LAN Contracts in the UK excluding London

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 93 117
Rank change year-on-year -17 +24 +14
Contract jobs citing LAN 399 595 696
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.91% 2.60% 2.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.11% 16.77% 16.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 389 460
10th Percentile £200 £260 £173
25th Percentile £285 £313 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +13.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £650 £528 £503
90th Percentile £718 £590 £617
UK median daily rate £457 £475 £430
% change year-on-year -3.89% +10.47% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 29 47
10th Percentile £12.68 £20.44 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.75 £43.75 £16.94
Median hourly rate £22.50 £66.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.91% +200.00% -2.22%
75th Percentile £40.00 £75.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £43.00 £80.25 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £65.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -65.65% +151.92% +12.74%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,295 3,548 4,238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.80% 15.48% 13.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,866 2,221 2,761
10th Percentile £205 £210 £188
25th Percentile £350 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +5.56% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £586 £550
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 355 300 237
10th Percentile £13.25 - £13.37
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £16.05
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -2.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.13 £47.50
90th Percentile £71.01 £75.00 £59.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.34 £26.00
% change year-on-year +118.16% -29.48% +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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -6 145 £400 -11.11% 50
South West +22 86 £650 +30.00% 30
Midlands +5 67 £470 +15.34% 52
North of England -26 63 £350 -12.50% 85
West Midlands +8 57 £457 +15.94% 36
Yorkshire +31 34 £325 -18.75% 24
North West -50 27 £350 -17.65% 55
East of England -23 18 £525 +31.25% 30
Scotland +16 17 £450 -4.26% 11
East Midlands -3 9 £543 +42.76% 16
Wales -3 8 £241 -31.07% 9
North East +11 2 £400 +190.91% 6
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 (4.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (2.51%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.50%) Confluence
3 2 (0.50%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 40 (10.03%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.26%) 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 2 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 49 (12.28%) Azure
2 43 (10.78%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (8.02%) IaaS
3 32 (8.02%) PaaS
4 30 (7.52%) Cloud Computing
5 29 (7.27%) SaaS
6 20 (5.01%) 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%) OCI
10 1 (0.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 321 (80.45%) WAN
2 111 (27.82%) Firewall
3 100 (25.06%) Wi-Fi
4 79 (19.80%) VPN
5 52 (13.03%) Wireless
6 43 (10.78%) DHCP
7 42 (10.53%) DNS
8 36 (9.02%) WLAN
9 35 (8.77%) MPLS
10 33 (8.27%) SD-WAN
11 26 (6.52%) SAN
12 23 (5.76%) Network Security
13 22 (5.51%) VoIP
14 20 (5.01%) Cisco Nexus
14 20 (5.01%) OSPF
15 19 (4.76%) BGP
15 19 (4.76%) Internet
16 18 (4.51%) Ethernet
16 18 (4.51%) VLAN
17 16 (4.01%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.26%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (1.00%) JIRA
2 2 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 117 (29.32%) Social Skills
2 68 (17.04%) Public Sector
3 29 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (7.27%) Finance
4 26 (6.52%) Telecoms
5 18 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (2.26%) Manufacturing
7 8 (2.01%) Aerospace
7 8 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (2.01%) Legal
7 8 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (2.01%) Retail
8 5 (1.25%) Back Office
8 5 (1.25%) Military
9 4 (1.00%) Marketing
10 3 (0.75%) Automotive
10 3 (0.75%) Electronics
10 3 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 137 (34.34%) Architect
2 106 (26.57%) Network Architect
3 103 (25.81%) Network Engineer
4 26 (6.52%) Senior
4 26 (6.52%) Support Engineer
5 22 (5.51%) Analyst
6 21 (5.26%) Technical Architect
7 19 (4.76%) IT Engineer
8 18 (4.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (3.76%) IT Support
9 15 (3.76%) Senior Network Engineer
10 13 (3.26%) Hardware Engineer
10 13 (3.26%) Lead
11 12 (3.01%) 2nd Line Support
11 12 (3.01%) Field Engineer
11 12 (3.01%) Project Manager
12 11 (2.76%) IT Analyst
12 11 (2.76%) IT Support Engineer
13 10 (2.51%) Network Support
13 10 (2.51%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.01%) Web Services
2 11 (2.76%) 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 86 (21.55%) Data Centre
2 27 (6.77%) Driving Licence
3 15 (3.76%) Clustering
4 13 (3.26%) Client/Server
5 12 (3.01%) Operational Technology
5 12 (3.01%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.26%) CMDB
8 8 (2.01%) NHS
9 7 (1.75%) PKI
10 5 (1.25%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.25%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.00%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.00%) Replication
11 4 (1.00%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (0.75%) Blog
12 3 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.75%) EPoS
12 3 (0.75%) N-Tier
12 3 (0.75%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 119 (29.82%) Windows
2 42 (10.53%) Windows Server
3 37 (9.27%) Linux
4 33 (8.27%) Windows 10
5 15 (3.76%) Unix
6 14 (3.51%) Mac OS
7 13 (3.26%) Windows 7
8 9 (2.26%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (2.26%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (1.75%) Ubuntu
10 5 (1.25%) Android
10 5 (1.25%) Apple iOS
10 5 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (1.00%) CentOS
11 4 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.75%) Debian
13 2 (0.50%) zOS
14 1 (0.25%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.25%) Solaris
14 1 (0.25%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (11.78%) ITIL
3 44 (11.03%) Business Strategy
4 41 (10.28%) Customer Service
5 40 (10.03%) Network Management
6 38 (9.52%) Project Delivery
7 35 (8.77%) Migration
8 34 (8.52%) Customer Requirements
8 34 (8.52%) Project Management
9 33 (8.27%) Agile
10 32 (8.02%) Zero Trust
11 29 (7.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 27 (6.77%) Open Source
13 24 (6.02%) Decision-Making
14 20 (5.01%) Data Protection
15 18 (4.51%) Analytics
15 18 (4.51%) Service Delivery
16 17 (4.26%) IT Strategy
16 17 (4.26%) Network Architecture
17 16 (4.01%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (6.27%) PowerShell
2 5 (1.25%) Bash
2 5 (1.25%) SQL
3 3 (0.75%) Python
4 2 (0.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 176 (44.11%) Security Cleared
2 67 (16.79%) DV Cleared
3 65 (16.29%) Cisco Certification
4 62 (15.54%) Degree
5 45 (11.28%) CCNA
5 45 (11.28%) SC Cleared
6 33 (8.27%) CCNP
7 14 (3.51%) JNCIA
8 12 (3.01%) CCIE
9 9 (2.26%) CCIE Data Center
10 7 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.25%) CCSA
11 5 (1.25%) JNCIS
11 5 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.25%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (1.00%) HND
13 3 (0.75%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.75%) ECDL
13 3 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.50%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.52%) SLA
2 16 (4.01%) QA
3 3 (0.75%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (0.75%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.25%) COBIT
5 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.25%) NEBOSH
5 1 (0.25%) PMO
System Software
1 61 (15.29%) Active Directory
2 57 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (4.76%) Hyper-V
4 15 (3.76%) Firmware
5 12 (3.01%) VMware NSX
6 11 (2.76%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (2.51%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (2.01%) VMware Workstation
9 6 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (1.25%) vSphere
11 4 (1.00%) VMware Server
12 3 (0.75%) XenApp
13 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.25%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 43 (10.78%) SCCM
2 11 (2.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.26%) FortiGate
3 9 (2.26%) Microsoft Clustering
3 9 (2.26%) vCenter Server
4 8 (2.01%) Nagios
4 8 (2.01%) NetBackup
5 6 (1.50%) Autotask
5 6 (1.50%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (1.50%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (1.50%) SCOM
6 5 (1.25%) OpenView
7 4 (1.00%) VxRail
8 3 (0.75%) AppManager
9 2 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.50%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.50%) Nessus
9 2 (0.50%) Network Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.50%) OPNET
9 2 (0.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 156 (39.10%) Cisco
2 78 (19.55%) Microsoft
3 70 (17.54%) VMware
4 67 (16.79%) Juniper
5 32 (8.02%) Palo Alto
6 25 (6.27%) Aruba
7 22 (5.51%) CheckPoint
7 22 (5.51%) HP
8 19 (4.76%) Meraki
9 18 (4.51%) Citrix
10 16 (4.01%) Fortinet
11 11 (2.76%) 3Com
11 11 (2.76%) Brocade
12 10 (2.51%) Apple
12 10 (2.51%) F5
12 10 (2.51%) NetApp
12 10 (2.51%) SolarWinds
13 9 (2.26%) SAP
14 8 (2.01%) Hitachi
14 8 (2.01%) Zscaler