LAN Contracts in the West Midlands

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 77 100
Rank change year-on-year +32 +23 -35
Contract jobs citing LAN 65 63 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.38% 2.65% 2.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.50% 17.95% 20.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 45 59
10th Percentile £200 £263 £164
25th Percentile £334 £313 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £372
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +14.25% +6.29%
75th Percentile £700 £475 £450
90th Percentile £775 £563 £578
England median daily rate £475 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile £20.73 - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £20.00
75th Percentile £23.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £65.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -65.38% +188.89% +0.36%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 394 351 383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.47% 14.75% 10.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 217 267
10th Percentile £201 £263 £165
25th Percentile £313 £363 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -4.48%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £505
90th Percentile £688 £700 £618
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 18
10th Percentile £10.50 £12.50 £12.04
25th Percentile £13.50 £13.13 £12.66
Median hourly rate £19.95 £16.75 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% +1.52% +10.00%
75th Percentile £23.75 £20.58 £20.00
90th Percentile £28.75 £21.80 £20.51
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
% change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for LAN in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Birmingham +1 21 £475 +13.10% 12
Warwickshire +13 17 £750 +66.67% 5
Solihull - 13 £463 - 3
Worcestershire +11 4 £688 +61.76% 2
Shropshire +30 3 £200 -54.29% 8
Staffordshire +5 1 £200 -52.94% 10
Wednesbury - 1 £250 -
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (4.62%) MS Visio
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.31%) Azure
2 4 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.08%) AWS
3 2 (3.08%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 59 (90.77%) WAN
2 21 (32.31%) VPN
3 18 (27.69%) MPLS
4 17 (26.15%) Firewall
5 16 (24.62%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (21.54%) SD-WAN
7 13 (20.00%) VoIP
8 11 (16.92%) DHCP
9 10 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
9 10 (15.38%) DNS
10 9 (13.85%) PBX
10 9 (13.85%) WLAN
11 8 (12.31%) BGP
11 8 (12.31%) Cisco IOS
12 7 (10.77%) Junos
13 6 (9.23%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (9.23%) IPsec
14 5 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (7.69%) Internet
14 5 (7.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.08%) JIRA
General
1 18 (27.69%) Social Skills
2 12 (18.46%) Telecoms
3 8 (12.31%) Finance
4 6 (9.23%) Back Office
5 4 (6.15%) Legal
6 3 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.62%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.54%) Advertising
8 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (38.46%) Architect
2 18 (27.69%) Network Architect
3 14 (21.54%) Network Engineer
4 7 (10.77%) Analyst
4 7 (10.77%) Support Engineer
5 6 (9.23%) Support Analyst
5 6 (9.23%) Technical Analyst
5 6 (9.23%) Technical Support
5 6 (9.23%) Technical Support Analyst
6 5 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
7 4 (6.15%) Network Support
7 4 (6.15%) Network Support Engineer
8 3 (4.62%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 3 (4.62%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (4.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 3 (4.62%) 2nd Line Support
8 3 (4.62%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (4.62%) Firewall Engineer
8 3 (4.62%) Lead
8 3 (4.62%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.85%) Web Services
2 2 (3.08%) LDAP
2 2 (3.08%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.15%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.15%) AS400
3 3 (4.62%) Clustering
3 3 (4.62%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.08%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.54%) PKI
5 1 (1.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (24.62%) Windows
2 5 (7.69%) Windows 10
2 5 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.15%) Linux
4 3 (4.62%) Mac OS
4 3 (4.62%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (4.62%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.54%) CentOS
5 1 (1.54%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.54%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (18.46%) Network Architecture
2 11 (16.92%) Analytics
2 11 (16.92%) ITIL
2 11 (16.92%) Project Delivery
3 10 (15.38%) Architectural Design
3 10 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
4 9 (13.85%) Data Analytics
4 9 (13.85%) Performance Management
4 9 (13.85%) Programme Management
4 9 (13.85%) SOA
4 9 (13.85%) Storage Management
5 8 (12.31%) Mentoring
6 6 (9.23%) Batch Scheduling
6 6 (9.23%) Customer Requirements
6 6 (9.23%) Infrastructure Monitoring
6 6 (9.23%) Load Balancing
6 6 (9.23%) Migration
6 6 (9.23%) Problem Management
6 6 (9.23%) Resource Management
6 6 (9.23%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.15%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.54%) Bash
2 1 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (36.92%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (23.08%) CCNP
2 15 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 11 (16.92%) CCNA
4 9 (13.85%) CCIE
4 9 (13.85%) CCIE Data Center
5 8 (12.31%) Degree
6 7 (10.77%) SC Cleared
7 5 (7.69%) JNCIS
8 1 (1.54%) JNCIA
8 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.54%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.15%) QA
2 3 (4.62%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (13.85%) Active Directory
2 6 (9.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (6.15%) Hyper-V
4 2 (3.08%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.54%) VMware Server
5 1 (1.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (7.69%) FortiGate
2 3 (4.62%) Autotask
2 3 (4.62%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (4.62%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.62%) OpenView
2 3 (4.62%) SCCM
3 1 (1.54%) Proxmox
3 1 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.54%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.54%) VxRail
Vendors
1 36 (55.38%) Cisco
2 12 (18.46%) Juniper
3 8 (12.31%) Microsoft
3 8 (12.31%) VMware
4 6 (9.23%) Aruba
4 6 (9.23%) SAP
5 5 (7.69%) CheckPoint
5 5 (7.69%) F5
5 5 (7.69%) Infoblox
5 5 (7.69%) Palo Alto
5 5 (7.69%) Symantec
5 5 (7.69%) Zscaler
6 3 (4.62%) Apple
6 3 (4.62%) Datto
6 3 (4.62%) McAfee
7 2 (3.08%) Databricks
7 2 (3.08%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.54%) Commvault
8 1 (1.54%) NetApp
8 1 (1.54%) Sophos