) SolarWinds
12 22 (3.57%) Dell
13 21 (3.41%) Ruckus Wireless
14 19 (3.08%) Rapid7
15 18 (2.92%) CheckPoint
16 14 (2.27%) NetApp
16 14 (2.27%) Splunk
17 13 (2.11%) Qualys
17 13 (2.11%) Thycotic