LAN Contracts in Cheshire

Local Area Network (LAN)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 50 53 38
Rank change year-on-year +3 -15 +5
Contract jobs citing LAN 8 5 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.78% 0.99% 4.72%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.31% 6.49% 27.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 14
10th Percentile - - £205
25th Percentile - £463 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £475 £338
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +40.74% +17.39%
75th Percentile £447 £497 £375
90th Percentile £475 £514 £426
North West median daily rate £450 £438 £375
% change year-on-year +2.86% +16.67% +11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 65 77 91
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 14.48% 15.28% 17.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 42 58
10th Percentile £203 £65 £248
25th Percentile £313 £199 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £489
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -2.81% +20.38%
75th Percentile £492 £519 £569
90th Percentile £584 £582 £630
North West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £22.50 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year - +19.55% -5.90%
North West median hourly rate £24.59 £26.75 £31.25
% change year-on-year -8.09% -14.40% +68.92%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Cheshire

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in Cheshire

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

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

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Cheshire

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in Cheshire

LAN
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Chester +1 8 £325 -31.58% 3
LAN
North West

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (37.50%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) WAN
2 5 (62.50%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (62.50%) Wireless
2 5 (62.50%) WLAN
General
1 3 (37.50%) Banking
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Network Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Network Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) CMDB
1 5 (62.50%) Management Information System
1 5 (62.50%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Asset Management
1 5 (62.50%) ITIL
1 5 (62.50%) Performance Metrics
1 5 (62.50%) Problem Management
2 3 (37.50%) Analytics
2 3 (37.50%) Data Analytics
2 3 (37.50%) Internal Audit
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CCNA
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft