LAN Contracts in the North of England

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 85 97
Rank change year-on-year -33 +12 +20
Contract jobs citing LAN 63 132 178
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.33% 2.40% 2.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.33% 19.56% 19.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 92 123
10th Percentile £210 £228 £193
25th Percentile £313 £300 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +8.11%
75th Percentile £469 £520 £500
90th Percentile £529 £588 £550
England median daily rate £473 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 7
10th Percentile £19.15 £23.85 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.92 £26.63 £16.19
Median hourly rate £24.87 £32.50 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year -23.48% +94.03% -16.25%
75th Percentile £27.29 £40.79 £18.57
90th Percentile £35.65 £45.01 £21.20
England median hourly rate £23.15 £65.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -64.38% +188.89% -30.77%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 556 675 923
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 11.73% 12.25% 12.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 454 648
10th Percentile £200 £202 £173
25th Percentile £325 £325 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +2.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £612 £565 £550
90th Percentile £775 £663 £638
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 48 23
10th Percentile £13.42 - £10.67
25th Percentile £21.63 £9.80 £16.12
Median hourly rate £26.00 £10.63 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year +144.59% -39.74% +3.76%
75th Percentile £45.94 £16.67 £21.33
90th Percentile £49.65 £37.85 £51.75
England median hourly rate £40.00 £17.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +135.29% -28.90% +3.48%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the North of England

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for LAN in the North of England

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in the North of England

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in the North of England

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LAN in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for LAN in the North of England

LAN
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Yorkshire +28 34 £325 -18.75% 25
North West -49 27 £350 -17.65% 54
North East +11 2 £400 +190.91% 6
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.59%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 12 (19.05%) Azure
2 10 (15.87%) AWS
3 8 (12.70%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.59%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.59%) GCP
4 1 (1.59%) Google Sheets
4 1 (1.59%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 51 (80.95%) WAN
2 23 (36.51%) Wi-Fi
3 22 (34.92%) Firewall
4 18 (28.57%) VPN
5 15 (23.81%) Wireless
6 10 (15.87%) Ethernet
6 10 (15.87%) OSPF
6 10 (15.87%) Wireless Security
7 6 (9.52%) WLAN
8 5 (7.94%) DHCP
8 5 (7.94%) DNS
8 5 (7.94%) Internet
8 5 (7.94%) SAN
8 5 (7.94%) VLAN
8 5 (7.94%) VoIP
9 4 (6.35%) Network Security
10 3 (4.76%) Broadband
10 3 (4.76%) SD-WAN
11 2 (3.17%) TCP/IP
12 1 (1.59%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
General
1 23 (36.51%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.63%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (7.94%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (6.35%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.35%) Retail
5 1 (1.59%) Aviation
5 1 (1.59%) Back Office
5 1 (1.59%) Finance
5 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (36.51%) Network Engineer
2 11 (17.46%) Support Engineer
3 7 (11.11%) Architect
3 7 (11.11%) IT Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) IT Support
5 5 (7.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (7.94%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (7.94%) Network Technician
6 4 (6.35%) Senior
6 4 (6.35%) Senior Network Technician
6 4 (6.35%) Senior Technician
7 3 (4.76%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 3 (4.76%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) LAN Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) LAN/WAN Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Linux Specialist
7 3 (4.76%) Mobile Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.17%) XML
1 2 (3.17%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 7 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 6 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (6.35%) NHS
4 3 (4.76%) Clustering
4 3 (4.76%) EPoS
5 2 (3.17%) CCTV
6 1 (1.59%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.59%) LIMS
6 1 (1.59%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.59%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (41.27%) Windows
2 14 (22.22%) Linux
3 11 (17.46%) Windows Server
4 4 (6.35%) Windows 10
4 4 (6.35%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (6.35%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (4.76%) Debian
5 3 (4.76%) Mac OS
5 3 (4.76%) Ubuntu
5 3 (4.76%) Unix
6 2 (3.17%) zOS
7 1 (1.59%) Windows 8
7 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.59%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (20.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 11 (17.46%) Break/Fix
3 11 (17.46%) Customer Service
4 6 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (7.94%) Migration
6 4 (6.35%) Business Strategy
6 4 (6.35%) Decision-Making
6 4 (6.35%) Email Filtering
6 4 (6.35%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (4.76%) E-Commerce
7 3 (4.76%) Logistics
7 3 (4.76%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (4.76%) Network Design
7 3 (4.76%) Quality Management
7 3 (4.76%) Security Architecture
7 3 (4.76%) Test Scripting
8 2 (3.17%) Computer Science
8 2 (3.17%) ITIL
8 2 (3.17%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.35%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.17%) Java
3 1 (1.59%) Bash
3 1 (1.59%) Python
3 1 (1.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (26.98%) CCNA
3 11 (17.46%) Security Cleared
4 10 (15.87%) SC Cleared
5 7 (11.11%) Degree
6 5 (7.94%) CCNP
7 4 (6.35%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (3.17%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.59%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.59%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.59%) CCENT
9 1 (1.59%) CCIE
9 1 (1.59%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.59%) MCSA
9 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.59%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.59%) PCI DSS
1 1 (1.59%) PMO
1 1 (1.59%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (25.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (17.46%) Hyper-V
3 10 (15.87%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.59%) vSphere
4 1 (1.59%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (6.35%) SCCM
2 3 (4.76%) Autotask
2 3 (4.76%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.17%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.59%) Ansible
4 1 (1.59%) Puppet
4 1 (1.59%) VxRail
Vendors
1 19 (30.16%) Cisco
2 17 (26.98%) VMware
3 12 (19.05%) Aruba
3 12 (19.05%) Citrix
3 12 (19.05%) Meraki
4 11 (17.46%) 3Com
4 11 (17.46%) Brocade
4 11 (17.46%) Juniper
4 11 (17.46%) Microsoft
5 3 (4.76%) Apple
5 3 (4.76%) Datto
6 2 (3.17%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.59%) Dell
7 1 (1.59%) Google
7 1 (1.59%) HP
7 1 (1.59%) NetApp
7 1 (1.59%) Oracle
7 1 (1.59%) SAP
7 1 (1.59%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.59%) Sophos