LAN Contracts in London

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for LAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates 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 210 189 336
Rank change year-on-year -21 +147 -56
Contract jobs citing LAN 188 361 309
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.08% 1.39% 0.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.30% 13.89% 8.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 193 196
10th Percentile £195 £213 £210
25th Percentile £325 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +15.15%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £575
90th Percentile £744 £775 £663
England median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 6
10th Percentile - - £39.79
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £41.37
Median hourly rate £20.40 £20.00 £44.37
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -54.92% -11.26%
75th Percentile £23.80 £65.00 £48.06
90th Percentile - - £58.04
England median hourly rate £22.50 £65.00 £24.25
% change year-on-year -65.38% +168.04% +5.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

LAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,663 2,599 3,675
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.52% 9.99% 9.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,115 1,823 2,551
10th Percentile £213 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 54 87
10th Percentile £14.46 £19.25 £20.96
25th Percentile £16.40 £22.53 £23.91
Median hourly rate £22.75 £36.27 £29.12
Median % change year-on-year -37.28% +24.55% -38.47%
75th Percentile £41.25 £69.00 £46.81
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% +1.74%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in London

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in London

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in London

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in London

LAN
Contract Job Locations in 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 London 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +14 28 £400 -23.81% 23
West London +14 3 £525 +153.01% 4
East London -1 3 £125 -50.50% 22
South London -3 2 £450 -10.00% 2
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 11 (5.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.66%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.60%) IIS
4 1 (0.53%) Apache
Applications
1 11 (5.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (5.85%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (5.32%) MS Visio
3 6 (3.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.53%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 46 (24.47%) Azure
2 39 (20.74%) AWS
3 24 (12.77%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (6.91%) GCP
5 7 (3.72%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.19%) IaaS
6 6 (3.19%) SaaS
6 6 (3.19%) WhatsApp
7 5 (2.66%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (2.66%) Mimecast
7 5 (2.66%) OCI
8 3 (1.60%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (1.60%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (1.60%) Amazon ElastiCache
8 3 (1.60%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.60%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.60%) PaaS
8 3 (1.60%) Route 53
8 3 (1.60%) Serverless
9 2 (1.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 149 (79.26%) WAN
2 105 (55.85%) Firewall
3 62 (32.98%) VPN
3 62 (32.98%) Wireless
4 55 (29.26%) BGP
4 55 (29.26%) OSPF
5 40 (21.28%) DNS
6 37 (19.68%) DHCP
7 32 (17.02%) Wi-Fi
8 30 (15.96%) WLAN
9 29 (15.43%) MPLS
9 29 (15.43%) SD-WAN
10 26 (13.83%) IPsec
11 24 (12.77%) Cisco Nexus
12 22 (11.70%) VLAN
13 21 (11.17%) Cisco ASA
13 21 (11.17%) Network Security
14 20 (10.64%) EIGRP
15 19 (10.11%) TCP/IP
16 15 (7.98%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.06%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.53%) MySQL
3 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Git
2 1 (0.53%) Gradle
2 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 55 (29.26%) Social Skills
2 33 (17.55%) Finance
3 19 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (9.57%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.85%) Mandarin Language
6 9 (4.79%) Banking
7 7 (3.72%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.19%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.60%) Front Office
10 3 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.60%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.06%) Aviation
11 2 (1.06%) Cantonese Language
11 2 (1.06%) Legal
11 2 (1.06%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.06%) Military
11 2 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (33.51%) Network Engineer
2 20 (10.64%) Senior
3 19 (10.11%) Architect
4 17 (9.04%) Support Engineer
5 14 (7.45%) Network Specialist
6 13 (6.91%) IT Support
7 12 (6.38%) IT Engineer
8 11 (5.85%) Senior Network Engineer
9 10 (5.32%) Cisco Engineer
9 10 (5.32%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 10 (5.32%) Network Architect
10 9 (4.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (4.26%) Desktop Support
12 7 (3.72%) 2nd Line Support
12 7 (3.72%) Project Manager
13 6 (3.19%) IT Support Engineer
13 6 (3.19%) IT Support Technician
13 6 (3.19%) Support Technician
13 6 (3.19%) Technical Architect
13 6 (3.19%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.72%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.13%) LDAP
2 4 (2.13%) NETCONF
3 2 (1.06%) AWS CDK
3 2 (1.06%) Jinja
3 2 (1.06%) JSON
3 2 (1.06%) RESTful
3 2 (1.06%) Software Packaging
3 2 (1.06%) XML
3 2 (1.06%) YANG
4 1 (0.53%) EDI
4 1 (0.53%) LAMP
4 1 (0.53%) LAPP Stack
4 1 (0.53%) libvirt
4 1 (0.53%) Middleware
4 1 (0.53%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (13.30%) Data Centre
2 20 (10.64%) PKI
2 20 (10.64%) Video Conferencing
3 8 (4.26%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.66%) NHS
6 4 (2.13%) CMDB
6 4 (2.13%) iPhone
6 4 (2.13%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.60%) CCTV
7 3 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.60%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.60%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.06%) Clustering
8 2 (1.06%) Digital Signage
8 2 (1.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.06%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.06%) Fat Client
8 2 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.06%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 44 (23.40%) Windows
2 24 (12.77%) Windows Server
3 16 (8.51%) Mac OS
4 11 (5.85%) Windows 10
5 10 (5.32%) Linux
6 5 (2.66%) Android
6 5 (2.66%) Unix
7 4 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.60%) Windows 7
8 3 (1.60%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.60%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.53%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.53%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (16.49%) ITIL
2 28 (14.89%) Change Management
3 26 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (11.17%) Migration
5 17 (9.04%) Customer Service
5 17 (9.04%) Kalman Filter
6 16 (8.51%) Infrastructure as Code
7 15 (7.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 14 (7.45%) Agile
9 13 (6.91%) Project Management
9 13 (6.91%) Root Cause Analysis
10 12 (6.38%) Asset Management
10 12 (6.38%) Disaster Recovery
11 11 (5.85%) Network Architecture
11 11 (5.85%) Problem Management
11 11 (5.85%) Server Management
11 11 (5.85%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (5.85%) Threat Management
12 10 (5.32%) Capacity Management
12 10 (5.32%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.04%) Python
2 14 (7.45%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.66%) SQL
4 4 (2.13%) Bash
5 2 (1.06%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.06%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.53%) Java
6 1 (0.53%) Perl
Qualifications
1 43 (22.87%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (17.55%) CCNP
3 25 (13.30%) Degree
3 25 (13.30%) Security Cleared
4 23 (12.23%) CCNA
5 13 (6.91%) SC Cleared
6 12 (6.38%) CCIE
7 10 (5.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (4.79%) DV Cleared
9 8 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.66%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (2.66%) Azure Certification
11 4 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.60%) MCSE
13 2 (1.06%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 2 (1.06%) PMI Certification
13 2 (1.06%) PMP
13 2 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 1 (0.53%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.70%) SLA
2 3 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.60%) QA
3 2 (1.06%) NCSC
4 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 28 (14.89%) Active Directory
2 15 (7.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (4.79%) Virtual Servers
4 7 (3.72%) Hyper-V
5 6 (3.19%) Firmware
6 5 (2.66%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.60%) Docker
9 2 (1.06%) BitLocker
9 2 (1.06%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (1.06%) VMware NSX
9 2 (1.06%) vSphere
10 1 (0.53%) Ceph
10 1 (0.53%) iptables
10 1 (0.53%) KVM
10 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.53%) NFS
10 1 (0.53%) Samba
10 1 (0.53%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (5.85%) FortiGate
1 11 (5.85%) Terraform
2 8 (4.26%) SCCM
3 7 (3.72%) Ansible
4 6 (3.19%) SolarWinds Orion
5 5 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (2.13%) Kubernetes
7 3 (1.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.60%) SCOM
7 3 (1.60%) TrustSec
7 3 (1.60%) VxRail
8 2 (1.06%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.06%) Nessus
8 2 (1.06%) NetBackup
8 2 (1.06%) Nmap
8 2 (1.06%) OpenNMS
8 2 (1.06%) SCVMM
8 2 (1.06%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.53%) SELinux
Vendors
1 102 (54.26%) Cisco
2 49 (26.06%) Microsoft
3 44 (23.40%) Palo Alto
4 33 (17.55%) F5
5 27 (14.36%) Juniper
6 24 (12.77%) Fortinet
7 23 (12.23%) CheckPoint
8 19 (10.11%) VMware
9 15 (7.98%) Infoblox
10 13 (6.91%) ServiceNow
10 13 (6.91%) SolarWinds
11 12 (6.38%) Aruba
12 10 (5.32%) Meraki
13 8 (4.26%) Dell
13 8 (4.26%) Google
14 7 (3.72%) TOWER Software
15 6 (3.19%) Extreme Networks
15 6 (3.19%) HP
16 5 (2.66%) Citrix
16 5 (2.66%) Commvault