LAN Jobs in the North West

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 219 110 141
Rank change year-on-year -109 +31 +45
Permanent jobs citing LAN 70 217 181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.89% 2.09% 2.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.08% 18.34% 11.20%
Number of salaries quoted 68 193 144
10th Percentile £25,375 £25,000 £25,330
25th Percentile £29,813 £34,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £58,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,379 1,183 1,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 17.57% 11.37% 21.49%
Number of salaries quoted 439 896 645
10th Percentile £23,000 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £23,504 £31,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £54,313 £61,250 £60,063
90th Percentile £70,250 £70,750 £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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the North West

LAN
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for LAN in the North West

LAN
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for LAN in the North West

LAN
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the North West 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
Lancashire -53 25 £50,000 +29.87% 12
Cheshire -11 16 £40,000 +9.59% 9
Manchester -32 16 £61,250 +36.11% 37
Merseyside -10 9 £27,000 -48.57% 8
Cumbria -69 4 £56,250 +60.71% 5
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 8 (11.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (8.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (17.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 20 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (14.29%) Azure
3 6 (8.57%) OneDrive
4 3 (4.29%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.43%) AWS
5 1 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.43%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 57 (81.43%) WAN
2 41 (58.57%) Firewall
3 15 (21.43%) Wi-Fi
4 14 (20.00%) DHCP
4 14 (20.00%) DNS
4 14 (20.00%) VPN
5 10 (14.29%) TCP/IP
6 7 (10.00%) Wireless
7 6 (8.57%) VLAN
8 5 (7.14%) Internet
8 5 (7.14%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (5.71%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (4.29%) IPv4
10 3 (4.29%) Junos
10 3 (4.29%) Network Security
10 3 (4.29%) VoIP
11 2 (2.86%) Broadband
12 1 (1.43%) Ethernet
12 1 (1.43%) IPsec
12 1 (1.43%) OSPF
General
1 30 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 22 (31.43%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (7.14%) Aerospace
3 5 (7.14%) Automotive
3 5 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.71%) Finance
4 4 (5.71%) Retail
5 2 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.86%) Legal
6 1 (1.43%) Billing
6 1 (1.43%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (42.86%) Architect
2 24 (34.29%) Junior
3 22 (31.43%) Junior Architect
3 22 (31.43%) Junior Solutions Architect
3 22 (31.43%) Solutions Architect
4 11 (15.71%) Technical Support
5 10 (14.29%) Senior
6 7 (10.00%) Analyst
6 7 (10.00%) Network Architect
7 6 (8.57%) Administrator
7 6 (8.57%) Consultant
7 6 (8.57%) IT Analyst
7 6 (8.57%) IT Support
7 6 (8.57%) Senior Technical Support
7 6 (8.57%) Systems Administrator
8 5 (7.14%) 1st Line Support
8 5 (7.14%) First Line Help Desk Support
8 5 (7.14%) IT Engineer
8 5 (7.14%) Support Analyst
8 5 (7.14%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.86%) Driving Licence
2 2 (2.86%) Social Media
3 1 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.43%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (34.29%) Windows
2 9 (12.86%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.71%) Linux
4 3 (4.29%) Unix
4 3 (4.29%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.86%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.43%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (38.57%) Presales
2 11 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (10.00%) ITIL
4 6 (8.57%) Asset Management
4 6 (8.57%) Change Management
4 6 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (8.57%) Mobile Device Management
5 5 (7.14%) Customer Service
5 5 (7.14%) Data Protection
5 5 (7.14%) IT Asset Management
5 5 (7.14%) Network Management
5 5 (7.14%) Technology Strategy
6 4 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (5.71%) Migration
7 3 (4.29%) Business Continuity
7 3 (4.29%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (4.29%) Incident Management
7 3 (4.29%) Project Delivery
7 3 (4.29%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (2.86%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 32 (45.71%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (40.00%) CCNA
3 27 (38.57%) JNCIA
4 9 (12.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (10.00%) CCNP
6 5 (7.14%) Degree
7 4 (5.71%) CCIE
7 4 (5.71%) SC Cleared
7 4 (5.71%) Security Cleared
8 2 (2.86%) DBS Check
8 2 (2.86%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.43%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.43%) GDPR
1 1 (1.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (24.29%) Active Directory
2 7 (10.00%) Hyper-V
3 6 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (7.14%) Terminal Services
5 2 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.43%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 10 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.71%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (2.86%) SCCM
3 2 (2.86%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 44 (62.86%) Cisco
2 32 (45.71%) Juniper
3 29 (41.43%) Microsoft
4 28 (40.00%) Aruba
5 27 (38.57%) Fortinet
6 22 (31.43%) Palo Alto
7 12 (17.14%) VMware
8 4 (5.71%) Veeam
9 2 (2.86%) Meraki
9 2 (2.86%) Ubiquiti
10 1 (1.43%) Apple