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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 127 118
Rank change year-on-year -15 -9 -46
Permanent jobs citing LAN 37 16 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.56% 0.69% 1.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.87% 3.70% 14.40%
Number of salaries quoted 17 14 35
10th Percentile - £30,850 £25,950
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,453 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £56,123 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.82% +32.05% +10.39%
75th Percentile £58,750 £70,000 £49,375
90th Percentile £64,500 £77,500 £67,750
England median annual salary £53,000 £41,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +27.71% -12.63% +5.56%

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 375 433 368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.68% 18.65% 9.22%
Number of salaries quoted 267 183 216
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £28,742 £31,863
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -12.50% -3.98%
75th Percentile £56,250 £47,500 £50,813
90th Percentile £70,000 £58,100 £58,750
England median annual salary £48,373 £41,355 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.97% -17.29% -3.85%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing LAN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

LAN job vacancy trend 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 19 September 2026.

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 19 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire +3 18 - - 5
Leicestershire -31 11 £45,000 +9.76% 7
Northamptonshire 0 6 £38,000 -49.33% 6
Nottinghamshire -21 2 £62,500 +135.85% 1
LAN
England

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (18.92%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.11%) IIS
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 32 (86.49%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (48.65%) Mimecast
3 12 (32.43%) Azure
4 10 (27.03%) Entra ID
5 5 (13.51%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.70%) AWS
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 34 (91.89%) WAN
2 30 (81.08%) Firewall
3 12 (32.43%) DHCP
3 12 (32.43%) DNS
4 10 (27.03%) VPN
5 7 (18.92%) TCP/IP
5 7 (18.92%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (13.51%) VLAN
7 3 (8.11%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (5.41%) VoIP
8 2 (5.41%) WLAN
9 1 (2.70%) BGP
9 1 (2.70%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (2.70%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (2.70%) EIGRP
9 1 (2.70%) Network Security
9 1 (2.70%) OSPF
9 1 (2.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (5.41%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (2.70%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) JIRA
General
1 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.51%) Telecoms
3 3 (8.11%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Automotive
5 1 (2.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 22 (59.46%) IT Engineer
2 18 (48.65%) Field Engineer
2 18 (48.65%) Field Service Engineer
3 5 (13.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) IT Manager
4 4 (10.81%) IT Support
5 3 (8.11%) Help Desk Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (5.41%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (5.41%) IT Technician
6 2 (5.41%) Senior
7 1 (2.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Lead
7 1 (2.70%) Senior Systems Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Senior Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Driving Licence
2 3 (8.11%) Private Cloud
3 2 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.70%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 35 (94.59%) Windows
2 23 (62.16%) Android
3 22 (59.46%) Apple iOS
4 20 (54.05%) Windows 10
5 12 (32.43%) Windows Server
6 6 (16.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (70.27%) Customer Service
2 23 (62.16%) ITIL
3 20 (54.05%) Proactive Monitoring
4 18 (48.65%) Service Catalogue
5 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (18.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (16.22%) ERP
8 5 (13.51%) Virtual Environments
9 4 (10.81%) ITSM
10 3 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
10 3 (8.11%) Inventory Management
10 3 (8.11%) Mobile Device Management
10 3 (8.11%) Operational Stability
11 2 (5.41%) Collaborative Culture
11 2 (5.41%) CRM
11 2 (5.41%) IT Asset Management
11 2 (5.41%) Mentoring
11 2 (5.41%) Project Delivery
11 2 (5.41%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 18 (48.65%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (13.51%) Degree
2 3 (8.11%) CCNA
2 3 (8.11%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.70%) CCNP
4 1 (2.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (43.24%) Active Directory
2 14 (37.84%) Hyper-V
3 3 (8.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.70%) Terminal Services
4 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (81.08%) Microsoft
2 18 (48.65%) Logitech
2 18 (48.65%) Sophos
2 18 (48.65%) TOWER Software
3 3 (8.11%) JD Edwards
3 3 (8.11%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.41%) Cisco
4 2 (5.41%) SAP
5 1 (2.70%) Citrix
5 1 (2.70%) VMware