LAN Contracts in Birmingham

Local Area Network (LAN)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring LAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LAN over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 46 45
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +9
Contract jobs citing LAN 4 21 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.77% 2.72% 3.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.81% 14.00% 20.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 18 18
10th Percentile £254 £190 £298
25th Percentile £420 £253 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £420
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +13.10% +68.00%
75th Percentile £547 £488 £500
90th Percentile £564 £628 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £438 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -7.89% +11.76% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £19.95 -
West Midlands median hourly rate - £22.50 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

LAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 37 150 147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 7.09% 19.40% 16.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 93 68
10th Percentile £165 £205 £313
25th Percentile £319 £290 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £350 £500
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -30.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £597 £488 £700
90th Percentile £698 £600 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £463 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +15.63% -20.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 5
10th Percentile - £13.25 -
25th Percentile - £14.00 £12.50
Median hourly rate - £19.95 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - +33.00% -25.00%
75th Percentile - £28.75 £18.75
90th Percentile - £72.90 £20.21
West Midlands median hourly rate £16.23 £19.95 £16.75
% change year-on-year -18.67% +19.10% +1.52%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Birmingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) Network Security
3 2 (50.00%) BGP
3 2 (50.00%) EIGRP
3 2 (50.00%) OSPF
3 2 (50.00%) SD-WAN
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (25.00%) Internet
4 1 (25.00%) MPLS
4 1 (25.00%) VLAN
4 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (25.00%) Wireless
4 1 (25.00%) Wireless Security
4 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Cisco Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) 802.1X
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design
2 1 (25.00%) Network Management
2 1 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Network Optimisation
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNP
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Infoblox
2 1 (25.00%) Juniper
2 1 (25.00%) Meraki
2 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (25.00%) Zscaler