LAN Contracts in the North of England

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for LAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited LAN over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 99 101
Rank change year-on-year -22 +2 +4
Contract jobs citing LAN 66 123 170
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.42% 2.20% 2.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.89% 18.47% 19.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 87 121
10th Percentile £210 £217 £213
25th Percentile £313 £294 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% - +9.97%
75th Percentile £450 £522 £500
90th Percentile £525 £588 £550
England median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 7
10th Percentile £19.15 £22.93 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.92 £24.31 £16.19
Median hourly rate £24.87 £27.25 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +54.48% -9.54%
75th Percentile £27.29 £30.81 £21.63
90th Percentile £35.65 £32.58 £31.13
England median hourly rate £22.50 £65.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -65.38% +188.89% -4.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

LAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 555 666 890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 11.95% 11.92% 12.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 379 446 625
10th Percentile £200 £200 £181
25th Percentile £316 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £612 £567 £550
90th Percentile £775 £673 £638
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 49 23
10th Percentile £13.31 - £11.95
25th Percentile £18.89 £9.80 £16.12
Median hourly rate £24.87 £10.63 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +133.96% -40.94% +2.86%
75th Percentile £45.88 £15.72 £23.10
90th Percentile £48.75 £34.00 £55.44
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% -0.38%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the North of England

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for LAN in the North of England

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in the North of England

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in the North of England

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LAN in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for LAN in the North of England

LAN
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire +26 37 £325 -21.21% 21
North West -42 27 £350 -12.50% 55
North East +9 2 £400 +117.69% 5
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.52%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 12 (18.18%) Azure
2 10 (15.15%) AWS
3 8 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.52%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.52%) GCP
4 1 (1.52%) Google Sheets
4 1 (1.52%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 54 (81.82%) WAN
2 25 (37.88%) Firewall
3 24 (36.36%) Wi-Fi
4 18 (27.27%) VPN
5 15 (22.73%) Wireless
6 10 (15.15%) Ethernet
6 10 (15.15%) OSPF
6 10 (15.15%) Wireless Security
7 7 (10.61%) SAN
8 6 (9.09%) DHCP
8 6 (9.09%) DNS
8 6 (9.09%) Internet
9 5 (7.58%) VLAN
9 5 (7.58%) VoIP
9 5 (7.58%) WLAN
10 4 (6.06%) Network Security
11 3 (4.55%) Broadband
11 3 (4.55%) SD-WAN
12 2 (3.03%) TCP/IP
13 1 (1.52%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.03%) SQL Server
General
1 23 (34.85%) Social Skills
2 13 (19.70%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (7.58%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (6.06%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.06%) Retail
5 2 (3.03%) Finance
6 1 (1.52%) Back Office
6 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (34.85%) Network Engineer
2 12 (18.18%) Support Engineer
3 8 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (10.61%) Architect
4 7 (10.61%) IT Engineer
5 6 (9.09%) IT Support
6 5 (7.58%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (7.58%) Network Technician
7 4 (6.06%) Senior
7 4 (6.06%) Senior Network Technician
7 4 (6.06%) Senior Technician
8 3 (4.55%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 3 (4.55%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) LAN Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) LAN/WAN Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Mobile Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.03%) XML
1 2 (3.03%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.61%) Driving Licence
2 6 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 6 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (6.06%) Clustering
3 4 (6.06%) NHS
4 3 (4.55%) EPoS
5 1 (1.52%) CCTV
5 1 (1.52%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.52%) LIMS
5 1 (1.52%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (45.45%) Windows
2 15 (22.73%) Linux
3 14 (21.21%) Windows Server
4 5 (7.58%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (6.06%) Unix
5 4 (6.06%) Windows 10
5 4 (6.06%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (4.55%) Debian
6 3 (4.55%) Mac OS
6 3 (4.55%) Ubuntu
7 2 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (3.03%) zOS
8 1 (1.52%) Windows 8
8 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (1.52%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (43.94%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (25.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (19.70%) Customer Service
4 11 (16.67%) Break/Fix
5 6 (9.09%) Migration
6 5 (7.58%) Email Filtering
6 5 (7.58%) Kalman Filter
6 5 (7.58%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (4.55%) Business Strategy
7 3 (4.55%) Decision-Making
7 3 (4.55%) E-Commerce
7 3 (4.55%) High Availability
7 3 (4.55%) Logistics
7 3 (4.55%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (4.55%) Network Design
7 3 (4.55%) Quality Management
7 3 (4.55%) Security Architecture
7 3 (4.55%) Test Scripting
8 2 (3.03%) SOA
8 2 (3.03%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.06%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.03%) Java
2 2 (3.03%) SQL
3 1 (1.52%) Bash
3 1 (1.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (28.79%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (27.27%) CCNA
3 11 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 10 (15.15%) SC Cleared
5 7 (10.61%) Degree
6 5 (7.58%) CCNP
7 4 (6.06%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (3.03%) A+ Certification
8 2 (3.03%) CCENT
8 2 (3.03%) JNCIA
8 2 (3.03%) MCSA
8 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.52%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.52%) CCIE
9 1 (1.52%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
1 1 (1.52%) PMO
1 1 (1.52%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (28.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (18.18%) Active Directory
3 11 (16.67%) Hyper-V
4 2 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.52%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.52%) vSphere
5 1 (1.52%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (6.06%) SCCM
2 3 (4.55%) Autotask
2 3 (4.55%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (4.55%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.03%) FortiGate
3 2 (3.03%) VxRail
4 1 (1.52%) Ansible
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (1.52%) Puppet
4 1 (1.52%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 20 (30.30%) Cisco
1 20 (30.30%) VMware
2 13 (19.70%) Microsoft
3 12 (18.18%) Aruba
3 12 (18.18%) Citrix
3 12 (18.18%) Meraki
4 11 (16.67%) 3Com
4 11 (16.67%) Brocade
4 11 (16.67%) Juniper
5 3 (4.55%) Apple
5 3 (4.55%) Datto
6 2 (3.03%) Dell
6 2 (3.03%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.52%) EMC
7 1 (1.52%) Google
7 1 (1.52%) HP
7 1 (1.52%) Oracle
7 1 (1.52%) SAP
7 1 (1.52%) Sophos
7 1 (1.52%) Veeam