LAN Jobs in Cheshire

Local Area Network (LAN)
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for LAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited LAN over the 6 months to 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 57 85
Rank change year-on-year -6 +28 -29
Permanent jobs citing LAN 40 30 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.28% 3.55% 2.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.51% 13.76% 15.70%
Number of salaries quoted 23 29 20
10th Percentile £24,500 £27,630 £21,250
25th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £40,844
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £45,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% -2.70% +15.63%
75th Percentile £38,750 £48,000 £56,250
90th Percentile - £48,750 £56,425
North West median annual salary £42,500 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.61% -3.16% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cheshire

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 205 218 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 11.70% 25.80% 14.05%
Number of salaries quoted 157 100 79
10th Percentile £24,840 £25,420 £24,700
25th Percentile £29,250 £32,688 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,634 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% - +6.51%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £96,250 £64,500
North West median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +1.06% +4.44%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Cheshire

LAN
Salary Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LAN in Cheshire.

Salary trend for LAN in Cheshire

LAN
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in Cheshire over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for LAN in Cheshire

LAN
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 7 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Knutsford - 10 - - 1
Warrington -32 8 £50,000 +53.85%
Alderley Edge - 8 £27,750 -
Northwich - 5 £37,500 - 1
Chester +3 4 £37,500 -14.29% 3
LAN
North West

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 9 (22.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 22 (55.00%) Azure
2 14 (35.00%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (15.00%) AWS
3 6 (15.00%) Entra ID
4 5 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (10.00%) SaaS
6 2 (5.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 30 (75.00%) WAN
2 12 (30.00%) TCP/IP
3 11 (27.50%) DHCP
3 11 (27.50%) DNS
4 7 (17.50%) Firewall
5 5 (12.50%) WLAN
6 4 (10.00%) IPv4
6 4 (10.00%) IPv6
7 3 (7.50%) Wireless
8 2 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (2.50%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (2.50%) DMZ
9 1 (2.50%) NX-OS
9 1 (2.50%) SD-WAN
9 1 (2.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (25.00%) QlikView
2 3 (7.50%) SQL Server
3 2 (5.00%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (5.00%) Power BI
3 2 (5.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 26 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (25.00%) Law
3 4 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (7.50%) Finance
5 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Retail
6 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (25.00%) Support Specialist
1 10 (25.00%) Technical Specialist
1 10 (25.00%) Technical Support
1 10 (25.00%) Technical Support Specialist
2 9 (22.50%) Senior
3 8 (20.00%) Support Technician
4 6 (15.00%) IT Technician
5 5 (12.50%) IT Support
5 5 (12.50%) Senior Technical Engineer
5 5 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
6 4 (10.00%) 1st Line Support Technician
6 4 (10.00%) Consultant
6 4 (10.00%) ICT Support
6 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 4 (10.00%) IT Support Technician
7 3 (7.50%) Analyst
8 2 (5.00%) SQL Analyst
8 2 (5.00%) SQL Support Analyst
8 2 (5.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.50%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 26 (65.00%) Windows
2 8 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 6 (15.00%) VMS
4 4 (10.00%) Linux
4 4 (10.00%) Mac OS
5 3 (7.50%) Windows Server
6 1 (2.50%) Android
6 1 (2.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (55.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 6 (15.00%) Business Continuity
3 6 (15.00%) Customer Service
3 6 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (15.00%) ITIL
4 5 (12.50%) DevOps
4 5 (12.50%) IT Audit
4 5 (12.50%) Software Delivery
5 4 (10.00%) Business Strategy
5 4 (10.00%) CRM
5 4 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (10.00%) Process Improvement
5 4 (10.00%) Product Strategy
6 3 (7.50%) Presales
7 2 (5.00%) ERP
7 2 (5.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (2.50%) Incident Management
8 1 (2.50%) Project Management
8 1 (2.50%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (22.50%) PowerShell
2 7 (17.50%) SQL
3 6 (15.00%) Python
4 5 (12.50%) Bash
5 2 (5.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 16 (40.00%) Degree
2 10 (25.00%) HNC
2 10 (25.00%) HND
3 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.50%) CCNP
4 1 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.50%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (47.50%) Active Directory
2 12 (30.00%) Hyper-V
3 6 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 26 (65.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (30.00%) VMware
3 5 (12.50%) Cisco
4 4 (10.00%) Datto
4 4 (10.00%) HP
4 4 (10.00%) NETGEAR
4 4 (10.00%) Ubiquiti
4 4 (10.00%) Veeam
5 2 (5.00%) Epicor
6 1 (2.50%) Arista
6 1 (2.50%) Sun