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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 17 -
Rank change year-on-year +11 - -
Contract jobs citing LAN 9 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 14.52% 0.83% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 56.25% 6.25% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% - -
75th Percentile £400 £438 -
90th Percentile £430 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £463 £375
% change year-on-year +2.70% +23.33% -6.25%
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

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 16 16 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 25.81% 13.33% 16.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 15
10th Percentile £160 £377 £308
25th Percentile £200 £394 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% - +38.46%
75th Percentile - £516 £556
90th Percentile £410 £618 £575
West Midlands median daily rate £421 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -15.75% +25.00% -8.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 9
10th Percentile £27.50 - £22.90
25th Percentile £29.00 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £23.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.15%
75th Percentile £32.63 - £28.75
90th Percentile £39.23 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +27.27% +13.40%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

LAN job vacancy trend 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 31 October 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 & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

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