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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 84 177
Rank change year-on-year -12 +93 -49
Permanent jobs citing LAN 112 203 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.51% 2.80% 1.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.22% 20.30% 9.27%
Number of salaries quoted 72 173 92
10th Percentile £27,750 £24,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,250 £27,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,313 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% -4.58% -0.59%
75th Percentile £65,000 £50,250 £54,063
90th Percentile £76,125 £53,750 £63,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

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 504 1,000 1,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.29% 13.81% 17.15%
Number of salaries quoted 301 829 521
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,910 £25,875
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.94% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,950 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 2025. 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 +37 70 £50,000 +19.76% 12
Worcestershire +2 12 £30,500 -37.11% 1
Warwickshire -28 8 £47,500 +58.33% 7
Solihull +10 7 £51,250 -18.00% 4
Shropshire +2 5 £28,500 -21.92%
Staffordshire -2 5 £35,000 -22.22% 3
Coventry -10 2 £60,000 +41.18%
Wolverhampton - 1 £47,500 -
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 21 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (11.61%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.89%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.46%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (4.46%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 68 (60.71%) Azure
2 58 (51.79%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (8.04%) AWS
4 2 (1.79%) Cloudflare
4 2 (1.79%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 109 (97.32%) WAN
2 45 (40.18%) Firewall
3 33 (29.46%) VoIP
4 19 (16.96%) VPN
5 18 (16.07%) MPLS
6 16 (14.29%) BGP
7 14 (12.50%) DHCP
8 13 (11.61%) IPsec
9 12 (10.71%) Cisco IOS
9 12 (10.71%) Junos
10 10 (8.93%) Network Security
10 10 (8.93%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (8.04%) DNS
12 7 (6.25%) TCP/IP
13 4 (3.57%) VLAN
13 4 (3.57%) Wireless
14 3 (2.68%) Internet
14 3 (2.68%) WLAN
15 2 (1.79%) OSPF
15 2 (1.79%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.79%) SQL Server
General
1 55 (49.11%) Social Skills
2 31 (27.68%) Retail
3 12 (10.71%) Finance
4 10 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (8.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (7.14%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.46%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.89%) Electronics
8 1 (0.89%) Law
8 1 (0.89%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 46 (41.07%) IT Support
2 33 (29.46%) Support Engineer
3 30 (26.79%) IT Support Specialist
3 30 (26.79%) Support Specialist
4 18 (16.07%) Architect
4 18 (16.07%) Network Architect
5 16 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (11.61%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 13 (11.61%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
6 13 (11.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 13 (11.61%) 3rd Line Support
6 13 (11.61%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 11 (9.82%) Infrastructure Support
7 11 (9.82%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 10 (8.93%) 2nd Line Support
9 6 (5.36%) Analyst
9 6 (5.36%) Network Engineer
9 6 (5.36%) Technical Engineer
9 6 (5.36%) Technical Support
9 6 (5.36%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 30 (26.79%) CCTV
2 17 (15.18%) Driving Licence
3 14 (12.50%) Onboarding
4 10 (8.93%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.68%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.89%) Clustering
6 1 (0.89%) PKI
6 1 (0.89%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.89%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 83 (74.11%) Windows
2 39 (34.82%) Windows 10
3 35 (31.25%) Windows Server
4 21 (18.75%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (5.36%) Apple iOS
7 5 (4.46%) Mac OS
8 4 (3.57%) Linux
9 1 (0.89%) Android
9 1 (0.89%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.89%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (26.79%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (23.21%) Network Design
4 19 (16.96%) Data Security
5 16 (14.29%) Customer Service
5 16 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 15 (13.39%) Mentoring
7 14 (12.50%) Infrastructure Management
7 14 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
8 9 (8.04%) Logistics
8 9 (8.04%) Requirements Gathering
9 7 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (5.36%) ERP
10 6 (5.36%) ITIL
10 6 (5.36%) Proactive Monitoring
10 6 (5.36%) SIEM
11 4 (3.57%) Migration
12 3 (2.68%) Data Protection
12 3 (2.68%) Observability
12 3 (2.68%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 7 (6.25%) SQL
3 1 (0.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 42 (37.50%) Degree
2 24 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (18.75%) CCNA
4 20 (17.86%) Security Cleared
5 19 (16.96%) CCNP
6 18 (16.07%) SC Cleared
7 13 (11.61%) JNCIS
8 11 (9.82%) A+ Certification
8 11 (9.82%) MCP
8 11 (9.82%) MCSA
8 11 (9.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (4.46%) CCIE
9 5 (4.46%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (4.46%) MCSE
10 4 (3.57%) AWS Certification
11 3 (2.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (2.68%) CITP
12 2 (1.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.89%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (15.18%) SLA
2 1 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 68 (60.71%) Active Directory
2 23 (20.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (12.50%) XenApp
4 2 (1.79%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.89%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.68%) Ansible
2 3 (2.68%) Terraform
3 1 (0.89%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (0.89%) SCCM
3 1 (0.89%) SCOM
3 1 (0.89%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.89%) VxRail
3 1 (0.89%) WSUS
Vendors
1 63 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 45 (40.18%) Cisco
3 23 (20.54%) VMware
4 20 (17.86%) Juniper
5 19 (16.96%) Meraki
6 17 (15.18%) CheckPoint
7 14 (12.50%) Citrix
7 14 (12.50%) SonicWALL
8 8 (7.14%) Dell
9 6 (5.36%) McAfee
10 5 (4.46%) Apple
10 5 (4.46%) SAP
11 3 (2.68%) Aruba
11 3 (2.68%) Fortinet
12 2 (1.79%) Palo Alto
12 2 (1.79%) Veeam
13 1 (0.89%) EMC
13 1 (0.89%) HP
13 1 (0.89%) Mitel
13 1 (0.89%) QAD