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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 222 117 134
Rank change year-on-year -105 +17 +47
Permanent jobs citing LAN 77 208 188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.95% 2.09% 2.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.63% 17.90% 11.66%
Number of salaries quoted 75 187 156
10th Percentile £25,950 £24,800 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,750 £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £63,000 £58,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £44,600
% change year-on-year -5.56% +0.90% -0.89%

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 1,367 1,162 1,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 16.95% 11.67% 20.89%
Number of salaries quoted 451 883 679
10th Percentile - £26,000 £26,200
25th Percentile £23,504 £31,375 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,500 £73,691
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -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 18 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 18 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 -54 30 £50,000 +23.46% 11
Manchester -37 19 £60,000 +33.33% 24
Cheshire -16 13 £37,500 +2.74% 5
Merseyside -5 11 £27,500 -43.30% 2
Cumbria -70 4 £56,250 +60.71% 3
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 12 (15.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (12.99%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 23 (29.87%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (16.88%) Azure
3 6 (7.79%) OneDrive
4 4 (5.19%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.60%) AWS
6 1 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.30%) Azure Stack
6 1 (1.30%) IBM Cloud
6 1 (1.30%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 61 (79.22%) WAN
2 49 (63.64%) Firewall
3 17 (22.08%) DNS
4 16 (20.78%) DHCP
5 14 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (15.58%) VPN
7 11 (14.29%) TCP/IP
8 8 (10.39%) VLAN
9 7 (9.09%) Wireless
10 6 (7.79%) Internet
11 5 (6.49%) IPv4
11 5 (6.49%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (6.49%) VoIP
12 4 (5.19%) Cisco Nexus
13 3 (3.90%) Broadband
13 3 (3.90%) Network Security
13 3 (3.90%) SD-WAN
14 2 (2.60%) IPsec
15 1 (1.30%) Ethernet
15 1 (1.30%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.30%) Power BI
General
1 35 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 26 (33.77%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (7.79%) Manufacturing
3 6 (7.79%) Retail
4 5 (6.49%) Aerospace
4 5 (6.49%) Automotive
5 3 (3.90%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.60%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.60%) Finance
6 2 (2.60%) Legal
7 1 (1.30%) Billing
7 1 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.30%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 30 (38.96%) Architect
2 25 (32.47%) Junior
2 25 (32.47%) Solutions Architect
3 24 (31.17%) Junior Architect
3 24 (31.17%) Junior Solutions Architect
4 11 (14.29%) Senior
4 11 (14.29%) Technical Support
5 8 (10.39%) Analyst
5 8 (10.39%) Consultant
6 7 (9.09%) IT Engineer
7 6 (7.79%) 3rd Line Support
7 6 (7.79%) Administrator
7 6 (7.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (7.79%) IT Analyst
7 6 (7.79%) Senior Technical Support
7 6 (7.79%) Systems Administrator
8 5 (6.49%) Help Desk Administrator
8 5 (6.49%) Help Desk Support
8 5 (6.49%) IT Support Analyst
8 5 (6.49%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.79%) Onboarding
2 3 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.60%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.60%) Social Media
4 1 (1.30%) CCTV
4 1 (1.30%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.30%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (33.77%) Windows
2 12 (15.58%) Windows Server
3 6 (7.79%) Linux
4 5 (6.49%) Unix
5 3 (3.90%) Mac OS
5 3 (3.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (2.60%) Windows 10
6 2 (2.60%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (40.26%) Presales
2 11 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (10.39%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (9.09%) ITIL
5 6 (7.79%) Asset Management
5 6 (7.79%) Change Management
5 6 (7.79%) Customer Service
5 6 (7.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (7.79%) Mobile Device Management
6 5 (6.49%) Business Continuity
6 5 (6.49%) Data Protection
6 5 (6.49%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (6.49%) Incident Management
6 5 (6.49%) IT Asset Management
6 5 (6.49%) Migration
6 5 (6.49%) Network Management
6 5 (6.49%) Technology Strategy
7 2 (2.60%) B2B
7 2 (2.60%) Network Design
7 2 (2.60%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 33 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (37.66%) CCNA
3 27 (35.06%) JNCIA
4 9 (11.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (6.49%) CCNP
6 4 (5.19%) CCIE
6 4 (5.19%) Degree
7 2 (2.60%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.30%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.30%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.60%) GDPR
1 2 (2.60%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 11 (14.29%) Hyper-V
3 8 (10.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (6.49%) Terminal Services
5 3 (3.90%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.30%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 10 (12.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.19%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (2.60%) SCCM
3 2 (2.60%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 45 (58.44%) Cisco
2 32 (41.56%) Aruba
2 32 (41.56%) Juniper
3 31 (40.26%) Fortinet
4 30 (38.96%) Microsoft
5 25 (32.47%) Palo Alto
6 14 (18.18%) VMware
7 6 (7.79%) Veeam
8 3 (3.90%) Meraki
9 2 (2.60%) Apple
10 1 (1.30%) ConnectWise
10 1 (1.30%) IBM
10 1 (1.30%) Kaseya
10 1 (1.30%) Ubiquiti