LAN Jobs in Wales

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 81 109 112
Rank change year-on-year +28 +3 -41
Permanent jobs citing LAN 37 22 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 1.83% 1.32% 1.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.29% 8.73% 9.62%
Number of salaries quoted 19 11 28
10th Percentile £26,500 £33,706 £30,875
25th Percentile £28,875 £40,000 £35,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £45,407 - £48,750
90th Percentile £45,780 £69,196 £49,125
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 259 252 291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 12.84% 15.14% 15.38%
Number of salaries quoted 149 80 155
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,113 £27,000
25th Percentile £28,290 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -16.67% +24.47%
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,563 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £69,451 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Wales

LAN
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LAN in Wales.

Salary trend for LAN in Wales

LAN
Salary Histogram in Wales

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

Salary histogram for LAN in Wales

LAN
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Wales 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
South Wales +31 34 £40,500 +42.84% 9
LAN
UK

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (18.92%) Azure
3 2 (5.41%) AWS
4 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 37 (100.00%) WAN
2 30 (81.08%) Firewall
3 14 (37.84%) Cisco IOS
3 14 (37.84%) Network Security
3 14 (37.84%) TCP/IP
4 11 (29.73%) Cisco ASA
5 10 (27.03%) VLAN
5 10 (27.03%) VPN
6 9 (24.32%) VoIP
7 7 (18.92%) MPLS
8 6 (16.22%) Internet
8 6 (16.22%) Wireless
9 5 (13.51%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (13.51%) WLAN
10 4 (10.81%) SAN
11 3 (8.11%) DHCP
11 3 (8.11%) DNS
11 3 (8.11%) FTP
11 3 (8.11%) HTTP
11 3 (8.11%) SMTP
General
1 12 (32.43%) Telecoms
2 8 (21.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (18.92%) Social Skills
4 5 (13.51%) Local Government
4 5 (13.51%) Police
4 5 (13.51%) Welsh Language
5 4 (10.81%) Manufacturing
6 3 (8.11%) Automotive
6 3 (8.11%) Retail
7 2 (5.41%) Games
Job Titles
1 18 (48.65%) Senior
2 13 (35.14%) Network Engineer
3 11 (29.73%) Consultant
3 11 (29.73%) Project Consultant
3 11 (29.73%) Senior Consultant
3 11 (29.73%) Senior Network Consultant
3 11 (29.73%) Senior Project Consultant
4 7 (18.92%) ICT Engineer
4 7 (18.92%) Senior Network Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) IT Support
6 3 (8.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) SOC Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Systems Support
7 2 (5.41%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Operations Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (51.35%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.11%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (5.41%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (5.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 2 (5.41%) PKI
4 1 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.70%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 11 (29.73%) Windows
2 7 (18.92%) Windows Server
3 5 (13.51%) Linux
4 3 (8.11%) CatOS
5 1 (2.70%) Android
5 1 (2.70%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.70%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.70%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (59.46%) Customer Service
2 16 (43.24%) Migration
3 14 (37.84%) Actionable Insight
3 14 (37.84%) Change Management
3 14 (37.84%) ITIL
4 11 (29.73%) Change Control
4 11 (29.73%) Network Design
5 10 (27.03%) Network Management
6 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (13.51%) Business Continuity
7 5 (13.51%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (13.51%) High Availability
7 5 (13.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (8.11%) Capacity Planning
8 3 (8.11%) Compliance Audit
8 3 (8.11%) Computer Science
8 3 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (8.11%) Service Delivery
8 3 (8.11%) SIEM
8 3 (8.11%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 27 (72.97%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (59.46%) CCNA
3 15 (40.54%) Degree
4 14 (37.84%) SC Cleared
4 14 (37.84%) Security Cleared
5 4 (10.81%) A+ Certification
6 3 (8.11%) CCIE
6 3 (8.11%) CCNP
6 3 (8.11%) Check Point Certification
6 3 (8.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (8.11%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (16.22%) Hyper-V
2 3 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) FortiGate
2 2 (5.41%) Cisco Prime
2 2 (5.41%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 25 (67.57%) Cisco
2 17 (45.95%) CheckPoint
3 11 (29.73%) Fortinet
3 11 (29.73%) McAfee
3 11 (29.73%) Microsoft
3 11 (29.73%) Oracle
3 11 (29.73%) Palo Alto
4 7 (18.92%) VMware
5 4 (10.81%) Acronis
5 4 (10.81%) Aruba
5 4 (10.81%) Datto
5 4 (10.81%) Mitel
5 4 (10.81%) Sophos
5 4 (10.81%) Veeam
6 3 (8.11%) ArcSight
6 3 (8.11%) F5
6 3 (8.11%) Juniper
6 3 (8.11%) Splunk
6 3 (8.11%) TippingPoint
6 3 (8.11%) Trend Micro