LAN Contracts in Bristol

Local Area Network (LAN)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring LAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LAN over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 63 81
Rank change year-on-year +15 +18 -15
Contract jobs citing LAN 15 12 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.60% 1.12% 0.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.65% 7.50% 4.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 7
10th Percentile £368 £197 £276
25th Percentile £431 £324 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +17.65% +14.86%
75th Percentile £644 £538 £550
90th Percentile £708 £650 £605
South West median daily rate £413 £650 £500
% change year-on-year -36.54% +30.00% +48.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £71.25
Median hourly rate - - £77.50
75th Percentile - - £83.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £11.91 £28.25 £49.22
% change year-on-year -57.84% -42.60% -8.86%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

LAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 85 160 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 14.73% 15.00% 16.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 81 81
10th Percentile £235 £260 £200
25th Percentile £250 £439 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £382 £533 £475
Median % change year-on-year -28.33% +12.21% +5.56%
75th Percentile £500 £650 £600
90th Percentile £603 £688 £688
South West median daily rate £550 £538 £515
% change year-on-year +2.33% +4.37% +14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 16 82
10th Percentile £27.23 £12.57 -
25th Percentile £41.40 £38.26 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year - +563.27% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £72.94 -
90th Percentile £73.00 £85.00 -
South West median hourly rate £41.40 £40.00 £9.80
% change year-on-year +3.49% +308.16% -81.29%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for LAN in Bristol

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Bristol over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (100.00%) WAN
2 10 (66.67%) Firewall
3 7 (46.67%) Network Security
4 3 (20.00%) VPN
4 3 (20.00%) WLAN
5 2 (13.33%) BGP
5 2 (13.33%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (13.33%) DNS
5 2 (13.33%) EIGRP
5 2 (13.33%) HSRP
5 2 (13.33%) OSPF
5 2 (13.33%) VRRP
5 2 (13.33%) Wireless
6 1 (6.67%) DHCP
6 1 (6.67%) SD-WAN
6 1 (6.67%) VoIP
6 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Architect
1 8 (53.33%) Network Architect
2 7 (46.67%) Network Technical Architect
2 7 (46.67%) Technical Architect
3 4 (26.67%) Network Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) IT Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) IT Support
5 1 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Data Centre
2 2 (13.33%) Raspberry Pi
3 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Linux
3 1 (6.67%) Android
3 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
3 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Network Architecture
2 7 (46.67%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (13.33%) High Availability
3 2 (13.33%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (13.33%) Patch Management
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (6.67%) ITIL
4 1 (6.67%) ITSM
4 1 (6.67%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (6.67%) Network Design
4 1 (6.67%) Network Management
4 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) CCIE
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Cisco
2 2 (13.33%) SolarWinds
3 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow