LAN Jobs in the North of England

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 217 119 151
Rank change year-on-year -98 +32 +5
Permanent jobs citing LAN 140 388 385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.19% 2.10% 2.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.01% 17.61% 11.93%
Number of salaries quoted 123 326 281
10th Percentile £24,700 £25,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £29,125 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £61,250 £54,750 £54,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £63,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,328 2,203 3,227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 19.78% 11.93% 19.71%
Number of salaries quoted 976 1,676 1,213
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,813 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,086 £31,250 £34,723
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.76% -5.56% -2.64%
75th Percentile £45,764 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,113 £72,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the North of England

LAN
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LAN in the North of England.

Salary trend for LAN in the North of England

LAN
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for LAN in the North of England

LAN
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the North of England 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
North West -109 70 £45,000 +5.88% 64
Yorkshire -15 62 £40,000 -5.88% 29
North East +21 8 £65,000 +72.19% 17
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 13 (9.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (6.43%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.43%) Confluence
3 2 (1.43%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.43%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.43%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 25 (17.86%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (6.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (4.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.86%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 39 (27.86%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (23.57%) Azure
3 15 (10.71%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.43%) OneDrive
5 4 (2.86%) AWS
6 2 (1.43%) GCP
6 2 (1.43%) GitHub
7 1 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.71%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 104 (74.29%) WAN
2 69 (49.29%) Firewall
3 33 (23.57%) VPN
3 33 (23.57%) Wireless
4 28 (20.00%) DNS
5 23 (16.43%) TCP/IP
6 21 (15.00%) DHCP
7 20 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
8 19 (13.57%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (12.86%) Network Security
10 13 (9.29%) VLAN
11 8 (5.71%) WLAN
12 7 (5.00%) Internet
13 6 (4.29%) DWDM
13 6 (4.29%) VoIP
14 5 (3.57%) Remote Desktop
14 5 (3.57%) SAN
15 3 (2.14%) Junos
15 3 (2.14%) OSPF
15 3 (2.14%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.43%) NoSQL
1 2 (1.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (5.71%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (1.43%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.43%) JIRA
General
1 59 (42.14%) Social Skills
2 22 (15.71%) Presentation Skills
3 11 (7.86%) Public Sector
4 8 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.71%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.29%) Finance
7 5 (3.57%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.57%) Automotive
8 4 (2.86%) Multimedia
8 4 (2.86%) Retail
9 2 (1.43%) Law
9 2 (1.43%) Legal
9 2 (1.43%) Local Government
9 2 (1.43%) Police
10 1 (0.71%) Billing
10 1 (0.71%) Marketing
10 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (22.86%) Architect
2 26 (18.57%) Network Engineer
3 24 (17.14%) Junior
3 24 (17.14%) Solutions Architect
4 22 (15.71%) Junior Architect
4 22 (15.71%) Junior Solutions Architect
5 19 (13.57%) Senior
6 17 (12.14%) IT Support
7 14 (10.00%) Consultant
8 13 (9.29%) Analyst
8 13 (9.29%) Technical Support
9 12 (8.57%) Service Desk Engineer
10 11 (7.86%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 10 (7.14%) IT Analyst
11 10 (7.14%) Network Consultant
11 10 (7.14%) Senior Consultant
11 10 (7.14%) Senior Network Consultant
11 10 (7.14%) Support Analyst
12 9 (6.43%) Lead
13 8 (5.71%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.14%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.43%) LDAP
2 2 (1.43%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 7 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.57%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.86%) Data Centre
3 4 (2.86%) Digital Signage
3 4 (2.86%) EPoS
4 3 (2.14%) CCTV
4 3 (2.14%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.43%) Clustering
5 2 (1.43%) PKI
5 2 (1.43%) Replication
5 2 (1.43%) Social Media
6 1 (0.71%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.71%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 56 (40.00%) Windows
2 21 (15.00%) Windows Server
3 11 (7.86%) Linux
4 4 (2.86%) Mac OS X
4 4 (2.86%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.14%) Mac OS
5 3 (2.14%) Unix
6 2 (1.43%) Solaris
7 1 (0.71%) VMS
7 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (19.29%) Presales
3 19 (13.57%) Migration
4 15 (10.71%) ITIL
5 12 (8.57%) Customer Service
6 11 (7.86%) Mobile Device Management
7 10 (7.14%) Asset Management
7 10 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
8 9 (6.43%) Change Management
8 9 (6.43%) Service Delivery
9 8 (5.71%) Business Strategy
9 8 (5.71%) Roadmaps
10 7 (5.00%) Computer Science
10 7 (5.00%) Customer-Centricity
10 7 (5.00%) Infrastructure as Code
10 7 (5.00%) Network Virtualisation
10 7 (5.00%) Strategic Planning
10 7 (5.00%) Strategic Roadmap
10 7 (5.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.29%) Python
1 13 (9.29%) SQL
2 6 (4.29%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.43%) Java
Qualifications
1 54 (38.57%) Cisco Certification
2 43 (30.71%) CCNA
3 33 (23.57%) JNCIA
4 27 (19.29%) CCNP
5 16 (11.43%) Degree
6 15 (10.71%) SC Cleared
6 15 (10.71%) Security Cleared
7 10 (7.14%) CCIE
7 10 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (4.29%) JNCIS
9 2 (1.43%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.43%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.71%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.71%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.14%) ISO 14001
2 3 (2.14%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.71%) GDPR
3 1 (0.71%) NCSC
3 1 (0.71%) NIST
3 1 (0.71%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.71%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (27.14%) Active Directory
2 13 (9.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (7.86%) Hyper-V
4 6 (4.29%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.43%) KVM
5 2 (1.43%) NFS
5 2 (1.43%) SRDF
5 2 (1.43%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 2 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.43%) Xen
6 1 (0.71%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 15 (10.71%) Ansible
2 14 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (9.29%) Terraform
4 6 (4.29%) SCCM
5 4 (2.86%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (2.14%) Backup Exec
7 2 (1.43%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.43%) Puppet
7 2 (1.43%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 77 (55.00%) Cisco
2 62 (44.29%) Microsoft
3 35 (25.00%) Aruba
4 34 (24.29%) Fortinet
5 32 (22.86%) Juniper
6 29 (20.71%) Palo Alto
7 19 (13.57%) VMware
8 9 (6.43%) Meraki
9 7 (5.00%) Mellanox
9 7 (5.00%) NVIDIA
10 6 (4.29%) Arista
10 6 (4.29%) CheckPoint
10 6 (4.29%) Oracle
11 5 (3.57%) Apple
12 4 (2.86%) Veeam
13 3 (2.14%) Veritas
14 2 (1.43%) EMC
14 2 (1.43%) F5
14 2 (1.43%) Google
14 2 (1.43%) NetApp