LAN Engineer Contracts in Merseyside

Local Area Network Engineer (LAN Engineer)
North West > Merseyside

The median Local Area Network Engineer (LAN Engineer) daily rate in Merseyside is £535, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - 42
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a LAN Engineer 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 0.60% - 1.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% - 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 - -
North West median daily rate £535 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Merseyside. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Merseyside with a recognized job title 160 217 330
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.24% 95.18% 96.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 117 242
10th Percentile £143 £151 £236
25th Percentile £203 £230 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -15.79% +10.47%
75th Percentile £538 £494 £550
90th Percentile £630 £588 £686
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 32 13
10th Percentile £13.28 - -
25th Percentile - £15.50 £10.09
Median hourly rate £17.44 £19.97 £16.37
Median % change year-on-year -12.65% +21.96% +9.13%
75th Percentile £20.00 £34.80 £18.75
90th Percentile £25.22 £43.09 £23.75
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

LAN Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Job postings that featured LAN Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Job vacancy trend for LAN Engineer in Merseyside

LAN Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Daily rate trend for LAN Engineer in Merseyside

LAN Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN Engineer in Merseyside

LAN Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN Engineer within the Merseyside 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
Liverpool - 1 £535 -
LAN Engineer
North West

LAN Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, LAN Engineer contract job roles required 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 Merseyside region featuring LAN Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) IGMP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto

LAN Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) IGMP
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Networking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto