LAN Contract Job Trends in Devon

Local Area Network (LAN)
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring LAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Contract jobs citing LAN 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 0.99% - 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.11% - 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
South West median daily rate £513 £400 £650
% change year-on-year +28.13% -38.46% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £12.71 - -
South West median hourly rate £12.56 - £16.50
% change year-on-year - - -78.71%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 27 3 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 8.94% 2.01% 7.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 1 10
10th Percentile £384 - £205
25th Percentile £422 £463 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -13.64% +51.72%
75th Percentile £498 £488 £575
90th Percentile £500 - £600
South West median daily rate £495 £540 £538
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.47% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £12.71 - -
75th Percentile £13.86 - -
90th Percentile £14.54 - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £41.40 £65.00
% change year-on-year +57.02% -36.32% +4.84%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LAN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon.

LAN job vacancy trend in Devon

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing LAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing LAN

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing LAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing LAN

LAN
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Devon region over the 6 months to 31 July 2026. 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
Plymouth - 3 £500 - 4
LAN
South West

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IT Support
1 2 (66.67%) IT Support Technician
1 2 (66.67%) IT Technician
1 2 (66.67%) Junior
1 2 (66.67%) Junior IT Support
1 2 (66.67%) Junior IT Technician
1 2 (66.67%) Junior Support Technician
1 2 (66.67%) Support Technician
2 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
3 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (33.33%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) VBScript
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Netskope
2 1 (33.33%) VMware