LAN Job Trends in Stoke-on-Trent

Local Area Network (LAN)
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent requiring LAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 34 17
Rank change year-on-year +16 -17 +19
Permanent jobs citing LAN 3 2 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Stoke-on-Trent 1.92% 1.64% 7.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 60.00% 4.08% 25.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 11
10th Percentile £34,200 £34,375 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £37,188 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £43,750 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.29% -9.79% +45.86%
75th Percentile - £49,688 £50,250
90th Percentile - £52,125 -
Staffordshire median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year -23.81% +22.09% +1.78%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5 49 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 3.21% 40.16% 29.45%
Number of salaries quoted 5 43 43
10th Percentile £26,537 - £30,800
25th Percentile £26,968 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year - -27.84% +14.12%
75th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £52,500
90th Percentile - £45,000 £57,500
Staffordshire median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -6.98% +1.18%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing LAN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.

LAN job vacancy trend in Stoke-on-Trent

LAN
Salary Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing LAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing LAN

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) High Availability
1 2 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Bash
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCNA
1 2 (66.67%) CCNP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
2 1 (33.33%) MCP
2 1 (33.33%) MCSA
2 1 (33.33%) MCSE
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Fortinet
1 2 (66.67%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft