LAN Contracts in Manchester

Local Area Network (LAN)
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for LAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited LAN over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 79 79 110
Rank change year-on-year 0 +31 -22
Contract jobs citing LAN 19 28 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.34% 1.55% 1.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.00% 12.73% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 20 25
10th Percentile £210 £279 £300
25th Percentile £313 £300 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £370 £400
Median % change year-on-year -12.16% -7.50% +20.75%
75th Percentile £350 £523 £459
90th Percentile £450 £588 £500
North West median daily rate £350 £400 £338
% change year-on-year -12.50% +18.52% -7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £12.00 - -
North West median hourly rate £19.75 - £39.73

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Manchester

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 190 220 301
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 13.36% 12.18% 11.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 158 210
10th Percentile £235 £313 £169
25th Percentile £350 £375 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £498 £456
Median % change year-on-year -7.04% +9.04% +21.67%
75th Percentile £775 £575 £625
90th Percentile £850 £650 £638
North West median daily rate £483 £486 £450
% change year-on-year -0.72% +8.00% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 6
10th Percentile £27.20 £14.19 £13.79
25th Percentile £50.00 £16.42 £16.42
Median hourly rate £96.00 £19.85 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year +383.57% +8.78% -66.82%
75th Percentile £102.00 £26.86 £22.46
90th Percentile £103.20 £31.88 £46.76
North West median hourly rate £34.37 £27.50 £21.53
% change year-on-year +24.96% +27.74% -54.61%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Manchester

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for LAN in Manchester

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Manchester over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Manchester

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in Manchester

LAN
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wigan - 1 £450 - 2
LAN
North West

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (52.63%) Azure
2 7 (36.84%) AWS
3 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (89.47%) WAN
2 14 (73.68%) VPN
3 11 (57.89%) Wireless
4 10 (52.63%) Ethernet
4 10 (52.63%) OSPF
4 10 (52.63%) Wireless Security
5 7 (36.84%) Firewall
6 4 (21.05%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (15.79%) VLAN
7 3 (15.79%) VoIP
8 2 (10.53%) DHCP
8 2 (10.53%) DNS
8 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
9 1 (5.26%) BGP
9 1 (5.26%) IPsec
9 1 (5.26%) Network Security
9 1 (5.26%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (68.42%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Network Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 3 (15.79%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (15.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Architect
4 1 (5.26%) IT Architect
4 1 (5.26%) IT Support
4 1 (5.26%) Linux Specialist
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Ubuntu Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Clustering
2 3 (15.79%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.26%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 13 (68.42%) Windows
2 8 (42.11%) Linux
3 4 (21.05%) Windows Server
3 4 (21.05%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (15.79%) Mac OS
4 3 (15.79%) Windows 10
4 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (5.26%) Debian
5 1 (5.26%) Ubuntu
5 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (52.63%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (42.11%) Customer Service
4 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
4 3 (15.79%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (15.79%) Quality Management
5 2 (10.53%) Migration
6 1 (5.26%) Change Management
6 1 (5.26%) Coaching
6 1 (5.26%) Data Protection
6 1 (5.26%) E-Commerce
6 1 (5.26%) Logistics
6 1 (5.26%) Network Design
6 1 (5.26%) Software Distribution
6 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (5.26%) Time Management
6 1 (5.26%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) SC Cleared
1 10 (52.63%) Security Cleared
2 9 (47.37%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (42.11%) CCNA
4 3 (15.79%) Degree
5 2 (10.53%) CCNP
6 1 (5.26%) CCIE
6 1 (5.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) PCI DSS
1 1 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (57.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (52.63%) Hyper-V
3 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
4 1 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (5.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Autotask
1 3 (15.79%) Failover Clustering
1 3 (15.79%) Jamf Pro
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (15.79%) SCCM
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (5.26%) vCenter Server
2 1 (5.26%) VxRail
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) VMware
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
3 3 (15.79%) Apple
3 3 (15.79%) Datto
4 1 (5.26%) Cisco
4 1 (5.26%) Dell
4 1 (5.26%) EMC
4 1 (5.26%) Fortinet
4 1 (5.26%) SAP
4 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow