The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring LAN skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
6 months to 20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
56
57
31
Rank change year-on-year
+1
-26
+13
Contract jobs citing LAN
8
11
42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in 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
121
70
201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham
20.17%
9.72%
23.84%
Number of daily rates quoted
74
36
88
10th Percentile
£222
£165
£214
25th Percentile
£306
£213
£320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£440
£383
£385
Median % change year-on-year
+15.03%
-0.65%
-3.75%
75th Percentile
£488
£550
£545
90th Percentile
£575
£590
£727
West Midlands median daily rate
£450
£500
£425
% change year-on-year
-10.00%
+17.65%
-3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted
2
2
9
10th Percentile
£44.35
£25.13
£17.10
25th Percentile
£44.88
£30.94
£62.50
Median hourly rate
£47.00
£41.25
£65.00
Median % change year-on-year
+13.94%
-36.54%
+225.00%
75th Percentile
£50.38
£50.94
£67.50
90th Percentile
£51.65
£56.38
£69.00
West Midlands median hourly rate
£30.00
£35.00
£27.50
% change year-on-year
-14.29%
+27.27%
+46.67%
LAN Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
LAN Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing LAN.
LAN Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Birmingham over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.
LAN Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing LAN.
LAN Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, contractor job vacancies citing LAN also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region with a requirement for LAN.
LAN 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:
