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 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 108 59 100
Rank change year-on-year -49 +41 -3
Contract jobs citing LAN 27 105 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.99% 3.46% 2.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.39% 24.48% 14.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 68 52
10th Percentile £233 £288 £230
25th Percentile £313 £313 £251
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £425 £338
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +25.93% -10.00%
75th Percentile £459 £520 £463
90th Percentile £514 £588 £500
England median daily rate £473 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £13.43 - -
25th Percentile £15.56 - -
Median hourly rate £19.75 £47.83 -
Median % change year-on-year -58.71% - -
75th Percentile £24.56 - -
90th Percentile £27.08 - -
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 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 322 429 560
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 11.76% 14.15% 13.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 290 373
10th Percentile £205 £288 £173
25th Percentile £325 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% +5.56% +17.19%
75th Percentile £663 £565 £580
90th Percentile £838 £638 £638
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 10
10th Percentile £21.10 £15.41 £10.96
25th Percentile £26.00 £18.93 £16.42
Median hourly rate £41.23 £31.25 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year +31.94% +62.34% +19.34%
75th Percentile £45.88 £51.06 £49.94
90th Percentile £90.20 £53.22 £65.50
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 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

LAN
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 1 June 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 1 June 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 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
Manchester -2 19 £338 -10.00% 19
Cheshire -31 5 £475 +26.67% 17
Merseyside +1 2 £295 -9.23% 9
Lancashire +3 1 - - 9
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 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (40.74%) Azure
2 8 (29.63%) AWS
3 5 (18.52%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 21 (77.78%) WAN
2 18 (66.67%) VPN
3 14 (51.85%) Wireless
4 10 (37.04%) Ethernet
4 10 (37.04%) Firewall
4 10 (37.04%) OSPF
4 10 (37.04%) Wireless Security
5 5 (18.52%) VoIP
6 4 (14.81%) DHCP
6 4 (14.81%) DNS
6 4 (14.81%) Network Security
6 4 (14.81%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (11.11%) VLAN
8 2 (7.41%) Broadband
8 2 (7.41%) TCP/IP
8 2 (7.41%) WLAN
9 1 (3.70%) BGP
9 1 (3.70%) IPsec
9 1 (3.70%) SD-WAN
General
1 15 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Aviation
3 1 (3.70%) Finance
3 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) Network Engineer
2 4 (14.81%) Architect
2 4 (14.81%) Support Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 3 (11.11%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Security Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Network Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) IT Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Linux Specialist
5 1 (3.70%) Portfolio Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Clustering
1 3 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.70%) CCTV
3 1 (3.70%) EPoS
3 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (51.85%) Windows
2 8 (29.63%) Linux
3 4 (14.81%) Windows 10
4 3 (11.11%) Mac OS
4 3 (11.11%) Windows Server
4 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (3.70%) Debian
5 1 (3.70%) Ubuntu
5 1 (3.70%) Windows 8
5 1 (3.70%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (37.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 7 (25.93%) Customer Service
4 4 (14.81%) Business Strategy
4 4 (14.81%) Decision-Making
5 3 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
5 3 (11.11%) Quality Management
5 3 (11.11%) Security Architecture
5 3 (11.11%) Test Scripting
6 2 (7.41%) Migration
6 2 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (3.70%) Change Management
7 1 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.70%) Data Protection
7 1 (3.70%) E-Commerce
7 1 (3.70%) ITIL
7 1 (3.70%) Logistics
7 1 (3.70%) Network Design
7 1 (3.70%) PRINCE2
7 1 (3.70%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.70%) Bash
2 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (40.74%) CCNA
3 10 (37.04%) SC Cleared
3 10 (37.04%) Security Cleared
4 5 (18.52%) CCNP
5 3 (11.11%) Degree
6 2 (7.41%) JNCIA
7 1 (3.70%) CCIE
7 1 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (3.70%) PMI Certification
7 1 (3.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) PCI DSS
1 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (40.74%) Hyper-V
2 10 (37.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (25.93%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) SCCM
2 3 (11.11%) Autotask
2 3 (11.11%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (11.11%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (40.74%) VMware
2 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.11%) Apple
3 3 (11.11%) Cisco
3 3 (11.11%) Datto
4 1 (3.70%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.70%) Meraki
4 1 (3.70%) SAP
4 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.70%) Ubiquiti
4 1 (3.70%) Veeam