LAN Jobs in Manchester

Local Area Network (LAN)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 118 148
Rank change year-on-year -32 +30 +43
Permanent jobs citing LAN 16 107 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.72% 1.96% 1.92%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.95% 18.74% 9.78%
Number of salaries quoted 14 100 62
10th Percentile £24,850 £37,400 £26,725
25th Percentile £28,125 £37,500 £42,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.11% -5.26% +13.10%
75th Percentile £63,750 £52,500 £55,375
90th Percentile £76,875 £62,500 £71,750
North West median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 269 571 910
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 12.04% 10.44% 19.61%
Number of salaries quoted 132 439 380
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £29,219
25th Percentile £31,375 £35,056 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% -2.91% +8.42%
75th Percentile £67,813 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,176 £75,000 £75,000
North West median annual salary £32,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -27.78% -5.26% +5.56%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Manchester

LAN
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LAN in Manchester.

Salary trend for LAN in Manchester

LAN
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for LAN in Manchester

LAN
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Bolton -11 3 £28,000 -37.78% 7
Wigan -5 1 - - 4
LAN
North West

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.25%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (6.25%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 14 (87.50%) WAN
2 11 (68.75%) Firewall
3 7 (43.75%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (31.25%) VPN
4 5 (31.25%) Wireless
5 4 (25.00%) DHCP
5 4 (25.00%) DNS
5 4 (25.00%) TCP/IP
6 3 (18.75%) Network Security
6 3 (18.75%) VLAN
7 2 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (12.50%) VoIP
8 1 (6.25%) Broadband
8 1 (6.25%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (6.25%) Ethernet
8 1 (6.25%) IPsec
8 1 (6.25%) OSPF
8 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
General
1 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Architect
2 5 (31.25%) Network Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Consultant
3 3 (18.75%) Junior
3 3 (18.75%) Network Technician
4 2 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) IT Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Junior Network Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Network Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Network Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Network Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Service Desk Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) IT Support
5 1 (6.25%) IT Technician
5 1 (6.25%) Junior Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Junior Solutions Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Operations Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) WAN Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Social Media
2 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.25%) Linux
3 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Presales
2 5 (31.25%) Network Management
2 5 (31.25%) Technology Strategy
3 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
3 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (12.50%) ITIL
4 2 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (12.50%) Migration
4 2 (12.50%) Web Filtering
5 1 (6.25%) B2B
5 1 (6.25%) Change Management
5 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.25%) High Availability
5 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (6.25%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (6.25%) Network Design
5 1 (6.25%) Project Management
5 1 (6.25%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (31.25%) Degree
3 4 (25.00%) CCNA
4 3 (18.75%) JNCIA
5 2 (12.50%) CCIE
5 2 (12.50%) CCNP
5 2 (12.50%) DBS Check
5 2 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
6 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) GDPR
1 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) Hyper-V
2 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (6.25%) RHEV
3 1 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (12.50%) SCCM
3 2 (12.50%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 13 (81.25%) Cisco
2 8 (50.00%) Juniper
3 7 (43.75%) Aruba
4 6 (37.50%) Fortinet
4 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
5 2 (12.50%) Meraki
5 2 (12.50%) Ubiquiti
5 2 (12.50%) VMware
6 1 (6.25%) Apple
6 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto
6 1 (6.25%) Veeam