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 18 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 147 140 150
Rank change year-on-year -7 +10 +15
Permanent jobs citing LAN 229 218 385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.53% 2.25% 2.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.57% 12.54% 17.90%
Number of salaries quoted 120 178 314
10th Percentile £31,950 £29,500 £28,150
25th Percentile £36,125 £32,125 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,250 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.05% +15.24% -4.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £78,875 £67,500 £62,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +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 1,382 1,739 2,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 9.25% 17.94% 12.52%
Number of salaries quoted 774 1,017 1,611
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,150 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,126
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +0.79% -0.79%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,542 £74,589
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -4 141 £43,000 -10.42% 36
Yorkshire +40 83 £62,500 +38.89% 28
North East -19 23 £43,500 +9.95% 10
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 22 (9.61%) SharePoint
2 18 (7.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.62%) Skype for Business
4 4 (1.75%) Apache
Applications
1 15 (6.55%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.62%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 75 (32.75%) Azure
2 66 (28.82%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (12.66%) AWS
4 17 (7.42%) Entra ID
5 10 (4.37%) GCP
5 10 (4.37%) OCI
6 7 (3.06%) IaaS
6 7 (3.06%) PaaS
7 5 (2.18%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (1.75%) Azure Stack
8 4 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.75%) Nutanix
8 4 (1.75%) Serverless
9 2 (0.87%) Azure App Service
9 2 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (0.87%) Azure Functions
9 2 (0.87%) Azure Storage
9 2 (0.87%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 188 (82.10%) WAN
2 78 (34.06%) Firewall
3 61 (26.64%) Wireless
4 56 (24.45%) DNS
5 50 (21.83%) VPN
6 48 (20.96%) TCP/IP
7 47 (20.52%) WLAN
8 46 (20.09%) DHCP
9 36 (15.72%) Wi-Fi
10 33 (14.41%) VLAN
11 30 (13.10%) Network Security
12 28 (12.23%) SD-WAN
13 19 (8.30%) VoIP
14 16 (6.99%) MPLS
15 15 (6.55%) Ethernet
16 14 (6.11%) Internet
17 8 (3.49%) BGP
17 8 (3.49%) IPv4
17 8 (3.49%) OSPF
17 8 (3.49%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (10.04%) QlikView
2 2 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 64 (27.95%) Social Skills
2 30 (13.10%) Law
3 27 (11.79%) Finance
4 14 (6.11%) Retail
5 10 (4.37%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.37%) Games
6 9 (3.93%) Telecoms
7 7 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.62%) Local Government
9 4 (1.75%) Marketing
10 3 (1.31%) Back Office
10 3 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.31%) Legal
10 3 (1.31%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.31%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.87%) Agriculture
12 1 (0.44%) Military
Job Titles
1 32 (13.97%) Network Engineer
1 32 (13.97%) Technical Support
2 27 (11.79%) IT Engineer
3 23 (10.04%) Support Specialist
3 23 (10.04%) Technical Specialist
3 23 (10.04%) Technical Support Specialist
4 19 (8.30%) Lead
5 18 (7.86%) Analyst
5 18 (7.86%) Support Engineer
6 17 (7.42%) IT Support
6 17 (7.42%) Senior
7 15 (6.55%) IT Analyst
7 15 (6.55%) IT Manager
8 14 (6.11%) Architect
9 13 (5.68%) IT Support Engineer
9 13 (5.68%) Network Architect
10 11 (4.80%) 2nd Line Support
11 10 (4.37%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 10 (4.37%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 10 (4.37%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.87%) ARM Templates
1 2 (0.87%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (14.41%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.37%) Cloud Native
3 8 (3.49%) Driving Licence
3 8 (3.49%) IoT
4 7 (3.06%) AS400
4 7 (3.06%) CCTV
4 7 (3.06%) Clustering
4 7 (3.06%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.06%) iSeries
4 7 (3.06%) PMI
4 7 (3.06%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.62%) Cyberattack
6 5 (2.18%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.75%) Distributed Computing
7 4 (1.75%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.31%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.31%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 104 (45.41%) Windows
2 35 (15.28%) Windows 10
3 34 (14.85%) Windows Server
4 14 (6.11%) Linux
5 12 (5.24%) Android
6 10 (4.37%) Mac OS
7 9 (3.93%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (3.49%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (3.06%) Apple iOS
9 7 (3.06%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (2.62%) VMS
11 3 (1.31%) VyOS
12 2 (0.87%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.44%) CentOS
13 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.44%) Unix
13 1 (0.44%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (30.57%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (14.41%) Customer Service
3 30 (13.10%) ITIL
4 28 (12.23%) Coaching
5 26 (11.35%) Cybersecurity
6 24 (10.48%) Roadmaps
7 23 (10.04%) Collaborative Culture
7 23 (10.04%) Disaster Recovery
8 21 (9.17%) Service Delivery
9 20 (8.73%) Mentoring
10 19 (8.30%) Service Management
11 17 (7.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 17 (7.42%) ITSM
12 16 (6.99%) Project Delivery
12 16 (6.99%) Technology Roadmap
13 14 (6.11%) Business Continuity
14 13 (5.68%) Network Architecture
14 13 (5.68%) Project Management
15 12 (5.24%) Business Development
15 12 (5.24%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.99%) SQL
2 12 (5.24%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.93%) Python
4 2 (0.87%) Bash
Qualifications
1 51 (22.27%) Degree
2 25 (10.92%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (10.04%) HNC
3 23 (10.04%) HND
4 20 (8.73%) CCNA
5 13 (5.68%) CCNP
6 12 (5.24%) PMI Certification
7 11 (4.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (3.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (3.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 7 (3.06%) CCIE
11 6 (2.62%) Security Cleared
12 5 (2.18%) CISSP
12 5 (2.18%) JNCIA
12 5 (2.18%) PMP
13 4 (1.75%) MCSA
13 4 (1.75%) SC Cleared
13 4 (1.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (1.31%) DV Cleared
15 2 (0.87%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.48%) SLA
2 17 (7.42%) GDPR
3 5 (2.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.75%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 81 (35.37%) Active Directory
2 34 (14.85%) Hyper-V
3 31 (13.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.49%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (3.49%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (2.62%) vSphere
6 2 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.87%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.87%) VMware Server
6 2 (0.87%) XenApp
7 1 (0.44%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (7.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.93%) Ansible
2 9 (3.93%) SCCM
3 8 (3.49%) vCenter Server
4 7 (3.06%) Terraform
5 6 (2.62%) WSUS
6 4 (1.75%) IBM BigFix
7 3 (1.31%) Autotask
7 3 (1.31%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (1.31%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.44%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 92 (40.17%) Microsoft
2 60 (26.20%) VMware
3 44 (19.21%) Cisco
4 27 (11.79%) Veeam
5 16 (6.99%) Juniper
6 13 (5.68%) SolarWinds
7 12 (5.24%) Fortinet
7 12 (5.24%) Meraki
8 11 (4.80%) Aruba
8 11 (4.80%) HP
8 11 (4.80%) Ruckus Wireless
9 10 (4.37%) Ubiquiti
10 8 (3.49%) Apple
10 8 (3.49%) CheckPoint
11 7 (3.06%) Datto
11 7 (3.06%) Dell
11 7 (3.06%) Epicor
11 7 (3.06%) Palo Alto
12 6 (2.62%) Ekahau
12 6 (2.62%) NETGEAR