LAN Jobs in Birmingham

Local Area Network (LAN)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring LAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited LAN over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 89 103
Rank change year-on-year +43 +14 +24
Permanent jobs citing LAN 72 61 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 5.39% 2.07% 1.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 31.30% 15.84% 10.22%
Number of salaries quoted 41 50 25
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,588 £39,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £32,000 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -23.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £54,688 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £60,000 -
West Midlands median annual salary £38,500 £40,313 £41,000
% change year-on-year -4.50% -1.68% -3.53%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

LAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 230 385 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 17.22% 13.08% 14.74%
Number of salaries quoted 139 306 196
10th Percentile £32,500 £26,750 £27,625
25th Percentile £43,250 £32,500 £39,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% -15.45% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £66,563
90th Percentile £89,666 £80,000 £77,500
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -2.17%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Birmingham

LAN
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LAN in Birmingham.

Salary trend for LAN in Birmingham

LAN
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in Birmingham over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for LAN in Birmingham

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 22 (30.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 53 (73.61%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (70.83%) Azure
3 2 (2.78%) AWS
4 1 (1.39%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 70 (97.22%) WAN
2 30 (41.67%) VoIP
3 29 (40.28%) Firewall
4 12 (16.67%) BGP
4 12 (16.67%) MPLS
5 11 (15.28%) DNS
5 11 (15.28%) VPN
6 10 (13.89%) Cisco IOS
6 10 (13.89%) DHCP
6 10 (13.89%) IPsec
6 10 (13.89%) Junos
7 5 (6.94%) TCP/IP
8 4 (5.56%) Network Security
8 4 (5.56%) VLAN
8 4 (5.56%) Wireless
9 2 (2.78%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (1.39%) OSPF
10 1 (1.39%) SAN
10 1 (1.39%) WLAN
General
1 34 (47.22%) Social Skills
2 30 (41.67%) Retail
3 8 (11.11%) Finance
4 4 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (43.06%) IT Support
2 30 (41.67%) IT Support Specialist
2 30 (41.67%) Support Specialist
3 23 (31.94%) Support Engineer
4 14 (19.44%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 14 (19.44%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 14 (19.44%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 14 (19.44%) 3rd Line Support
4 14 (19.44%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 10 (13.89%) Architect
5 10 (13.89%) Network Architect
6 8 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (8.33%) Infrastructure Support
7 6 (8.33%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) Network Engineer
9 2 (2.78%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 2 (2.78%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 2 (2.78%) Junior Network Engineer
9 2 (2.78%) Senior
9 2 (2.78%) Senior Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 30 (41.67%) CCTV
2 16 (22.22%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.39%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.39%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.39%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.39%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 58 (80.56%) Windows
2 36 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 24 (33.33%) Windows Server
4 22 (30.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 16 (22.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (4.17%) Linux
7 1 (1.39%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (36.11%) Network Design
3 18 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 16 (22.22%) Data Security
4 16 (22.22%) Infrastructure Management
5 12 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (13.89%) Technical Leadership
7 8 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (9.72%) Requirements Gathering
9 6 (8.33%) Customer Service
9 6 (8.33%) Logistics
10 3 (4.17%) Migration
11 2 (2.78%) Asset Management
12 1 (1.39%) Agile
12 1 (1.39%) Business Continuity
12 1 (1.39%) Collaborative Culture
12 1 (1.39%) Computer Science
12 1 (1.39%) ITIL
12 1 (1.39%) Network Architecture
12 1 (1.39%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (22.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 33 (45.83%) Degree
2 15 (20.83%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (18.06%) CCNA
4 12 (16.67%) CCNP
4 12 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 11 (15.28%) SC Cleared
6 10 (13.89%) JNCIS
7 6 (8.33%) A+ Certification
7 6 (8.33%) MCP
7 6 (8.33%) MCSA
7 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.78%) CCIE
8 2 (2.78%) JNCIA
8 2 (2.78%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.39%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 54 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 18 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (22.22%) XenApp
4 2 (2.78%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.39%) Nagios
Vendors
1 40 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 34 (47.22%) Cisco
3 19 (26.39%) Meraki
4 18 (25.00%) VMware
5 17 (23.61%) CheckPoint
6 16 (22.22%) Citrix
6 16 (22.22%) SonicWALL
7 12 (16.67%) Juniper
8 2 (2.78%) Aruba
8 2 (2.78%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.39%) HP
9 1 (1.39%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.39%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.39%) Veeam