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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 127 143
Rank change year-on-year -14 +16 -70
Permanent jobs citing LAN 30 18 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.50% 0.78% 0.92%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.98% 4.28% 9.36%
Number of salaries quoted 14 15 35
10th Percentile - £32,300 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,625 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £55,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +23.60% +19.29%
75th Percentile £58,750 £70,000 £53,125
90th Percentile £66,000 £77,500 £58,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +37.50% -15.79% +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 334 421 406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.56% 18.14% 9.78%
Number of salaries quoted 246 174 318
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £25,219
25th Percentile £30,500 £28,373 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,750 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.29% -12.50% -13.98%
75th Percentile £50,000 £50,858 £52,500
90th Percentile £64,875 £59,625 £58,750
England median annual salary £47,870 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.63% -15.00% -2.77%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 +5 14 - - 3
Leicestershire -30 8 £47,500 +15.85% 4
Northamptonshire -1 5 £38,500 -48.67% 2
Nottinghamshire -21 3 £60,000 +126.42% 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 6 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (6.67%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 26 (86.67%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (46.67%) Mimecast
3 11 (36.67%) Azure
4 8 (26.67%) Entra ID
5 3 (10.00%) OneDrive
6 1 (3.33%) AWS
6 1 (3.33%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 27 (90.00%) Firewall
1 27 (90.00%) WAN
2 7 (23.33%) DHCP
2 7 (23.33%) DNS
2 7 (23.33%) VPN
3 5 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (13.33%) TCP/IP
4 4 (13.33%) VLAN
5 2 (6.67%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (6.67%) VoIP
6 1 (3.33%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (3.33%) Unified Communications
6 1 (3.33%) Wireless
6 1 (3.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (6.67%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 3 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Automotive
4 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.33%) Law
4 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (50.00%) IT Engineer
2 14 (46.67%) Field Engineer
2 14 (46.67%) Field Service Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) IT Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Help Desk Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) IT Technician
6 1 (3.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (3.33%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (3.33%) IT Support
6 1 (3.33%) Lead
6 1 (3.33%) Senior
6 1 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.33%) Senior Systems Analyst
6 1 (3.33%) Senior Technical Analyst
6 1 (3.33%) Service Desk Support
6 1 (3.33%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.67%) Client/Server
2 2 (6.67%) Driving Licence
2 2 (6.67%) Private Cloud
3 1 (3.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (96.67%) Windows
2 18 (60.00%) Android
3 17 (56.67%) Apple iOS
4 16 (53.33%) Windows 10
5 12 (40.00%) Windows Server
6 5 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (63.33%) Customer Service
2 17 (56.67%) ITIL
3 16 (53.33%) Proactive Monitoring
4 14 (46.67%) Service Catalogue
5 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (13.33%) ITSM
8 3 (10.00%) Asset Management
8 3 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (10.00%) ERP
8 3 (10.00%) Inventory Management
8 3 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
8 3 (10.00%) Operational Stability
9 2 (6.67%) Change Management
9 2 (6.67%) CRM
9 2 (6.67%) IT Asset Management
9 2 (6.67%) Logistics
9 2 (6.67%) Process Improvement
9 2 (6.67%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 14 (46.67%) PowerShell
2 3 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) Degree
2 3 (10.00%) CCNA
2 3 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.33%) CCNP
4 1 (3.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (43.33%) Active Directory
2 11 (36.67%) Hyper-V
3 2 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (3.33%) BitLocker
4 1 (3.33%) Firmware
4 1 (3.33%) Terminal Services
4 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (76.67%) Microsoft
2 14 (46.67%) Logitech
2 14 (46.67%) Sophos
2 14 (46.67%) TOWER Software
3 2 (6.67%) Cisco
3 2 (6.67%) SAP
4 1 (3.33%) Aruba
4 1 (3.33%) Citrix
4 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.33%) VMware