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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 142 184
Rank change year-on-year +35 +42 -63
Permanent jobs citing LAN 229 175 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.04% 2.39% 1.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.91% 11.13% 12.75%
Number of salaries quoted 194 142 119
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,210 £28,150
25th Percentile £34,750 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% -3.16% -
75th Percentile £53,938 £53,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £66,250 £58,975 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

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 1,211 1,572 1,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 10.80% 21.50% 13.15%
Number of salaries quoted 904 615 725
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,063 £58,228
90th Percentile £72,500 £74,500 £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 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 9 June 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 9 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
Manchester +27 108 £45,000 -7.22% 14
Merseyside +32 60 £55,000 +6.80% 5
Cheshire -11 40 £36,500 -18.89% 13
Lancashire -25 16 £38,500 -3.75% 8
Cumbria -10 5 £35,000 - 3
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 23 (10.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (9.17%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.06%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 68 (29.69%) Microsoft 365
2 67 (29.26%) Azure
3 28 (12.23%) Entra ID
4 14 (6.11%) AWS
5 10 (4.37%) IaaS
5 10 (4.37%) PaaS
6 6 (2.62%) GCP
6 6 (2.62%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.75%) SaaS
9 2 (0.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.87%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 189 (82.53%) WAN
2 80 (34.93%) Wireless
3 69 (30.13%) TCP/IP
4 66 (28.82%) Wi-Fi
5 65 (28.38%) Firewall
6 58 (25.33%) DHCP
7 39 (17.03%) OSPF
8 38 (16.59%) DNS
9 37 (16.16%) MPLS
10 36 (15.72%) WLAN
11 35 (15.28%) BGP
12 30 (13.10%) Internet
13 29 (12.66%) Ethernet
13 29 (12.66%) VPN
14 28 (12.23%) Network Security
15 25 (10.92%) SD-WAN
16 23 (10.04%) DSL
17 20 (8.73%) SSL
18 11 (4.80%) Software-Defined Networking
18 11 (4.80%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.30%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.37%) QlikView
3 5 (2.18%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.87%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (0.87%) Power BI
4 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.44%) MySQL
5 1 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.44%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.75%) JIRA
1 4 (1.75%) Rational DOORS
General
1 67 (29.26%) Social Skills
2 17 (7.42%) Finance
3 15 (6.55%) Law
4 13 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (2.62%) Back Office
6 5 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.75%) Legal
7 4 (1.75%) Military
7 4 (1.75%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.31%) French Language
8 3 (1.31%) Italian Language
8 3 (1.31%) Retail
8 3 (1.31%) Spanish Language
9 2 (0.87%) Marketing
9 2 (0.87%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (27.51%) Network Engineer
2 28 (12.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 24 (10.48%) Senior
4 19 (8.30%) Lead
5 18 (7.86%) IP Engineer
5 18 (7.86%) IP Network Engineer
6 16 (6.99%) Cisco Engineer
6 16 (6.99%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 16 (6.99%) Technical Support
7 14 (6.11%) Juniper Engineer
7 14 (6.11%) Support Technician
8 13 (5.68%) 1st Line Support
8 13 (5.68%) IT Technician
9 12 (5.24%) IT Support
10 10 (4.37%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (4.37%) Network Support
10 10 (4.37%) Support Engineer
10 10 (4.37%) Support Specialist
10 10 (4.37%) Technical Specialist
10 10 (4.37%) Technical Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.75%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.99%) Management Information System
2 15 (6.55%) Data Centre
3 12 (5.24%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.49%) Replication
5 6 (2.62%) AS400
5 6 (2.62%) iSeries
5 6 (2.62%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.18%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.31%) PKI
9 2 (0.87%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 82 (35.81%) Windows
2 29 (12.66%) Windows Server
3 27 (11.79%) Linux
4 24 (10.48%) Windows 10
5 17 (7.42%) VyOS
6 8 (3.49%) Android
7 6 (2.62%) VMS
8 4 (1.75%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.31%) Apple iOS
9 3 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.87%) Windows Vista
10 2 (0.87%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.44%) CentOS
11 1 (0.44%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (23.58%) Customer Service
2 46 (20.09%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (16.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 35 (15.28%) ITIL
5 17 (7.42%) Agile
5 17 (7.42%) Migration
5 17 (7.42%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (6.55%) Disaster Recovery
7 14 (6.11%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (6.11%) Project Management
8 12 (5.24%) Mentoring
9 11 (4.80%) Cloud Security
9 11 (4.80%) Network Architecture
10 10 (4.37%) Change Management
10 10 (4.37%) Client Onboarding
10 10 (4.37%) Collaborative Culture
10 10 (4.37%) Project Delivery
11 9 (3.93%) Presales
12 8 (3.49%) ITSM
12 8 (3.49%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.42%) PowerShell
1 17 (7.42%) SQL
2 8 (3.49%) Python
3 6 (2.62%) Bash
4 2 (0.87%) C#
5 1 (0.44%) Java
5 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.44%) Perl
Qualifications
1 55 (24.02%) Cisco Certification
2 39 (17.03%) CCNA
3 35 (15.28%) Degree
4 28 (12.23%) JNCIA
5 18 (7.86%) CCNP
6 14 (6.11%) HNC
6 14 (6.11%) HND
7 8 (3.49%) Network+ Certification
8 7 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (3.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 6 (2.62%) CCDP
9 6 (2.62%) JNCIP
10 5 (2.18%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.18%) Citrix Certification
10 5 (2.18%) DBS Check
10 5 (2.18%) Security Cleared
10 5 (2.18%) VCAP
10 5 (2.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (1.75%) A+ Certification
11 4 (1.75%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.42%) SLA
2 2 (0.87%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 62 (27.07%) Active Directory
2 27 (11.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (10.04%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.93%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.75%) vSphere
6 2 (0.87%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.44%) Docker
7 1 (0.44%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.44%) Postfix
7 1 (0.44%) XenApp
7 1 (0.44%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (9.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.18%) Terraform
3 2 (0.87%) Ansible
3 2 (0.87%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.44%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 89 (38.86%) Microsoft
2 88 (38.43%) Cisco
3 56 (24.45%) VMware
4 41 (17.90%) Fortinet
5 38 (16.59%) Juniper
6 30 (13.10%) Ruckus Wireless
7 29 (12.66%) Nokia
8 18 (7.86%) Veeam
9 17 (7.42%) Vyatta
10 15 (6.55%) Aruba
11 14 (6.11%) HP
11 14 (6.11%) Palo Alto
12 11 (4.80%) Citrix
13 10 (4.37%) Ubiquiti
14 9 (3.93%) Meraki
15 8 (3.49%) Apple
16 7 (3.06%) Ekahau
16 7 (3.06%) Extreme Networks
16 7 (3.06%) F5
16 7 (3.06%) SolarWinds