LAN Contracts in the North of England

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 110 105 118
Rank change year-on-year -5 +13 -24
Contract jobs citing LAN 56 82 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.70% 1.72% 1.89%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.14% 13.69% 16.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 57 81
10th Percentile £208 £210 £190
25th Percentile £243 £313 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +13.33% -
75th Percentile £488 £575 £525
90th Percentile £588 £650 £588
England median daily rate £471 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -0.79% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 2
10th Percentile - £19.15 £22.93
25th Percentile - £23.92 £24.31
Median hourly rate - £24.87 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year - -8.73% +54.48%
75th Percentile - £27.29 £30.81
90th Percentile - £35.65 £32.58
England median hourly rate £19.00 £22.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -15.56% -65.38% +188.89%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 552 599 678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 16.75% 12.56% 11.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 419 467
10th Percentile £181 £200 £200
25th Percentile £246 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -2.56% +9.55%
75th Percentile £538 £612 £570
90th Percentile £638 £750 £675
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 28 48
10th Percentile £20.74 £13.53 -
25th Percentile £22.98 £17.72 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.76 £24.87 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year -0.44% +133.96% -40.35%
75th Percentile £41.50 £45.88 £15.15
90th Percentile - £48.75 £34.13
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the North of England

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for LAN in the North of England

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for LAN in the North of England

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in the North of England

LAN
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the North of England 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
North West +16 39 £450 +2.86% 30
Yorkshire -19 13 £245 -38.75% 24
North East 0 2 £375 -6.25% 7
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (8.93%) SharePoint
3 4 (7.14%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 14 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (17.86%) MS Visio
3 8 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.07%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (10.71%) Azure
3 5 (8.93%) OneDrive
4 4 (7.14%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.57%) AWS
6 1 (1.79%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 43 (76.79%) WAN
2 31 (55.36%) VPN
3 23 (41.07%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (30.36%) Network Security
5 16 (28.57%) Firewall
6 15 (26.79%) Wireless
7 12 (21.43%) DNS
8 10 (17.86%) VLAN
8 10 (17.86%) WLAN
9 9 (16.07%) DHCP
10 7 (12.50%) SD-WAN
11 6 (10.71%) Broadband
11 6 (10.71%) Converged Networks
11 6 (10.71%) Internet
11 6 (10.71%) IPsec
11 6 (10.71%) VoIP
12 5 (8.93%) BGP
12 5 (8.93%) DWDM
12 5 (8.93%) MPLS
12 5 (8.93%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.79%) MySQL
2 1 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.71%) Finance
3 5 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.93%) Banking
3 5 (8.93%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (8.93%) Manufacturing
3 5 (8.93%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (5.36%) Billing
6 1 (1.79%) Law
6 1 (1.79%) Legal
6 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (39.29%) Network Engineer
2 13 (23.21%) Support Engineer
3 8 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
3 8 (14.29%) Desktop Support
3 8 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (8.93%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 5 (8.93%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (8.93%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 5 (8.93%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (8.93%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (7.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 4 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (7.14%) Senior
6 3 (5.36%) Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Network Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Risk Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (19.64%) Management Information System
2 6 (10.71%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (8.93%) CMDB
4 3 (5.36%) IVR
5 1 (1.79%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.79%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.79%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.79%) SCADA
5 1 (1.79%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.79%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 23 (41.07%) Windows
2 14 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 11 (19.64%) Windows Server
4 8 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (12.50%) Linux
6 5 (8.93%) Windows 8
6 5 (8.93%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (8.93%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (8.93%) Windows XP
7 4 (7.14%) Windows 7
8 3 (5.36%) Android
8 3 (5.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (1.79%) CentOS
9 1 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.79%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (30.36%) ITIL
2 14 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (23.21%) Asset Management
4 12 (21.43%) Customer Service
5 8 (14.29%) Proactive Maintenance
5 8 (14.29%) Time Management
6 7 (12.50%) Load Balancing
7 6 (10.71%) Mentoring
7 6 (10.71%) Network Architecture
7 6 (10.71%) Problem Management
7 6 (10.71%) Project Delivery
8 5 (8.93%) Business Case
8 5 (8.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (8.93%) Infrastructure Monitoring
8 5 (8.93%) Performance Metrics
8 5 (8.93%) Technical Analysis
9 4 (7.14%) Disk Encryption
9 4 (7.14%) Information Security
9 4 (7.14%) ITSM
9 4 (7.14%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.93%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.14%) Python
2 4 (7.14%) VB
2 4 (7.14%) VBScript
3 1 (1.79%) Bash
3 1 (1.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (26.79%) CCNA
1 15 (26.79%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (19.64%) SC Cleared
2 11 (19.64%) Security Cleared
3 8 (14.29%) Degree
3 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (7.14%) CCNP
5 2 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.57%) JNCIA
5 2 (3.57%) JNCIS
6 1 (1.79%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.36%) SLA
2 1 (1.79%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (30.36%) Active Directory
2 6 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (7.14%) BitLocker
4 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (5.36%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (1.79%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (25.00%) SCCM
2 5 (8.93%) AppManager
3 4 (7.14%) Ansible
3 4 (7.14%) Terraform
4 3 (5.36%) Backup Exec
4 3 (5.36%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.79%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 30 (53.57%) Microsoft
2 27 (48.21%) Cisco
3 9 (16.07%) VMware
4 7 (12.50%) Palo Alto
5 5 (8.93%) Canon
5 5 (8.93%) Ivanti
6 4 (7.14%) ServiceNow
7 3 (5.36%) Apple
7 3 (5.36%) Arista
7 3 (5.36%) Aruba
7 3 (5.36%) Fortinet
7 3 (5.36%) Symantec
7 3 (5.36%) Veeam
8 2 (3.57%) F5
8 2 (3.57%) HP
8 2 (3.57%) Meraki
9 1 (1.79%) CheckPoint
9 1 (1.79%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.79%) SolarWinds