LAN Jobs in the West Midlands

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for LAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited LAN over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 170 127
Rank change year-on-year +86 -43 -14
Permanent jobs citing LAN 204 107 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.82% 1.59% 2.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.48% 9.28% 15.79%
Number of salaries quoted 174 93 148
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £35,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,313 £42,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% -0.59% -
75th Percentile £50,250 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £63,750 £66,400
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

LAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 996 1,153 1,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.78% 17.14% 14.98%
Number of salaries quoted 826 530 717
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,863 £26,900
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +19 61 £41,750 -24.09% 12
Worcestershire +8 36 £48,500 +10.54% 2
Staffordshire -10 29 £45,000 +39.53% 10
Shropshire +15 25 £36,500 +40.38% 8
Warwickshire +67 18 £30,000 -33.33% 5
Coventry +38 11 £34,250 -11.61%
Solihull - 6 £62,500 - 3
Tipton - 4 £24,000 -
Wednesbury - 2 £30,000 -
Brierley Hill - 1 £26,000 -
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 20 (9.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (7.35%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.49%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 38 (18.63%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.45%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.47%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 48 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (21.57%) Azure
3 17 (8.33%) Entra ID
4 4 (1.96%) AWS
5 3 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (1.47%) Azure Stack
5 3 (1.47%) Google Workspace
5 3 (1.47%) OneDrive
6 2 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.49%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 173 (84.80%) WAN
2 68 (33.33%) Firewall
3 64 (31.37%) SD-WAN
3 64 (31.37%) WLAN
4 57 (27.94%) MPLS
5 56 (27.45%) TCP/IP
6 44 (21.57%) BGP
7 42 (20.59%) DNS
7 42 (20.59%) OSPF
8 38 (18.63%) Wireless
9 37 (18.14%) DHCP
10 31 (15.20%) VLAN
11 27 (13.24%) VPN
12 25 (12.25%) VoIP
13 20 (9.80%) Wi-Fi
14 18 (8.82%) SAN
15 15 (7.35%) Network Security
16 11 (5.39%) Intrusion Detection
17 10 (4.90%) Ethernet
18 9 (4.41%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.47%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.98%) JIRA
2 1 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 75 (36.76%) Social Skills
2 25 (12.25%) Finance
3 21 (10.29%) Retail
4 14 (6.86%) Telecoms
5 13 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (6.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (3.92%) Local Government
6 8 (3.92%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.43%) Law
8 5 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.98%) Back Office
10 2 (0.98%) Electronics
10 2 (0.98%) Fire and Rescue
10 2 (0.98%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.49%) Legal
11 1 (0.49%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 61 (29.90%) Analyst
2 44 (21.57%) Network Analyst
3 42 (20.59%) Network Operations Analyst
3 42 (20.59%) Operations Analyst
4 21 (10.29%) Administrator
4 21 (10.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 21 (10.29%) Senior
5 18 (8.82%) Network Engineer
6 16 (7.84%) IT Support
6 16 (7.84%) IT Technician
6 16 (7.84%) Systems Administrator
7 15 (7.35%) Support Engineer
8 12 (5.88%) 1st Line Support
9 10 (4.90%) Help Desk Analyst
9 10 (4.90%) IT Administrator
9 10 (4.90%) IT Systems Administrator
9 10 (4.90%) Support Assistant
10 9 (4.41%) ICT Assistant
10 9 (4.41%) ICT Support
10 9 (4.41%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.98%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.33%) Data Centre
1 17 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 13 (6.37%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (5.39%) Wiki
4 7 (3.43%) CCTV
4 7 (3.43%) FMCG
5 6 (2.94%) Cyberattack
5 6 (2.94%) IoT
6 4 (1.96%) Clustering
6 4 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.96%) PKI
7 3 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.47%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.47%) Replication
8 2 (0.98%) EPoS
8 2 (0.98%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 68 (33.33%) Windows
2 34 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 22 (10.78%) Windows 10
4 13 (6.37%) Windows 7
5 9 (4.41%) Linux
6 7 (3.43%) Ubuntu
6 7 (3.43%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (3.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (2.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.96%) CentOS
8 4 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (1.47%) SUSE
9 3 (1.47%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.98%) Android
10 2 (0.98%) Unix
11 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.49%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (24.02%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (12.25%) Customer Service
2 25 (12.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 21 (10.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 21 (10.29%) Patch Management
4 18 (8.82%) CRM
5 16 (7.84%) Network Monitoring
6 15 (7.35%) Project Delivery
7 14 (6.86%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (6.37%) Change Management
8 13 (6.37%) Roadmaps
9 12 (5.88%) ERP
9 12 (5.88%) Network Virtualisation
10 11 (5.39%) Asset Management
10 11 (5.39%) Change Control
10 11 (5.39%) ITIL
11 10 (4.90%) Critical Thinking
11 10 (4.90%) Mentoring
11 10 (4.90%) Root Cause Analysis
12 9 (4.41%) Housing Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (15.69%) PowerShell
2 22 (10.78%) SQL
3 11 (5.39%) Perl
3 11 (5.39%) Python
4 4 (1.96%) Bash
Qualifications
1 60 (29.41%) Cisco Certification
2 50 (24.51%) CCNP
3 49 (24.02%) CCNA
4 38 (18.63%) CCIE
5 33 (16.18%) CCDP
6 23 (11.27%) Degree
7 9 (4.41%) DBS Check
8 8 (3.92%) Azure Certification
8 8 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (3.43%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 6 (2.94%) MCSE
10 6 (2.94%) SC Cleared
10 6 (2.94%) Security Cleared
11 5 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.96%) A+ Certification
12 4 (1.96%) JNCIA
13 3 (1.47%) CCDA
13 3 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.98%) CCIE Data Center
14 2 (0.98%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.92%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 6 (2.94%) SLA
3 2 (0.98%) GDPR
3 2 (0.98%) NIST
System Software
1 67 (32.84%) Active Directory
2 26 (12.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (9.80%) Hyper-V
4 9 (4.41%) vSphere
5 7 (3.43%) Firmware
6 6 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.94%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.96%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.96%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 12 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.96%) Autotask
2 4 (1.96%) Failover Clustering
2 4 (1.96%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (1.96%) SCCM
2 4 (1.96%) vCenter Server
3 3 (1.47%) FortiGate
3 3 (1.47%) Trend Micro Deep Security
4 2 (0.98%) Nagios
5 1 (0.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 79 (38.73%) Microsoft
2 48 (23.53%) Cisco
3 39 (19.12%) VMware
4 28 (13.73%) Juniper
5 13 (6.37%) Veeam
6 11 (5.39%) Aruba
6 11 (5.39%) HP
7 9 (4.41%) Citrix
8 8 (3.92%) Ekahau
8 8 (3.92%) Sophos
9 7 (3.43%) CheckPoint
9 7 (3.43%) Dell
9 7 (3.43%) Nokia
9 7 (3.43%) Ruckus Wireless
10 6 (2.94%) Apple
10 6 (2.94%) Ericsson
10 6 (2.94%) Palo Alto
11 5 (2.45%) F5
11 5 (2.45%) Meraki
11 5 (2.45%) Salesforce