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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 153 137 163
Rank change year-on-year -16 +26 -47
Permanent jobs citing LAN 169 162 249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.45% 2.13% 2.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.19% 11.27% 15.61%
Number of salaries quoted 144 147 228
10th Percentile £24,696 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.39% -9.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £52,500 £54,625 £55,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,000 £66,450
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -2.17% +2.22%

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 1,386 1,438 1,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.93% 18.94% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 947 710 1,127
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,813 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £44,625 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -6.05% +7.95%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,819 £75,000
England median annual salary £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +4 119 £41,750 +4.38% 20
East Midlands -39 41 £45,000 +22.27% 7
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 31 (18.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (11.24%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.18%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 22 (13.02%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.55%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (2.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.96%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.18%) Shopify
4 1 (0.59%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 76 (44.97%) Microsoft 365
2 60 (35.50%) Azure
3 17 (10.06%) Entra ID
4 6 (3.55%) AWS
4 6 (3.55%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.96%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.78%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (1.78%) OneDrive
6 3 (1.78%) WhatsApp
7 2 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.18%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.18%) Nutanix
7 2 (1.18%) SaaS
8 1 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.59%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.59%) IaaS
8 1 (0.59%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 152 (89.94%) WAN
2 60 (35.50%) Firewall
3 40 (23.67%) DNS
4 39 (23.08%) TCP/IP
5 36 (21.30%) DHCP
6 35 (20.71%) VPN
7 32 (18.93%) SD-WAN
8 30 (17.75%) WLAN
9 27 (15.98%) Wireless
10 26 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
11 23 (13.61%) VLAN
12 19 (11.24%) MPLS
13 17 (10.06%) VoIP
14 16 (9.47%) SAN
15 15 (8.88%) BGP
15 15 (8.88%) Network Security
16 14 (8.28%) OSPF
17 12 (7.10%) Intrusion Detection
18 8 (4.73%) Ethernet
19 7 (4.14%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (11.24%) SQL Server
2 14 (8.28%) MySQL
3 6 (3.55%) Power BI
4 2 (1.18%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.78%) Axure RP
1 3 (1.78%) JIRA
General
1 62 (36.69%) Social Skills
2 15 (8.88%) Retail
3 14 (8.28%) Law
4 13 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (7.10%) Finance
5 12 (7.10%) Manufacturing
6 10 (5.92%) Automotive
7 5 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.96%) Legal
8 4 (2.37%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.18%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.59%) Electronics
11 1 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (17.75%) Analyst
2 27 (15.98%) IT Support
3 24 (14.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 24 (14.20%) Network Engineer
3 24 (14.20%) Senior
4 18 (10.65%) Administrator
5 16 (9.47%) Network Analyst
5 16 (9.47%) Support Engineer
6 15 (8.88%) IT Engineer
6 15 (8.88%) Network Operations Analyst
6 15 (8.88%) Operations Analyst
7 12 (7.10%) IT Analyst
7 12 (7.10%) Senior Network Engineer
8 11 (6.51%) Systems Administrator
9 10 (5.92%) Technical Support
10 9 (5.33%) IT Technician
11 8 (4.73%) 1st Line Support
11 8 (4.73%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 8 (4.73%) Support Technician
12 7 (4.14%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.33%) HTML
2 2 (1.18%) LDAP
2 2 (1.18%) SAML
2 2 (1.18%) ServiceStack
3 1 (0.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.43%) Driving Licence
2 13 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 8 (4.73%) Wiki
4 7 (4.14%) FMCG
5 6 (3.55%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (3.55%) Cyberattack
6 5 (2.96%) Clustering
6 5 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (2.96%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.37%) PKI
8 3 (1.78%) IoT
8 3 (1.78%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.18%) EPoS
9 2 (1.18%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (1.18%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.18%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.18%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.59%) CCTV
10 1 (0.59%) iPhone
10 1 (0.59%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 91 (53.85%) Windows
2 64 (37.87%) Windows Server
3 27 (15.98%) Windows 10
4 24 (14.20%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (8.88%) Linux
6 12 (7.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (5.92%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (4.73%) Android
9 7 (4.14%) Windows 7
10 5 (2.96%) Apple iOS
11 4 (2.37%) CentOS
11 4 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (2.37%) Ubuntu
12 3 (1.78%) VMS
13 2 (1.18%) Mac OS
13 2 (1.18%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.59%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (24.26%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (17.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 26 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 25 (14.79%) Patch Management
5 19 (11.24%) Customer Service
5 19 (11.24%) ITIL
6 17 (10.06%) Service Management
7 15 (8.88%) CRM
8 14 (8.28%) Migration
8 14 (8.28%) Roadmaps
9 13 (7.69%) Change Management
9 13 (7.69%) Ticket Management
10 11 (6.51%) Data Protection
10 11 (6.51%) Project Delivery
11 10 (5.92%) Network Virtualisation
12 9 (5.33%) Computer Science
12 9 (5.33%) Load Balancing
12 9 (5.33%) Network Monitoring
12 9 (5.33%) Web Development
13 8 (4.73%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (17.75%) PowerShell
2 21 (12.43%) SQL
3 10 (5.92%) Python
4 9 (5.33%) PHP
5 8 (4.73%) Perl
6 6 (3.55%) Bash
7 2 (1.18%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 34 (20.12%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (16.57%) CCNP
3 24 (14.20%) Degree
4 21 (12.43%) CCNA
5 16 (9.47%) CCIE
6 12 (7.10%) MCSE
6 12 (7.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (6.51%) CCDP
8 10 (5.92%) DBS Check
8 10 (5.92%) Security Cleared
9 8 (4.73%) SC Cleared
10 7 (4.14%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 7 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (2.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (2.37%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.37%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.78%) CCDA
13 3 (1.78%) JNCIA
14 2 (1.18%) CISA
14 2 (1.18%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.88%) SLA
2 5 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.78%) GDPR
3 3 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.78%) NIST
4 2 (1.18%) QA
System Software
1 87 (51.48%) Active Directory
2 37 (21.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (15.98%) Hyper-V
4 9 (5.33%) Virtual Servers
5 7 (4.14%) Firmware
6 6 (3.55%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (3.55%) VMware NSX
6 6 (3.55%) vSphere
7 5 (2.96%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (2.37%) VMware Server
9 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 18 (10.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.55%) vCenter Server
3 5 (2.96%) SCCM
4 4 (2.37%) Autotask
5 3 (1.78%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (1.78%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (1.18%) SCOM
6 2 (1.18%) Terraform
6 2 (1.18%) VxRail
7 1 (0.59%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 73 (43.20%) Microsoft
2 51 (30.18%) VMware
3 40 (23.67%) Cisco
4 16 (9.47%) Meraki
5 13 (7.69%) Apple
5 13 (7.69%) HP
5 13 (7.69%) Veeam
6 11 (6.51%) CheckPoint
6 11 (6.51%) Dell
7 9 (5.33%) Ruckus Wireless
7 9 (5.33%) Sophos
8 8 (4.73%) Fortinet
9 7 (4.14%) Ekahau
9 7 (4.14%) Juniper
10 6 (3.55%) Aruba
10 6 (3.55%) Palo Alto
11 5 (2.96%) Salesforce
11 5 (2.96%) ServiceNow
11 5 (2.96%) SolarWinds
12 4 (2.37%) EqualLogic