LAN Jobs in the South West

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 189 161
Rank change year-on-year +80 -28 -18
Permanent jobs citing LAN 218 94 162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.38% 1.34% 2.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.55% 6.99% 13.19%
Number of salaries quoted 193 87 91
10th Percentile £27,274 £30,435 £24,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,000 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.29% +6.25% -8.05%
75th Percentile £51,500 £50,000 £51,063
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,150 £55,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South 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 South West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,242 1,344 1,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.58% 19.19% 15.48%
Number of salaries quoted 930 574 705
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,244 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £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 South West

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the South West

LAN
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for LAN in the South West

LAN
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for LAN in the South West

LAN
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the South West region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Gloucestershire +27 57 £49,000 +30.67% 3
Devon +22 57 £49,000 +30.67% 6
Wiltshire +9 39 £49,000 +15.29% 3
Bristol +10 25 £37,500 -31.82% 8
Dorset -13 23 £37,500 -11.24% 2
Somerset +9 8 £12,000 -51.02% 2
Cornwall - 8 £33,750 - 1
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 40 (18.35%) SharePoint
2 30 (13.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (4.59%) SharePoint 2010
3 10 (4.59%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.46%) Confluence
4 1 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 15 (6.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 93 (42.66%) Microsoft 365
2 76 (34.86%) Azure
3 37 (16.97%) Entra ID
4 24 (11.01%) AWS
5 17 (7.80%) OneDrive
6 14 (6.42%) GCP
7 7 (3.21%) PaaS
8 5 (2.29%) IaaS
8 5 (2.29%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.83%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.92%) AWS Fargate
10 2 (0.92%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.92%) Nutanix
10 2 (0.92%) SaaS
10 2 (0.92%) Serverless
11 1 (0.46%) Dropbox
11 1 (0.46%) Google Sheets
11 1 (0.46%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.46%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 185 (84.86%) WAN
2 96 (44.04%) Firewall
3 50 (22.94%) VPN
4 44 (20.18%) Wi-Fi
5 41 (18.81%) DNS
6 34 (15.60%) Wireless
7 30 (13.76%) DHCP
8 27 (12.39%) Network Security
9 26 (11.93%) SD-WAN
10 22 (10.09%) VLAN
10 22 (10.09%) WLAN
11 21 (9.63%) TCP/IP
12 19 (8.72%) SAN
13 12 (5.50%) IPsec
14 10 (4.59%) BGP
14 10 (4.59%) MPLS
15 8 (3.67%) VSAN
16 7 (3.21%) OSPF
17 6 (2.75%) Cisco Nexus
18 5 (2.29%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.26%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.92%) DynamoDB
3 2 (0.92%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.92%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.92%) Git
General
1 42 (19.27%) Social Skills
2 25 (11.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.88%) Manufacturing
5 11 (5.05%) Aerospace
6 7 (3.21%) Law
6 7 (3.21%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.75%) Marketing
7 6 (2.75%) Military
8 5 (2.29%) Police
9 4 (1.83%) Finance
10 3 (1.38%) Legal
10 3 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.38%) Retail
11 2 (0.92%) Publishing
12 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Games
Job Titles
1 61 (27.98%) Senior
2 52 (23.85%) Network Engineer
3 47 (21.56%) Senior Network Engineer
4 32 (14.68%) Analyst
4 32 (14.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 29 (13.30%) Support Engineer
6 25 (11.47%) IT Engineer
7 22 (10.09%) IT Support
7 22 (10.09%) Network Manager
8 16 (7.34%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (6.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 13 (5.96%) Service Analyst
10 13 (5.96%) Service Desk Analyst
11 12 (5.50%) 2nd Line Support
12 10 (4.59%) Administrator
12 10 (4.59%) IT Analyst
12 10 (4.59%) Network Security Manager
12 10 (4.59%) Security Manager
12 10 (4.59%) Systems Administrator
13 9 (4.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.29%) LDAP
2 2 (0.92%) .NET
2 2 (0.92%) Node.js
2 2 (0.92%) React
2 2 (0.92%) RESTful
3 1 (0.46%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.17%) Data Centre
2 14 (6.42%) Driving Licence
3 11 (5.05%) Fat Client
3 11 (5.05%) Thin Client
4 10 (4.59%) CCTV
5 7 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.29%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.92%) Clustering
7 2 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.92%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.92%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.92%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 96 (44.04%) Windows
2 57 (26.15%) Windows Server
3 26 (11.93%) Windows Server 2016
4 22 (10.09%) Windows 10
5 16 (7.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (5.96%) Linux
7 6 (2.75%) Windows 7
8 4 (1.83%) Mac OS X
8 4 (1.83%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.92%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.46%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (26.61%) ITIL
2 40 (18.35%) Customer Service
3 37 (16.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 33 (15.14%) Service Delivery
5 23 (10.55%) Project Delivery
6 22 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (10.09%) Time Management
7 20 (9.17%) Cybersecurity
8 19 (8.72%) Mentoring
9 17 (7.80%) Service Management
10 15 (6.88%) Incident Management
10 15 (6.88%) Mobile Device Management
11 14 (6.42%) Office Automation
11 14 (6.42%) Security Patching
12 13 (5.96%) Coaching
12 13 (5.96%) Data Security
13 12 (5.50%) Change Management
14 11 (5.05%) Migration
15 9 (4.13%) CRM
15 9 (4.13%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (11.47%) PowerShell
2 21 (9.63%) SQL
3 3 (1.38%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.92%) C#
4 2 (0.92%) Python
5 1 (0.46%) Bash
5 1 (0.46%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.46%) VBA
Qualifications
1 62 (28.44%) Security Cleared
2 48 (22.02%) DV Cleared
3 18 (8.26%) Degree
3 18 (8.26%) SC Cleared
4 15 (6.88%) A+ Certification
5 8 (3.67%) CCNP
5 8 (3.67%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.21%) MCSE
7 6 (2.75%) CCIE
8 5 (2.29%) MCITP
8 5 (2.29%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (2.29%) PMI Certification
8 5 (2.29%) PMP
8 5 (2.29%) RHCE
8 5 (2.29%) RHCSA
9 4 (1.83%) CCDP
9 4 (1.83%) CCNA
9 4 (1.83%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.80%) SLA
2 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.46%) GDPR
2 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.46%) QA
System Software
1 85 (38.99%) Active Directory
2 47 (21.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (16.06%) Hyper-V
4 16 (7.34%) vSphere
5 10 (4.59%) XenApp
6 9 (4.13%) XenDesktop
7 4 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.83%) VMware Workstation
8 3 (1.38%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.92%) Terminal Server
9 2 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 25 (11.47%) SCCM
2 24 (11.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (8.72%) WSUS
4 8 (3.67%) McAfee ePO
4 8 (3.67%) SCVMM
5 5 (2.29%) Nagios
5 5 (2.29%) OfficeScan
5 5 (2.29%) Rancher
6 2 (0.92%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.92%) Terraform
6 2 (0.92%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 79 (36.24%) Cisco
1 79 (36.24%) Microsoft
2 61 (27.98%) VMware
3 24 (11.01%) Citrix
4 12 (5.50%) Google
4 12 (5.50%) HP
4 12 (5.50%) Veeam
5 10 (4.59%) ServiceNow
6 9 (4.13%) Dell
6 9 (4.13%) Symantec
7 8 (3.67%) McAfee
8 6 (2.75%) Aderant
8 6 (2.75%) CheckPoint
8 6 (2.75%) Fortinet
8 6 (2.75%) iManage
9 5 (2.29%) Alcatel-Lucent
9 5 (2.29%) Centreon
10 3 (1.38%) Aruba
10 3 (1.38%) Ekahau
11 2 (0.92%) Supermicro