LAN Jobs in the Midlands

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 164 147
Rank change year-on-year +54 -17 -24
Permanent jobs citing LAN 252 169 260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.12% 1.84% 2.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.07% 9.88% 14.95%
Number of salaries quoted 222 145 239
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,550 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £32,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £39,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.33% -7.06% +3.66%
75th Percentile £50,250 £50,000 £56,375
90th Percentile £58,750 £63,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £44,200 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.81% -1.78% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,568 1,711 1,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.20% 18.61% 15.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,286 727 1,092
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.73% -3.89% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £57,563
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the Midlands

LAN
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for LAN in the Midlands

LAN
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for LAN in the Midlands

LAN
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +68 206 £40,313 -4.02% 34
East Midlands -41 37 £45,000 +21.27% 16
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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:

Application Platforms
1 34 (13.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (9.52%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.79%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 44 (17.46%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.38%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.98%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.79%) Shopify
4 1 (0.40%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 81 (32.14%) Microsoft 365
2 69 (27.38%) Azure
3 22 (8.73%) Entra ID
4 6 (2.38%) AWS
5 5 (1.98%) Google Workspace
5 5 (1.98%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.19%) OneDrive
6 3 (1.19%) WhatsApp
7 2 (0.79%) Azure Stack
7 2 (0.79%) Mimecast
7 2 (0.79%) SaaS
8 1 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.40%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 215 (85.32%) WAN
2 87 (34.52%) Firewall
3 72 (28.57%) WLAN
4 66 (26.19%) SD-WAN
5 62 (24.60%) TCP/IP
6 60 (23.81%) DNS
7 58 (23.02%) MPLS
8 53 (21.03%) DHCP
9 45 (17.86%) BGP
10 44 (17.46%) Wireless
11 43 (17.06%) OSPF
12 33 (13.10%) VPN
13 32 (12.70%) VLAN
14 28 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
15 25 (9.92%) VoIP
16 23 (9.13%) SAN
17 16 (6.35%) Network Security
18 14 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
19 10 (3.97%) Ethernet
20 9 (3.57%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.57%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.98%) Power BI
4 3 (1.19%) MySQL
5 2 (0.79%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.79%) JIRA
2 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 93 (36.90%) Social Skills
2 28 (11.11%) Finance
3 25 (9.92%) Retail
4 17 (6.75%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.35%) Telecoms
6 13 (5.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (4.37%) Law
7 11 (4.37%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.17%) Local Government
9 5 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.19%) Legal
11 3 (1.19%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.79%) Automotive
12 2 (0.79%) Back Office
12 2 (0.79%) Electronics
12 2 (0.79%) Fire and Rescue
12 2 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.40%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 66 (26.19%) Analyst
2 44 (17.46%) Network Analyst
3 42 (16.67%) Network Operations Analyst
3 42 (16.67%) Operations Analyst
4 32 (12.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 26 (10.32%) IT Support
5 26 (10.32%) Senior
6 24 (9.52%) Support Engineer
7 23 (9.13%) Network Engineer
8 22 (8.73%) Administrator
9 20 (7.94%) IT Technician
10 17 (6.75%) Systems Administrator
11 14 (5.56%) 1st Line Support
11 14 (5.56%) IT Engineer
11 14 (5.56%) Support Technician
12 12 (4.76%) Help Desk Analyst
13 11 (4.37%) IT Support Technician
14 10 (3.97%) 3rd Line Support
14 10 (3.97%) IT Administrator
14 10 (3.97%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.79%) LDAP
1 2 (0.79%) SAML
1 2 (0.79%) ServiceStack
1 2 (0.79%) Web Services
2 1 (0.40%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 20 (7.94%) Data Centre
3 13 (5.16%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (4.37%) Wiki
5 8 (3.17%) IoT
6 7 (2.78%) CCTV
6 7 (2.78%) FMCG
7 6 (2.38%) Cyberattack
8 5 (1.98%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.59%) Clustering
9 4 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.59%) PKI
9 4 (1.59%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.19%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.79%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (0.79%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.79%) Replication
11 2 (0.79%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.79%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 95 (37.70%) Windows
2 54 (21.43%) Windows Server
3 26 (10.32%) Windows 10
4 13 (5.16%) Windows 7
4 13 (5.16%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (3.97%) Linux
6 9 (3.57%) Windows Server 2012
6 9 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.38%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.59%) Android
8 4 (1.59%) CentOS
8 4 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.59%) VMS
9 3 (1.19%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.79%) SUSE
10 2 (0.79%) Unix
10 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.40%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (25.79%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (14.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 27 (10.71%) Customer Service
4 25 (9.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (8.73%) Patch Management
6 20 (7.94%) Change Management
6 20 (7.94%) CRM
6 20 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (7.14%) ITIL
7 18 (7.14%) Network Monitoring
8 16 (6.35%) Project Delivery
9 14 (5.56%) Asset Management
9 14 (5.56%) Project Management
9 14 (5.56%) Roadmaps
9 14 (5.56%) Root Cause Analysis
10 13 (5.16%) ERP
10 13 (5.16%) Migration
11 12 (4.76%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (4.76%) Load Balancing
11 12 (4.76%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 36 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 25 (9.92%) SQL
3 13 (5.16%) Python
4 11 (4.37%) Perl
5 6 (2.38%) Bash
6 2 (0.79%) Bicep
7 1 (0.40%) PHP
Qualifications
1 63 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 53 (21.03%) CCNP
3 51 (20.24%) CCNA
4 39 (15.48%) CCIE
5 34 (13.49%) Degree
6 33 (13.10%) CCDP
7 9 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (3.57%) DBS Check
8 8 (3.17%) Azure Certification
8 8 (3.17%) MCSE
8 8 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (3.17%) Security Cleared
9 7 (2.78%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 6 (2.38%) SC Cleared
11 5 (1.98%) JNCIA
12 4 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.19%) CCDA
14 2 (0.79%) A+ Certification
14 2 (0.79%) CISA
14 2 (0.79%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.97%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 6 (2.38%) SLA
3 5 (1.98%) NIST
4 4 (1.59%) GDPR
5 2 (0.79%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.79%) QA
System Software
1 95 (37.70%) Active Directory
2 34 (13.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (10.71%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.57%) vSphere
5 7 (2.78%) Firmware
5 7 (2.78%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.59%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.59%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (8.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.98%) Autotask
3 4 (1.59%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (1.59%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (1.59%) SCCM
3 4 (1.59%) vCenter Server
4 3 (1.19%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.19%) Terraform
5 2 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.79%) Nagios
5 2 (0.79%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 101 (40.08%) Microsoft
2 53 (21.03%) Cisco
3 49 (19.44%) VMware
4 29 (11.51%) Juniper
5 16 (6.35%) Aruba
6 14 (5.56%) Sophos
6 14 (5.56%) Veeam
7 13 (5.16%) HP
7 13 (5.16%) Meraki
8 12 (4.76%) Citrix
9 11 (4.37%) Dell
9 11 (4.37%) Ruckus Wireless
10 10 (3.97%) Apple
11 8 (3.17%) CheckPoint
11 8 (3.17%) Ekahau
12 7 (2.78%) Nokia
12 7 (2.78%) Palo Alto
13 6 (2.38%) Ericsson
13 6 (2.38%) SolarWinds
14 5 (1.98%) Salesforce