LAN Contract Job Trends in Plymouth

Local Area Network (LAN)
Devon > Plymouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Plymouth 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 8 - 11
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing LAN 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Plymouth 7.89% - 2.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 50.00% - 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Devon median daily rate £500 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £12.71 - -
Devon median hourly rate £12.71 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Plymouth

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 Plymouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6 1 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Plymouth 15.79% 2.27% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £237 - £238
25th Percentile £400 £463 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -11.63% -10.42%
75th Percentile £493 £488 £600
90th Percentile £497 - -
Devon median daily rate £490 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +3.16% -13.64% +51.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £12.71 - -
Devon median hourly rate £12.71 - -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

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

LAN job vacancy trend in Plymouth

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Daily Rate Trend in Plymouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Plymouth citing LAN

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Hourly Rate Trend in Plymouth

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Plymouth citing LAN

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth 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