LAN Engineer Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Local Area Network Engineer (LAN Engineer)
England > West Midlands

As of 31 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Local Area Network Engineer (LAN Engineer) daily rate in the West Midlands.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a LAN Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.035% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - £375 £486
% change year-on-year - -22.84% +14.35%

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 2,662 1,190 1,803
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.89% 90.08% 91.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,742 815 1,217
10th Percentile £305 £200 £250
25th Percentile £402 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.51% +2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £595
90th Percentile £675 £650 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 61 135
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.62 £12.04
25th Percentile £19.34 £14.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £18.13 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.41% -17.59% +17.33%
75th Percentile £40.00 £28.18 £39.38
90th Percentile £68.00 £35.00 £55.75
England median hourly rate £41.77 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +21.07% +6.15% -24.14%

LAN Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'LAN Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

LAN Engineer job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

LAN Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for LAN Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for LAN Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands

LAN Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for LAN Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for LAN Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands

LAN Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 March 2026. 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
Warwickshire - 1 - -
LAN Engineer
England

LAN Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 31 March 2026, LAN Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring LAN Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Iperf
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Spanning Tree
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

LAN Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Spanning Tree
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Iperf