LAN Jobs in Somerset

Local Area Network (LAN)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 55 60
Rank change year-on-year +8 +5 +8
Permanent jobs citing LAN 4 8 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 1.06% 1.06% 1.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.02% 5.76% 5.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 6
10th Percentile £38,850 - £23,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £12,000 £23,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £17,500 £25,500
Median % change year-on-year +142.86% -31.37% -15.00%
75th Percentile £46,125 £36,063 £39,313
90th Percentile £46,950 £59,875 £45,625
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
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 57 139 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 15.12% 18.41% 21.10%
Number of salaries quoted 51 133 64
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,385 £34,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.11%
75th Percentile £60,404 £57,000 £59,344
90th Percentile £73,750 £60,000 £77,500
South West median annual salary £38,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.95% +5.56% -6.25%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Somerset

LAN
Salary Trend in Somerset

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

Salary trend for LAN in Somerset

LAN
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 20 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
Portishead - 2 £43,750 - 1
Clevedon - 1 - -
Frome - 1 £41,500 -
LAN
South West

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
4 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) VLAN
3 2 (50.00%) DMZ
3 2 (50.00%) Wireshark
4 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (25.00%) VoIP
4 1 (25.00%) VPN
4 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) IT Support
1 1 (25.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (50.00%) Server Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (50.00%) CCNA
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) MCP
1 2 (50.00%) MCSA
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 14001
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Iperf
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (50.00%) Ruckus Wireless
2 2 (50.00%) SonicWALL
3 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow