LAN Contracts in the West Midlands

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 49 78 96
Rank change year-on-year +29 +18 -26
Contract jobs citing LAN 68 60 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.53% 2.55% 2.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.53% 16.85% 22.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 42 58
10th Percentile £200 £263 £164
25th Percentile £299 £313 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £420 £374
Median % change year-on-year +13.10% +12.45% +6.71%
75th Percentile £681 £475 £450
90th Percentile £775 £581 £579
England median daily rate £475 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile £20.73 - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - £20.00
75th Percentile £23.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 388 356 377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.15% 15.13% 10.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 220 260
10th Percentile £200 £263 £165
25th Percentile £306 £363 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £485 £400
Median % change year-on-year -17.53% +21.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £504
90th Percentile £690 £700 £619
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 17
10th Percentile £10.50 £12.50 £11.93
25th Percentile £13.50 £13.13 £12.38
Median hourly rate £19.95 £16.75 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% +1.52% +10.00%
75th Percentile £23.75 £20.58 £20.00
90th Percentile £28.75 £21.80 £20.51
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 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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for LAN in the West Midlands

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +6 21 £475 +14.46% 10
Warwickshire +15 17 £750 +53.85% 6
Solihull - 13 £463 - 3
Shropshire +28 6 £298 -20.53% 3
Worcestershire +10 4 £688 +61.76% 2
Staffordshire +8 1 £200 -52.94% 11
Wednesbury - 1 £250 -
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:

Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (4.41%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 8 (11.76%) Azure
2 4 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.94%) AWS
3 2 (2.94%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 62 (91.18%) WAN
2 21 (30.88%) VPN
3 18 (26.47%) MPLS
4 17 (25.00%) Firewall
5 16 (23.53%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (20.59%) DHCP
6 14 (20.59%) SD-WAN
7 13 (19.12%) DNS
7 13 (19.12%) VoIP
8 10 (14.71%) Cisco Nexus
9 9 (13.24%) PBX
9 9 (13.24%) WLAN
10 8 (11.76%) BGP
10 8 (11.76%) Cisco IOS
11 7 (10.29%) Junos
12 6 (8.82%) Cisco ISE
12 6 (8.82%) IPsec
13 5 (7.35%) Internet
13 5 (7.35%) SAN
13 5 (7.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.94%) JIRA
General
1 20 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 12 (17.65%) Telecoms
3 8 (11.76%) Finance
4 6 (8.82%) Back Office
5 4 (5.88%) Legal
6 3 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.41%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Advertising
8 1 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (36.76%) Architect
2 18 (26.47%) Network Architect
3 14 (20.59%) Network Engineer
4 7 (10.29%) Analyst
4 7 (10.29%) Support Engineer
5 6 (8.82%) Support Analyst
5 6 (8.82%) Technical Analyst
5 6 (8.82%) Technical Support
5 6 (8.82%) Technical Support Analyst
6 5 (7.35%) Enterprise Architect
7 4 (5.88%) Administrator
7 4 (5.88%) Network Support
7 4 (5.88%) Network Support Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Server Administrator
7 4 (5.88%) VMWare Administrator
8 3 (4.41%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 3 (4.41%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.24%) Web Services
2 2 (2.94%) LDAP
2 2 (2.94%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 17 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.88%) AS400
2 4 (5.88%) PKI
3 3 (4.41%) Clustering
3 3 (4.41%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.94%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (27.94%) Windows
2 8 (11.76%) Windows Server
3 7 (10.29%) Linux
4 5 (7.35%) Windows 10
5 4 (5.88%) CentOS
5 4 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (5.88%) Ubuntu
6 3 (4.41%) Mac OS
6 3 (4.41%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (4.41%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.47%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (17.65%) Network Architecture
2 11 (16.18%) Analytics
2 11 (16.18%) ITIL
2 11 (16.18%) Project Delivery
3 10 (14.71%) Architectural Design
3 10 (14.71%) Technical Leadership
4 9 (13.24%) Data Analytics
4 9 (13.24%) Load Balancing
4 9 (13.24%) Performance Management
4 9 (13.24%) Programme Management
4 9 (13.24%) SOA
4 9 (13.24%) Storage Management
5 8 (11.76%) Mentoring
6 6 (8.82%) Batch Scheduling
6 6 (8.82%) Change Control
6 6 (8.82%) Customer Requirements
6 6 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (8.82%) Infrastructure Monitoring
6 6 (8.82%) Migration
6 6 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.29%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.88%) Bash
3 1 (1.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (35.29%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (22.06%) CCNP
2 15 (22.06%) Security Cleared
3 11 (16.18%) CCNA
4 9 (13.24%) CCIE
4 9 (13.24%) CCIE Data Center
5 8 (11.76%) Degree
6 7 (10.29%) SC Cleared
7 5 (7.35%) JNCIS
8 1 (1.47%) JNCIA
8 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.47%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.88%) QA
2 3 (4.41%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 9 (13.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (7.35%) VMware NSX
4 4 (5.88%) Hyper-V
4 4 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (5.88%) VMware Server
4 4 (5.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (7.35%) FortiGate
2 4 (5.88%) vCenter Server
3 3 (4.41%) Autotask
3 3 (4.41%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (4.41%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (4.41%) OpenView
3 3 (4.41%) SCCM
4 1 (1.47%) Proxmox
4 1 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.47%) VxRail
Vendors
1 36 (52.94%) Cisco
2 12 (17.65%) Juniper
3 11 (16.18%) Microsoft
3 11 (16.18%) VMware
4 6 (8.82%) Aruba
4 6 (8.82%) SAP
5 5 (7.35%) CheckPoint
5 5 (7.35%) F5
5 5 (7.35%) Infoblox
5 5 (7.35%) Palo Alto
5 5 (7.35%) Symantec
5 5 (7.35%) Zscaler
6 3 (4.41%) Apple
6 3 (4.41%) Datto
6 3 (4.41%) McAfee
7 2 (2.94%) Databricks
7 2 (2.94%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.47%) Commvault
8 1 (1.47%) NetApp
8 1 (1.47%) Sophos