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 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 107 164
Rank change year-on-year -35 +57 -60
Permanent jobs citing LAN 23 27 40
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.47% 1.33% 0.75%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.16% 6.70% 6.96%
Number of salaries quoted 10 23 38
10th Percentile £35,875 £30,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +33.33% +25.00%
75th Percentile £61,563 £67,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £64,125 £76,500 £57,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -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 282 403 575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.78% 19.92% 10.84%
Number of salaries quoted 207 169 471
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £30,137
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £38,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -3.75% -3.98%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £64,750 £61,500 £58,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.26% -3.16% -5.00%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 +2 9 - - 2
Leicestershire -28 7 £37,500 -16.67% 4
Northamptonshire -5 3 £38,500 -40.77%
Nottinghamshire -14 3 £60,000 +126.42% 1
Lincolnshire -18 1 £62,500 +13.64% 3
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 (26.09%) SharePoint
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 19 (82.61%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (39.13%) Azure
2 9 (39.13%) Mimecast
3 7 (30.43%) Entra ID
4 3 (13.04%) AWS
4 3 (13.04%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 22 (95.65%) WAN
2 20 (86.96%) Firewall
3 7 (30.43%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (26.09%) VPN
5 3 (13.04%) DHCP
5 3 (13.04%) DNS
6 2 (8.70%) SD-WAN
6 2 (8.70%) TCP/IP
6 2 (8.70%) VLAN
6 2 (8.70%) VoIP
6 2 (8.70%) Wireless
7 1 (4.35%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (4.35%) IPsec
7 1 (4.35%) Unified Communications
7 1 (4.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (8.70%) Crystal Reports
General
1 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
3 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
3 2 (8.70%) Retail
4 1 (4.35%) Law
4 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Field Engineer
1 9 (39.13%) Field Service Engineer
1 9 (39.13%) IT Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (8.70%) IT Manager
3 2 (8.70%) IT Technician
3 2 (8.70%) Network Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Service Delivery Manager
3 2 (8.70%) Service Manager
3 2 (8.70%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 2 (8.70%) Technical Manager
3 2 (8.70%) Technical Service Delivery Manager
3 2 (8.70%) Technical Services Manager
4 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Senior
4 1 (4.35%) Service Desk Support
4 1 (4.35%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Client/Server
1 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (82.61%) Windows
2 9 (39.13%) Android
2 9 (39.13%) Apple iOS
2 9 (39.13%) Windows 10
2 9 (39.13%) Windows Server
3 3 (13.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) ITIL
2 11 (47.83%) Customer Service
2 11 (47.83%) Proactive Monitoring
3 9 (39.13%) Service Catalogue
4 6 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (21.74%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (17.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (17.39%) ITSM
6 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (17.39%) Process Improvement
7 3 (13.04%) Asset Management
7 3 (13.04%) Logistics
7 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (13.04%) Virtual Environments
8 2 (8.70%) Customer Engagement
8 2 (8.70%) IT Asset Management
8 2 (8.70%) IT Strategy
8 2 (8.70%) Mentoring
8 2 (8.70%) Mobile Device Management
8 2 (8.70%) Transition Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (39.13%) PowerShell
2 3 (13.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) CCNA
1 1 (4.35%) CCNP
1 1 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (4.35%) Degree
1 1 (4.35%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (43.48%) Active Directory
2 8 (34.78%) Hyper-V
3 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (4.35%) BitLocker
4 1 (4.35%) Firmware
4 1 (4.35%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.70%) Autotask
Vendors
1 16 (69.57%) Microsoft
2 9 (39.13%) Logitech
2 9 (39.13%) Sophos
2 9 (39.13%) TOWER Software
3 2 (8.70%) Cisco
3 2 (8.70%) SAP
3 2 (8.70%) VMware
4 1 (4.35%) Aruba
4 1 (4.35%) CheckPoint
4 1 (4.35%) Citrix
4 1 (4.35%) F5
4 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow