LAN Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring LAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 51 67
Rank change year-on-year -57 +16 +43
Contract jobs citing LAN 25 27 47
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.24% 2.85% 2.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.20% 15.61% 21.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 11 31
10th Percentile £185 - £205
25th Percentile £203 £209 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £225 £375
Median % change year-on-year +39.11% -40.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £475 £248 £504
90th Percentile £515 £469 £575
England median daily rate £450 £468 £463
% change year-on-year -3.74% +1.08% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £14.67
25th Percentile - - £16.92
Median hourly rate - - £17.64
75th Percentile - - £22.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £20.75 £20.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year +3.75% -45.95% +12.12%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 245 173 218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 12.19% 18.23% 11.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 99 164
10th Percentile £203 £160 £213
25th Percentile £313 £220 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £379 £414
Median % change year-on-year +18.73% -8.40% -2.65%
75th Percentile £538 £570 £550
90th Percentile £686 £700 £630
England median daily rate £488 £500 £485
% change year-on-year -2.50% +3.09% -7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 8
10th Percentile - £11.92 £12.75
25th Percentile £15.25 £12.16 £13.07
Median hourly rate £15.50 £27.25 £17.35
Median % change year-on-year -43.12% +57.08% +63.19%
75th Percentile £34.13 £41.50 £22.00
90th Percentile £45.15 - £23.43
England median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -8.57% -30.00% +143.90%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

LAN job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing LAN

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 5 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Yorkshire

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing LAN

LAN
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 5 February 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
West Yorkshire -22 11 £238 -2.06% 10
North Yorkshire -7 7 £450 -18.18% 4
South Yorkshire -62 6 £358 +64.61% 2
LAN
England

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (16.00%) Confluence
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (16.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Acrobat
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 16 (64.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (48.00%) Azure
3 9 (36.00%) SaaS
4 7 (28.00%) Entra ID
5 4 (16.00%) OneDrive
6 1 (4.00%) AWS
6 1 (4.00%) PaaS
6 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
6 1 (4.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (92.00%) WAN
2 14 (56.00%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (44.00%) TCP/IP
4 7 (28.00%) DNS
4 7 (28.00%) Firewall
4 7 (28.00%) VPN
5 6 (24.00%) Network Security
6 5 (20.00%) DHCP
6 5 (20.00%) Wireless
7 4 (16.00%) Unified Communications
7 4 (16.00%) VLAN
8 3 (12.00%) Cisco ISE
8 3 (12.00%) VoIP
9 2 (8.00%) BGP
9 2 (8.00%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (8.00%) DWDM
9 2 (8.00%) OSPF
9 2 (8.00%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (4.00%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (4.00%) EIGRP
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) JIRA
2 2 (8.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Banking
3 1 (4.00%) Finance
3 1 (4.00%) Legal
3 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) Support Engineer
2 6 (24.00%) Network Engineer
3 5 (20.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 5 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 5 (20.00%) Coordinator
3 5 (20.00%) IT Engineer
3 5 (20.00%) IT Support
3 5 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Senior
5 2 (8.00%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Desktop Support
5 2 (8.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Core Network Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Network Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Network Security Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) CMDB
2 5 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (20.00%) Onboarding
3 3 (12.00%) iPhone
4 2 (8.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (8.00%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (8.00%) Smartphone
5 1 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (4.00%) IoT
5 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
5 1 (4.00%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 18 (72.00%) Windows
2 9 (36.00%) Windows 10
3 5 (20.00%) Android
3 5 (20.00%) Windows Server
4 2 (8.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (8.00%) Mac OS
4 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) ITIL
2 7 (28.00%) Change Management
2 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (28.00%) Time Management
3 6 (24.00%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 5 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 5 (20.00%) ITSM
4 5 (20.00%) Migration
4 5 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 4 (16.00%) Data Management
6 3 (12.00%) Agile
6 3 (12.00%) Mentoring
6 3 (12.00%) Service Management
7 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (8.00%) Network Architecture
7 2 (8.00%) Software Deployment
7 2 (8.00%) Task Automation
7 2 (8.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (28.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (24.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (20.00%) CCNP
3 4 (16.00%) CCNA
4 3 (12.00%) Degree
5 2 (8.00%) JNCIA
5 2 (8.00%) JNCIS
6 1 (4.00%) CCIE
6 1 (4.00%) CISSP
6 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (36.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (12.00%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (8.00%) Ansible
3 2 (8.00%) SCCM
3 2 (8.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (52.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (44.00%) Cisco
3 5 (20.00%) Adobe
3 5 (20.00%) Meraki
3 5 (20.00%) Veeam
4 2 (8.00%) Arista
5 1 (4.00%) Aruba
5 1 (4.00%) CheckPoint
5 1 (4.00%) ForeScout
5 1 (4.00%) Palo Alto
5 1 (4.00%) SolarWinds
5 1 (4.00%) VMware