LAN Contracts in South Wales

Local Area Network (LAN)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 34 32
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 +23
Contract jobs citing LAN 1 5 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 0.42% 1.58% 4.77%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.79% 15.63% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 18
10th Percentile - - £273
25th Percentile £190 - £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £220 £413
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -46.67% +36.36%
75th Percentile £210 £244 £500
90th Percentile - £259 £564
Wales median daily rate £331 £241 £400
% change year-on-year +37.31% -39.69% +32.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.36 -
Wales median hourly rate - £14.36 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South 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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 56 32 84
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 23.43% 10.09% 16.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 20 68
10th Percentile £160 £167 £250
25th Percentile £191 £199 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £241 £525
Median % change year-on-year +24.35% -54.05% +22.94%
75th Percentile £437 £475 £556
90th Percentile £465 £667 £641
Wales median daily rate £325 £263 £506
% change year-on-year +23.81% -48.15% +18.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £30.00 - -
25th Percentile £33.75 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £14.36 -
Median % change year-on-year +161.14% - -
75th Percentile £44.06 - -
90th Percentile £51.25 - -
Wales median hourly rate £37.50 £16.77 -
% change year-on-year +123.68% - -

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in South Wales

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for LAN in South Wales

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in South Wales

LAN
Contract Job Locations in South 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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Glamorgan - 1 £200 - 5
LAN
Wales

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Technical Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Sophos