LAN Jobs in the UK excluding London

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 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 166 173 194
Rank change year-on-year +7 +21 -38
Permanent jobs citing LAN 1,287 1,149 1,518
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.69% 2.03% 2.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.01% 10.66% 13.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,076 823 1,168
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.59% -0.59% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £61,450 £65,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year - -3.23% +1.09%

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,892 10,782 11,483
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.98% 19.07% 15.51%
Number of salaries quoted 7,121 4,611 6,554
10th Percentile £25,759 £26,250 £26,680
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
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 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
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LAN in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for LAN in the UK excluding London

LAN
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +36 393 £42,500 -5.56% 84
Midlands +39 253 £42,000 +9.09% 52
South East -24 238 £45,000 +11.11% 50
North West +18 220 £42,500 -7.61% 54
West Midlands +55 203 £40,313 -1.68% 36
South West +18 186 £42,500 +0.59% 32
Yorkshire +59 154 £42,500 -5.56% 24
East of England +22 152 £45,000 +12.50% 30
Scotland -84 45 £35,000 -15.66% 12
East Midlands -35 41 £45,000 +21.27% 16
North East -20 37 £37,750 -11.18% 6
Wales +16 36 £40,500 -4.71% 10
Northern Ireland +7 7 £37,500 -9.09% 4
Channel Islands - 1 - -
Isle of Man - 1 - - 1
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
1 157 (12.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 136 (10.57%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.09%) IIS
4 12 (0.93%) SharePoint 2010
4 12 (0.93%) SharePoint 2013
5 8 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (0.39%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.078%) Apache
9 1 (0.078%) Confluence
9 1 (0.078%) nginx
Applications
1 176 (13.68%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.24%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (0.70%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.23%) Epicor Tropos
4 2 (0.16%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (0.16%) Shopify
5 1 (0.078%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 516 (40.09%) Microsoft 365
2 466 (36.21%) Azure
3 164 (12.74%) Entra ID
4 103 (8.00%) AWS
5 58 (4.51%) OneDrive
6 39 (3.03%) SaaS
7 33 (2.56%) GCP
8 30 (2.33%) IaaS
8 30 (2.33%) PaaS
9 22 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
10 19 (1.48%) Power Platform
11 15 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
12 14 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
12 14 (1.09%) Mimecast
13 12 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (0.62%) Google Workspace
15 7 (0.54%) Azure Stack
15 7 (0.54%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (0.54%) Serverless
15 7 (0.54%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,070 (83.14%) WAN
2 489 (38.00%) Firewall
3 291 (22.61%) Wi-Fi
4 283 (21.99%) VPN
5 278 (21.60%) TCP/IP
6 263 (20.44%) Wireless
7 251 (19.50%) DNS
8 235 (18.26%) DHCP
9 203 (15.77%) WLAN
10 145 (11.27%) Network Security
11 130 (10.10%) SD-WAN
12 126 (9.79%) VLAN
13 121 (9.40%) MPLS
14 109 (8.47%) OSPF
15 101 (7.85%) BGP
16 87 (6.76%) VoIP
17 84 (6.53%) SAN
18 74 (5.75%) Internet
19 46 (3.57%) Ethernet
20 40 (3.11%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (4.82%) SQL Server
2 18 (1.40%) MySQL
3 14 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (0.78%) Power BI
5 7 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (0.54%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.47%) QlikView
7 5 (0.39%) InfluxDB
7 5 (0.39%) MariaDB
7 5 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.23%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.23%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.16%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.16%) DB2
9 2 (0.16%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.16%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (1.01%) JIRA
2 7 (0.54%) Git
2 7 (0.54%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.31%) MSBuild
3 4 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (0.31%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.078%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 403 (31.31%) Social Skills
2 117 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 93 (7.23%) Finance
4 73 (5.67%) Telecoms
5 63 (4.90%) Retail
6 54 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 50 (3.89%) Law
8 48 (3.73%) Manufacturing
9 40 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
10 31 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
11 29 (2.25%) Legal
12 16 (1.24%) Marketing
12 16 (1.24%) Police
13 14 (1.09%) Local Government
14 13 (1.01%) Public Sector
15 12 (0.93%) Banking
16 11 (0.85%) Aerospace
17 9 (0.70%) Advertising
17 9 (0.70%) French Language
17 9 (0.70%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 248 (19.27%) Network Engineer
2 209 (16.24%) Analyst
3 180 (13.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 141 (10.96%) Senior
5 129 (10.02%) Support Engineer
6 126 (9.79%) IT Support
7 93 (7.23%) IT Engineer
8 70 (5.44%) IT Analyst
9 61 (4.74%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 58 (4.51%) Lead
11 57 (4.43%) 2nd Line Support
12 55 (4.27%) Support Analyst
13 54 (4.20%) Service Analyst
13 54 (4.20%) Service Desk Analyst
14 53 (4.12%) Network Analyst
15 52 (4.04%) Operations Analyst
16 48 (3.73%) Administrator
17 47 (3.65%) IT Technician
17 47 (3.65%) Network Operations Analyst
18 46 (3.57%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (0.70%) LDAP
2 8 (0.62%) .NET
3 4 (0.31%) Akka
3 4 (0.31%) HTML
3 4 (0.31%) Web Services
4 3 (0.23%) 802.1X
4 3 (0.23%) Middleware
5 2 (0.16%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (0.16%) Node.js
5 2 (0.16%) React
5 2 (0.16%) RESTful
5 2 (0.16%) SAML
5 2 (0.16%) ServiceStack
6 1 (0.078%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.078%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.078%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 146 (11.34%) Data Centre
2 73 (5.67%) Driving Licence
3 51 (3.96%) Management Information System
4 38 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
5 34 (2.64%) Onboarding
6 32 (2.49%) CCTV
7 29 (2.25%) PKI
8 22 (1.71%) IoT
9 21 (1.63%) NHS
10 17 (1.32%) Public Cloud
11 16 (1.24%) Client/Server
11 16 (1.24%) Clustering
11 16 (1.24%) Replication
12 15 (1.17%) Fat Client
12 15 (1.17%) Thin Client
13 14 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
13 14 (1.09%) Private Cloud
14 13 (1.01%) Cyberattack
15 12 (0.93%) PMI
15 12 (0.93%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 590 (45.84%) Windows
2 298 (23.15%) Windows Server
3 158 (12.28%) Windows 10
4 105 (8.16%) Linux
5 74 (5.75%) Android
6 69 (5.36%) Windows Server 2019
7 67 (5.21%) Windows Server 2016
8 50 (3.89%) Apple iOS
9 48 (3.73%) Mac OS
10 42 (3.26%) Windows Server 2012
11 36 (2.80%) Windows 7
12 18 (1.40%) VyOS
13 15 (1.17%) Ubuntu
14 14 (1.09%) Windows Server 2008
15 13 (1.01%) VMS
16 11 (0.85%) Mac OS X
16 11 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 10 (0.78%) CentOS
18 6 (0.47%) Windows 8
18 6 (0.47%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (19.43%) Problem-Solving
2 230 (17.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 230 (17.87%) ITIL
3 222 (17.25%) Customer Service
4 121 (9.40%) Cybersecurity
5 92 (7.15%) Service Delivery
6 85 (6.60%) Disaster Recovery
7 83 (6.45%) Migration
8 80 (6.22%) Project Delivery
9 68 (5.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 68 (5.28%) Mentoring
10 67 (5.21%) Change Management
11 64 (4.97%) Project Management
12 62 (4.82%) Service Management
13 58 (4.51%) Roadmaps
14 57 (4.43%) Time Management
15 54 (4.20%) Presales
16 53 (4.12%) Patch Management
17 52 (4.04%) Computer Science
17 52 (4.04%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 141 (10.96%) PowerShell
2 100 (7.77%) SQL
3 55 (4.27%) Python
4 40 (3.11%) Bash
5 16 (1.24%) Perl
6 5 (0.39%) C#
6 5 (0.39%) PHP
7 3 (0.23%) Java
7 3 (0.23%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.16%) Bicep
8 2 (0.16%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.078%) Korn
9 1 (0.078%) VBA
Qualifications
1 221 (17.17%) Cisco Certification
2 195 (15.15%) Degree
3 152 (11.81%) CCNA
4 111 (8.62%) Security Cleared
5 104 (8.08%) CCNP
6 69 (5.36%) SC Cleared
7 64 (4.97%) CCIE
8 60 (4.66%) Microsoft Certification
9 49 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 41 (3.19%) DBS Check
11 40 (3.11%) CCDP
12 37 (2.87%) JNCIA
13 31 (2.41%) DV Cleared
13 31 (2.41%) MCSE
14 27 (2.10%) CISSP
15 23 (1.79%) A+ Certification
16 22 (1.71%) HND
16 22 (1.71%) PMI Certification
17 17 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
18 16 (1.24%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (7.07%) SLA
2 36 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 24 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (1.55%) GDPR
5 10 (0.78%) NIST
6 9 (0.70%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.31%) QA
9 3 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.16%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.16%) PMO
11 1 (0.078%) SOC 2
System Software
1 509 (39.55%) Active Directory
2 252 (19.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 186 (14.45%) Hyper-V
4 63 (4.90%) vSphere
5 31 (2.41%) VMware ESXi
6 27 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
7 24 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
8 17 (1.32%) Firmware
9 14 (1.09%) XenApp
10 12 (0.93%) XenDesktop
11 7 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
12 6 (0.47%) Docker
12 6 (0.47%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 4 (0.31%) VMware Server
14 4 (0.31%) VMware Workstation
15 3 (0.23%) BitLocker
16 2 (0.16%) KVM
16 2 (0.16%) QEMU
16 2 (0.16%) Xen
Systems Management
1 160 (12.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 67 (5.21%) SCCM
3 31 (2.41%) WSUS
4 22 (1.71%) FortiGate
5 19 (1.48%) vCenter Server
6 17 (1.32%) Ansible
6 17 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
7 15 (1.17%) Autotask
7 15 (1.17%) Terraform
8 12 (0.93%) SmoothWall
9 11 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
10 9 (0.70%) SCVMM
11 8 (0.62%) McAfee ePO
12 7 (0.54%) Nagios
12 7 (0.54%) Puppet
13 6 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 6 (0.47%) Nmap
13 6 (0.47%) VxRail
14 5 (0.39%) OfficeScan
14 5 (0.39%) Rancher
Vendors
1 590 (45.84%) Microsoft
2 383 (29.76%) VMware
3 377 (29.29%) Cisco
4 125 (9.71%) Juniper
5 84 (6.53%) Fortinet
6 81 (6.29%) HP
7 80 (6.22%) Aruba
8 75 (5.83%) Meraki
9 72 (5.59%) Veeam
10 71 (5.52%) Citrix
11 68 (5.28%) Palo Alto
12 49 (3.81%) Dell
13 42 (3.26%) Ruckus Wireless
14 40 (3.11%) Apple
14 40 (3.11%) Google
15 38 (2.95%) Nokia
16 37 (2.87%) CheckPoint
17 31 (2.41%) Sophos
18 27 (2.10%) SolarWinds
19 19 (1.48%) McAfee