LAN Job Trends in Staffordshire

Local Area Network (LAN)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring LAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 58 22
Rank change year-on-year -9 -36 +23
Permanent jobs citing LAN 6 8 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.62% 1.48% 6.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.00% 7.41% 24.77%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 27
10th Percentile £36,875 £40,000 £28,200
25th Percentile £37,500 £51,250 £32,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +16.67% +6.82%
75th Percentile £42,500 £53,750 £50,250
90th Percentile - £54,500 -
West Midlands median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £44,242
% change year-on-year +4.00% +13.01% -11.52%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 300 108 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 30.83% 20.04% 24.22%
Number of salaries quoted 33 85 101
10th Percentile - - £26,768
25th Percentile £27,694 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £50,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £54,500 £55,000
West Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +11.11% -5.26%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing LAN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

LAN job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

LAN
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing LAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing LAN

LAN
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 10 January 2026. 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
Stoke-on-Trent +18 2 £41,000 -6.29% 1
Burton-upon-Trent - 1 £37,500 -
LAN
West Midlands

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) WAN
2 5 (83.33%) Firewall
3 3 (50.00%) Broadband
3 3 (50.00%) DNS
3 3 (50.00%) Ethernet
3 3 (50.00%) PSTN
3 3 (50.00%) VoIP
3 3 (50.00%) VPN
4 2 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (33.33%) MPLS
4 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Network Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
4 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Network Support
4 1 (16.67%) Network Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (16.67%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
3 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 2 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Bash
1 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) CCNA
2 2 (33.33%) CCNP
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (16.67%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (16.67%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Fortinet
2 4 (66.67%) Juniper
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco
3 2 (33.33%) VMware
4 1 (16.67%) Apple
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft