LAN Jobs in the West Midlands

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 165 125
Rank change year-on-year +81 -40 -16
Permanent jobs citing LAN 205 111 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.82% 1.69% 2.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.44% 9.75% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 175 98 148
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £26,500 £31,438 £35,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,313 £42,250 £43,126
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% -2.03% +1.47%
75th Percentile £50,250 £54,688 £58,125
90th Percentile £58,250 £63,750 £66,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,003 1,139 1,086
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.79% 17.37% 14.87%
Number of salaries quoted 829 526 717
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,875 £26,900
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,227 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,625 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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

LAN
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for LAN in the West Midlands

LAN
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for LAN in the West Midlands

LAN
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Birmingham +19 62 £42,000 -23.64% 8
Worcestershire +7 36 £48,500 +7.18% 2
Staffordshire -18 29 £45,000 +38.46% 10
Shropshire +9 25 £36,500 +40.38% 3
Warwickshire +60 20 £40,313 -10.42% 6
Coventry +31 10 £42,500 +11.84% 1
Solihull - 6 £62,500 - 3
Tipton - 4 £24,000 -
Wednesbury - 1 £30,000 -
Brierley Hill - 1 £26,000 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (10.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (7.80%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.49%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 39 (19.02%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.98%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.44%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (2.44%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 50 (24.39%) Microsoft 365
2 46 (22.44%) Azure
3 18 (8.78%) Entra ID
4 3 (1.46%) AWS
4 3 (1.46%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (1.46%) Google Workspace
4 3 (1.46%) OneDrive
5 2 (0.98%) Azure Stack
5 2 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (0.98%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.49%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 173 (84.39%) WAN
2 70 (34.15%) Firewall
3 65 (31.71%) SD-WAN
3 65 (31.71%) WLAN
4 57 (27.80%) MPLS
5 55 (26.83%) TCP/IP
6 44 (21.46%) BGP
7 43 (20.98%) DNS
8 42 (20.49%) OSPF
9 38 (18.54%) DHCP
9 38 (18.54%) Wireless
10 31 (15.12%) VLAN
11 28 (13.66%) VPN
12 25 (12.20%) VoIP
13 20 (9.76%) Wi-Fi
14 16 (7.80%) SAN
15 14 (6.83%) Network Security
16 11 (5.37%) Intrusion Detection
17 10 (4.88%) Ethernet
18 9 (4.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.46%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.98%) Power BI
4 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.98%) JIRA
2 1 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 76 (37.07%) Social Skills
2 25 (12.20%) Finance
3 21 (10.24%) Retail
4 13 (6.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (6.34%) Telecoms
5 12 (5.85%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (4.88%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.90%) Local Government
8 7 (3.41%) Law
9 5 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.98%) Back Office
11 2 (0.98%) Electronics
11 2 (0.98%) Fire and Rescue
11 2 (0.98%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.49%) Legal
12 1 (0.49%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 62 (30.24%) Analyst
2 44 (21.46%) Network Analyst
3 42 (20.49%) Network Operations Analyst
3 42 (20.49%) Operations Analyst
4 23 (11.22%) Senior
5 21 (10.24%) Administrator
6 20 (9.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 18 (8.78%) Network Engineer
8 16 (7.80%) Systems Administrator
9 15 (7.32%) IT Support
9 15 (7.32%) IT Technician
9 15 (7.32%) Support Engineer
10 14 (6.83%) 1st Line Support
11 10 (4.88%) Help Desk Analyst
11 10 (4.88%) IT Administrator
11 10 (4.88%) IT Systems Administrator
11 10 (4.88%) Support Assistant
12 9 (4.39%) 1st Line Support Technician
12 9 (4.39%) ICT Assistant
12 9 (4.39%) ICT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.98%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.29%) Driving Licence
2 16 (7.80%) Data Centre
3 13 (6.34%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (5.37%) Wiki
5 7 (3.41%) CCTV
5 7 (3.41%) FMCG
6 6 (2.93%) Cyberattack
6 6 (2.93%) IoT
7 4 (1.95%) Clustering
7 4 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.95%) PKI
8 3 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.46%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.98%) EPoS
9 2 (0.98%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.98%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.98%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.98%) Replication
9 2 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.49%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 68 (33.17%) Windows
2 33 (16.10%) Windows Server
3 23 (11.22%) Windows 10
4 13 (6.34%) Windows 7
5 9 (4.39%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (4.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (3.90%) Linux
7 7 (3.41%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.93%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.95%) CentOS
9 4 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.98%) Android
10 2 (0.98%) SUSE
10 2 (0.98%) Unix
10 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.49%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (23.90%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 24 (11.71%) Customer Service
4 21 (10.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (10.24%) Patch Management
5 19 (9.27%) CRM
6 17 (8.29%) Network Monitoring
7 16 (7.80%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (7.32%) Project Delivery
9 13 (6.34%) Change Management
9 13 (6.34%) Roadmaps
10 12 (5.85%) ERP
10 12 (5.85%) Network Virtualisation
11 11 (5.37%) Asset Management
11 11 (5.37%) Change Control
11 11 (5.37%) ITIL
12 10 (4.88%) Critical Thinking
12 10 (4.88%) Mentoring
12 10 (4.88%) Root Cause Analysis
13 9 (4.39%) Housing Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (15.12%) PowerShell
2 22 (10.73%) SQL
3 11 (5.37%) Perl
3 11 (5.37%) Python
4 4 (1.95%) Bash
Qualifications
1 61 (29.76%) Cisco Certification
2 51 (24.88%) CCNP
3 49 (23.90%) CCNA
4 38 (18.54%) CCIE
5 33 (16.10%) CCDP
6 25 (12.20%) Degree
7 9 (4.39%) DBS Check
8 8 (3.90%) Azure Certification
8 8 (3.90%) Security Cleared
9 7 (3.41%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 7 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (2.93%) MCSE
10 6 (2.93%) SC Cleared
11 5 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.95%) JNCIA
13 3 (1.46%) A+ Certification
13 3 (1.46%) CCDA
13 3 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.98%) CISA
14 2 (0.98%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.90%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (2.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 6 (2.93%) SLA
3 4 (1.95%) NIST
4 2 (0.98%) GDPR
System Software
1 68 (33.17%) Active Directory
2 24 (11.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (9.76%) Hyper-V
4 9 (4.39%) vSphere
5 7 (3.41%) Firmware
5 7 (3.41%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (2.93%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.95%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.95%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.95%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 12 (5.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.95%) Autotask
2 4 (1.95%) Failover Clustering
2 4 (1.95%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (1.95%) SCCM
2 4 (1.95%) vCenter Server
3 3 (1.46%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.98%) Nagios
4 2 (0.98%) Trend Micro Deep Security
5 1 (0.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 77 (37.56%) Microsoft
2 47 (22.93%) Cisco
3 37 (18.05%) VMware
4 28 (13.66%) Juniper
5 11 (5.37%) Aruba
5 11 (5.37%) Veeam
6 10 (4.88%) HP
7 8 (3.90%) CheckPoint
7 8 (3.90%) Citrix
7 8 (3.90%) Ekahau
7 8 (3.90%) Sophos
8 7 (3.41%) Dell
8 7 (3.41%) Nokia
8 7 (3.41%) Ruckus Wireless
9 6 (2.93%) Apple
9 6 (2.93%) Ericsson
9 6 (2.93%) Meraki
9 6 (2.93%) Palo Alto
10 5 (2.44%) F5
10 5 (2.44%) Salesforce