LAN Contract Job Trends in Solihull

Local Area Network (LAN)
West Midlands > Solihull

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Solihull requiring LAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 11 18
Rank change year-on-year +3 +7 -
Contract jobs citing LAN 3 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in Solihull 6.98% 3.45% 9.72%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.33% 6.67% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £463 £500 £375
% change year-on-year -7.50% +33.33% -11.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Solihull

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 Solihull.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9 15 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Solihull 20.93% 51.72% 69.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 9
10th Percentile £356 £268 £250
25th Percentile £422 £318 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £355 £340
Median % change year-on-year +30.28% +4.41% -22.29%
75th Percentile £1,013 £388 £425
90th Percentile £1,265 £434 £450
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -5.56%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

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

LAN job vacancy trend in Solihull

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Daily Rate Trend in Solihull

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Solihull citing LAN

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Hourly Rate Trend in Solihull

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Solihull citing LAN

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Solihull 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 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) MPLS
2 1 (33.33%) VoIP
2 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IT Manager
1 2 (66.67%) IT Project Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Network Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Network Project Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) BT
1 1 (33.33%) CenturyLink
1 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto