LAN Contract Job Trends in Bradford

Local Area Network (LAN)
West Yorkshire > Bradford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bradford requiring LAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - 11
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing LAN 6 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Bradford 4.76% - 6.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 37.50% - 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £350 - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £215
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £438 £401 £388
% change year-on-year +9.24% +3.35% -13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £26.72 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bradford

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 Bradford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 16 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bradford 12.70% 6.00% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 6
10th Percentile £256 - £283
25th Percentile £416 £625 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £650 £391
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +66.13% +11.79%
75th Percentile £519 £675 £461
90th Percentile £594 - £482
West Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £490 £485
% change year-on-year +0.10% +0.93% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.33 - -
Median hourly rate £22.81 - -
75th Percentile £28.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 - £13.87

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Bradford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LAN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bradford.

LAN job vacancy trend in Bradford

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in Bradford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing LAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing LAN

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Bradford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Bradford over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Bradford

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Bradford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing LAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing LAN

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bradford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
1 6 (100.00%) VPN
1 6 (100.00%) Wireless
2 5 (83.33%) TCP/IP
2 5 (83.33%) VLAN
2 5 (83.33%) VoIP
2 5 (83.33%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (66.67%) BGP
3 4 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (66.67%) Cisco Firepower
3 4 (66.67%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (66.67%) DHCP
3 4 (66.67%) DNS
3 4 (66.67%) IPsec
3 4 (66.67%) OSPF
3 4 (66.67%) WAN
3 4 (66.67%) WLAN
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (16.67%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (16.67%) Structured Cabling
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (50.00%) Police
4 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Senior
2 4 (66.67%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Data Centre
2 4 (66.67%) PKI
2 4 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (33.33%) Network Management
3 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (66.67%) CCNP
3 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) CCNA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (66.67%) CheckPoint
3 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto
4 1 (16.67%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds