LAN Jobs in the North of England

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for LAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited LAN over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 158 160
Rank change year-on-year +45 +2 -36
Permanent jobs citing LAN 389 405 412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.26% 2.31% 2.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.07% 12.67% 14.59%
Number of salaries quoted 327 308 350
10th Percentile £24,500 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,125 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,694 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.45% +9.24% -5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £53,438
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £65,100
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

LAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,153 3,197 2,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.48% 18.27% 15.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,652 1,294 1,727
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £73,675
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 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
North West +42 209 £42,500 -5.56% 56
Yorkshire +65 155 £42,500 -5.56% 17
North East -16 36 £37,500 -11.76% 5
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 35 (9.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (5.66%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.77%) IIS
Applications
1 54 (13.88%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.77%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.03%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 161 (41.39%) Microsoft 365
2 159 (40.87%) Azure
3 66 (16.97%) Entra ID
4 22 (5.66%) OneDrive
5 21 (5.40%) AWS
6 20 (5.14%) IaaS
7 17 (4.37%) PaaS
8 11 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (2.83%) SaaS
9 9 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (2.31%) GCP
10 8 (2.06%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (2.06%) Power Platform
11 6 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (1.29%) Azure Stack
13 2 (0.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (0.51%) Cloudflare
13 2 (0.51%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.51%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 341 (87.66%) WAN
2 140 (35.99%) Firewall
3 119 (30.59%) Wi-Fi
4 105 (26.99%) TCP/IP
4 105 (26.99%) VPN
5 96 (24.68%) DHCP
6 80 (20.57%) Wireless
7 75 (19.28%) DNS
8 71 (18.25%) WLAN
9 48 (12.34%) Network Security
10 43 (11.05%) MPLS
11 42 (10.80%) OSPF
12 41 (10.54%) Internet
13 37 (9.51%) BGP
14 32 (8.23%) Ethernet
14 32 (8.23%) VoIP
15 29 (7.46%) SD-WAN
16 28 (7.20%) VLAN
17 26 (6.68%) SAN
18 25 (6.43%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.94%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.03%) Power BI
3 4 (1.03%) QlikView
3 4 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (0.77%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.51%) DB2
6 1 (0.26%) MySQL
6 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.03%) JIRA
1 4 (1.03%) Rational DOORS
General
1 104 (26.74%) Social Skills
2 32 (8.23%) Finance
3 30 (7.71%) Law
4 22 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (5.14%) Retail
6 10 (2.57%) Manufacturing
6 10 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.31%) French Language
7 9 (2.31%) Italian Language
7 9 (2.31%) Spanish Language
7 9 (2.31%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.54%) Back Office
9 6 (1.54%) German Language
9 6 (1.54%) Portuguese Language
9 6 (1.54%) Swedish Language
9 6 (1.54%) Turkish Language
10 5 (1.29%) Legal
11 4 (1.03%) Agriculture
12 3 (0.77%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 91 (23.39%) Network Engineer
2 54 (13.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 52 (13.37%) Analyst
4 34 (8.74%) IT Support
5 33 (8.48%) Senior
6 28 (7.20%) Lead
7 26 (6.68%) IT Engineer
8 25 (6.43%) Support Engineer
9 24 (6.17%) IT Manager
10 22 (5.66%) IT Analyst
11 20 (5.14%) IP Engineer
11 20 (5.14%) IP Network Engineer
11 20 (5.14%) Support Analyst
12 17 (4.37%) 1st Line Support
13 16 (4.11%) Support Technician
14 15 (3.86%) 2nd Line Support
14 15 (3.86%) Administrator
14 15 (3.86%) Network Support
14 15 (3.86%) Systems Administrator
15 14 (3.60%) Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.03%) Akka
2 2 (0.51%) .NET
2 2 (0.51%) Lightning Web Components
2 2 (0.51%) Middleware
2 2 (0.51%) Web Services
3 1 (0.26%) JSON
3 1 (0.26%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.74%) Data Centre
2 26 (6.68%) Management Information System
3 18 (4.63%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.08%) Driving Licence
5 11 (2.83%) Replication
6 9 (2.31%) Private Cloud
7 8 (2.06%) IoT
8 7 (1.80%) PMI
8 7 (1.80%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.80%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.54%) Clustering
9 6 (1.54%) Cyberattack
9 6 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (1.29%) PKI
11 4 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.03%) Life Science
12 3 (0.77%) Mobile App
13 2 (0.51%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 198 (50.90%) Windows
2 92 (23.65%) Windows Server
3 54 (13.88%) Windows 10
4 51 (13.11%) Linux
5 29 (7.46%) Android
6 22 (5.66%) Apple iOS
7 19 (4.88%) VyOS
8 18 (4.63%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (4.37%) Mac OS
10 11 (2.83%) Windows Server 2012
11 9 (2.31%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (1.80%) VMS
12 7 (1.80%) Windows 7
13 6 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
14 3 (0.77%) Windows Vista
15 2 (0.51%) Unix
15 2 (0.51%) Windows XP
16 1 (0.26%) CentOS
16 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (23.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 86 (22.11%) Problem-Solving
3 69 (17.74%) Customer Service
3 69 (17.74%) ITIL
4 43 (11.05%) Cybersecurity
5 34 (8.74%) Disaster Recovery
5 34 (8.74%) Migration
5 34 (8.74%) Service Management
6 31 (7.97%) Project Management
7 27 (6.94%) Agile
8 23 (5.91%) Cloud Security
8 23 (5.91%) Service Delivery
9 22 (5.66%) Mobile Device Management
10 19 (4.88%) Patch Management
10 19 (4.88%) Roadmaps
11 17 (4.37%) Time Management
12 16 (4.11%) DevOps
12 16 (4.11%) ITSM
12 16 (4.11%) Mentoring
12 16 (4.11%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 47 (12.08%) PowerShell
2 44 (11.31%) SQL
3 27 (6.94%) Python
4 18 (4.63%) Bash
5 4 (1.03%) C#
6 3 (0.77%) Java
7 2 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.26%) Perl
Qualifications
1 96 (24.68%) Cisco Certification
2 59 (15.17%) CCNA
3 45 (11.57%) Degree
4 38 (9.77%) CCNP
5 30 (7.71%) JNCIA
6 25 (6.43%) CISSP
7 20 (5.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (3.60%) CCIE
9 12 (3.08%) MCSA
9 12 (3.08%) Network+ Certification
9 12 (3.08%) SANS
9 12 (3.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 9 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (2.06%) CCDP
11 8 (2.06%) HNC
11 8 (2.06%) HND
11 8 (2.06%) PMI Certification
12 7 (1.80%) Security Cleared
13 6 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (1.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.74%) SLA
2 12 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.54%) NIST
3 6 (1.54%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.51%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.51%) QA
6 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 167 (42.93%) Active Directory
2 79 (20.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (15.42%) Hyper-V
4 13 (3.34%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (2.31%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.54%) vSphere
7 4 (1.03%) Firmware
8 3 (0.77%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.51%) Docker
9 2 (0.51%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.26%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.26%) Postfix
10 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.26%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 63 (16.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (5.14%) SCCM
3 7 (1.80%) Terraform
4 6 (1.54%) Autotask
4 6 (1.54%) Failover Clustering
4 6 (1.54%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (1.54%) Nmap
5 4 (1.03%) Ansible
5 4 (1.03%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.77%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.51%) Backup Exec
7 2 (0.51%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.51%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.26%) Nessus
8 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 189 (48.59%) Microsoft
2 125 (32.13%) VMware
3 124 (31.88%) Cisco
4 46 (11.83%) Fortinet
5 40 (10.28%) Juniper
6 31 (7.97%) Nokia
6 31 (7.97%) Veeam
7 28 (7.20%) Palo Alto
8 27 (6.94%) Ruckus Wireless
9 23 (5.91%) Meraki
10 22 (5.66%) Citrix
11 20 (5.14%) SolarWinds
12 19 (4.88%) Vyatta
13 17 (4.37%) Aruba
14 15 (3.86%) HP
15 14 (3.60%) Apple
15 14 (3.60%) Epicor
16 10 (2.57%) Ubiquiti
17 9 (2.31%) Datto
17 9 (2.31%) Dell