LAN Job Trends in Exeter

Local Area Network (LAN)
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Exeter requiring LAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Permanent jobs citing LAN 3 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Exeter 1.30% - 1.63%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.11% - 42.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £27,188
25th Percentile £37,500 - £28,594
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £33,125
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.22%
75th Percentile £42,500 - £38,594
90th Percentile - - £40,563
Devon median annual salary £40,000 - £49,000
% change year-on-year - - +19.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 37 18 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Exeter 16.09% 11.11% 3.80%
Number of salaries quoted 25 7 5
10th Percentile £24,500 £27,598 £29,250
25th Percentile £25,000 £28,674 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,423 £31,500 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% -18.71% -3.13%
75th Percentile £46,500 £35,625 £61,250
90th Percentile £51,750 £38,375 £64,085
Devon median annual salary £32,500 £45,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +1.11% +12.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

LAN job vacancy trend in Exeter

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Salary Trend in Exeter

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing LAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing LAN

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DMZ
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) SSL
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) BCP
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (100.00%) Dell
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) VMware