LAN Contracts in the North West

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 75 105
Rank change year-on-year -28 +30 -20
Contract jobs citing LAN 33 87 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.22% 2.76% 1.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.62% 20.52% 14.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 63 46
10th Percentile £263 £265 £230
25th Percentile £313 £300 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £338
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +11.11% -7.53%
75th Percentile £497 £509 £443
90th Percentile £648 £550 £500
England median daily rate £475 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £13.43 - £11.27
25th Percentile £15.56 - £12.65
Median hourly rate £19.75 - £16.40
75th Percentile £24.56 - £30.03
90th Percentile £27.08 - £37.33
England median hourly rate £22.50 £65.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -65.38% +188.89% +0.36%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 343 424 533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 12.71% 13.43% 13.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 298 353
10th Percentile £199 £288 £181
25th Percentile £313 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £663 £570 £588
90th Percentile £825 £650 £638
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 12
10th Percentile £17.72 £17.92 £11.71
25th Percentile £18.48 £19.17 £15.91
Median hourly rate £26.75 £31.25 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -14.40% +62.34% -59.41%
75th Percentile £45.88 £51.45 £46.34
90th Percentile £83.76 £52.13 £64.38
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in the North West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in the North West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LAN in the North West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for LAN in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 4 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
Manchester +6 20 £325 -21.21% 19
Cheshire -20 5 £475 +35.71% 18
Cumbria -22 5 £672 +38.27% 2
Merseyside +4 2 £295 -9.23% 8
Lancashire +1 1 - - 12
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.03%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (33.33%) Azure
2 8 (24.24%) AWS
3 5 (15.15%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (81.82%) WAN
2 19 (57.58%) VPN
3 15 (45.45%) Wireless
4 11 (33.33%) Firewall
5 10 (30.30%) Ethernet
5 10 (30.30%) OSPF
5 10 (30.30%) VoIP
5 10 (30.30%) Wireless Security
6 9 (27.27%) Network Security
7 5 (15.15%) Converged Networks
7 5 (15.15%) DHCP
7 5 (15.15%) DNS
7 5 (15.15%) ISDN
7 5 (15.15%) Skype
8 4 (12.12%) VLAN
8 4 (12.12%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (6.06%) Broadband
9 2 (6.06%) TCP/IP
9 2 (6.06%) WLAN
10 1 (3.03%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Finance
3 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (42.42%) Network Engineer
2 9 (27.27%) Architect
3 5 (15.15%) Voice Architect
4 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Support Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Technical Architect
5 3 (9.09%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 3 (9.09%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Security Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Network Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Network Security Architect
7 1 (3.03%) Desktop Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) IT Architect
7 1 (3.03%) Linux Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (12.12%) Clustering
3 3 (9.09%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.03%) EPoS
4 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (45.45%) Windows
2 8 (24.24%) Linux
3 4 (12.12%) Windows 10
3 4 (12.12%) Windows Server
3 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (9.09%) Mac OS
4 3 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (3.03%) Debian
5 1 (3.03%) Ubuntu
5 1 (3.03%) Windows 8
5 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (3.03%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (24.24%) Customer Service
4 5 (15.15%) Impact Assessments
4 5 (15.15%) Service Design
5 3 (9.09%) Business Strategy
5 3 (9.09%) Decision-Making
5 3 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
5 3 (9.09%) Quality Management
5 3 (9.09%) Security Architecture
5 3 (9.09%) Test Scripting
6 2 (6.06%) Migration
6 2 (6.06%) Time Management
7 1 (3.03%) Business Case
7 1 (3.03%) Coaching
7 1 (3.03%) Data Protection
7 1 (3.03%) Project Delivery
7 1 (3.03%) Software Distribution
7 1 (3.03%) Technical Analysis
7 1 (3.03%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.03%) Bash
2 1 (3.03%) Python
2 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
1 12 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 12 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 11 (33.33%) CCNA
3 5 (15.15%) CCNP
4 3 (9.09%) Degree
5 2 (6.06%) JNCIA
6 1 (3.03%) CCIE
6 1 (3.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) PCI DSS
1 1 (3.03%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 11 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (24.24%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (3.03%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) SCCM
2 3 (9.09%) Autotask
2 3 (9.09%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (9.09%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (3.03%) vCenter Server
3 1 (3.03%) VxRail
Vendors
1 12 (36.36%) VMware
2 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.12%) Cisco
4 3 (9.09%) Apple
4 3 (9.09%) Datto
5 2 (6.06%) Meraki
6 1 (3.03%) Dell
6 1 (3.03%) EMC
6 1 (3.03%) Fortinet
6 1 (3.03%) SAP
6 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
6 1 (3.03%) Ubiquiti
6 1 (3.03%) Veeam