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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 141 174
Rank change year-on-year +25 +33 -71
Permanent jobs citing LAN 208 186 162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.08% 2.41% 1.72%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.88% 11.60% 12.97%
Number of salaries quoted 187 154 115
10th Percentile £24,800 £25,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £36,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £58,375
90th Percentile £63,000 £58,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -0.55%

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 1,163 1,604 1,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.66% 20.82% 13.27%
Number of salaries quoted 883 670 703
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,375 £36,250 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,500 £73,750 £71,250
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 18 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 18 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 +38 107 £45,000 -5.26% 20
Merseyside +21 49 £48,500 -3.00% 9
Cheshire -4 33 £36,500 -14.12% 18
Lancashire -22 14 £40,500 +1.25% 11
Cumbria -4 5 £35,000 -
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 (10.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (8.65%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.92%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 68 (32.69%) Microsoft 365
2 65 (31.25%) Azure
3 24 (11.54%) Entra ID
4 14 (6.73%) AWS
5 9 (4.33%) IaaS
5 9 (4.33%) PaaS
6 8 (3.85%) Power Platform
7 6 (2.88%) GCP
8 5 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.92%) SaaS
10 2 (0.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.96%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.48%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 175 (84.13%) WAN
2 73 (35.10%) Wireless
3 66 (31.73%) TCP/IP
3 66 (31.73%) Wi-Fi
4 58 (27.88%) DHCP
5 57 (27.40%) Firewall
6 40 (19.23%) OSPF
7 38 (18.27%) MPLS
8 37 (17.79%) DNS
9 36 (17.31%) BGP
10 33 (15.87%) WLAN
11 30 (14.42%) Ethernet
11 30 (14.42%) Internet
11 30 (14.42%) VPN
12 26 (12.50%) Network Security
13 24 (11.54%) DSL
14 20 (9.62%) SD-WAN
14 20 (9.62%) SSL
15 12 (5.77%) VoIP
16 11 (5.29%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.10%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.40%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.92%) Power BI
3 4 (1.92%) QlikView
3 4 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.44%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.48%) MySQL
5 1 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.48%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.92%) JIRA
1 4 (1.92%) Rational DOORS
General
1 57 (27.40%) Social Skills
2 15 (7.21%) Finance
3 10 (4.81%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (3.85%) Law
5 6 (2.88%) Back Office
6 5 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (2.40%) Retail
6 5 (2.40%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.92%) Legal
8 3 (1.44%) French Language
8 3 (1.44%) Italian Language
8 3 (1.44%) Military
8 3 (1.44%) Spanish Language
9 2 (0.96%) Marketing
9 2 (0.96%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (29.81%) Network Engineer
2 29 (13.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 25 (12.02%) Senior
4 19 (9.13%) IP Engineer
4 19 (9.13%) IP Network Engineer
5 15 (7.21%) Cisco Engineer
5 15 (7.21%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 15 (7.21%) Lead
6 14 (6.73%) Juniper Engineer
6 14 (6.73%) Support Technician
7 13 (6.25%) 1st Line Support
7 13 (6.25%) IT Support
8 11 (5.29%) IT Technician
8 11 (5.29%) Network Support
8 11 (5.29%) Support Engineer
9 10 (4.81%) Analyst
9 10 (4.81%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (4.33%) IT Support Technician
10 9 (4.33%) Network Manager
10 9 (4.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.92%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.21%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.33%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.37%) Replication
5 6 (2.88%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.40%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.44%) PKI
9 2 (0.96%) AS400
9 2 (0.96%) CCTV
9 2 (0.96%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 74 (35.58%) Windows
2 27 (12.98%) Linux
2 27 (12.98%) Windows Server
3 23 (11.06%) Windows 10
4 18 (8.65%) VyOS
5 6 (2.88%) Android
6 5 (2.40%) VMS
7 4 (1.92%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.44%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.44%) Windows Vista
9 2 (0.96%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.48%) CentOS
10 1 (0.48%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (25.48%) Customer Service
2 40 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (18.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 37 (17.79%) ITIL
5 17 (8.17%) Migration
6 16 (7.69%) Agile
6 16 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (6.73%) Disaster Recovery
8 13 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (6.25%) Project Management
9 12 (5.77%) Mentoring
10 11 (5.29%) Cloud Security
10 11 (5.29%) Network Architecture
11 10 (4.81%) Client Onboarding
11 10 (4.81%) Project Delivery
12 9 (4.33%) Change Management
13 8 (3.85%) ITSM
13 8 (3.85%) PRINCE2
14 7 (3.37%) Data Centre Operations
14 7 (3.37%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.62%) SQL
2 17 (8.17%) PowerShell
3 8 (3.85%) Python
4 6 (2.88%) Bash
5 4 (1.92%) C#
6 1 (0.48%) Java
6 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.48%) Perl
Qualifications
1 56 (26.92%) Cisco Certification
2 40 (19.23%) CCNA
3 29 (13.94%) JNCIA
4 28 (13.46%) Degree
5 17 (8.17%) CCNP
6 8 (3.85%) HNC
6 8 (3.85%) HND
6 8 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (3.37%) Network+ Certification
7 7 (3.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (2.88%) CCDP
8 6 (2.88%) JNCIP
9 5 (2.40%) AWS Certification
9 5 (2.40%) Citrix Certification
9 5 (2.40%) DBS Check
9 5 (2.40%) VCAP
9 5 (2.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (1.92%) A+ Certification
10 4 (1.92%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (1.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.29%) SLA
2 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 59 (28.37%) Active Directory
2 31 (14.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (10.58%) Hyper-V
4 9 (4.33%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.44%) vSphere
6 2 (0.96%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.48%) Docker
7 1 (0.48%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.48%) Postfix
7 1 (0.48%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 21 (10.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.40%) Terraform
3 2 (0.96%) Ansible
4 1 (0.48%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.48%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.48%) SCCM
Vendors
1 89 (42.79%) Cisco
2 88 (42.31%) Microsoft
3 58 (27.88%) VMware
4 42 (20.19%) Fortinet
5 39 (18.75%) Juniper
6 30 (14.42%) Nokia
7 27 (12.98%) Ruckus Wireless
8 18 (8.65%) Vyatta
9 17 (8.17%) Veeam
10 15 (7.21%) Aruba
10 15 (7.21%) Palo Alto
11 14 (6.73%) HP
12 10 (4.81%) Citrix
12 10 (4.81%) Ubiquiti
13 9 (4.33%) Meraki
14 8 (3.85%) Apple
15 7 (3.37%) Extreme Networks
15 7 (3.37%) F5
15 7 (3.37%) SolarWinds
16 6 (2.88%) NETGEAR