LAN Job Trends in the North of England

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring LAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 166 109
Rank change year-on-year -18 -57 +37
Permanent jobs citing LAN 153 142 386
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.80% 1.80% 2.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.02% 9.44% 18.95%
Number of salaries quoted 119 128 326
10th Percentile £27,900 £26,775 £24,750
25th Percentile £30,875 £30,438 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% +6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £53,438
90th Percentile £68,750 £82,500 £62,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -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 2,179 1,504 2,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.35% 19.04% 11.95%
Number of salaries quoted 816 654 1,657
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,087 £25,875
25th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,239 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -6.00% +5.26% -5.00%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing LAN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

LAN job vacancy trend in the North of England

LAN
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing LAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing LAN

LAN
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

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 20 May 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
Yorkshire -29 75 £33,500 -16.25% 17
North West -5 67 £50,000 +5.26% 12
North East -34 11 £42,500 -15.00% 3
LAN
England

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 34 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (18.30%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.92%) IIS
Applications
1 18 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 62 (40.52%) Azure
2 56 (36.60%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (13.73%) AWS
3 21 (13.73%) Entra ID
4 4 (2.61%) OneDrive
4 4 (2.61%) Viva Engage
5 3 (1.96%) Google Workspace
5 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (1.96%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (1.31%) IaaS
6 2 (1.31%) PaaS
7 1 (0.65%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 141 (92.16%) WAN
2 72 (47.06%) Firewall
3 46 (30.07%) VPN
4 42 (27.45%) DHCP
4 42 (27.45%) DNS
5 36 (23.53%) VLAN
6 31 (20.26%) Wireless
7 29 (18.95%) SD-WAN
8 28 (18.30%) Network Security
9 22 (14.38%) TCP/IP
10 21 (13.73%) WLAN
11 19 (12.42%) BGP
12 17 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
13 15 (9.80%) OSPF
14 14 (9.15%) VoIP
15 13 (8.50%) Cisco ISE
16 12 (7.84%) Cisco Wireless
17 11 (7.19%) Cisco Nexus
18 10 (6.54%) Cisco ASA
19 9 (5.88%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.92%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.61%) GitLab
2 1 (0.65%) Git
General
1 43 (28.10%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.38%) Public Sector
3 17 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
4 9 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.92%) Manufacturing
5 6 (3.92%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.27%) Advertising
6 5 (3.27%) Law
7 3 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 45 (29.41%) Network Engineer
2 38 (24.84%) IT Support
3 36 (23.53%) Senior
4 26 (16.99%) LAN Engineer
5 24 (15.69%) Support Engineer
6 23 (15.03%) Support Technician
7 22 (14.38%) Cisco Engineer
7 22 (14.38%) IT Support Technician
7 22 (14.38%) IT Technician
7 22 (14.38%) Juniper Engineer
8 20 (13.07%) IT Engineer
9 17 (11.11%) Firewall Engineer
9 17 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (11.11%) LAN/WAN Engineer
9 17 (11.11%) Presales Engineer
9 17 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
9 17 (11.11%) WAN Engineer
10 16 (10.46%) IT Support Engineer
11 11 (7.19%) 2nd Line Support
12 9 (5.88%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.61%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (1.31%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.65%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.03%) Data Centre
2 17 (11.11%) Driving Licence
3 16 (10.46%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.61%) iPad
4 4 (2.61%) iPhone
4 4 (2.61%) PKI
4 4 (2.61%) Social Media
5 3 (1.96%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (1.96%) Replication
6 2 (1.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.65%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.65%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.65%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.65%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 72 (47.06%) Windows
2 45 (29.41%) Windows Server
3 14 (9.15%) Windows 10
4 10 (6.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (5.23%) Linux
6 7 (4.58%) Mac OS
6 7 (4.58%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (3.92%) Android
8 4 (2.61%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.31%) VMS
10 1 (0.65%) CentOS
10 1 (0.65%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (30.07%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (18.95%) ITIL
3 26 (16.99%) Customer Service
3 26 (16.99%) Service Delivery
4 21 (13.73%) Root Cause Analysis
5 19 (12.42%) Cybersecurity
5 19 (12.42%) Presales
6 18 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 17 (11.11%) ITSM
8 16 (10.46%) Kalman Filter
9 15 (9.80%) Disaster Recovery
10 13 (8.50%) Knowledge Transfer
11 11 (7.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (7.19%) Network Design
11 11 (7.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (6.54%) Load Balancing
12 10 (6.54%) Project Delivery
13 9 (5.88%) Computer Science
13 9 (5.88%) Data Loss Prevention
13 9 (5.88%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.80%) PowerShell
2 9 (5.88%) Python
3 2 (1.31%) Bicep
4 1 (0.65%) Bash
Qualifications
1 51 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (20.26%) CCNA
3 23 (15.03%) CCNP
4 20 (13.07%) Degree
5 17 (11.11%) JNCIA
6 13 (8.50%) DBS Check
7 12 (7.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 10 (6.54%) Security Cleared
9 9 (5.88%) CCIE
9 9 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (5.23%) A+ Certification
10 8 (5.23%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (3.92%) SC Cleared
12 4 (2.61%) DV Cleared
12 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (2.61%) NVQ Level 3
13 3 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.96%) MCSA
14 2 (1.31%) AWS Certification
15 1 (0.65%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.23%) PMO
2 6 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.61%) SLA
4 3 (1.96%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.31%) GDPR
System Software
1 65 (42.48%) Active Directory
2 21 (13.73%) Hyper-V
2 21 (13.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (5.23%) ProxySG
4 6 (3.92%) vSphere
5 4 (2.61%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.61%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.65%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.54%) WSUS
3 7 (4.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 6 (3.92%) VxRail
5 4 (2.61%) Ansible
5 4 (2.61%) FortiGate
5 4 (2.61%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (1.96%) SCCM
7 1 (0.65%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.65%) SCVMM
7 1 (0.65%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 72 (47.06%) Cisco
2 65 (42.48%) Microsoft
3 33 (21.57%) Fortinet
4 31 (20.26%) Juniper
5 29 (18.95%) Aruba
6 22 (14.38%) VMware
7 16 (10.46%) Meraki
8 12 (7.84%) Veeam
9 11 (7.19%) CheckPoint
9 11 (7.19%) ServiceNow
10 10 (6.54%) HP
10 10 (6.54%) SolarWinds
11 8 (5.23%) Blue Coat
11 8 (5.23%) F5
11 8 (5.23%) Infoblox
11 8 (5.23%) Motorola
12 6 (3.92%) Commvault
12 6 (3.92%) Dell
12 6 (3.92%) Tenable
12 6 (3.92%) Zerto