LAN Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Local Area Network (LAN)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring LAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - 42
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Contract jobs citing LAN 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 1.53% - 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.13% - 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £258 - -
25th Percentile £270 - £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £293 - £290
Median % change year-on-year - - -29.74%
75th Percentile £318 - £295
90th Percentile £331 - -
Wales median daily rate £335 £200 £295
% change year-on-year +67.50% -32.20% -26.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £75.75 - -
25th Percentile £76.88 - -
Median hourly rate £82.50 - -
75th Percentile £86.88 - -
90th Percentile £87.25 - -
Wales median hourly rate £82.50 £22.50 -
% change year-on-year +266.67% - -

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 31 57 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 9.48% 18.51% 11.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 34 23
10th Percentile £180 £185 £227
25th Percentile £250 £211 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £300 £340
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -11.76% -26.49%
75th Percentile £298 £420 £456
90th Percentile £575 £471 £588
Wales median daily rate £290 £268 £313
% change year-on-year +8.41% -14.40% -30.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 0
10th Percentile - £25.38 -
25th Percentile £12.82 £28.13 -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £37.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +113.33% - -
75th Percentile £87.50 £41.25 -
90th Percentile £89.00 £45.00 -
Wales median hourly rate £80.00 £32.50 -
% change year-on-year +146.15% - -

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

LAN job vacancy trend in South Wales

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing LAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing LAN

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 13 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
Cardiff - 2 £335 - 4
Newport - 1 - - 2
Monmouthshire - 1 - -
Gwent - 1 - - 1
LAN
Wales

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (60.00%) VLAN
3 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
3 2 (40.00%) Modbus
3 2 (40.00%) SD-WAN
3 2 (40.00%) VSAN
4 1 (20.00%) Network Security
4 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless
4 1 (20.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) NOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) 3D Printing
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (40.00%) IoT
1 2 (40.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (60.00%) Patch Management
2 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (40.00%) Release Management
2 2 (40.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) Availability Management
3 1 (20.00%) Business Enablement
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Management
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement Process
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (20.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
3 1 (20.00%) Network Design
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Runbook
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Bash
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CCNA
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (60.00%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (40.00%) CCNP
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (40.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Check_MK
1 2 (40.00%) Nessus
1 2 (40.00%) vCenter Server
1 2 (40.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (40.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (40.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (40.00%) Splunk
2 2 (40.00%) Tenable
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) McAfee