LAN Jobs in the West Midlands

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring LAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited LAN over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 121 173
Rank change year-on-year +4 +52 -39
Permanent jobs citing LAN 119 107 161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.70% 2.11% 1.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.65% 12.26% 15.30%
Number of salaries quoted 96 95 141
10th Percentile £24,598 £26,250 £28,125
25th Percentile £29,000 £33,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,750 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.38% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £50,250 £55,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £60,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -2.17% +2.22%

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 872 873 1,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.46% 17.20% 12.05%
Number of salaries quoted 555 496 742
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £28,125
25th Percentile £31,125 £33,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,375 £76,000
England median annual salary £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the West Midlands

LAN
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LAN in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for LAN in the West Midlands

LAN
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 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
Birmingham -5 31 £42,000 -23.64% 3
Shropshire +14 21 £32,000 +20.75% 1
Staffordshire -33 19 £25,750 -26.43% 4
Warwickshire +19 18 £42,500 -26.09% 3
Worcestershire -15 13 £48,500 -15.65% 1
Solihull - 4 £66,250 - 2
Wednesbury -5 2 - -
Coventry +12 1 £15,922 -58.10% 1
Walsall - 1 - - 1
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 16 (13.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (10.92%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.68%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 17 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (5.04%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (4.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (4.20%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 42 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (29.41%) Azure
3 11 (9.24%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.52%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (2.52%) Google Workspace
4 3 (2.52%) OneDrive
4 3 (2.52%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (0.84%) AWS
5 1 (0.84%) Cloudflare
5 1 (0.84%) IaaS
5 1 (0.84%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 106 (89.08%) WAN
2 45 (37.82%) Firewall
3 32 (26.89%) TCP/IP
4 27 (22.69%) DNS
5 25 (21.01%) DHCP
6 24 (20.17%) SD-WAN
7 23 (19.33%) WLAN
8 22 (18.49%) VLAN
8 22 (18.49%) VPN
9 19 (15.97%) MPLS
9 19 (15.97%) Wireless
10 18 (15.13%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (14.29%) VoIP
12 14 (11.76%) BGP
13 13 (10.92%) Network Security
13 13 (10.92%) OSPF
14 10 (8.40%) SAN
15 9 (7.56%) Intrusion Detection
16 8 (6.72%) Ethernet
17 7 (5.88%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.08%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.56%) MySQL
3 3 (2.52%) Power BI
4 2 (1.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.84%) JIRA
General
1 43 (36.13%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.08%) Retail
3 11 (9.24%) Law
4 10 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.40%) Manufacturing
5 9 (7.56%) Automotive
6 7 (5.88%) Finance
7 5 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.68%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.68%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.84%) Electronics
10 1 (0.84%) Legal
Job Titles
1 24 (20.17%) Analyst
2 22 (18.49%) Senior
3 17 (14.29%) Administrator
4 16 (13.45%) Network Analyst
4 16 (13.45%) Network Engineer
5 15 (12.61%) IT Support
5 15 (12.61%) Network Operations Analyst
5 15 (12.61%) Operations Analyst
6 12 (10.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (9.24%) Senior Network Engineer
8 10 (8.40%) Systems Administrator
8 10 (8.40%) Technical Support
9 8 (6.72%) 1st Line Support
10 7 (5.88%) IT Engineer
10 7 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
10 7 (5.88%) Support Engineer
11 6 (5.04%) IT Analyst
11 6 (5.04%) Senior Network Analyst
11 6 (5.04%) Senior Operations Analyst
11 6 (5.04%) Windows Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.56%) HTML
2 1 (0.84%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.40%) Driving Licence
2 9 (7.56%) Data Centre
3 8 (6.72%) Wiki
4 7 (5.88%) FMCG
5 6 (5.04%) Cyberattack
6 5 (4.20%) Clustering
6 5 (4.20%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (4.20%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (3.36%) PKI
8 2 (1.68%) EPoS
8 2 (1.68%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.68%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.68%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.68%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.84%) CCTV
9 1 (0.84%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.84%) iPhone
9 1 (0.84%) SCADA
9 1 (0.84%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 62 (52.10%) Windows
2 43 (36.13%) Windows Server
3 22 (18.49%) Windows Server 2019
4 18 (15.13%) Windows 10
5 15 (12.61%) Linux
6 10 (8.40%) Windows Server 2012
7 9 (7.56%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (5.88%) Windows 7
9 4 (3.36%) CentOS
9 4 (3.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (3.36%) Ubuntu
10 3 (2.52%) Android
11 2 (1.68%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.84%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (20.17%) Patch Management
3 22 (18.49%) Cybersecurity
4 17 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (12.61%) CRM
6 11 (9.24%) Project Delivery
6 11 (9.24%) Roadmaps
7 10 (8.40%) Customer Service
7 10 (8.40%) ITIL
7 10 (8.40%) Network Virtualisation
8 9 (7.56%) Network Monitoring
8 9 (7.56%) Ticket Management
8 9 (7.56%) Web Development
9 8 (6.72%) Migration
9 8 (6.72%) Network Architecture
10 7 (5.88%) Business Analysis
10 7 (5.88%) Change Management
10 7 (5.88%) High Availability
10 7 (5.88%) Release Management
10 7 (5.88%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (18.49%) PowerShell
2 15 (12.61%) SQL
3 9 (7.56%) PHP
4 8 (6.72%) Perl
4 8 (6.72%) Python
5 4 (3.36%) Bash
Qualifications
1 31 (26.05%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (21.01%) CCNP
3 20 (16.81%) CCNA
4 16 (13.45%) CCIE
4 16 (13.45%) Degree
5 11 (9.24%) CCDP
6 7 (5.88%) CCIE Routing and Switching
6 7 (5.88%) DBS Check
6 7 (5.88%) MCSE
6 7 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (5.88%) Security Cleared
7 5 (4.20%) SC Cleared
8 4 (3.36%) Azure Certification
8 4 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (3.36%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (2.52%) CCDA
10 2 (1.68%) CISA
10 2 (1.68%) CISM
10 2 (1.68%) JNCIA
10 2 (1.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.92%) SLA
2 3 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.68%) NIST
4 1 (0.84%) GDPR
4 1 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 55 (46.22%) Active Directory
2 21 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (15.13%) Hyper-V
4 9 (7.56%) Virtual Servers
5 7 (5.88%) Firmware
6 6 (5.04%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (5.04%) VMware NSX
6 6 (5.04%) vSphere
7 4 (3.36%) VMware Server
8 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (6.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.04%) vCenter Server
3 5 (4.20%) SCCM
4 3 (2.52%) Autotask
4 3 (2.52%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (2.52%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (1.68%) SCOM
5 2 (1.68%) VxRail
Vendors
1 43 (36.13%) Microsoft
2 35 (29.41%) VMware
3 31 (26.05%) Cisco
4 11 (9.24%) CheckPoint
5 9 (7.56%) Meraki
6 7 (5.88%) Dell
6 7 (5.88%) Ekahau
6 7 (5.88%) Veeam
7 6 (5.04%) Juniper
8 5 (4.20%) Apple
8 5 (4.20%) HP
8 5 (4.20%) Ruckus Wireless
8 5 (4.20%) Salesforce
9 4 (3.36%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (3.36%) EqualLogic
9 4 (3.36%) Fortinet
9 4 (3.36%) Palo Alto
10 3 (2.52%) F5
10 3 (2.52%) HubSpot
10 3 (2.52%) Webroot