LAN Jobs in Dorset

Local Area Network (LAN)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset requiring LAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited LAN over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 78 50
Rank change year-on-year +33 -28 +28
Permanent jobs citing LAN 10 23 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 2.28% 1.91% 3.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.23% 23.47% 9.21%
Number of salaries quoted 9 22 21
10th Percentile £45,750 £32,200 £32,500
25th Percentile - £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -11.24% -15.50%
75th Percentile - £48,438 £50,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £50,000 -
South West median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £42,250
% change year-on-year +11.76% +0.59% +5.63%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Dorset

LAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 52 98 228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 11.85% 8.12% 34.49%
Number of salaries quoted 32 71 72
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,750 £32,800
25th Percentile £43,438 £36,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -21.95% +13.89%
75th Percentile £63,188 £50,000 £67,813
90th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £73,750
South West median annual salary £39,750 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.32% +5.56% -5.76%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Dorset

LAN
Salary Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LAN in Dorset.

Salary trend for LAN in Dorset

LAN
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in Dorset over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for LAN in Dorset

LAN
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 19 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Dorchester +3 6 £50,000 -
Poole +9 3 £50,000 - 1
Bournemouth +57 1 - - 1
LAN
South West

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) Firewall
1 9 (90.00%) VPN
1 9 (90.00%) WAN
2 1 (10.00%) DHCP
2 1 (10.00%) DNS
2 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (10.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (80.00%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (10.00%) Technical Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) CRM
1 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (10.00%) High Availability
1 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (10.00%) ITIL
1 1 (10.00%) ITSM
1 1 (10.00%) Line Management
1 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (10.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Autotask
1 1 (10.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco
1 8 (80.00%) Veeam
1 8 (80.00%) VMware
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Aruba
3 1 (10.00%) Meraki