LAN Contract Job Trends in the Highlands

Local Area Network (LAN)
Scotland > Highlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Highlands requiring LAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing LAN 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Highlands 6.25% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate £305 £400 £538
% change year-on-year -23.75% -25.58% +106.73%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Highlands

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 the Highlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands 6.25% 33.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £301 -
Scotland median daily rate £425 £425 £500
% change year-on-year - -15.00% +11.73%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

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

LAN job vacancy trend in the Highlands

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in the Highlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing LAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing LAN

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend in the Highlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing LAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing LAN

LAN
Contract Job Locations in the Highlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 2 November 2025. 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
Tain - 1 - -
LAN
Scotland

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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 1 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware