LAN Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Local Area Network (LAN)
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring LAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 51 43
Rank change year-on-year -15 -8 +31
Contract jobs citing LAN 2 1 42
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.24% 0.24% 4.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.33% 1.32% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 32
10th Percentile - - £518
25th Percentile £558 £625 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £573 £675 £675
90th Percentile - - £686
South West median daily rate £500 £413 £650
% change year-on-year +21.21% -36.54% +30.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 60 76 210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 7.14% 17.88% 22.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 54 168
10th Percentile £301 £470 £440
25th Percentile £363 £525 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +6.98% -10.42%
75th Percentile £688 £666 £675
90th Percentile £725 £716 £696
South West median daily rate £500 £545 £535
% change year-on-year -8.26% +1.87% +3.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £68.00
Median hourly rate - - £71.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.40%
75th Percentile - - £74.00
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £75.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +87.50% +308.16%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

LAN job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing LAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing LAN

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing LAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing LAN

LAN
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
Salisbury - 1 - - 3
LAN
South West

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) OSPF
1 1 (50.00%) Spanning Tree
1 1 (50.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper