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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 198 295
Rank change year-on-year +43 +97 -81
Permanent jobs citing LAN 1,664 1,562 2,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.82% 1.86% 1.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.70% 11.32% 10.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,395 1,183 1,583
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £28,034
25th Percentile £34,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.17%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year - -2.17% -

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 12,143 13,801 18,982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.29% 16.41% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 8,512 7,012 10,487
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,225
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £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 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +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 3 June 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 3 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
London +69 460 £55,000 - 67
North of England +25 394 £42,500 -5.56% 84
Midlands +34 253 £42,000 +9.09% 52
South East -2 236 £45,000 +11.11% 50
North West +17 221 £42,500 -7.61% 55
West Midlands +57 203 £40,313 -1.68% 36
South West +16 185 £42,500 +0.59% 30
Yorkshire +61 154 £42,500 -5.56% 23
East of England +20 152 £45,000 +12.50% 30
East Midlands -32 41 £45,000 +21.27% 16
North East -22 37 £37,750 -11.18% 6
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
1 209 (12.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 185 (11.12%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.14%) SharePoint 2010
3 19 (1.14%) SharePoint 2013
4 17 (1.02%) IIS
5 10 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2010
6 9 (0.54%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.48%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
9 5 (0.30%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.24%) Apache
10 4 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
11 3 (0.18%) Confluence
11 3 (0.18%) SAS
12 2 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.12%) Moodle
12 2 (0.12%) nginx
12 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 195 (11.72%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.32%) MS Visio
3 21 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.18%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.18%) Revit
6 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
6 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 3 (0.18%) Epicor Tropos
5 2 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.12%) Shopify
6 1 (0.060%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.060%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.060%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 630 (37.86%) Microsoft 365
2 618 (37.14%) Azure
3 191 (11.48%) Entra ID
4 163 (9.80%) AWS
5 60 (3.61%) OneDrive
6 58 (3.49%) IaaS
7 52 (3.13%) SaaS
8 50 (3.00%) GCP
9 48 (2.88%) PaaS
10 37 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
11 26 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
12 23 (1.38%) Azure Sentinel
12 23 (1.38%) Power Platform
13 20 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
14 17 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
15 15 (0.90%) Mimecast
16 14 (0.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 13 (0.78%) Rubrik
18 12 (0.72%) AWS Direct Connect
19 10 (0.60%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,399 (84.07%) WAN
2 677 (40.69%) Firewall
3 424 (25.48%) VPN
4 416 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
5 352 (21.15%) Wireless
6 342 (20.55%) DNS
7 317 (19.05%) TCP/IP
8 309 (18.57%) DHCP
9 222 (13.34%) SD-WAN
10 217 (13.04%) WLAN
11 208 (12.50%) Network Security
12 199 (11.96%) MPLS
13 165 (9.92%) VLAN
14 163 (9.80%) Internet
15 152 (9.13%) BGP
16 143 (8.59%) OSPF
17 110 (6.61%) SAN
18 106 (6.37%) VoIP
19 64 (3.85%) Ethernet
20 59 (3.55%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (4.21%) SQL Server
2 20 (1.20%) MySQL
3 16 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (0.66%) Power BI
5 10 (0.60%) DB2
6 7 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (0.42%) NoSQL
6 7 (0.42%) QlikView
7 5 (0.30%) InfluxDB
7 5 (0.30%) MariaDB
7 5 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.18%) Big Data
8 3 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.18%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.12%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.12%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 16 (0.96%) JIRA
2 10 (0.60%) 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
1 486 (29.21%) Social Skills
2 166 (9.98%) Finance
3 164 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (6.55%) Retail
5 91 (5.47%) Telecoms
6 86 (5.17%) Law
7 48 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 46 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
9 45 (2.70%) Legal
10 43 (2.58%) Manufacturing
11 39 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
12 23 (1.38%) Banking
12 23 (1.38%) Public Sector
13 14 (0.84%) Games
14 13 (0.78%) Advertising
14 13 (0.78%) Marketing
15 11 (0.66%) Aerospace
15 11 (0.66%) Police
16 9 (0.54%) French Language
16 9 (0.54%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 358 (21.51%) Network Engineer
2 244 (14.66%) Analyst
3 224 (13.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 202 (12.14%) Senior
5 157 (9.44%) Support Engineer
6 133 (7.99%) IT Support
7 112 (6.73%) IT Engineer
8 75 (4.51%) IT Analyst
9 73 (4.39%) Senior Network Engineer
10 70 (4.21%) 2nd Line Support
11 68 (4.09%) Architect
11 68 (4.09%) Network Analyst
12 65 (3.91%) Service Analyst
13 64 (3.85%) Lead
14 60 (3.61%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 59 (3.55%) Service Desk Analyst
16 57 (3.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 56 (3.37%) Support Analyst
18 55 (3.31%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 54 (3.25%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.68%) 802.1X
2 26 (1.56%) LDAP
3 11 (0.66%) HTML
4 10 (0.60%) SAML
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
1 215 (12.92%) Data Centre
2 89 (5.35%) Management Information System
3 78 (4.69%) Driving Licence
4 53 (3.19%) Public Cloud
5 48 (2.88%) PKI
5 48 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
6 35 (2.10%) CCTV
7 31 (1.86%) Onboarding
8 29 (1.74%) Client/Server
9 26 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
10 25 (1.50%) Private Cloud
11 22 (1.32%) IoT
12 20 (1.20%) NHS
13 17 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
14 16 (0.96%) Clustering
14 16 (0.96%) Replication
15 15 (0.90%) Fat Client
15 15 (0.90%) Thin Client
16 13 (0.78%) Cyberattack
17 12 (0.72%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 748 (44.95%) Windows
2 369 (22.18%) Windows Server
3 185 (11.12%) Linux
4 165 (9.92%) Windows 10
5 76 (4.57%) Windows Server 2019
6 73 (4.39%) Android
7 70 (4.21%) Windows Server 2016
8 56 (3.37%) Ubuntu
9 55 (3.31%) Mac OS
10 54 (3.25%) Apple iOS
11 52 (3.13%) VMS
12 49 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
13 35 (2.10%) Windows 7
14 29 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 25 (1.50%) CentOS
16 22 (1.32%) Unix
17 18 (1.08%) VyOS
18 15 (0.90%) Mac OS X
19 14 (0.84%) Windows Server 2008
20 10 (0.60%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 311 (18.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 299 (17.97%) Problem-Solving
3 295 (17.73%) ITIL
4 232 (13.94%) Customer Service
5 167 (10.04%) Cybersecurity
6 126 (7.57%) Agile
7 109 (6.55%) Project Delivery
8 108 (6.49%) Disaster Recovery
9 106 (6.37%) Roadmaps
10 103 (6.19%) Project Management
11 100 (6.01%) Mentoring
12 98 (5.89%) Service Delivery
13 88 (5.29%) Presales
14 78 (4.69%) Migration
15 72 (4.33%) Information Security
16 71 (4.27%) Service Management
17 66 (3.97%) Time Management
18 65 (3.91%) DevOps
19 63 (3.79%) Change Management
19 63 (3.79%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 165 (9.92%) PowerShell
2 108 (6.49%) SQL
3 82 (4.93%) Python
4 46 (2.76%) Bash
5 19 (1.14%) Perl
6 11 (0.66%) Java
7 7 (0.42%) C#
8 6 (0.36%) 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
1 267 (16.05%) Cisco Certification
2 218 (13.10%) Degree
3 185 (11.12%) CCNA
4 144 (8.65%) CCNP
5 137 (8.23%) Security Cleared
6 70 (4.21%) DV Cleared
6 70 (4.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 62 (3.73%) CCIE
8 56 (3.37%) SC Cleared
9 43 (2.58%) DBS Check
10 40 (2.40%) CCDP
11 39 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
12 38 (2.28%) MCSE
13 37 (2.22%) JNCIA
14 33 (1.98%) CISSP
15 23 (1.38%) PMI Certification
16 22 (1.32%) A+ Certification
17 21 (1.26%) Network+ Certification
18 20 (1.20%) MCSA
18 20 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (6.37%) SLA
2 47 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 26 (1.56%) NIST
5 20 (1.20%) GDPR
6 18 (1.08%) PCI DSS
7 10 (0.60%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.54%) QA
9 8 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.36%) NCSC
11 4 (0.24%) COBIT
12 2 (0.12%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.12%) ITGC
12 2 (0.12%) PMO
12 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.060%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 667 (40.08%) Active Directory
2 305 (18.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 210 (12.62%) Hyper-V
4 75 (4.51%) vSphere
5 54 (3.25%) VMware ESXi
6 29 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
7 26 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
8 23 (1.38%) XenApp
9 20 (1.20%) XenDesktop
10 18 (1.08%) Firmware
11 11 (0.66%) Docker
12 8 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.36%) VMware NSX
14 5 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 5 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
15 4 (0.24%) Terminal Services
15 4 (0.24%) VMware Server
16 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
16 3 (0.18%) KVM
16 3 (0.18%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 185 (11.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 82 (4.93%) SCCM
3 70 (4.21%) Ansible
4 59 (3.55%) Terraform
5 48 (2.88%) WSUS
6 29 (1.74%) FortiGate
7 23 (1.38%) Jamf Pro
8 20 (1.20%) vCenter Server
9 13 (0.78%) Nmap
9 13 (0.78%) Puppet
10 12 (0.72%) Autotask
10 12 (0.72%) SmoothWall
11 11 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
12 10 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 10 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
13 9 (0.54%) SCVMM
14 8 (0.48%) McAfee ePO
15 7 (0.42%) Nagios
15 7 (0.42%) Progress Chef
15 7 (0.42%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 739 (44.41%) Microsoft
2 537 (32.27%) Cisco
3 454 (27.28%) VMware
4 160 (9.62%) Juniper
5 142 (8.53%) Fortinet
6 140 (8.41%) Meraki
7 118 (7.09%) HP
8 117 (7.03%) Aruba
9 103 (6.19%) Citrix
10 85 (5.11%) Palo Alto
11 84 (5.05%) Veeam
12 73 (4.39%) SolarWinds
13 64 (3.85%) Dell
14 60 (3.61%) Ruckus Wireless
15 55 (3.31%) CheckPoint
15 55 (3.31%) Google
16 39 (2.34%) Nokia
17 37 (2.22%) Apple
18 28 (1.68%) F5
18 28 (1.68%) Red Hat