LAN Contracts in the UK excluding London

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 113 92 117
Rank change year-on-year -21 +25 +17
Contract jobs citing LAN 402 600 690
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.89% 2.64% 2.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.23% 16.99% 16.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 388 459
10th Percentile £200 £259 £175
25th Percentile £285 £313 £241
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +13.33% -3.54%
75th Percentile £650 £526 £515
90th Percentile £724 £591 £616
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £438
% change year-on-year -5.26% +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 32 45
10th Percentile £12.68 £20.96 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.75 £46.81 £17.64
Median hourly rate £22.50 £66.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -65.91% +193.33% -
75th Percentile £40.00 £75.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £43.00 £79.92 £56.00
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,288 3,532 4,254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.42% 15.56% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,852 2,200 2,762
10th Percentile £203 £210 £190
25th Percentile £350 £338 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 354 299 243
10th Percentile £13.33 - £14.91
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £19.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -11.63% -2.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.00 £48.62
90th Percentile £73.60 £75.00 £60.93
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 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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the UK excluding London 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
South East -17 142 £400 -11.11% 65
South West +16 87 £650 +36.84% 32
Midlands +2 70 £463 +19.48% 46
North of England -37 63 £338 -18.18% 70
West Midlands +12 59 £450 +20.00% 31
Yorkshire +25 33 £325 -27.78% 21
North West -46 27 £350 -17.65% 42
Scotland +26 19 £438 -5.81% 10
East of England -29 18 £525 +31.25% 35
East Midlands -4 10 £525 +36.36% 15
Wales -1 8 £241 -31.07% 11
North East +9 3 £350 +154.55% 7
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 17 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.24%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.50%) Confluence
3 2 (0.50%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 40 (9.95%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.49%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.25%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 50 (12.44%) Azure
2 45 (11.19%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (7.96%) IaaS
3 32 (7.96%) PaaS
4 30 (7.46%) Cloud Computing
5 29 (7.21%) SaaS
6 19 (4.73%) AWS
7 4 (1.00%) OneDrive
8 3 (0.75%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.75%) iPaaS
9 2 (0.50%) GCP
9 2 (0.50%) GitHub
9 2 (0.50%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.25%) Google Sheets
10 1 (0.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 319 (79.35%) WAN
2 113 (28.11%) Firewall
3 101 (25.12%) Wi-Fi
4 83 (20.65%) VPN
5 58 (14.43%) Wireless
6 44 (10.95%) DHCP
7 43 (10.70%) DNS
8 37 (9.20%) WLAN
9 36 (8.96%) MPLS
10 33 (8.21%) SD-WAN
11 27 (6.72%) Network Security
12 25 (6.22%) SAN
13 23 (5.72%) Cisco Nexus
13 23 (5.72%) VoIP
14 21 (5.22%) Ethernet
15 20 (4.98%) Internet
15 20 (4.98%) VLAN
16 19 (4.73%) OSPF
17 18 (4.48%) BGP
17 18 (4.48%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.99%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (1.00%) JIRA
2 2 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 117 (29.10%) Social Skills
2 69 (17.16%) Public Sector
3 30 (7.46%) Finance
4 28 (6.97%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (6.97%) Telecoms
5 17 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (2.24%) Manufacturing
6 9 (2.24%) Retail
7 8 (1.99%) Aerospace
7 8 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (1.99%) Legal
7 8 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.49%) Military
9 4 (1.00%) Automotive
9 4 (1.00%) Back Office
9 4 (1.00%) Marketing
10 3 (0.75%) Electronics
10 3 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 134 (33.33%) Architect
2 107 (26.62%) Network Engineer
3 103 (25.62%) Network Architect
4 29 (7.21%) Support Engineer
5 28 (6.97%) Senior
6 22 (5.47%) Analyst
7 21 (5.22%) Technical Architect
8 19 (4.73%) IT Engineer
9 17 (4.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (3.98%) IT Support
11 15 (3.73%) Senior Network Engineer
12 13 (3.23%) Field Engineer
12 13 (3.23%) Lead
12 13 (3.23%) Network Support
13 12 (2.99%) 2nd Line Support
13 12 (2.99%) Hardware Engineer
13 12 (2.99%) Project Manager
14 11 (2.74%) IT Analyst
14 11 (2.74%) IT Support Engineer
14 11 (2.74%) Network Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.99%) Web Services
2 11 (2.74%) Middleware
3 3 (0.75%) .NET
3 3 (0.75%) J2EE
3 3 (0.75%) XMPP
4 2 (0.50%) XML
4 2 (0.50%) XSLT
5 1 (0.25%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 89 (22.14%) Data Centre
2 27 (6.72%) Driving Licence
3 16 (3.98%) Clustering
4 12 (2.99%) Client/Server
4 12 (2.99%) Public Cloud
5 11 (2.74%) Operational Technology
5 11 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.99%) CMDB
6 8 (1.99%) NHS
7 6 (1.49%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.49%) PKI
8 5 (1.24%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.00%) CCTV
9 4 (1.00%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.00%) Replication
10 3 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.75%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.75%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 121 (30.10%) Windows
2 43 (10.70%) Windows Server
3 38 (9.45%) Linux
4 33 (8.21%) Windows 10
5 15 (3.73%) Mac OS
5 15 (3.73%) Unix
6 12 (2.99%) Windows 7
7 8 (1.99%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (1.99%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (1.74%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.24%) Android
9 5 (1.24%) Apple iOS
9 5 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (1.00%) CentOS
10 4 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.75%) Debian
12 2 (0.50%) zOS
13 1 (0.25%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.25%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (20.40%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (11.44%) ITIL
3 44 (10.95%) Business Strategy
4 42 (10.45%) Network Management
5 39 (9.70%) Customer Service
5 39 (9.70%) Project Delivery
6 34 (8.46%) Migration
7 33 (8.21%) Customer Requirements
8 32 (7.96%) Agile
8 32 (7.96%) Project Management
8 32 (7.96%) Zero Trust
9 27 (6.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 27 (6.72%) Open Source
10 25 (6.22%) Decision-Making
11 20 (4.98%) Data Protection
12 18 (4.48%) Analytics
13 17 (4.23%) IT Strategy
13 17 (4.23%) Service Delivery
14 16 (3.98%) Load Balancing
14 16 (3.98%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (6.22%) PowerShell
2 5 (1.24%) Bash
3 3 (0.75%) Python
3 3 (0.75%) SQL
4 2 (0.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 172 (42.79%) Security Cleared
2 67 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 66 (16.42%) DV Cleared
4 62 (15.42%) Degree
5 47 (11.69%) CCNA
6 44 (10.95%) SC Cleared
7 34 (8.46%) CCNP
8 14 (3.48%) JNCIA
9 12 (2.99%) CCIE
10 9 (2.24%) CCIE Data Center
11 7 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.24%) CCSA
13 5 (1.24%) JNCIS
13 5 (1.24%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (1.00%) HND
15 3 (0.75%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.75%) ECDL
15 3 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 2 (0.50%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (7.96%) SLA
2 17 (4.23%) QA
3 4 (1.00%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (0.75%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.25%) COBIT
6 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.25%) NEBOSH
6 1 (0.25%) PMO
System Software
1 62 (15.42%) Active Directory
2 57 (14.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (4.98%) Hyper-V
4 15 (3.73%) Firmware
5 12 (2.99%) VMware NSX
6 11 (2.74%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (2.24%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (1.99%) VMware Workstation
9 4 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.00%) VMware Server
9 4 (1.00%) vSphere
10 2 (0.50%) XenApp
11 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.25%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 41 (10.20%) SCCM
2 12 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.24%) FortiGate
3 9 (2.24%) Microsoft Clustering
3 9 (2.24%) vCenter Server
4 8 (1.99%) Nagios
4 8 (1.99%) NetBackup
5 7 (1.74%) Autotask
5 7 (1.74%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (1.74%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (1.74%) OpenView
6 5 (1.24%) SCOM
7 4 (1.00%) VxRail
8 3 (0.75%) AppManager
9 2 (0.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 2 (0.50%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.50%) Nessus
9 2 (0.50%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.50%) Terraform
10 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 156 (38.81%) Cisco
2 78 (19.40%) Microsoft
3 70 (17.41%) VMware
4 66 (16.42%) Juniper
5 34 (8.46%) Palo Alto
6 25 (6.22%) Aruba
7 20 (4.98%) CheckPoint
8 19 (4.73%) HP
9 17 (4.23%) Citrix
9 17 (4.23%) Meraki
10 15 (3.73%) Fortinet
11 13 (3.23%) F5
12 11 (2.74%) 3Com
12 11 (2.74%) Brocade
13 10 (2.49%) Apple
13 10 (2.49%) NetApp
14 9 (2.24%) SAP
15 8 (1.99%) Hitachi
16 7 (1.74%) Databricks
16 7 (1.74%) Veeam