LAN Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Local Area Network (LAN)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring LAN skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 20 27
Rank change year-on-year +13 +7 -2
Contract jobs citing LAN 9 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire 15.25% 0.78% 1.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 64.29% 7.14% 5.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile - - £441
25th Percentile - £413 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £425 £563
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -24.44% -
75th Percentile £400 £438 £634
90th Percentile £430 - £674
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £475 £375
% change year-on-year - +26.67% +1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
75th Percentile £31.00 - -
90th Percentile £37.13 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 - £18.50
% change year-on-year - - -7.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 14 14 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 23.73% 10.94% 17.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 22
10th Percentile £245 £371 £263
25th Percentile £313 £386 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -7.89% +35.71%
75th Percentile £375 £506 £575
90th Percentile £420 £653 £606
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -2.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 7
10th Percentile £21.96 - £22.80
25th Percentile £29.00 - £23.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +108.33%
75th Percentile £31.00 - £28.75
90th Percentile £38.65 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +27.27% +46.67%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Staffordshire

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing LAN

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing LAN

LAN
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Stafford - 6 - -
Stoke-on-Trent - 2 £350 - 1
Cannock - 1 £450 -
LAN
West Midlands

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) DHCP
1 7 (77.78%) DNS
1 7 (77.78%) Firewall
2 6 (66.67%) Cisco IOS
2 6 (66.67%) WAN
2 6 (66.67%) Wireless
2 6 (66.67%) WLAN
3 5 (55.56%) PuTTY
4 2 (22.22%) VoIP
5 1 (11.11%) HTTP
5 1 (11.11%) SD-WAN
5 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
5 1 (11.11%) VPN
General
1 5 (55.56%) Manufacturing
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
1 5 (55.56%) Support Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Virtual Team
2 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 1 (11.11%) Handset
2 1 (11.11%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Change Management
1 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
1 5 (55.56%) Process Improvement
1 5 (55.56%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (11.11%) Operational Stability
3 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) CCNA
1 7 (77.78%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (66.67%) CCNP
3 5 (55.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (55.56%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) CCSA
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Peregrine
2 5 (55.56%) Remedy
3 1 (11.11%) CheckPoint
3 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
3 1 (11.11%) Meraki
3 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds