LAN Contracts in Scotland

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring LAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LAN over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 122 140
Rank change year-on-year +26 +18 -9
Contract jobs citing LAN 19 42 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.89% 1.57% 1.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.64% 11.67% 11.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 23 11
10th Percentile £194 £370 £99
25th Percentile £377 £413 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £465 £300
Median % change year-on-year -5.81% +55.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £697 £538 £413
90th Percentile £748 £568 £525
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £438
% change year-on-year -5.26% +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £21.00
25th Percentile - - £28.75
Median hourly rate - - £54.00
75th Percentile - - £56.00
90th Percentile - - £57.38
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £66.00 £27.21
% change year-on-year -65.91% +142.60% +17.96%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

LAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 220 360 304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 10.27% 13.47% 8.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 221 200
10th Percentile £179 £160 £224
25th Percentile £229 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £460 £470
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -2.13% +10.59%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £538
90th Percentile £633 £575 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 20 19
10th Percentile £12.88 - £20.80
25th Percentile £15.88 - £41.75
Median hourly rate £18.14 £10.63 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year +70.60% -79.06% +40.06%
75th Percentile £29.56 £38.18 £56.00
90th Percentile £60.75 £59.18 £57.75
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +4.00%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Scotland

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for LAN in Scotland

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Scotland

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in Scotland

LAN
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +34 13 £525 - 1
Glasgow +2 3 £245 -45.56% 2
West Lothian +2 2 £188 -54.55% 3
LAN
UK

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Azure
2 3 (15.79%) IaaS
2 3 (15.79%) iPaaS
2 3 (15.79%) PaaS
3 1 (5.26%) AWS
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (63.16%) WAN
2 9 (47.37%) Firewall
3 6 (31.58%) VPN
4 5 (26.32%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (21.05%) Network Security
5 4 (21.05%) SD-WAN
6 3 (15.79%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (15.79%) FabricPath
6 3 (15.79%) Internet
6 3 (15.79%) IPsec
6 3 (15.79%) NX-OS
6 3 (15.79%) Unified Communications
6 3 (15.79%) WLAN
7 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
7 2 (10.53%) Wireless
8 1 (5.26%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle Reports
General
1 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 8 (42.11%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.79%) Finance
4 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Architect
2 5 (26.32%) Technical Architect
3 4 (21.05%) Network Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Consultant
4 3 (15.79%) Project Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Azure Architect
5 2 (10.53%) Cisco Consultant
5 2 (10.53%) Cloud Architect
5 2 (10.53%) Field Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) IT Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Network Architect
5 2 (10.53%) Network Field Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Senior
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Architect
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Technical Architect
5 2 (10.53%) VMware Consultant
6 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Network Communications Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
6 1 (5.26%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) .NET
1 3 (15.79%) J2EE
1 3 (15.79%) Web Services
2 2 (10.53%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Client/Server
1 3 (15.79%) Data Centre
1 3 (15.79%) N-Tier
1 3 (15.79%) Public Cloud
2 1 (5.26%) BYOD
2 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.26%) IoT
2 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.26%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (36.84%) Windows
2 4 (21.05%) Linux
3 3 (15.79%) Windows Server
4 2 (10.53%) Unix
5 1 (5.26%) Mac OS
5 1 (5.26%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) High Availability
1 6 (31.58%) Roadmaps
2 4 (21.05%) Agile
3 3 (15.79%) Architecture Governance
3 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (15.79%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (15.79%) Innovative Thinking
3 3 (15.79%) Integration Patterns
3 3 (15.79%) Load Balancing
3 3 (15.79%) Migration
3 3 (15.79%) Network Monitoring
3 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
3 3 (15.79%) Project Management
3 3 (15.79%) SOA
3 3 (15.79%) Strategic Thinking
3 3 (15.79%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (15.79%) Time Management
4 2 (10.53%) Data Science
4 2 (10.53%) Decision-Making
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) CCNA
2 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (15.79%) QA
3 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (15.79%) Hyper-V
3 2 (10.53%) VMware NSX
4 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Cisco
2 5 (26.32%) VMware
3 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
4 3 (15.79%) F5
4 3 (15.79%) Fortinet
4 3 (15.79%) Palo Alto
5 2 (10.53%) Avaya
5 2 (10.53%) Databricks
5 2 (10.53%) Extreme Networks
5 2 (10.53%) Oracle
6 1 (5.26%) Apple