LAN Contracts in the South West

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 28 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 83 107
Rank change year-on-year -2 +24 -9
Contract jobs citing LAN 27 69 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.42% 2.35% 1.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.63% 14.14% 11.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 43 44
10th Percentile £204 £285 £250
25th Percentile £285 £525 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £650 £488
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +33.33% +39.29%
75th Percentile £525 £675 £647
90th Percentile £533 £748 £750
England median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 1
10th Percentile - £12.50 -
25th Percentile - £14.13 £71.25
Median hourly rate - £16.50 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year - -78.71% +48.75%
75th Percentile - £28.63 £83.75
90th Percentile - £71.25 -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £23.15 £62.00
% change year-on-year +29.59% -62.66% +175.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 254 488 451
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 13.35% 16.59% 13.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 322 297
10th Percentile £227 £282 £219
25th Percentile £363 £461 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% +7.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £613 £628 £613
90th Percentile £661 £675 £701
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 38 43
10th Percentile £22.51 £12.46 £20.65
25th Percentile £29.59 £15.75 £50.52
Median hourly rate £41.40 £65.00 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.32% +4.84% +17.31%
75th Percentile £53.20 £71.25 £76.75
90th Percentile £60.28 £75.90 £89.25
England median hourly rate £42.50 £49.50 £49.50
% change year-on-year -14.14% - +90.38%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the South West

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for LAN in the South West

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in the South West over the 6 months to 28 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in the South West

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for LAN in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 28 July 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
Bristol +12 14 £325 -27.78% 5
Gloucestershire +20 5 £500 +33.33% 6
Dorset 0 4 £205 -73.11% 3
Somerset -6 2 £535 +81.36% 1
Wiltshire -9 2 £431 -33.65% 4
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (11.11%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.70%) Azure
3 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 25 (92.59%) WAN
2 14 (51.85%) Firewall
3 9 (33.33%) DNS
4 7 (25.93%) VoIP
4 7 (25.93%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (22.22%) Cisco Nexus
5 6 (22.22%) VPN
6 5 (18.52%) BGP
6 5 (18.52%) DHCP
6 5 (18.52%) Network Security
7 4 (14.81%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (11.11%) Spanning Tree
8 3 (11.11%) VLAN
8 3 (11.11%) Wireless
8 3 (11.11%) WLAN
9 2 (7.41%) EIGRP
9 2 (7.41%) HSRP
9 2 (7.41%) OSPF
9 2 (7.41%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 6 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 6 (22.22%) Architect
2 6 (22.22%) Network Architect
3 5 (18.52%) Network Technical Architect
3 5 (18.52%) Support Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Technical Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) IT Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) IT Support
5 2 (7.41%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Lead
6 1 (3.70%) Lead Test Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) System Verification Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Data Centre
2 3 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (7.41%) Raspberry Pi
3 2 (7.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (37.04%) Windows
2 6 (22.22%) Windows 10
3 4 (14.81%) Android
3 4 (14.81%) Mac OS
4 2 (7.41%) Linux
5 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) Network Architecture
1 6 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (11.11%) Customer Service
2 3 (11.11%) Incident Management
2 3 (11.11%) ITIL
2 3 (11.11%) ITSM
2 3 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (7.41%) High Availability
3 2 (7.41%) Network Design
3 2 (7.41%) Patch Management
3 2 (7.41%) Presales
3 2 (7.41%) Test Scripting
3 2 (7.41%) Virtual Team Management
4 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (3.70%) Data Analysis
4 1 (3.70%) Network Management
4 1 (3.70%) Project Delivery
4 1 (3.70%) Risk Register
4 1 (3.70%) System Testing
4 1 (3.70%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 12 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 5 (18.52%) DV Cleared
2 5 (18.52%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.70%) CCIE
4 1 (3.70%) CCNA
4 1 (3.70%) CCNP
4 1 (3.70%) ISTQB
4 1 (3.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) SLA
2 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) AppManager
1 3 (11.11%) SCCM
2 2 (7.41%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 8 (29.63%) Cisco
2 3 (11.11%) Ivanti
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) ServiceNow
2 3 (11.11%) VMware
3 2 (7.41%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.70%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.70%) F5
4 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.70%) Remedy