LAN Contracts in Portsmouth

Local Area Network (LAN)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth 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 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 38 7
Rank change year-on-year +9 -31 +24
DemandTrendContract jobs citing LAN 4 1 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 2.02% 0.48% 17.75%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.81% 1.06% 56.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 38
10th Percentile £402 - £273
25th Percentile £433 £530 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £560 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.48% +31.76% -21.66%
75th Percentile £597 £590 £450
90th Percentile £614 - £516
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £538 £425
% change year-on-year +6.98% +26.47% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
Hampshire median hourly rate - - £62.00
% change year-on-year - - +34.05%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 27 94 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 13.64% 44.98% 31.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 20 55
10th Percentile £309 - £273
25th Percentile £391 £450 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +26.47% -8.11%
75th Percentile £606 £617 £479
90th Percentile £700 £688 £613
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £575 £450
% change year-on-year -4.35% +27.78% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 62 9
10th Percentile £47.30 £51.06 £54.13
25th Percentile £51.88 £53.40 £55.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% -0.26% -
75th Percentile £57.81 £68.44 £65.00
90th Percentile £58.75 £70.00 £68.89
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £59.45
% change year-on-year -4.10% -3.54% +32.12%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Portsmouth

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing LAN

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Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Portsmouth

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Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing LAN

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Internet
2 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (25.00%) Military
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Juniper Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (50.00%) Network Design
1 2 (50.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
1 1 (25.00%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Juniper
2 1 (25.00%) Meraki
2 1 (25.00%) VMware