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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 152 161
Rank change year-on-year +30 +9 -33
Permanent jobs citing LAN 386 404 407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.23% 2.31% 2.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.88% 12.68% 14.45%
Number of salaries quoted 324 309 342
10th Percentile £24,650 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,188 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £63,750
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 2,159 3,185 2,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.48% 18.21% 15.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,652 1,275 1,721
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,875 £35,000
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 4 May 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 4 May 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 +40 207 £42,500 -5.56% 59
Yorkshire +69 153 £42,500 -5.56% 27
North East -16 37 £37,750 -11.18% 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 34 (8.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (5.70%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.52%) IIS
Applications
1 53 (13.73%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.04%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 160 (41.45%) Microsoft 365
2 158 (40.93%) Azure
3 66 (17.10%) Entra ID
4 22 (5.70%) OneDrive
5 20 (5.18%) IaaS
6 19 (4.92%) AWS
7 17 (4.40%) PaaS
8 11 (2.85%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (2.85%) SaaS
9 9 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (2.33%) GCP
10 8 (2.07%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (2.07%) Power Platform
11 6 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (1.55%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (1.30%) Azure Stack
13 2 (0.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (0.52%) Cloudflare
13 2 (0.52%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 337 (87.31%) WAN
2 137 (35.49%) Firewall
3 119 (30.83%) Wi-Fi
4 103 (26.68%) VPN
5 102 (26.42%) TCP/IP
6 94 (24.35%) DHCP
7 79 (20.47%) Wireless
8 73 (18.91%) DNS
9 70 (18.13%) WLAN
10 50 (12.95%) Network Security
11 43 (11.14%) MPLS
12 41 (10.62%) Internet
12 41 (10.62%) OSPF
13 37 (9.59%) BGP
14 32 (8.29%) Ethernet
14 32 (8.29%) VoIP
15 27 (6.99%) SD-WAN
15 27 (6.99%) VLAN
16 26 (6.74%) SAN
17 25 (6.48%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.48%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.04%) Power BI
3 4 (1.04%) QlikView
3 4 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (0.78%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.52%) 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 (1.04%) JIRA
1 4 (1.04%) Rational DOORS
General
1 103 (26.68%) Social Skills
2 32 (8.29%) Finance
3 29 (7.51%) Law
4 21 (5.44%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (5.44%) Retail
5 10 (2.59%) Manufacturing
6 9 (2.33%) French Language
6 9 (2.33%) Italian Language
6 9 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (2.33%) Spanish Language
6 9 (2.33%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.55%) Back Office
8 6 (1.55%) German Language
8 6 (1.55%) Portuguese Language
8 6 (1.55%) Swedish Language
8 6 (1.55%) Turkish Language
9 5 (1.30%) Legal
10 4 (1.04%) Agriculture
11 3 (0.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 90 (23.32%) Network Engineer
2 53 (13.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 51 (13.21%) Analyst
4 34 (8.81%) IT Support
5 33 (8.55%) Senior
6 28 (7.25%) Lead
7 26 (6.74%) IT Engineer
8 25 (6.48%) Support Engineer
9 23 (5.96%) IT Manager
10 21 (5.44%) IT Analyst
11 20 (5.18%) IP Engineer
11 20 (5.18%) IP Network Engineer
11 20 (5.18%) Support Analyst
12 17 (4.40%) 1st Line Support
13 16 (4.15%) Support Technician
14 15 (3.89%) 2nd Line Support
14 15 (3.89%) Administrator
14 15 (3.89%) Network Support
14 15 (3.89%) Systems Administrator
15 14 (3.63%) Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.04%) Akka
2 2 (0.52%) .NET
2 2 (0.52%) Lightning Web Components
2 2 (0.52%) Middleware
2 2 (0.52%) Web Services
3 1 (0.26%) JSON
3 1 (0.26%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.03%) Data Centre
2 25 (6.48%) Management Information System
3 18 (4.66%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.11%) Driving Licence
5 11 (2.85%) Replication
6 9 (2.33%) Private Cloud
7 8 (2.07%) IoT
8 7 (1.81%) PMI
8 7 (1.81%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.81%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.55%) Clustering
9 6 (1.55%) Cyberattack
9 6 (1.55%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.55%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (1.30%) PKI
11 4 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.78%) Life Science
12 3 (0.78%) Mobile App
13 2 (0.52%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 195 (50.52%) Windows
2 91 (23.58%) Windows Server
3 53 (13.73%) Windows 10
4 51 (13.21%) Linux
5 29 (7.51%) Android
6 22 (5.70%) Apple iOS
7 19 (4.92%) VyOS
8 17 (4.40%) Mac OS
8 17 (4.40%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (2.59%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (2.33%) Windows Server 2008
11 7 (1.81%) VMS
11 7 (1.81%) Windows 7
12 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.78%) Windows Vista
14 2 (0.52%) Unix
14 2 (0.52%) Windows XP
15 1 (0.26%) CentOS
15 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (23.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 85 (22.02%) Problem-Solving
3 69 (17.88%) Customer Service
4 67 (17.36%) ITIL
5 43 (11.14%) Cybersecurity
6 34 (8.81%) Migration
7 33 (8.55%) Disaster Recovery
8 32 (8.29%) Service Management
9 30 (7.77%) Project Management
10 27 (6.99%) Agile
11 24 (6.22%) Cloud Security
12 23 (5.96%) Mobile Device Management
13 22 (5.70%) Service Delivery
14 19 (4.92%) Roadmaps
15 18 (4.66%) Patch Management
16 17 (4.40%) Time Management
17 16 (4.15%) DevOps
17 16 (4.15%) ITSM
17 16 (4.15%) SIEM
18 15 (3.89%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 47 (12.18%) PowerShell
2 43 (11.14%) SQL
3 27 (6.99%) Python
4 18 (4.66%) Bash
5 4 (1.04%) C#
6 3 (0.78%) Java
7 2 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.26%) Perl
Qualifications
1 95 (24.61%) Cisco Certification
2 58 (15.03%) CCNA
3 45 (11.66%) Degree
4 37 (9.59%) CCNP
5 30 (7.77%) JNCIA
6 25 (6.48%) CISSP
7 20 (5.18%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (3.63%) CCIE
9 12 (3.11%) MCSA
9 12 (3.11%) Network+ Certification
9 12 (3.11%) SANS
9 12 (3.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 9 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (2.33%) PMI Certification
11 8 (2.07%) CCDP
11 8 (2.07%) HNC
11 8 (2.07%) HND
12 7 (1.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 7 (1.81%) Security Cleared
13 6 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.81%) SLA
2 11 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.55%) NIST
3 6 (1.55%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.52%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.52%) QA
System Software
1 164 (42.49%) Active Directory
2 76 (19.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (15.28%) Hyper-V
4 13 (3.37%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.30%) vSphere
8 4 (1.04%) Firmware
9 3 (0.78%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.52%) Docker
10 2 (0.52%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.26%) Dovecot
11 1 (0.26%) Postfix
11 1 (0.26%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 63 (16.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (5.18%) SCCM
3 7 (1.81%) Terraform
4 6 (1.55%) Autotask
4 6 (1.55%) Failover Clustering
4 6 (1.55%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (1.55%) Nmap
5 4 (1.04%) Ansible
5 4 (1.04%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.52%) Backup Exec
6 2 (0.52%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.52%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.52%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 187 (48.45%) Microsoft
2 123 (31.87%) Cisco
3 122 (31.61%) VMware
4 46 (11.92%) Fortinet
5 41 (10.62%) Juniper
6 31 (8.03%) Nokia
6 31 (8.03%) Veeam
7 27 (6.99%) Palo Alto
7 27 (6.99%) Ruckus Wireless
8 22 (5.70%) Citrix
9 21 (5.44%) Meraki
10 20 (5.18%) SolarWinds
11 19 (4.92%) Vyatta
12 18 (4.66%) Aruba
13 14 (3.63%) Apple
13 14 (3.63%) Epicor
13 14 (3.63%) HP
14 10 (2.59%) Ubiquiti
15 9 (2.33%) Datto
16 8 (2.07%) Extreme Networks