LAN Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring LAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 37 31
Rank change year-on-year -33 -6 +27
Contract jobs citing LAN 6 18 36
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.60% 3.10% 4.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.11% 18.95% 37.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 26
10th Percentile - £174 £319
25th Percentile £190 £254 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £350 £445
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% -21.35% +36.92%
75th Percentile £210 £537 £550
90th Percentile - £578 £666
England median daily rate £448 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.79% - +5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 54 95 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.37% 16.35% 12.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 51 65
10th Percentile £151 £180 £188
25th Percentile £154 £200 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £391 £400
Median % change year-on-year -29.67% -2.25% +3.90%
75th Percentile £475 £600 £550
90th Percentile £535 £715 £615
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 8
10th Percentile £15.58 £17.05 £12.28
25th Percentile £15.61 £20.30 £13.76
Median hourly rate £17.79 £22.89 £14.27
Median % change year-on-year -22.27% +60.37% -33.57%
75th Percentile £20.23 £24.18 £16.63
90th Percentile £22.66 - £24.45
England median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +1.43% -22.22% +133.16%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

LAN job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing LAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing LAN

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing LAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing LAN

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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 February 2026. 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
Nottinghamshire -7 6 £200 - 2
LAN
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 6 (100.00%) IT Support
1 6 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 6 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 6 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 6 (100.00%) ITSM
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) ServiceNow