LAN Contracts in Manchester

Local Area Network (LAN)
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 85 107
Rank change year-on-year +4 +22 -25
Contract jobs citing LAN 20 31 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.30% 1.64% 1.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.62% 13.25% 11.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 25 25
10th Percentile £210 £288 £300
25th Percentile £313 £338 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +25.00% +20.75%
75th Percentile £350 £538 £500
90th Percentile £438 £550 -
North West median daily rate £445 £375 £338
% change year-on-year +18.67% +11.11% -7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £10.35
Median hourly rate £12.00 - £10.70
75th Percentile - - £11.05
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £12.00 - £16.40

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 208 234 290
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 13.57% 12.36% 11.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 178 203
10th Percentile £268 £313 £173
25th Percentile £350 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £464
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +7.76% +23.73%
75th Percentile £750 £575 £619
90th Percentile £850 £666 £638
North West median daily rate £490 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -2.00% +11.11% +21.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 8
10th Percentile £14.29 £15.00 £11.05
25th Percentile - £18.50 £15.01
Median hourly rate £17.72 £20.71 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year -14.42% +16.65% -67.73%
75th Percentile £100.00 £28.75 £20.32
90th Percentile £102.40 £32.50 £37.47
North West median hourly rate £26.00 £31.25 £18.50
% change year-on-year -16.80% +68.92% -63.16%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Manchester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in Manchester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Manchester over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Manchester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in Manchester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (50.00%) Azure
2 7 (35.00%) AWS
3 4 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (80.00%) WAN
2 14 (70.00%) VPN
3 12 (60.00%) Wireless
4 10 (50.00%) Ethernet
4 10 (50.00%) OSPF
4 10 (50.00%) Wireless Security
5 7 (35.00%) Firewall
6 4 (20.00%) VLAN
7 3 (15.00%) VoIP
7 3 (15.00%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (10.00%) DHCP
8 2 (10.00%) DNS
8 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
9 1 (5.00%) BGP
9 1 (5.00%) Broadband
9 1 (5.00%) Cisco Wireless
9 1 (5.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 3 (15.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (15.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Architect
4 1 (5.00%) IT Architect
4 1 (5.00%) IT Support
4 1 (5.00%) Linux Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) Network Support
4 1 (5.00%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Ubuntu Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Clustering
2 3 (15.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.00%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 13 (65.00%) Windows
2 8 (40.00%) Linux
3 4 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (15.00%) Mac OS
4 3 (15.00%) Windows 10
4 3 (15.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (5.00%) Debian
5 1 (5.00%) Ubuntu
5 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (40.00%) Customer Service
4 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (15.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (15.00%) Quality Management
5 2 (10.00%) Migration
6 1 (5.00%) Coaching
6 1 (5.00%) Data Protection
6 1 (5.00%) E-Commerce
6 1 (5.00%) Logistics
6 1 (5.00%) Network Architecture
6 1 (5.00%) Software Distribution
6 1 (5.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (5.00%) Time Management
6 1 (5.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 10 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (45.00%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (40.00%) CCNA
4 3 (15.00%) Degree
5 1 (5.00%) CCIE
5 1 (5.00%) CCNP
5 1 (5.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (55.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (50.00%) Hyper-V
3 6 (30.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (5.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (5.00%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (5.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Autotask
1 3 (15.00%) Failover Clustering
1 3 (15.00%) Jamf Pro
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (15.00%) SCCM
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (5.00%) vCenter Server
2 1 (5.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 11 (55.00%) VMware
2 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (15.00%) Apple
3 3 (15.00%) Cisco
3 3 (15.00%) Datto
4 2 (10.00%) Fortinet
5 1 (5.00%) Dell
5 1 (5.00%) EMC
5 1 (5.00%) Juniper
5 1 (5.00%) Meraki
5 1 (5.00%) SAP
5 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow