LAN Jobs in Cheshire

Local Area Network (LAN)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 67 59
Rank change year-on-year -11 -8 +30
Permanent jobs citing LAN 16 34 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.03% 2.07% 3.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.55% 17.44% 13.78%
Number of salaries quoted 16 24 30
10th Percentile £33,375 £24,500 £27,940
25th Percentile £36,250 £29,250 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £36,500 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -16.57% -13.19%
75th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £48,000
90th Percentile £62,000 - £48,750
North West median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 352 195 225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 44.73% 11.85% 25.57%
Number of salaries quoted 151 155 106
10th Percentile £20,280 £24,840 £25,420
25th Percentile - £29,250 £31,569
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £23,504 £38,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.95% -9.41% -0.64%
75th Percentile £27,375 £53,125 £55,000
90th Percentile £40,000 £62,500 £78,750
North West median annual salary £32,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -27.78% -5.26% +5.56%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Cheshire

LAN
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for LAN in Cheshire

LAN
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in Cheshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for LAN in Cheshire

LAN
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Macclesfield - 5 £42,500 - 2
Warrington +23 4 £58,000 +16.00% 4
Middlewich - 2 £37,500 -
Widnes - 1 £31,000 -
LAN
North West

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (37.50%) Azure
3 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (100.00%) WAN
2 7 (43.75%) DHCP
2 7 (43.75%) DNS
3 6 (37.50%) Firewall
3 6 (37.50%) TCP/IP
4 5 (31.25%) Internet
4 5 (31.25%) Remote Desktop
5 4 (25.00%) VPN
6 3 (18.75%) Junos
6 3 (18.75%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (31.25%) Aerospace
1 5 (31.25%) Automotive
1 5 (31.25%) Manufacturing
2 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Finance
4 2 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Technical Support
2 6 (37.50%) Senior
2 6 (37.50%) Senior Technical Support
3 5 (31.25%) 3rd Line Support
3 5 (31.25%) 3rd Line Technical Support
4 3 (18.75%) Architect
5 2 (12.50%) Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Network Architect
5 2 (12.50%) Senior Support Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Senior Technical Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Service Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Technical Support Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) IT Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
2 5 (31.25%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Change Management
1 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (31.25%) ITIL
2 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
2 3 (18.75%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (12.50%) Programme Management
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (6.25%) Asset Management
4 1 (6.25%) Document Management
4 1 (6.25%) Network Architecture
4 1 (6.25%) Network Design
4 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.25%) SEO
4 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (18.75%) CCNA
2 3 (18.75%) CCNP
2 3 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (18.75%) JNCIA
2 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 5 (31.25%) Terminal Services
3 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (12.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (50.00%) Cisco
2 8 (50.00%) VMware
3 3 (18.75%) Juniper