LAN Jobs in South Wales

Local Area Network (LAN)
Wales > South Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for LAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited LAN over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 92 103
Rank change year-on-year +23 +11 -40
Permanent jobs citing LAN 32 12 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 2.18% 1.05% 1.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.92% 5.91% 7.93%
Number of salaries quoted 16 2 18
10th Percentile £28,875 £24,071 £32,125
25th Percentile £35,075 £25,677 £42,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £28,353 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.84% -36.99% +20.00%
75th Percentile £45,780 £31,030 £47,813
90th Percentile - £32,635 £49,125
Wales median annual salary £40,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +18.42%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South Wales

LAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 201 203 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 13.72% 17.81% 15.35%
Number of salaries quoted 102 52 107
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £28,290 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,067 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.51% -16.67% +28.57%
75th Percentile £45,780 £60,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £61,125 £74,278 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £40,500 £37,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.28% -16.11% +24.47%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in South Wales

LAN
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for LAN in South Wales

LAN
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in South Wales over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for LAN in South Wales

LAN
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. 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
Bridgend +9 21 £44,886 - 4
Cardiff - 7 £30,000 - 4
Newport +5 3 - -
Glamorgan - 1 - - 5
LAN
Wales

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (12.50%) Azure
3 2 (6.25%) AWS
4 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 32 (100.00%) WAN
2 25 (78.13%) Firewall
3 14 (43.75%) Cisco IOS
4 12 (37.50%) Network Security
4 12 (37.50%) TCP/IP
5 11 (34.38%) Cisco ASA
6 10 (31.25%) VLAN
7 9 (28.13%) VoIP
8 8 (25.00%) VPN
9 7 (21.88%) MPLS
10 6 (18.75%) Wireless
11 5 (15.63%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (15.63%) WLAN
12 4 (12.50%) SAN
13 3 (9.38%) DHCP
13 3 (9.38%) DNS
14 2 (6.25%) BGP
14 2 (6.25%) EIGRP
14 2 (6.25%) IPsec
15 1 (3.13%) Sourcefire
General
1 12 (37.50%) Telecoms
2 8 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (21.88%) Social Skills
4 5 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (15.63%) Local Government
4 5 (15.63%) Police
5 4 (12.50%) Manufacturing
6 3 (9.38%) Automotive
6 3 (9.38%) Retail
7 2 (6.25%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 18 (56.25%) Senior
2 13 (40.63%) Network Engineer
3 11 (34.38%) Consultant
3 11 (34.38%) Project Consultant
3 11 (34.38%) Senior Consultant
3 11 (34.38%) Senior Network Consultant
3 11 (34.38%) Senior Project Consultant
4 7 (21.88%) ICT Engineer
4 7 (21.88%) Senior Network Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (9.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Operations Engineer
8 1 (3.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (3.13%) IT Engineer
8 1 (3.13%) IT Support
8 1 (3.13%) IT Support Engineer
8 1 (3.13%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.38%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.13%) Life Science
4 1 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.00%) Windows
2 7 (21.88%) Windows Server
3 3 (9.38%) CatOS
4 2 (6.25%) Linux
5 1 (3.13%) Android
5 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.13%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.13%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (68.75%) Customer Service
2 16 (50.00%) Migration
3 12 (37.50%) Actionable Insight
4 11 (34.38%) Change Control
4 11 (34.38%) Change Management
4 11 (34.38%) ITIL
4 11 (34.38%) Network Design
5 10 (31.25%) Network Management
6 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (15.63%) Business Continuity
7 5 (15.63%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (15.63%) High Availability
7 5 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (9.38%) Capacity Planning
8 3 (9.38%) Computer Science
9 2 (6.25%) Line Management
9 2 (6.25%) Mentoring
10 1 (3.13%) Compliance Audit
10 1 (3.13%) Security Operations
10 1 (3.13%) Two-Factor Authentication
Qualifications
1 24 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (59.38%) CCNA
3 12 (37.50%) Degree
3 12 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 12 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 4 (12.50%) A+ Certification
5 3 (9.38%) CCIE
5 3 (9.38%) CCNP
5 3 (9.38%) Check Point Certification
5 3 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 6 (18.75%) Hyper-V
2 3 (9.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Cisco Prime
1 2 (6.25%) WhatsUp Gold
2 1 (3.13%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 23 (71.88%) Cisco
2 15 (46.88%) CheckPoint
3 11 (34.38%) Fortinet
3 11 (34.38%) McAfee
3 11 (34.38%) Oracle
3 11 (34.38%) Palo Alto
4 8 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 7 (21.88%) VMware
6 4 (12.50%) Acronis
6 4 (12.50%) Aruba
6 4 (12.50%) Datto
6 4 (12.50%) Mitel
6 4 (12.50%) Sophos
6 4 (12.50%) Veeam
7 2 (6.25%) SonicWALL
8 1 (3.13%) ArcSight
8 1 (3.13%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (3.13%) F5
8 1 (3.13%) Splunk
8 1 (3.13%) TippingPoint