Local Area Network (LAN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 165 203 286
Rank change year-on-year +38 +83 -72
Permanent jobs citing LAN 1,824 1,717 2,448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.68% 1.84% 1.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.24% 11.27% 10.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,490 1,268 1,881
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.26% +4.44%
75th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £42,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +1.19% -1.18% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,776 15,239 22,877
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.70% 16.37% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,405 7,647 11,856
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,850 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,886 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.25% -5.26% +5.56%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the UK

LAN
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for LAN in the UK

LAN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for LAN in the UK

LAN
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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
England +35 1,681 £45,000 - 299
UK excluding London -3 1,298 £42,500 +1.19% 249
Work from Home +29 622 £50,000 +5.26% 121
London +53 466 £55,000 - 58
North of England +27 399 £42,500 -5.56% 69
Midlands +12 246 £42,000 +9.09% 54
South East -8 245 £45,000 +11.80% 54
North West +35 229 £42,500 -7.61% 42
West Midlands +48 196 £40,313 +0.78% 38
South West +21 188 £42,000 +3.70% 31
East of England +18 155 £45,000 +9.09% 34
Yorkshire +58 152 £42,500 -5.56% 21
Scotland -82 47 £35,000 -15.66% 8
East Midlands -53 41 £45,000 +21.27% 16
North East -22 38 £37,500 -11.76% 6
Wales +18 35 £40,500 +1.25% 8
Northern Ireland +4 7 £37,500 -6.25% 2
Isle of Man - 2 - -
Channel Islands - 1 - -

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 223 (12.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 197 (10.80%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.15%) SharePoint 2010
3 21 (1.15%) SharePoint 2013
4 17 (0.93%) IIS
5 10 (0.55%) Exchange Server 2010
6 9 (0.49%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.44%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
9 5 (0.27%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.22%) Apache
10 4 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2007
11 3 (0.16%) Confluence
11 3 (0.16%) SAS
12 2 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.11%) Moodle
12 2 (0.11%) nginx
12 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.055%) WordPress
Applications
1 203 (11.13%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (1.32%) MS Visio
3 20 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.16%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.16%) Revit
6 3 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.16%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.11%) Epicor Tropos
4 2 (0.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.11%) Shopify
5 1 (0.055%) Carpe Diem
5 1 (0.055%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.055%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.055%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 688 (37.72%) Azure
2 671 (36.79%) Microsoft 365
3 210 (11.51%) Entra ID
4 199 (10.91%) AWS
5 66 (3.62%) SaaS
6 63 (3.45%) OneDrive
7 61 (3.34%) IaaS
8 57 (3.13%) GCP
9 52 (2.85%) PaaS
10 44 (2.41%) Cloud Computing
11 30 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
12 24 (1.32%) Power Platform
13 23 (1.26%) Azure Sentinel
14 20 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
15 16 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
15 16 (0.88%) Mimecast
16 14 (0.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 13 (0.71%) Rubrik
18 12 (0.66%) AWS Direct Connect
19 11 (0.60%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,531 (83.94%) WAN
2 757 (41.50%) Firewall
3 476 (26.10%) VPN
4 438 (24.01%) Wi-Fi
5 393 (21.55%) Wireless
6 364 (19.96%) DNS
7 346 (18.97%) TCP/IP
8 322 (17.65%) DHCP
9 249 (13.65%) Network Security
10 239 (13.10%) SD-WAN
11 236 (12.94%) WLAN
12 208 (11.40%) MPLS
13 189 (10.36%) VLAN
14 174 (9.54%) Internet
15 159 (8.72%) BGP
16 148 (8.11%) OSPF
17 125 (6.85%) SAN
18 119 (6.52%) VoIP
19 73 (4.00%) IPsec
20 63 (3.45%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (3.89%) SQL Server
2 21 (1.15%) MySQL
3 16 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (0.66%) Power BI
6 10 (0.55%) DB2
6 10 (0.55%) QlikView
7 7 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (0.38%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.27%) InfluxDB
8 5 (0.27%) MariaDB
9 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.16%) Big Data
10 3 (0.16%) EDRMS
10 3 (0.16%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.16%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.11%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.11%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.11%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.11%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 17 (0.93%) JIRA
2 11 (0.60%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.38%) Git
4 4 (0.22%) MSBuild
4 4 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.22%) TeamCity
General
1 544 (29.82%) Social Skills
2 188 (10.31%) Analytical Skills
3 170 (9.32%) Finance
4 111 (6.09%) Retail
5 110 (6.03%) Telecoms
6 90 (4.93%) Law
7 66 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 50 (2.74%) Manufacturing
9 48 (2.63%) Public Sector
10 46 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
11 44 (2.41%) Legal
12 41 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
13 25 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
14 23 (1.26%) Banking
15 19 (1.04%) Local Government
16 17 (0.93%) Marketing
17 16 (0.88%) Police
18 14 (0.77%) Games
19 13 (0.71%) Advertising
20 11 (0.60%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 386 (21.16%) Network Engineer
2 261 (14.31%) Analyst
3 236 (12.94%) Senior
4 234 (12.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 162 (8.88%) Support Engineer
6 151 (8.28%) IT Support
7 117 (6.41%) IT Engineer
8 90 (4.93%) Architect
9 85 (4.66%) Senior Network Engineer
10 81 (4.44%) IT Analyst
11 75 (4.11%) 2nd Line Support
12 72 (3.95%) Lead
13 71 (3.89%) Network Analyst
14 69 (3.78%) Service Analyst
15 66 (3.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 65 (3.56%) Support Analyst
17 62 (3.40%) Service Desk Analyst
18 60 (3.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 60 (3.29%) Consultant
19 59 (3.23%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.54%) 802.1X
2 27 (1.48%) LDAP
3 12 (0.66%) HTML
4 10 (0.55%) SAML
5 9 (0.49%) XMPP
6 8 (0.44%) .NET
6 8 (0.44%) WebSphere MQ
6 8 (0.44%) XML
7 7 (0.38%) EDI
8 4 (0.22%) Akka
8 4 (0.22%) Web Services
9 3 (0.16%) Middleware
10 2 (0.11%) ARM Templates
10 2 (0.11%) Azure Blueprints
10 2 (0.11%) LAMP
10 2 (0.11%) Node.js
10 2 (0.11%) React
10 2 (0.11%) RESTful
10 2 (0.11%) ServiceStack
10 2 (0.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 276 (15.13%) Data Centre
2 123 (6.74%) Management Information System
3 85 (4.66%) Driving Licence
4 54 (2.96%) Public Cloud
5 50 (2.74%) PKI
5 50 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
6 48 (2.63%) Onboarding
7 36 (1.97%) CCTV
8 29 (1.59%) Client/Server
8 29 (1.59%) Cyberattack
8 29 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
9 25 (1.37%) Private Cloud
10 23 (1.26%) IoT
11 22 (1.21%) Video Conferencing
12 20 (1.10%) NHS
13 18 (0.99%) Clustering
13 18 (0.99%) Replication
14 15 (0.82%) Fat Client
14 15 (0.82%) Security Posture
14 15 (0.82%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 799 (43.80%) Windows
2 397 (21.77%) Windows Server
3 196 (10.75%) Linux
4 179 (9.81%) Windows 10
5 81 (4.44%) Android
6 80 (4.39%) Windows Server 2019
7 75 (4.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 62 (3.40%) Mac OS
9 56 (3.07%) Apple iOS
9 56 (3.07%) Ubuntu
10 52 (2.85%) VMS
10 52 (2.85%) Windows Server 2012
11 35 (1.92%) Windows 7
12 29 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 24 (1.32%) CentOS
14 21 (1.15%) Unix
15 17 (0.93%) VyOS
16 15 (0.82%) Mac OS X
16 15 (0.82%) Windows Server 2008
17 10 (0.55%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (18.20%) ITIL
2 323 (17.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 322 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 268 (14.69%) Customer Service
5 202 (11.07%) Cybersecurity
6 138 (7.57%) Roadmaps
7 134 (7.35%) Agile
8 122 (6.69%) Disaster Recovery
9 111 (6.09%) Project Delivery
9 111 (6.09%) Project Management
10 109 (5.98%) Service Delivery
11 105 (5.76%) Mentoring
12 98 (5.37%) Migration
13 92 (5.04%) Information Security
14 90 (4.93%) Presales
15 86 (4.71%) Change Management
16 79 (4.33%) Stakeholder Management
17 78 (4.28%) Continuous Improvement
18 74 (4.06%) Service Management
19 69 (3.78%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 171 (9.38%) PowerShell
2 109 (5.98%) SQL
3 79 (4.33%) Python
4 45 (2.47%) Bash
5 18 (0.99%) Perl
6 11 (0.60%) Java
7 7 (0.38%) PHP
8 6 (0.33%) C#
9 3 (0.16%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.16%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.11%) Bicep
10 2 (0.11%) Korn
10 2 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.055%) VBA
Qualifications
1 310 (17.00%) Cisco Certification
2 264 (14.47%) Degree
3 203 (11.13%) CCNA
4 168 (9.21%) Security Cleared
5 156 (8.55%) CCNP
6 86 (4.71%) SC Cleared
7 75 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 69 (3.78%) DV Cleared
9 65 (3.56%) CCIE
10 53 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
11 48 (2.63%) CISSP
12 45 (2.47%) DBS Check
13 41 (2.25%) MCSE
14 38 (2.08%) CCDP
15 37 (2.03%) JNCIA
16 34 (1.86%) Azure Certification
17 27 (1.48%) A+ Certification
18 26 (1.43%) HND
19 25 (1.37%) AWS Certification
20 23 (1.26%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (6.58%) SLA
2 58 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 52 (2.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 26 (1.43%) NIST
5 20 (1.10%) PCI DSS
6 19 (1.04%) GDPR
7 18 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 15 (0.82%) QA
9 11 (0.60%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.38%) NCSC
11 6 (0.33%) IASME
12 5 (0.27%) COBIT
12 5 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
14 2 (0.11%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.11%) ITGC
14 2 (0.11%) PMO
15 1 (0.055%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 1 (0.055%) SOC 2
System Software
1 718 (39.36%) Active Directory
2 336 (18.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 226 (12.39%) Hyper-V
4 78 (4.28%) vSphere
5 60 (3.29%) VMware ESXi
6 33 (1.81%) Virtual Desktop
7 30 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
8 26 (1.43%) XenApp
9 23 (1.26%) XenDesktop
10 18 (0.99%) Firmware
11 11 (0.60%) Docker
12 9 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
13 7 (0.38%) VMware NSX
14 6 (0.33%) VMware Workstation
15 5 (0.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 4 (0.22%) VMware Server
17 3 (0.16%) BitLocker
17 3 (0.16%) KVM
17 3 (0.16%) QEMU
17 3 (0.16%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 196 (10.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 93 (5.10%) SCCM
3 72 (3.95%) Ansible
4 65 (3.56%) Terraform
5 49 (2.69%) WSUS
6 34 (1.86%) FortiGate
7 24 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
8 21 (1.15%) vCenter Server
9 16 (0.88%) Autotask
10 15 (0.82%) Puppet
11 12 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
11 12 (0.66%) Nmap
11 12 (0.66%) SmoothWall
12 11 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 10 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
14 9 (0.49%) SCVMM
15 8 (0.44%) McAfee ePO
15 8 (0.44%) VxRail
16 7 (0.38%) Progress Chef
16 7 (0.38%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 793 (43.48%) Microsoft
2 602 (33.00%) Cisco
3 495 (27.14%) VMware
4 171 (9.38%) Juniper
5 167 (9.16%) Meraki
6 163 (8.94%) Fortinet
7 126 (6.91%) Aruba
8 121 (6.63%) HP
9 114 (6.25%) Palo Alto
10 107 (5.87%) Citrix
11 94 (5.15%) Veeam
12 76 (4.17%) SolarWinds
13 74 (4.06%) CheckPoint
14 69 (3.78%) Dell
15 61 (3.34%) Google
16 59 (3.23%) Ruckus Wireless
17 43 (2.36%) Apple
18 38 (2.08%) Nokia
19 31 (1.70%) Sophos
20 28 (1.54%) Red Hat