LAN Contracts in Lancashire

Local Area Network (LAN)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 21 31 30
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 +8
Contract jobs citing LAN 8 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 4.57% 0.51% 1.65%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.33% 12.50% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £385
25th Percentile - - £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +138.10%
75th Percentile - - £531
90th Percentile - - £535
North West median daily rate £450 £438 £375
% change year-on-year +2.86% +16.67% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.50 -
North West median hourly rate - £19.75 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 24 8 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 13.71% 4.10% 10.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 18
10th Percentile - - £140
25th Percentile £153 - £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £200 £425
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -52.94% -15.00%
75th Percentile £500 £323 £536
90th Percentile £538 £396 £683
North West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 4
10th Percentile £20.00 £32.14 £45.60
25th Percentile £21.12 £40.97 £49.80
Median hourly rate £24.59 £45.88 £52.13
Median % change year-on-year -46.41% -11.99% +31.23%
75th Percentile £25.47 - -
90th Percentile £25.90 - -
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 Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Lancashire

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in Lancashire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in Lancashire

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Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Lancashire 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
Burnley -1 8 - - 1
LAN
North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 5 (62.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (62.50%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) VPN
2 3 (37.50%) Network Security
2 3 (37.50%) SAN
2 3 (37.50%) WLAN
General
1 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (62.50%) Documentation Skills
1 5 (62.50%) Manufacturing
1 5 (62.50%) Presentation Skills
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 5 (62.50%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (62.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 5 (62.50%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (62.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 5 (62.50%) Desktop Engineer
1 5 (62.50%) Desktop Support
1 5 (62.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (62.50%) Support Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Industrial Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (62.50%) Windows 10
2 5 (62.50%) Windows 8
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2012
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2016
2 5 (62.50%) Windows XP
3 3 (37.50%) Linux
3 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 8 (100.00%) ITIL
1 8 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
2 5 (62.50%) Business Case
2 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 5 (62.50%) Mentoring
2 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (62.50%) Project Delivery
2 5 (62.50%) Technical Analysis
2 5 (62.50%) Time Management
3 3 (37.50%) Business Continuity
3 3 (37.50%) Data Management
3 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
3 3 (37.50%) Storage Management
3 3 (37.50%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) SCCM
2 3 (37.50%) Backup Exec
2 3 (37.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Canon
3 3 (37.50%) Cisco
3 3 (37.50%) Symantec
3 3 (37.50%) Veeam
3 3 (37.50%) VMware