LAN Contract Job Trends in South Ayrshire

Local Area Network (LAN)
Scotland > South Ayrshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Ayrshire requiring LAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing LAN 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Ayrshire 27.27% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - -
75th Percentile £288 - -
90th Percentile £318 - -
Scotland median daily rate £275 £400 £550
% change year-on-year -31.25% -27.27% +83.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South Ayrshire

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 South Ayrshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Ayrshire 27.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - -
75th Percentile £288 - -
90th Percentile £318 - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 £425 £550
% change year-on-year - -22.73% +22.22%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in South Ayrshire

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

LAN job vacancy trend in South Ayrshire

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in South Ayrshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Ayrshire citing LAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Ayrshire citing LAN

LAN
Contract Job Locations in South Ayrshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the South Ayrshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Prestwick - 3 £225 - 1
LAN
Scotland

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Ayrshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) IP Telephony
1 2 (66.67%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Modbus
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IT Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) IT Support
1 2 (66.67%) IT Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) 3D Printing
1 1 (33.33%) IoT
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
1 2 (66.67%) IT Asset Management
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Business Enablement
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Citrix
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
LAN jobs