LAN Jobs in the East Midlands

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 25 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 128 117
Rank change year-on-year +13 -11 +11
Permanent jobs citing LAN 21 62 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.91% 1.45% 1.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.09% 10.76% 10.31%
Number of salaries quoted 18 38 43
10th Percentile £30,875 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £44,688 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +20.00% -11.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £54,688 £51,250
90th Percentile - £58,250 £61,250
England median annual salary £46,875 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -

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 231 576 553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 10.06% 13.43% 19.25%
Number of salaries quoted 166 449 193
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,438 £28,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £40,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +12.00%
75th Percentile £57,000 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £61,250 £58,750 £64,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LAN in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for LAN in the East Midlands

LAN
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 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 25 April 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
Northamptonshire +5 10 £65,000 +145.28% 5
Derbyshire +22 7 £52,500 +22.09% 8
Leicestershire +16 1 £45,000 -30.77% 3
Nottinghamshire +14 1 - - 3
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 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (9.52%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (61.90%) Azure
2 5 (23.81%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (14.29%) Entra ID
3 3 (14.29%) IaaS
4 2 (9.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (9.52%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (100.00%) WAN
2 15 (71.43%) Firewall
3 11 (52.38%) SD-WAN
4 10 (47.62%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (42.86%) Cisco Firepower
6 7 (33.33%) VPN
7 6 (28.57%) Wireless
8 3 (14.29%) Internet
9 2 (9.52%) DNS
9 2 (9.52%) Network Security
9 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
10 1 (4.76%) DHCP
10 1 (4.76%) MPLS
10 1 (4.76%) PBX
10 1 (4.76%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.52%) Legal
4 1 (4.76%) Law
4 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Cisco Engineer
2 8 (38.10%) Project Engineer
2 8 (38.10%) Support Engineer
3 7 (33.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 7 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
3 7 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 7 (33.33%) Cisco Support
3 7 (33.33%) Cisco Support Engineer
4 5 (23.81%) Senior
5 4 (19.05%) Network Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Cisco Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Private Cloud
2 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (33.33%) Windows
2 6 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Presales
1 9 (42.86%) Zero Trust
2 5 (23.81%) Project Management
3 3 (14.29%) Business Continuity
3 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (9.52%) Cost Control
4 2 (9.52%) Cost Management
4 2 (9.52%) Cost Optimisation
4 2 (9.52%) DevOps
4 2 (9.52%) High Availability
4 2 (9.52%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
4 2 (9.52%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (9.52%) RBAC
4 2 (9.52%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (9.52%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (42.86%) CCIE
2 9 (42.86%) CCNP
3 2 (9.52%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.76%) CCNA
4 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.52%) Hyper-V
2 2 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Autotask
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Aruba
1 9 (42.86%) Cisco
1 9 (42.86%) Fortinet
1 9 (42.86%) HP
1 9 (42.86%) Meraki
1 9 (42.86%) Palo Alto
2 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 3 (14.29%) VMware
4 1 (4.76%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (4.76%) Dell
4 1 (4.76%) Sitecore