LAN Contracts in the South East

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 75 58 96
Rank change year-on-year -17 +38 -14
Contract jobs citing LAN 142 196 189
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.47% 3.46% 2.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.91% 19.96% 14.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 105 120
10th Percentile £203 £267 £248
25th Percentile £205 £350 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £497 £538 £618
90th Percentile £650 £588 £653
England median daily rate £470 £459 £427
% change year-on-year +2.40% +7.49% +6.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 24 14
10th Percentile £34.47 £19.32 -
25th Percentile £58.44 £60.75 £13.00
Median hourly rate £73.50 £68.00 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year +8.08% +180.41% -62.26%
75th Percentile £75.68 £75.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.47 £79.27 £61.11
England median hourly rate £23.15 £65.50 £22.75
% change year-on-year -64.66% +187.91% -30.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,192 982 1,315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 20.72% 17.34% 17.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 576 578 777
10th Percentile £214 £246 £210
25th Percentile £390 £363 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £481 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% +6.79% +5.88%
75th Percentile £608 £588 £560
90th Percentile £650 £700 £651
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 70 85
10th Percentile £17.26 £18.20 £14.27
25th Percentile £29.81 £42.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £22.10
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +171.49% -48.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £74.81 £47.50
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £63.25
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
% change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the South East

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in the South East.

Daily rate trend for LAN in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for LAN in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LAN in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for LAN in the South East

LAN
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the South East 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
Thames Valley -8 64 £210 -56.83% 25
Berkshire -13 57 £210 -58.52% 12
Hampshire -19 52 £450 +5.88% 10
Surrey +2 12 £405 -22.86% 2
Kent +9 7 £205 -34.40% 9
Oxfordshire +5 5 £465 +6.29% 7
East Sussex +8 4 £400 -42.86% 1
West Sussex +7 2 £113 -71.88% 2
Buckinghamshire +6 2 £400 -16.76% 6
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (3.52%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.70%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 25 (17.61%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.41%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.70%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (9.86%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (3.52%) Azure
3 4 (2.82%) AWS
4 3 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (2.11%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.41%) Google Workspace
5 2 (1.41%) IaaS
5 2 (1.41%) PaaS
5 2 (1.41%) SaaS
6 1 (0.70%) GCP
6 1 (0.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 107 (75.35%) WAN
2 41 (28.87%) Firewall
3 35 (24.65%) VPN
4 31 (21.83%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (10.56%) Wireless
6 12 (8.45%) DNS
6 12 (8.45%) Network Security
7 11 (7.75%) DHCP
8 7 (4.93%) BGP
8 7 (4.93%) IPsec
8 7 (4.93%) OSPF
8 7 (4.93%) TCP/IP
9 6 (4.23%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (4.23%) Cisco ISE
9 6 (4.23%) EIGRP
9 6 (4.23%) VLAN
10 5 (3.52%) MPLS
11 4 (2.82%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (2.82%) Junos
11 4 (2.82%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.41%) SQL Server
General
1 37 (26.06%) Social Skills
2 20 (14.08%) Public Sector
3 12 (8.45%) Organisational Skills
4 11 (7.75%) Finance
5 7 (4.93%) Manufacturing
5 7 (4.93%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.11%) Automotive
6 3 (2.11%) Electronics
6 3 (2.11%) Marketing
6 3 (2.11%) Military
7 2 (1.41%) French Language
7 2 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.41%) Law
7 2 (1.41%) Portuguese Language
7 2 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.41%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.70%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.70%) Billing
Job Titles
1 53 (37.32%) Architect
2 48 (33.80%) Network Architect
3 43 (30.28%) Network Engineer
4 18 (12.68%) Senior
5 14 (9.86%) Senior Network Engineer
6 12 (8.45%) Hardware Engineer
7 8 (5.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (4.23%) IT Support
9 5 (3.52%) Break Fix Engineer
9 5 (3.52%) IT Engineer
10 4 (2.82%) Desktop Support
10 4 (2.82%) IT Support Engineer
10 4 (2.82%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (2.82%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 4 (2.82%) Support Engineer
11 3 (2.11%) 2nd Line Support
11 3 (2.11%) Analyst
11 3 (2.11%) Deskside Support
11 3 (2.11%) Systems Engineer
11 3 (2.11%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.11%) XMPP
2 2 (1.41%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.27%) Data Centre
1 16 (11.27%) Driving Licence
2 3 (2.11%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.41%) CCTV
3 2 (1.41%) CMDB
3 2 (1.41%) NHS
3 2 (1.41%) Operational Technology
3 2 (1.41%) Public Cloud
3 2 (1.41%) SCADA
3 2 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.70%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (0.70%) IoT
4 1 (0.70%) iPhone
4 1 (0.70%) Life Science
4 1 (0.70%) PKI
4 1 (0.70%) Smartcard
4 1 (0.70%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 36 (25.35%) Windows
2 20 (14.08%) Windows 10
3 12 (8.45%) Windows 7
4 11 (7.75%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.82%) Android
5 4 (2.82%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.82%) Linux
6 2 (1.41%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.41%) Unix
7 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (23.24%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (18.31%) Customer Requirements
3 21 (14.79%) Project Management
4 20 (14.08%) Project Delivery
5 19 (13.38%) Customer Service
6 17 (11.97%) ITIL
7 15 (10.56%) Agile
8 14 (9.86%) Preventative Maintenance
8 14 (9.86%) Service Delivery
9 12 (8.45%) Software Deployment
9 12 (8.45%) Software Testing
10 9 (6.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 8 (5.63%) Availability Management
11 8 (5.63%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (4.93%) Migration
13 6 (4.23%) Service Management
14 5 (3.52%) Incident Management
14 5 (3.52%) Information Security
14 5 (3.52%) Line Management
15 4 (2.82%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 90 (63.38%) Security Cleared
2 28 (19.72%) DV Cleared
3 20 (14.08%) Degree
4 18 (12.68%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (9.86%) CCNP
6 11 (7.75%) CCNA
6 11 (7.75%) SC Cleared
7 10 (7.04%) JNCIA
8 4 (2.82%) CCSA
9 3 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.41%) CCIE
11 1 (0.70%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.70%) CCDP
11 1 (0.70%) CCIP
11 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.70%) HNC
11 1 (0.70%) MCSA
11 1 (0.70%) MCSE
11 1 (0.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (15.49%) SLA
2 3 (2.11%) QA
3 2 (1.41%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 19 (13.38%) Active Directory
2 12 (8.45%) Firmware
2 12 (8.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.41%) XenApp
4 1 (0.70%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 21 (14.79%) SCCM
2 3 (2.11%) AppManager
3 2 (1.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (1.41%) Nessus
3 2 (1.41%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (1.41%) SCOM
4 1 (0.70%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.70%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.70%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (0.70%) VxRail
Vendors
1 70 (49.30%) Cisco
2 45 (31.69%) Juniper
3 31 (21.83%) Microsoft
4 18 (12.68%) HP
4 18 (12.68%) VMware
5 11 (7.75%) Palo Alto
6 9 (6.34%) CheckPoint
7 6 (4.23%) Aruba
8 5 (3.52%) Blue Coat
8 5 (3.52%) Citrix
8 5 (3.52%) Fortinet
9 4 (2.82%) SAP
10 3 (2.11%) Apple
10 3 (2.11%) Ivanti
10 3 (2.11%) Meraki
10 3 (2.11%) ServiceNow
10 3 (2.11%) SolarWinds
11 2 (1.41%) Databricks
11 2 (1.41%) F5
11 2 (1.41%) Splunk