LAN Contracts in the North West

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 102 84
Rank change year-on-year +16 -18 +15
Contract jobs citing LAN 39 37 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.98% 1.35% 2.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.89% 10.31% 20.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 30 62
10th Percentile £208 £278 £264
25th Percentile £325 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £388 £388
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% - +14.81%
75th Percentile £488 £609 £514
90th Percentile £588 £654 £550
England median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £19.75 -
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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 328 359 424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 16.67% 13.08% 13.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 249 300
10th Percentile £190 £199 £288
25th Percentile £300 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £528 £653 £575
90th Percentile £600 £825 £650
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 14 10
10th Percentile £20.00 £17.72 £17.92
25th Percentile £21.12 £18.48 £19.17
Median hourly rate £24.59 £26.75 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -14.40% +68.92%
75th Percentile £25.47 £45.88 £51.45
90th Percentile £25.90 £83.76 £52.13
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.66
% change year-on-year -30.00% +114.36% -21.96%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in the North West over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Cumbria +5 12 £550 -14.40% 2
Lancashire +10 8 - - 12
Cheshire +5 8 £325 -31.58% 10
Merseyside +5 7 £215 -27.12% 3
Manchester 0 4 £463 +42.31% 12
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England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (10.26%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (20.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 8 (20.51%) MS Visio
2 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.26%) Azure
1 4 (10.26%) Entra ID
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (69.23%) WAN
2 19 (48.72%) VPN
3 15 (38.46%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (33.33%) Wireless
5 12 (30.77%) Network Security
6 10 (25.64%) Firewall
7 8 (20.51%) WLAN
8 6 (15.38%) Broadband
8 6 (15.38%) Converged Networks
9 5 (12.82%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (12.82%) Internet
9 5 (12.82%) IPsec
9 5 (12.82%) SD-WAN
10 4 (10.26%) BGP
10 4 (10.26%) DNS
10 4 (10.26%) HSRP
10 4 (10.26%) NetScaler
10 4 (10.26%) OSPF
10 4 (10.26%) Skype
10 4 (10.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Finance
3 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (12.82%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (12.82%) Manufacturing
3 5 (12.82%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (10.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (7.69%) Banking
5 3 (7.69%) Billing
6 1 (2.56%) Law
6 1 (2.56%) Legal
6 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (43.59%) Network Engineer
2 8 (20.51%) Support Engineer
3 5 (12.82%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 5 (12.82%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
3 5 (12.82%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 5 (12.82%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (12.82%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 5 (12.82%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (12.82%) Desktop Support
3 5 (12.82%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Industrial Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Network Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Risk Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Service Analyst
6 2 (5.13%) Coordinator
6 2 (5.13%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.64%) Management Information System
2 5 (12.82%) CMDB
2 5 (12.82%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (7.69%) IVR
4 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (41.03%) Windows
2 11 (28.21%) Windows Server
3 9 (23.08%) Windows 10
4 8 (20.51%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (20.51%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (15.38%) Linux
6 5 (12.82%) Windows 8
6 5 (12.82%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (12.82%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (12.82%) Windows XP
7 4 (10.26%) Windows 7
8 3 (7.69%) Android
8 3 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (43.59%) ITIL
2 13 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 12 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (20.51%) Proactive Maintenance
4 8 (20.51%) Time Management
5 7 (17.95%) Customer Service
6 6 (15.38%) Load Balancing
6 6 (15.38%) Problem Management
6 6 (15.38%) Project Delivery
7 5 (12.82%) Business Case
7 5 (12.82%) Infrastructure Monitoring
7 5 (12.82%) Mentoring
7 5 (12.82%) Performance Metrics
7 5 (12.82%) Technical Analysis
8 4 (10.26%) Disk Encryption
8 4 (10.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (10.26%) ITSM
8 4 (10.26%) Service Management
9 3 (7.69%) Data Management
9 3 (7.69%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) PowerShell
1 4 (10.26%) VB
1 4 (10.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (30.77%) CCNA
1 12 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (25.64%) SC Cleared
2 10 (25.64%) Security Cleared
3 8 (20.51%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (15.38%) Degree
5 1 (2.56%) CCNP
5 1 (2.56%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) SLA
2 1 (2.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.26%) BitLocker
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (7.69%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (2.56%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (23.08%) SCCM
2 3 (7.69%) Backup Exec
2 3 (7.69%) vCenter Server
3 1 (2.56%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 23 (58.97%) Microsoft
2 19 (48.72%) Cisco
3 7 (17.95%) Palo Alto
4 5 (12.82%) Canon
5 4 (10.26%) ServiceNow
5 4 (10.26%) VMware
6 3 (7.69%) Apple
6 3 (7.69%) Aruba
6 3 (7.69%) Symantec
6 3 (7.69%) Veeam
7 2 (5.13%) HP
8 1 (2.56%) CheckPoint
8 1 (2.56%) F5
8 1 (2.56%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.56%) Meraki
8 1 (2.56%) SolarWinds