LAN Job Trends in Telford

Local Area Network (LAN)
Shropshire > Telford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Telford citing LAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 3 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	31	-	10
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-1
Permanent jobs citing LAN	3	0	2
As % of all permanent jobs in Telford	1.15%	-	4.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	42.86%	-	66.67%
Number of salaries quoted	1	0	2
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£52,500	-	£37,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	-	£40,000
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	+14.29%
75^th Percentile	£57,500	-	£42,500
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Shropshire median annual salary	£55,000	-	£40,000
% change year-on-year	-	-	-5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Telford

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 citing communications or computer networking skills in Telford.

	6 months to 3 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills	7	12	3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Telford	2.68%	18.46%	6.52%
Number of salaries quoted	4	12	3
10^th Percentile	£33,125	-	-
25^th Percentile	£35,938	-	£37,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£43,750	£55,000	£40,000
Median % change year-on-year	-20.45%	+37.50%	-
75^th Percentile	£50,938	-	£45,625
90^th Percentile	£54,875	-	£47,500
Shropshire median annual salary	£43,750	£55,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	-20.45%	+37.50%	-4.43%

LAN Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

LAN Salary Trend in Telford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Telford citing LAN.

LAN Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford

For the 6 months to 3 November 2026, job vacancies citing LAN also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Telford region citing LAN.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	WAN	100.0%	3
2	Active Directory	66.7%	2
2	Asset Management	66.7%	2
2	Azure	66.7%	2
2	Cloud Computing	66.7%	2
2	Continuous Improvement	66.7%	2
2	Customer Service	66.7%	2
2	Cybersecurity	66.7%	2
2	Data Protection	66.7%	2
2	DHCP	66.7%	2
2	DNS	66.7%	2
2	Entra ID	66.7%	2
2	IT Asset Management	66.7%	2
2	Logistics	66.7%	2
2	Microsoft	66.7%	2
2	Microsoft 365	66.7%	2
2	Microsoft Excel	66.7%	2
2	Microsoft Exchange	66.7%	2
2	Migration	66.7%	2
2	OneDrive	66.7%	2
2	PowerShell	66.7%	2
2	Problem-Solving	66.7%	2
2	SharePoint	66.7%	2
2	VPN	66.7%	2
2	Wi-Fi	66.7%	2
2	Windows	66.7%	2
27	Aruba	33.3%	1
27	Cisco	33.3%	1
27	Firewall	33.3%	1
27	FortiGate	33.3%	1

LAN Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	WAN	100.0%	3
2	DHCP	66.7%	2
2	DNS	66.7%	2
2	VPN	66.7%	2
2	Wi-Fi	66.7%	2
6	Firewall	33.3%	1
6	Network Security	33.3%	1
6	Softphone	33.3%	1
6	VoIP	33.3%	1