LAN Jobs in England

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 151 217 275
Rank change year-on-year +66 +58 -58
Permanent jobs citing LAN 1,654 1,551 2,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.91% 1.75% 1.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.73% 11.04% 11.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,411 1,198 1,589
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.64%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,575 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,350
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year - -2.17% +1.66%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,051 14,043 18,293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.93% 15.87% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 8,513 7,209 10,451
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,400 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in England

LAN
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for LAN in England

LAN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for LAN in England

LAN
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
London +84 459 £55,000 - 122
North of England +32 385 £40,000 -11.11% 88
Midlands +36 249 £42,000 +9.09% 47
South East +5 235 £45,000 +12.50% 65
North West +19 208 £42,500 -5.56% 61
West Midlands +72 202 £40,313 -4.02% 29
South West +41 194 £42,500 +0.59% 25
Yorkshire +72 152 £42,500 -5.56% 23
East of England +25 142 £42,500 +6.25% 30
North East -13 38 £38,000 -10.59% 4
East Midlands -40 38 £45,000 +21.27% 18
LAN
UK

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 208 (12.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 186 (11.25%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.03%) IIS
3 17 (1.03%) SharePoint 2010
3 17 (1.03%) SharePoint 2013
4 10 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (0.54%) Skype for Business
6 8 (0.48%) WebSphere
7 7 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
8 5 (0.30%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.24%) Apache
9 4 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (0.18%) SAS
11 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.12%) Moodle
11 2 (0.12%) nginx
11 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.060%) Confluence
Applications
1 198 (11.97%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.09%) MS Visio
3 17 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.18%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.18%) Revit
5 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.24%) Epicor Tropos
5 2 (0.12%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.12%) Shopify
6 1 (0.060%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.060%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 636 (38.45%) Microsoft 365
2 619 (37.42%) Azure
3 194 (11.73%) Entra ID
4 158 (9.55%) AWS
5 62 (3.75%) OneDrive
6 57 (3.45%) IaaS
7 50 (3.02%) SaaS
8 46 (2.78%) PaaS
9 44 (2.66%) GCP
10 39 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
11 27 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
12 24 (1.45%) Power Platform
13 23 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
14 20 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
15 19 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
16 16 (0.97%) Mimecast
17 14 (0.85%) Rubrik
18 12 (0.73%) AWS Direct Connect
18 12 (0.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
19 10 (0.60%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,386 (83.80%) WAN
2 677 (40.93%) Firewall
3 421 (25.45%) VPN
4 413 (24.97%) Wi-Fi
5 350 (21.16%) Wireless
6 345 (20.86%) DNS
7 316 (19.11%) TCP/IP
8 312 (18.86%) DHCP
9 220 (13.30%) SD-WAN
10 218 (13.18%) WLAN
11 209 (12.64%) Network Security
12 200 (12.09%) MPLS
13 166 (10.04%) VLAN
14 164 (9.92%) Internet
15 157 (9.49%) BGP
16 148 (8.95%) OSPF
17 108 (6.53%) SAN
18 105 (6.35%) VoIP
19 61 (3.69%) Ethernet
20 57 (3.45%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 18 (1.09%) MySQL
3 14 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (0.73%) Power BI
5 11 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (0.60%) DB2
7 7 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (0.42%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.30%) InfluxDB
9 5 (0.30%) MariaDB
10 4 (0.24%) QlikView
11 3 (0.18%) Big Data
11 3 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.18%) EDRMS
12 2 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.12%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.12%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (0.85%) JIRA
2 8 (0.48%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.42%) Git
4 4 (0.24%) MSBuild
4 4 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.24%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.060%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 487 (29.44%) Social Skills
2 165 (9.98%) Analytical Skills
2 165 (9.98%) Finance
3 108 (6.53%) Retail
4 90 (5.44%) Telecoms
5 85 (5.14%) Law
6 51 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
7 50 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 45 (2.72%) Legal
9 44 (2.66%) Manufacturing
10 39 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
11 25 (1.51%) Public Sector
12 20 (1.21%) Banking
13 13 (0.79%) Advertising
13 13 (0.79%) Marketing
14 12 (0.73%) Games
15 11 (0.67%) Aerospace
15 11 (0.67%) Police
16 9 (0.54%) Italian Language
16 9 (0.54%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 360 (21.77%) Network Engineer
2 244 (14.75%) Analyst
3 221 (13.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 207 (12.52%) Senior
5 155 (9.37%) Support Engineer
6 135 (8.16%) IT Support
7 113 (6.83%) IT Engineer
8 76 (4.59%) Senior Network Engineer
9 75 (4.53%) IT Analyst
10 73 (4.41%) Network Analyst
11 68 (4.11%) 2nd Line Support
12 65 (3.93%) Architect
12 65 (3.93%) Service Analyst
13 64 (3.87%) Lead
14 62 (3.75%) Service Desk Analyst
15 59 (3.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 59 (3.57%) IT Manager
16 54 (3.26%) Operations Analyst
17 53 (3.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 52 (3.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (1.75%) 802.1X
2 22 (1.33%) LDAP
3 10 (0.60%) SAML
4 9 (0.54%) HTML
5 8 (0.48%) .NET
5 8 (0.48%) WebSphere MQ
5 8 (0.48%) XML
6 6 (0.36%) EDI
7 5 (0.30%) XMPP
8 4 (0.24%) Akka
8 4 (0.24%) Web Services
9 3 (0.18%) Middleware
10 2 (0.12%) ARM Templates
10 2 (0.12%) Azure Blueprints
10 2 (0.12%) LAMP
10 2 (0.12%) Node.js
10 2 (0.12%) React
10 2 (0.12%) RESTful
10 2 (0.12%) ServiceStack
10 2 (0.12%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 220 (13.30%) Data Centre
2 90 (5.44%) Management Information System
3 81 (4.90%) Driving Licence
4 56 (3.39%) Public Cloud
5 50 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
6 47 (2.84%) PKI
7 35 (2.12%) CCTV
8 30 (1.81%) Onboarding
9 29 (1.75%) Client/Server
10 26 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
11 25 (1.51%) Private Cloud
12 23 (1.39%) IoT
13 22 (1.33%) NHS
14 17 (1.03%) Replication
15 16 (0.97%) Clustering
16 15 (0.91%) Fat Client
16 15 (0.91%) Thin Client
16 15 (0.91%) Video Conferencing
17 14 (0.85%) Security Operations Centre
18 13 (0.79%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 742 (44.86%) Windows
2 364 (22.01%) Windows Server
3 176 (10.64%) Linux
4 163 (9.85%) Windows 10
5 73 (4.41%) Android
5 73 (4.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 71 (4.29%) Windows Server 2016
7 54 (3.26%) Apple iOS
7 54 (3.26%) Mac OS
8 53 (3.20%) Ubuntu
8 53 (3.20%) Windows Server 2012
9 47 (2.84%) VMS
10 38 (2.30%) Windows 7
11 26 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 21 (1.27%) CentOS
13 19 (1.15%) Unix
14 18 (1.09%) VyOS
15 15 (0.91%) Mac OS X
16 14 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
17 8 (0.48%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (18.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 308 (18.62%) ITIL
3 299 (18.08%) Problem-Solving
4 236 (14.27%) Customer Service
5 165 (9.98%) Cybersecurity
6 127 (7.68%) Agile
7 111 (6.71%) Disaster Recovery
8 107 (6.47%) Roadmaps
9 105 (6.35%) Project Delivery
10 104 (6.29%) Project Management
11 101 (6.11%) Mentoring
12 99 (5.99%) Service Delivery
13 86 (5.20%) Presales
14 77 (4.66%) Migration
14 77 (4.66%) Service Management
15 75 (4.53%) Information Security
16 69 (4.17%) Time Management
17 67 (4.05%) DevOps
18 64 (3.87%) Change Management
19 63 (3.81%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 171 (10.34%) PowerShell
2 111 (6.71%) SQL
3 83 (5.02%) Python
4 44 (2.66%) Bash
5 18 (1.09%) Perl
6 7 (0.42%) Java
7 6 (0.36%) C#
8 4 (0.24%) PHP
9 3 (0.18%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.18%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.12%) Bicep
10 2 (0.12%) Korn
10 2 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.060%) VBA
Qualifications
1 279 (16.87%) Cisco Certification
2 214 (12.94%) Degree
3 189 (11.43%) CCNA
4 148 (8.95%) CCNP
5 138 (8.34%) Security Cleared
6 75 (4.53%) DV Cleared
7 70 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 69 (4.17%) CCIE
9 55 (3.33%) SC Cleared
10 44 (2.66%) CCDP
11 43 (2.60%) DBS Check
12 38 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
12 38 (2.30%) JNCIA
13 36 (2.18%) MCSE
14 35 (2.12%) CISSP
15 25 (1.51%) A+ Certification
16 23 (1.39%) PMI Certification
17 22 (1.33%) Network+ Certification
18 21 (1.27%) MCSA
19 20 (1.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (6.11%) SLA
2 51 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 25 (1.51%) NIST
5 21 (1.27%) PCI DSS
6 19 (1.15%) GDPR
7 10 (0.60%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.60%) QA
8 7 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.36%) NCSC
10 2 (0.12%) COBIT
10 2 (0.12%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.12%) ITGC
10 2 (0.12%) PMO
10 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.060%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 663 (40.08%) Active Directory
2 302 (18.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 206 (12.45%) Hyper-V
4 74 (4.47%) vSphere
5 57 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
6 29 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
7 26 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
8 21 (1.27%) Firmware
9 19 (1.15%) XenApp
10 16 (0.97%) XenDesktop
11 11 (0.67%) Docker
12 8 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.36%) Terminal Services
13 6 (0.36%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 4 (0.24%) VMware Server
15 4 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
16 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
16 3 (0.18%) NFS
16 3 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 183 (11.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 79 (4.78%) SCCM
3 65 (3.93%) Ansible
4 56 (3.39%) Terraform
5 49 (2.96%) WSUS
6 31 (1.87%) FortiGate
7 22 (1.33%) Jamf Pro
8 20 (1.21%) vCenter Server
9 15 (0.91%) Nmap
10 13 (0.79%) Puppet
11 12 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 12 (0.73%) SmoothWall
12 11 (0.67%) Autotask
12 11 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
13 10 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
14 9 (0.54%) SCVMM
15 8 (0.48%) McAfee ePO
16 7 (0.42%) Nagios
16 7 (0.42%) Progress Chef
16 7 (0.42%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 743 (44.92%) Microsoft
2 540 (32.65%) Cisco
3 444 (26.84%) VMware
4 161 (9.73%) Juniper
5 143 (8.65%) Fortinet
6 138 (8.34%) Meraki
7 116 (7.01%) Aruba
8 115 (6.95%) HP
9 99 (5.99%) Citrix
10 82 (4.96%) Palo Alto
10 82 (4.96%) Veeam
11 73 (4.41%) SolarWinds
12 60 (3.63%) Dell
13 57 (3.45%) Ruckus Wireless
14 55 (3.33%) CheckPoint
15 52 (3.14%) Google
16 38 (2.30%) Apple
16 38 (2.30%) Nokia
17 28 (1.69%) F5
18 26 (1.57%) Sophos