LAN Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Local Area Network (LAN)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring LAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 24 20
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 -6
Contract jobs citing LAN 17 11 8
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 6.88% 4.60% 4.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.81% 30.56% 27.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 1 4
10th Percentile - - £155
25th Percentile £129 £213 £192
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £133 £225 £275
Median % change year-on-year -41.11% -18.18% -37.14%
75th Percentile £136 £238 £325
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £133 £485 £590
% change year-on-year -72.68% -17.80% +38.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.07 -
North West median hourly rate £68.33 £18.07 £50.00
% change year-on-year +278.25% -63.87% +23.23%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 59 36 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 23.89% 15.06% 16.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 11 18
10th Percentile - £140 £148
25th Percentile £129 £150 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £133 £175 £325
Median % change year-on-year -24.29% -46.15% -23.53%
75th Percentile £210 £338 £419
90th Percentile £400 £513 £474
North West median daily rate £456 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -5.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.07 -
North West median hourly rate £23.50 £48.03 £17.72
% change year-on-year -51.07% +171.05% -10.87%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

LAN job vacancy trend in Merseyside

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing LAN

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing LAN

LAN
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 within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 5 December 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 -12 3 - - 1
St Helens - 1 - - 2
LAN
North West

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.88%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (94.12%) WAN
2 2 (11.76%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (11.76%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (11.76%) Firewall
2 2 (11.76%) Internet
2 2 (11.76%) MPLS
3 1 (5.88%) Network Security
3 1 (5.88%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (5.88%) SD-WAN
3 1 (5.88%) VPN
General
1 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (82.35%) IT Technician
2 1 (5.88%) Architect
2 1 (5.88%) ICT Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) ICT Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) ICT Support
2 1 (5.88%) ICT Support Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Support
2 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) Network Architect
2 1 (5.88%) Network Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) Senior
2 1 (5.88%) Senior Architect
2 1 (5.88%) Senior Network Architect
2 1 (5.88%) Site Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Android
1 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Customer Service
1 14 (82.35%) Service Management
2 2 (11.76%) Change Management
2 2 (11.76%) Migration
2 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (11.76%) Tech Ops
2 2 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (5.88%) Asset Management
3 1 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (5.88%) Configuration Management
3 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (5.88%) High Availability
3 1 (5.88%) Network Design
3 1 (5.88%) Patch Management
3 1 (5.88%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (5.88%) Technical Debt
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) CCIE
2 1 (5.88%) CCNP
2 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Cisco
1 2 (11.76%) Meraki
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
1 2 (11.76%) Palo Alto
2 1 (5.88%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (5.88%) Forcepoint
2 1 (5.88%) McAfee