LAN Job Trends in the West Midlands

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring LAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 60 95
Rank change year-on-year -71 +35 +49
Permanent jobs citing LAN 58 125 198
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.76% 4.13% 2.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.76% 27.78% 18.77%
Number of salaries quoted 41 85 162
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £29,250 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £35,000 £40,313
Median % change year-on-year +58.57% -13.18% +0.78%
75th Percentile £66,250 £52,500 £50,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £58,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 368 450 1,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.84% 14.89% 12.31%
Number of salaries quoted 303 317 778
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £56,950
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £68,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

LAN job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

LAN
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing LAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing LAN

LAN
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for LAN in the West Midlands

LAN
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
Worcestershire -13 23 £62,500 +104.92% 3
Warwickshire 0 17 £55,500 - 2
Herefordshire - 5 £52,500 -
Staffordshire -7 4 £60,000 +71.43% 3
Coventry -17 3 £75,000 - 2
Birmingham -71 2 £60,000 +20.00% 3
Solihull +11 1 - - 3
LAN
England

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 15 (25.86%) SharePoint
2 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.72%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 21 (36.21%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (31.03%) Azure
3 15 (25.86%) Entra ID
4 5 (8.62%) OneDrive
5 4 (6.90%) Google Workspace
6 2 (3.45%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 56 (96.55%) WAN
2 31 (53.45%) Firewall
3 29 (50.00%) VPN
4 21 (36.21%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (18.97%) Wireless
6 10 (17.24%) SD-WAN
7 9 (15.52%) BGP
7 9 (15.52%) EIGRP
7 9 (15.52%) OSPF
8 8 (13.79%) DHCP
8 8 (13.79%) DNS
9 7 (12.07%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (8.62%) Network Security
10 5 (8.62%) Wireshark
11 4 (6.90%) TCP/IP
11 4 (6.90%) WLAN
12 2 (3.45%) DMVPN
12 2 (3.45%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (3.45%) VLAN
13 1 (1.72%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) JIRA
2 1 (1.72%) Carbide.c++
General
1 11 (18.97%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (8.62%) Law
3 5 (8.62%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.90%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.17%) Finance
6 1 (1.72%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 22 (37.93%) Support Engineer
2 18 (31.03%) Network Engineer
3 16 (27.59%) IT Engineer
4 14 (24.14%) Senior
5 13 (22.41%) Senior Network Engineer
6 12 (20.69%) Technical Engineer
6 12 (20.69%) Technical Support
6 12 (20.69%) Technical Support Engineer
7 10 (17.24%) IT Support
7 10 (17.24%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (8.62%) Cisco Engineer
8 5 (8.62%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 5 (8.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (8.62%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
8 5 (8.62%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (8.62%) Operations Engineer
9 3 (5.17%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 3 (5.17%) 2nd Line Support
9 3 (5.17%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 3 (5.17%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.41%) Data Centre
2 7 (12.07%) Driving Licence
3 4 (6.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (6.90%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.45%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.45%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (37.93%) Windows
2 5 (8.62%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.90%) Windows 10
4 3 (5.17%) Android
4 3 (5.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (29.31%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (25.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (24.14%) SIEM
4 13 (22.41%) ITIL
5 12 (20.69%) Proactive Monitoring
6 9 (15.52%) Customer Service
7 8 (13.79%) Mobile Device Management
8 7 (12.07%) Migration
9 6 (10.34%) Network Monitoring
10 5 (8.62%) Cloud Security
10 5 (8.62%) Data Migration
10 5 (8.62%) Disaster Recovery
10 5 (8.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 5 (8.62%) ITSM
10 5 (8.62%) Performance Optimisation
10 5 (8.62%) Project Delivery
10 5 (8.62%) Root Cause Analysis
10 5 (8.62%) Service Delivery
11 4 (6.90%) High Availability
11 4 (6.90%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.52%) Python
2 5 (8.62%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.45%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 15 (25.86%) Degree
2 12 (20.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (20.69%) SC Cleared
2 12 (20.69%) Security Cleared
3 10 (17.24%) CCNP
3 10 (17.24%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (8.62%) A+ Certification
4 5 (8.62%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (8.62%) MCITP
5 4 (6.90%) Azure Certification
6 2 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (3.45%) DBS Check
6 2 (3.45%) MCSE
7 1 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (20.69%) SLA
2 9 (15.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (15.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (8.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (3.45%) NIST
4 2 (3.45%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.72%) ISO 14001
5 1 (1.72%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (24.14%) Active Directory
1 14 (24.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.45%) vSphere
3 1 (1.72%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 11 (18.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.45%) SCCM
2 2 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.72%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 35 (60.34%) Cisco
2 23 (39.66%) Microsoft
3 14 (24.14%) Meraki
3 14 (24.14%) VMware
4 12 (20.69%) Dell
4 12 (20.69%) Juniper
4 12 (20.69%) McAfee
5 4 (6.90%) Fortinet
5 4 (6.90%) Google
6 3 (5.17%) MobileIron
7 2 (3.45%) Logitech
7 2 (3.45%) Salesforce
7 2 (3.45%) Veeam
7 2 (3.45%) Yealink
8 1 (1.72%) Aruba
8 1 (1.72%) Starlink