LAN Job Trends in the East Midlands

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring LAN skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 123 67
Rank change year-on-year -7 -56 +31
Permanent jobs citing LAN 16 49 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.70% 1.24% 3.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.78% 13.96% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 14 34 53
10th Percentile £30,850 £25,900 £26,250
25th Percentile £46,453 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,123 £40,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.31% +3.90% -9.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £48,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £54,625 £61,750
England median annual salary £41,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.63% +5.56% -5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 423 351 336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 18.40% 8.90% 19.27%
Number of salaries quoted 175 219 207
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,742 £31,863 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £47,500 £51,375 £56,500
90th Percentile £58,550 £58,750 £60,000
England median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -17.00% -2.91% -1.90%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the East Midlands

LAN
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing LAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing LAN

LAN
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Salary histogram for LAN in the East Midlands

LAN
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
Derbyshire -20 6 £57,000 +52.00% 4
Northamptonshire +15 4 £75,000 +183.02% 1
Nottinghamshire +14 2 £26,500 -45.64% 2
Leicestershire +30 1 £41,000 +24.24% 1
Lincolnshire 0 1 £55,000 -12.00%
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (31.25%) IaaS
3 4 (25.00%) AWS
3 4 (25.00%) Azure
3 4 (25.00%) PaaS
4 1 (6.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 16 (100.00%) WAN
2 10 (62.50%) Firewall
3 7 (43.75%) Network Security
3 7 (43.75%) Wireless
4 6 (37.50%) VPN
5 5 (31.25%) Ethernet
6 4 (25.00%) Internet
6 4 (25.00%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (12.50%) DHCP
7 2 (12.50%) MPLS
8 1 (6.25%) BGP
8 1 (6.25%) DNS
8 1 (6.25%) IPv4
8 1 (6.25%) IPv6
8 1 (6.25%) OSPF
8 1 (6.25%) SAN
8 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
8 1 (6.25%) VLAN
8 1 (6.25%) VPLS
8 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Retail
4 1 (6.25%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Network Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (6.25%) IT Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Network Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Service Delivery Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Service Desk Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Service Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Support Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Support
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 4 (25.00%) Public Cloud
2 3 (18.75%) Private Cloud
3 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (25.00%) AIX
2 4 (25.00%) Linux
2 4 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Roadmaps
2 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
3 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (18.75%) Project Management
4 2 (12.50%) Agile
4 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (12.50%) IT Strategy
4 2 (12.50%) ITIL
4 2 (12.50%) Product Management
4 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 2 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
4 2 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (12.50%) Time Management
5 1 (6.25%) Data Analytics
5 1 (6.25%) High Availability
5 1 (6.25%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 1 (6.25%) Network Architecture
5 1 (6.25%) Project Governance
5 1 (6.25%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) CCNA
1 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.25%) CCNP
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
1 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Autotask
1 1 (6.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Cisco
2 3 (18.75%) VMware
3 2 (12.50%) Juniper
3 2 (12.50%) Meraki
4 1 (6.25%) Aruba