LAN Jobs in the West Midlands

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 161 137
Rank change year-on-year +76 -24 -26
Permanent jobs citing LAN 204 107 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.73% 1.71% 2.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.69% 9.68% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 174 96 148
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,500 £30,850
25th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £35,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,313 £41,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% -3.53% -
75th Percentile £50,250 £52,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £63,125 £66,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £44,600 £45,000
% change year-on-year +0.90% -0.89% -

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 986 1,105 1,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.22% 17.66% 14.69%
Number of salaries quoted 805 516 709
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,938 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -2.17%
75th Percentile £57,000 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £75,000
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 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
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for LAN in the West Midlands

LAN
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for LAN in the West Midlands

LAN
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 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
Birmingham +20 61 £41,750 -24.09% 4
Worcestershire +6 35 £48,500 +6.57% 1
Staffordshire -18 28 £39,750 +22.31% 8
Shropshire +7 25 £36,500 +40.38% 1
Warwickshire +56 22 £37,500 -16.67% 4
Coventry +26 10 £42,500 +11.84% 1
Solihull - 7 £62,500 - 3
Tipton - 4 £24,000 -
Brierley Hill - 1 £26,000 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (9.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (8.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.98%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 39 (19.12%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.98%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.94%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (2.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.45%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 53 (25.98%) Microsoft 365
2 46 (22.55%) Azure
3 18 (8.82%) Entra ID
4 3 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (1.47%) Google Workspace
4 3 (1.47%) OneDrive
5 2 (0.98%) AWS
5 2 (0.98%) Azure Stack
5 2 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (0.98%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.49%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 172 (84.31%) WAN
2 70 (34.31%) Firewall
3 63 (30.88%) SD-WAN
3 63 (30.88%) WLAN
4 55 (26.96%) MPLS
4 55 (26.96%) TCP/IP
5 42 (20.59%) BGP
5 42 (20.59%) DNS
6 40 (19.61%) OSPF
7 38 (18.63%) Wireless
8 37 (18.14%) DHCP
9 31 (15.20%) VLAN
10 27 (13.24%) VPN
11 25 (12.25%) VoIP
12 22 (10.78%) Wi-Fi
13 15 (7.35%) Network Security
13 15 (7.35%) SAN
14 11 (5.39%) Intrusion Detection
15 10 (4.90%) Ethernet
16 9 (4.41%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.45%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.98%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.98%) MySQL
3 2 (0.98%) Power BI
3 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.98%) JIRA
2 1 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 75 (36.76%) Social Skills
2 25 (12.25%) Finance
3 22 (10.78%) Retail
4 13 (6.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.88%) Telecoms
6 10 (4.90%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.92%) Local Government
8 6 (2.94%) Law
9 5 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.98%) Automotive
11 2 (0.98%) Back Office
11 2 (0.98%) Electronics
11 2 (0.98%) Fire and Rescue
11 2 (0.98%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.49%) Legal
12 1 (0.49%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 62 (30.39%) Analyst
2 42 (20.59%) Network Analyst
3 40 (19.61%) Network Operations Analyst
3 40 (19.61%) Operations Analyst
4 23 (11.27%) Senior
5 21 (10.29%) Administrator
6 20 (9.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 18 (8.82%) Network Engineer
8 16 (7.84%) IT Support
8 16 (7.84%) Systems Administrator
9 15 (7.35%) IT Technician
9 15 (7.35%) Support Engineer
10 14 (6.86%) 1st Line Support
11 10 (4.90%) Help Desk Analyst
11 10 (4.90%) IT Administrator
11 10 (4.90%) IT Systems Administrator
11 10 (4.90%) Support Assistant
12 9 (4.41%) 1st Line Support Technician
12 9 (4.41%) ICT Assistant
12 9 (4.41%) ICT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.98%) HTML
1 2 (0.98%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 16 (7.84%) Data Centre
3 13 (6.37%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (5.39%) Wiki
5 7 (3.43%) CCTV
5 7 (3.43%) FMCG
6 6 (2.94%) Cyberattack
6 6 (2.94%) IoT
7 4 (1.96%) Clustering
7 4 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.96%) PKI
7 4 (1.96%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.98%) EPoS
8 2 (0.98%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.98%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.98%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.98%) Replication
8 2 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.49%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 70 (34.31%) Windows
2 35 (17.16%) Windows Server
3 23 (11.27%) Windows 10
4 13 (6.37%) Windows 7
5 11 (5.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (4.90%) Linux
7 9 (4.41%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (3.43%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (2.94%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.96%) CentOS
10 4 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.98%) Android
11 2 (0.98%) SUSE
11 2 (0.98%) Unix
11 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.49%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (12.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 23 (11.27%) Customer Service
4 21 (10.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (10.29%) Patch Management
5 20 (9.80%) CRM
6 18 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
7 17 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
8 15 (7.35%) Project Delivery
9 14 (6.86%) Roadmaps
10 13 (6.37%) Change Management
11 12 (5.88%) Network Virtualisation
12 11 (5.39%) Asset Management
12 11 (5.39%) Change Control
12 11 (5.39%) ERP
12 11 (5.39%) ITIL
13 10 (4.90%) Critical Thinking
13 10 (4.90%) Mentoring
13 10 (4.90%) Root Cause Analysis
14 9 (4.41%) Housing Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (14.71%) PowerShell
2 22 (10.78%) SQL
3 11 (5.39%) Perl
3 11 (5.39%) Python
4 4 (1.96%) Bash
5 2 (0.98%) PHP
Qualifications
1 60 (29.41%) Cisco Certification
2 50 (24.51%) CCNP
3 48 (23.53%) CCNA
4 37 (18.14%) CCIE
5 31 (15.20%) CCDP
6 26 (12.75%) Degree
7 9 (4.41%) DBS Check
8 8 (3.92%) Azure Certification
8 8 (3.92%) Security Cleared
9 7 (3.43%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 6 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (2.94%) MCSE
10 6 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (2.94%) SC Cleared
11 4 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.96%) JNCIA
12 3 (1.47%) CCDA
13 2 (0.98%) CCIE Data Center
13 2 (0.98%) CISA
13 2 (0.98%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.92%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 6 (2.94%) SLA
3 4 (1.96%) NIST
4 2 (0.98%) GDPR
System Software
1 68 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 23 (11.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (9.80%) Hyper-V
4 9 (4.41%) vSphere
5 7 (3.43%) Firmware
5 7 (3.43%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.96%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.96%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 12 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.96%) Autotask
2 4 (1.96%) Failover Clustering
2 4 (1.96%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (1.96%) SCCM
2 4 (1.96%) vCenter Server
3 3 (1.47%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.98%) Nagios
4 2 (0.98%) Trend Micro Deep Security
5 1 (0.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 77 (37.75%) Microsoft
2 47 (23.04%) Cisco
3 38 (18.63%) VMware
4 28 (13.73%) Juniper
5 11 (5.39%) Aruba
6 10 (4.90%) Veeam
7 9 (4.41%) HP
8 8 (3.92%) CheckPoint
8 8 (3.92%) Citrix
8 8 (3.92%) Ekahau
8 8 (3.92%) Sophos
9 7 (3.43%) Dell
9 7 (3.43%) Nokia
9 7 (3.43%) Ruckus Wireless
10 6 (2.94%) Apple
10 6 (2.94%) Ericsson
10 6 (2.94%) Meraki
10 6 (2.94%) Palo Alto
11 5 (2.45%) F5
11 5 (2.45%) Salesforce