LAN Contract Job Trends in North Wales

Local Area Network (LAN)
Wales > North Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in North Wales requiring LAN skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - 10
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing LAN 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in North Wales 6.98% - 10.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 75.00% - 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £300
25th Percentile £256 - £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - +120.59%
75th Percentile £269 - £419
90th Percentile - - £430
Wales median daily rate £231 £220 £300
% change year-on-year +5.11% -26.67% -25.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North Wales

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 North Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Wales 9.30% 9.09% 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £210 £180 £300
25th Percentile £218 £195 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £234 £220 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -45.00% +135.29%
75th Percentile £253 - £444
90th Percentile £262 - £448
Wales median daily rate £298 £250 £383
% change year-on-year +19.00% -34.64% -27.83%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in North Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in North Wales

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in North Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North Wales citing LAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North Wales citing LAN

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend in North Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in North Wales citing LAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in North Wales citing LAN

LAN
Contract Job Locations in North Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the North Wales region over the 6 months to 10 September 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
Wrexham - 2 - - 1
Anglesey - 1 £263 -
Gwynedd - 1 £263 -
LAN
Wales

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in North 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Skype
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) VoIP
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Wireless
General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Military
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Field Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Field Service Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Support Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Junior
2 1 (33.33%) Junior Field Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Anti-Spyware
2 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Ergonomics
2 1 (33.33%) Human Factors
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) A+ Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) AirWatch
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
1 2 (66.67%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe
1 2 (66.67%) Apple
1 2 (66.67%) Ivanti
1 2 (66.67%) MobileIron
1 2 (66.67%) Remedy
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) Ab Initio