LAN Jobs in the Midlands

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 101 173
Rank change year-on-year -25 +72 -30
Permanent jobs citing LAN 134 274 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.93% 2.35% 1.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.07% 17.14% 9.29%
Number of salaries quoted 91 220 132
10th Percentile £27,750 £24,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,250 £27,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.10% +5.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile £66,050 £50,250 £52,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £57,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 834 1,599 1,722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.01% 13.70% 18.03%
Number of salaries quoted 475 1,299 719
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -1.16% -4.44%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £64,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the Midlands

LAN
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for LAN in the Midlands

LAN
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for LAN in the Midlands

LAN
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Midlands -7 113 £42,500 +5.43% 28
East Midlands +10 21 £60,000 +33.33% 17
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 23 (17.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (5.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (9.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.73%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (3.73%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 83 (61.94%) Azure
2 63 (47.01%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (5.97%) AWS
4 5 (3.73%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.24%) IaaS
6 2 (1.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (1.49%) Cloudflare
6 2 (1.49%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 131 (97.76%) WAN
2 59 (44.03%) Firewall
3 34 (25.37%) VoIP
4 26 (19.40%) VPN
5 19 (14.18%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (13.43%) MPLS
7 16 (11.94%) BGP
8 15 (11.19%) DHCP
9 13 (9.70%) IPsec
9 13 (9.70%) SD-WAN
10 12 (8.96%) Cisco IOS
10 12 (8.96%) Junos
11 11 (8.21%) DNS
11 11 (8.21%) Network Security
12 10 (7.46%) Wireless
13 9 (6.72%) Cisco Firepower
13 9 (6.72%) TCP/IP
14 5 (3.73%) Internet
15 4 (2.99%) VLAN
16 2 (1.49%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.73%) SQL Server
General
1 67 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 31 (23.13%) Retail
3 12 (8.96%) Finance
4 11 (8.21%) Public Sector
5 10 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (5.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.48%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.49%) Law
8 2 (1.49%) Legal
8 2 (1.49%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.75%) Electronics
9 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (35.07%) IT Support
2 42 (31.34%) Support Engineer
3 30 (22.39%) IT Support Specialist
3 30 (22.39%) Support Specialist
4 20 (14.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 20 (14.93%) 3rd Line Support
4 20 (14.93%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 19 (14.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (12.69%) Architect
6 17 (12.69%) Network Architect
7 13 (9.70%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
7 13 (9.70%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
8 12 (8.96%) Infrastructure Support
8 12 (8.96%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 11 (8.21%) 2nd Line Support
10 10 (7.46%) Network Engineer
11 9 (6.72%) Cisco Engineer
12 8 (5.97%) Project Engineer
13 7 (5.22%) Technical Engineer
13 7 (5.22%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.24%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 30 (22.39%) CCTV
2 19 (14.18%) Driving Licence
3 15 (11.19%) Onboarding
4 10 (7.46%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.24%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.49%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.75%) Clustering
7 1 (0.75%) PKI
7 1 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.75%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 92 (68.66%) Windows
2 42 (31.34%) Windows Server
3 39 (29.10%) Windows 10
4 21 (15.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (10.45%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (4.48%) Apple iOS
7 5 (3.73%) Mac OS
8 4 (2.99%) Linux
9 1 (0.75%) Android
9 1 (0.75%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (24.63%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (21.64%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (19.40%) Network Design
4 19 (14.18%) Data Security
4 19 (14.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 17 (12.69%) Mentoring
6 16 (11.94%) Customer Service
6 16 (11.94%) Infrastructure Management
7 14 (10.45%) Technical Leadership
8 9 (6.72%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (6.72%) Logistics
8 9 (6.72%) Presales
8 9 (6.72%) Requirements Gathering
8 9 (6.72%) Zero Trust
9 8 (5.97%) ITIL
10 7 (5.22%) Proactive Monitoring
11 6 (4.48%) ERP
11 6 (4.48%) Migration
11 6 (4.48%) SIEM
12 5 (3.73%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 18 (13.43%) PowerShell
2 8 (5.97%) SQL
3 1 (0.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 42 (31.34%) Degree
2 33 (24.63%) Cisco Certification
3 27 (20.15%) CCNP
4 21 (15.67%) CCNA
4 21 (15.67%) Security Cleared
5 19 (14.18%) SC Cleared
6 13 (9.70%) CCIE
6 13 (9.70%) JNCIS
7 12 (8.96%) A+ Certification
7 12 (8.96%) MCP
7 12 (8.96%) MCSA
7 12 (8.96%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (4.48%) MCSE
9 5 (3.73%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (2.24%) AWS Certification
10 3 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (1.49%) Azure Certification
11 2 (1.49%) CITP
11 2 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (12.69%) SLA
2 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 75 (55.97%) Active Directory
2 25 (18.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (10.45%) XenApp
4 4 (2.99%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.75%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (11.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.49%) Ansible
2 2 (1.49%) Terraform
3 1 (0.75%) Autotask
3 1 (0.75%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (0.75%) SCCM
3 1 (0.75%) SCOM
3 1 (0.75%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.75%) VxRail
3 1 (0.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 71 (52.99%) Microsoft
2 53 (39.55%) Cisco
3 27 (20.15%) Meraki
4 26 (19.40%) VMware
5 20 (14.93%) Juniper
6 17 (12.69%) CheckPoint
7 14 (10.45%) Citrix
7 14 (10.45%) SonicWALL
8 12 (8.96%) Aruba
8 12 (8.96%) Fortinet
9 11 (8.21%) Palo Alto
10 10 (7.46%) HP
11 9 (6.72%) Dell
12 6 (4.48%) McAfee
13 5 (3.73%) Apple
13 5 (3.73%) SAP
14 2 (1.49%) Veeam
15 1 (0.75%) EMC
15 1 (0.75%) QAD
15 1 (0.75%) ServiceNow