LAN Jobs in the North West

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 115 138 180
Rank change year-on-year +23 +42 -72
Permanent jobs citing LAN 206 187 164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.09% 2.40% 1.73%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.77% 11.64% 13.09%
Number of salaries quoted 184 156 118
10th Percentile £24,650 £25,075 £26,775
25th Percentile £34,188 £35,000 £32,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,813 £57,563
90th Percentile £62,500 £58,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £44,200 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.81% -1.78% -

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,159 1,607 1,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.75% 20.59% 13.25%
Number of salaries quoted 880 670 716
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,000 £26,625
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,625 £73,683 £71,875
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 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
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for LAN in the North West

LAN
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for LAN in the North West

LAN
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the North West 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
Manchester +23 109 £45,000 -5.26% 18
Merseyside +20 46 £48,500 +9.30% 9
Cheshire -9 33 £36,500 -8.75% 19
Lancashire -25 13 £38,500 -3.75% 10
Cumbria -3 5 £35,000 - 2
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 21 (10.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (8.74%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.97%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.94%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 69 (33.50%) Microsoft 365
2 66 (32.04%) Azure
3 24 (11.65%) Entra ID
4 14 (6.80%) AWS
5 9 (4.37%) IaaS
5 9 (4.37%) PaaS
6 8 (3.88%) Power Platform
7 6 (2.91%) GCP
8 5 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.94%) SaaS
10 2 (0.97%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.97%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.49%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 173 (83.98%) WAN
2 71 (34.47%) Wireless
3 66 (32.04%) TCP/IP
4 65 (31.55%) Wi-Fi
5 59 (28.64%) DHCP
6 57 (27.67%) Firewall
7 40 (19.42%) OSPF
8 38 (18.45%) DNS
8 38 (18.45%) MPLS
9 36 (17.48%) BGP
10 32 (15.53%) WLAN
11 31 (15.05%) VPN
12 30 (14.56%) Ethernet
12 30 (14.56%) Internet
13 25 (12.14%) Network Security
14 24 (11.65%) DSL
15 20 (9.71%) SSL
16 18 (8.74%) SD-WAN
17 12 (5.83%) VoIP
18 11 (5.34%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.19%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.43%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.94%) Power BI
3 4 (1.94%) QlikView
3 4 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.46%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.49%) MySQL
5 1 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.49%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.94%) JIRA
1 4 (1.94%) Rational DOORS
General
1 57 (27.67%) Social Skills
2 15 (7.28%) Finance
3 10 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (3.88%) Law
5 6 (2.91%) Back Office
6 5 (2.43%) Legal
6 5 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (2.43%) Retail
6 5 (2.43%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.46%) French Language
7 3 (1.46%) Italian Language
7 3 (1.46%) Military
7 3 (1.46%) Spanish Language
8 2 (0.97%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.49%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 63 (30.58%) Network Engineer
2 29 (14.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 25 (12.14%) Senior
4 19 (9.22%) IP Engineer
4 19 (9.22%) IP Network Engineer
5 15 (7.28%) Lead
6 14 (6.80%) Cisco Engineer
6 14 (6.80%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 14 (6.80%) Juniper Engineer
6 14 (6.80%) Support Technician
7 13 (6.31%) 1st Line Support
7 13 (6.31%) IT Support
8 12 (5.83%) Network Support
8 12 (5.83%) Support Engineer
9 11 (5.34%) IT Technician
10 10 (4.85%) Analyst
10 10 (4.85%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (4.37%) IT Support Technician
11 9 (4.37%) Network Manager
11 9 (4.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.94%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.28%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.31%) Onboarding
3 10 (4.85%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.40%) Replication
5 6 (2.91%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.43%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.94%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.46%) PKI
9 2 (0.97%) CCTV
10 1 (0.49%) AS400
10 1 (0.49%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 75 (36.41%) Windows
2 28 (13.59%) Windows Server
3 27 (13.11%) Linux
4 23 (11.17%) Windows 10
5 18 (8.74%) VyOS
6 6 (2.91%) Android
7 5 (2.43%) VMS
8 4 (1.94%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.94%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.46%) Windows Vista
10 2 (0.97%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.49%) CentOS
11 1 (0.49%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (25.73%) Customer Service
2 41 (19.90%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (18.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 38 (18.45%) ITIL
4 17 (8.25%) Migration
5 16 (7.77%) Agile
5 16 (7.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (6.80%) Cybersecurity
6 14 (6.80%) Disaster Recovery
7 13 (6.31%) Project Management
8 12 (5.83%) Mentoring
8 12 (5.83%) Network Architecture
9 11 (5.34%) Cloud Security
10 10 (4.85%) Client Onboarding
11 9 (4.37%) Change Management
11 9 (4.37%) Project Delivery
12 8 (3.88%) ITSM
13 7 (3.40%) Data Centre Operations
13 7 (3.40%) PRINCE2
13 7 (3.40%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.71%) SQL
2 17 (8.25%) PowerShell
3 9 (4.37%) Python
4 6 (2.91%) Bash
5 4 (1.94%) C#
6 1 (0.49%) Java
6 1 (0.49%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.49%) Perl
Qualifications
1 57 (27.67%) Cisco Certification
2 41 (19.90%) CCNA
3 29 (14.08%) Degree
3 29 (14.08%) JNCIA
4 17 (8.25%) CCNP
5 8 (3.88%) HNC
5 8 (3.88%) HND
5 8 (3.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.40%) Network+ Certification
7 6 (2.91%) CCDP
7 6 (2.91%) JNCIP
7 6 (2.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (2.43%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.43%) Citrix Certification
8 5 (2.43%) DBS Check
8 5 (2.43%) VCAP
8 5 (2.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.94%) A+ Certification
9 4 (1.94%) Chartered Engineer
10 3 (1.46%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.85%) SLA
2 1 (0.49%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 60 (29.13%) Active Directory
2 32 (15.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (10.68%) Hyper-V
4 9 (4.37%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.46%) vSphere
6 2 (0.97%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.49%) Docker
7 1 (0.49%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.49%) Postfix
7 1 (0.49%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 21 (10.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.43%) Terraform
3 2 (0.97%) Ansible
4 1 (0.49%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.49%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.49%) SCCM
Vendors
1 88 (42.72%) Cisco
1 88 (42.72%) Microsoft
2 59 (28.64%) VMware
3 43 (20.87%) Fortinet
4 39 (18.93%) Juniper
5 30 (14.56%) Nokia
6 26 (12.62%) Ruckus Wireless
7 18 (8.74%) Vyatta
8 17 (8.25%) Veeam
9 15 (7.28%) Palo Alto
10 14 (6.80%) Aruba
10 14 (6.80%) HP
11 10 (4.85%) Citrix
11 10 (4.85%) Ubiquiti
12 8 (3.88%) Apple
12 8 (3.88%) Meraki
13 7 (3.40%) Extreme Networks
13 7 (3.40%) F5
13 7 (3.40%) SolarWinds
14 6 (2.91%) NETGEAR