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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 146 139
Rank change year-on-year +55 -7 -30
Permanent jobs citing LAN 203 107 163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.53% 1.84% 2.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.44% 9.91% 15.23%
Number of salaries quoted 171 98 144
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £32,000 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,313 £41,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% -3.53% -
75th Percentile £50,250 £54,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £62,875 £67,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.17%

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 993 1,080 1,070
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.36% 18.53% 14.08%
Number of salaries quoted 795 504 698
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,125 £32,000 £34,963
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +3.26%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £60,469
90th Percentile £67,800 £73,751 £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 2 June 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 2 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
Birmingham +10 60 £42,000 -23.64% 9
Worcestershire +1 33 £48,500 +6.57% 1
Staffordshire -18 29 £37,250 +14.62% 8
Shropshire +6 25 £36,500 +40.38%
Warwickshire +39 24 £37,500 -29.91% 6
Coventry +23 9 £29,211 -23.13%
Solihull - 6 £63,750 - 6
Tipton - 4 £24,000 -
Walsall - 1 - -
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 19 (9.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (7.88%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.99%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 38 (18.72%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.99%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.96%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.46%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 56 (27.59%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (24.14%) Azure
3 18 (8.87%) Entra ID
4 3 (1.48%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (1.48%) Google Workspace
4 3 (1.48%) OneDrive
5 2 (0.99%) AWS
5 2 (0.99%) Azure Stack
5 2 (0.99%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.49%) GCP
6 1 (0.49%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 172 (84.73%) WAN
2 70 (34.48%) Firewall
3 59 (29.06%) SD-WAN
4 58 (28.57%) WLAN
5 54 (26.60%) TCP/IP
6 51 (25.12%) MPLS
7 40 (19.70%) DNS
8 38 (18.72%) BGP
8 38 (18.72%) Wireless
9 36 (17.73%) DHCP
9 36 (17.73%) OSPF
10 32 (15.76%) VLAN
11 28 (13.79%) VPN
12 24 (11.82%) VoIP
12 24 (11.82%) Wi-Fi
13 17 (8.37%) Network Security
14 15 (7.39%) SAN
15 11 (5.42%) Intrusion Detection
16 10 (4.93%) Ethernet
17 9 (4.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.45%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.97%) MySQL
4 2 (0.99%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.99%) Power BI
4 2 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.99%) JIRA
2 1 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 73 (35.96%) Social Skills
2 24 (11.82%) Finance
3 22 (10.84%) Retail
4 13 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (5.91%) Telecoms
6 10 (4.93%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.94%) Law
8 7 (3.45%) Local Government
9 5 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.97%) Automotive
10 4 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.99%) Back Office
11 2 (0.99%) Electronics
11 2 (0.99%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.49%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.49%) Legal
12 1 (0.49%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 59 (29.06%) Analyst
2 38 (18.72%) Network Analyst
3 36 (17.73%) Network Operations Analyst
3 36 (17.73%) Operations Analyst
4 27 (13.30%) Senior
5 22 (10.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (10.34%) Network Engineer
7 20 (9.85%) Administrator
8 17 (8.37%) IT Support
9 15 (7.39%) IT Technician
9 15 (7.39%) Support Engineer
9 15 (7.39%) Systems Administrator
10 14 (6.90%) 1st Line Support
11 10 (4.93%) Help Desk Analyst
12 9 (4.43%) 1st Line Support Technician
12 9 (4.43%) ICT Support
12 9 (4.43%) IT Administrator
12 9 (4.43%) Senior Network Engineer
12 9 (4.43%) Support Assistant
12 9 (4.43%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.97%) HTML
2 2 (0.99%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.88%) Data Centre
1 16 (7.88%) Driving Licence
2 12 (5.91%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (4.93%) Wiki
4 7 (3.45%) CCTV
4 7 (3.45%) FMCG
5 6 (2.96%) Cyberattack
5 6 (2.96%) IoT
6 5 (2.46%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.97%) Clustering
7 4 (1.97%) PKI
7 4 (1.97%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.99%) EPoS
8 2 (0.99%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.99%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.99%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.99%) Replication
9 1 (0.49%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 72 (35.47%) Windows
2 40 (19.70%) Windows Server
3 21 (10.34%) Windows 10
4 15 (7.39%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (5.91%) Linux
5 12 (5.91%) Windows 7
6 9 (4.43%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.96%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.97%) CentOS
9 4 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.99%) Android
10 2 (0.99%) SUSE
10 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.49%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (22.17%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (13.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 23 (11.33%) Customer Service
4 22 (10.84%) Patch Management
5 21 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (9.36%) CRM
8 16 (7.88%) Network Monitoring
8 16 (7.88%) Project Delivery
9 14 (6.90%) Roadmaps
10 12 (5.91%) Asset Management
10 12 (5.91%) Change Management
10 12 (5.91%) Network Virtualisation
11 11 (5.42%) ERP
12 10 (4.93%) Critical Thinking
12 10 (4.93%) ITIL
12 10 (4.93%) Mentoring
12 10 (4.93%) Root Cause Analysis
13 9 (4.43%) Customer Experience
13 9 (4.43%) Housing Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 21 (10.34%) SQL
3 10 (4.93%) Perl
3 10 (4.93%) Python
4 4 (1.97%) Bash
4 4 (1.97%) PHP
Qualifications
1 56 (27.59%) Cisco Certification
2 46 (22.66%) CCNP
3 44 (21.67%) CCNA
4 33 (16.26%) CCIE
5 27 (13.30%) CCDP
6 25 (12.32%) Degree
7 9 (4.43%) DBS Check
7 9 (4.43%) Security Cleared
8 8 (3.94%) Azure Certification
9 7 (3.45%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 7 (3.45%) MCSE
9 7 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (3.45%) SC Cleared
10 6 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.97%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.97%) JNCIA
12 3 (1.48%) CCDA
13 2 (0.99%) A+ Certification
13 2 (0.99%) CISA
13 2 (0.99%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.94%) SLA
2 7 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.48%) NIST
5 2 (0.99%) GDPR
System Software
1 69 (33.99%) Active Directory
2 25 (12.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (10.84%) Hyper-V
4 9 (4.43%) vSphere
5 7 (3.45%) Firmware
5 7 (3.45%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (2.96%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.97%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.97%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.97%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 13 (6.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.97%) Autotask
2 4 (1.97%) Failover Clustering
2 4 (1.97%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (1.97%) SCCM
2 4 (1.97%) vCenter Server
3 3 (1.48%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.99%) Nagios
4 2 (0.99%) Trend Micro Deep Security
5 1 (0.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 75 (36.95%) Microsoft
2 49 (24.14%) Cisco
3 42 (20.69%) VMware
4 27 (13.30%) Juniper
5 11 (5.42%) Aruba
6 10 (4.93%) HP
6 10 (4.93%) Veeam
7 9 (4.43%) CheckPoint
8 8 (3.94%) Citrix
8 8 (3.94%) Ekahau
8 8 (3.94%) Ruckus Wireless
8 8 (3.94%) Sophos
9 7 (3.45%) Dell
9 7 (3.45%) Meraki
9 7 (3.45%) Nokia
10 6 (2.96%) Apple
10 6 (2.96%) Ericsson
10 6 (2.96%) Palo Alto
11 5 (2.46%) F5
11 5 (2.46%) Salesforce