Local Area Network (LAN)
South West > Somerset
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 25 | 25 | 30 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | +5 | +1 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing LAN | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset | 1.68% | 2.08% | 0.54% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 12.00% | 12.90% | 4.55% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £535 | - | - |
| South West median daily rate | £325 | £650 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -50.00% | +44.44% | +12.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £13.00 | - |
| South West median hourly rate | - | £16.50 | £77.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -78.71% | +48.75% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Somerset
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 Somerset.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 25 | 31 | 22 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset | 13.97% | 16.15% | 11.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19 | 16 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £223 | £159 | £192 |
| 25th Percentile | £225 | £220 | £315 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £535 | £341 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +56.78% | -19.71% | +6.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £643 | £518 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £649 | £674 | £671 |
| South West median daily rate | £490 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.67% | - | +10.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £33.74 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £12.50 | £48.32 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £13.00 | £51.89 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -74.95% | +45.15% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £13.50 | £63.32 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £78.70 |
| South West median hourly rate | £57.50 | £65.00 | £56.91 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.54% | +14.22% | +3.05% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset
Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.
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Daily Rate Trend in Somerset
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing LAN.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing LAN.
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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Somerset
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 26 August 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Street | - | 1 | £535 | - | 1 |
| LAN South West |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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: