LAN Job Trends in the South West

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring LAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 93 122
Rank change year-on-year -81 +29 -4
Permanent jobs citing LAN 69 77 133
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.76% 2.21% 1.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.28% 13.53% 15.27%
Number of salaries quoted 46 60 107
10th Percentile - £25,523 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,313 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,750 £38,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.84% +2.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £62,188 £50,250 £50,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £58,750 £60,918
England median annual salary £53,000 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +32.50% -15.79% +5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 671 569 871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.42% 16.36% 10.89%
Number of salaries quoted 384 387 643
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,750 £28,050
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £54,782 £60,918
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,200 £80,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -2.53%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

LAN job vacancy trend in the South West

LAN
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing LAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing LAN

LAN
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the South West over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Salary histogram for LAN in the South West

LAN
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the South West region over the 6 months to 16 August 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wiltshire +1 28 £35,250 -4.73%
Gloucestershire -36 22 £42,500 +66.67% 3
Somerset -27 8 £50,000 +15.61% 3
Devon -17 5 £32,500 - 1
Bristol -54 4 £67,500 +39.18%
Dorset -22 1 £34,000 +15.25% 2
LAN
England

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (24.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.80%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.90%) Confluence
4 1 (1.45%) OpenStack
Applications
1 12 (17.39%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 36 (52.17%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (46.38%) Azure
3 24 (34.78%) AWS
4 9 (13.04%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.35%) OpenShift
6 2 (2.90%) OCI
7 1 (1.45%) GCP
7 1 (1.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 66 (95.65%) WAN
2 44 (63.77%) Firewall
3 27 (39.13%) VLAN
4 23 (33.33%) VPN
5 22 (31.88%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (20.29%) DNS
7 13 (18.84%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (18.84%) WLAN
8 12 (17.39%) Network Security
8 12 (17.39%) Unified Communications
8 12 (17.39%) WebEx
9 11 (15.94%) SD-WAN
10 10 (14.49%) Cisco Firepower
10 10 (14.49%) DHCP
11 7 (10.14%) TCP/IP
12 6 (8.70%) BGP
12 6 (8.70%) DMZ
12 6 (8.70%) Wireless
13 5 (7.25%) OSPF
13 5 (7.25%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) InfluxDB
1 1 (1.45%) MariaDB
1 1 (1.45%) MySQL
1 1 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.45%) RDBMS
1 1 (1.45%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Git
2 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (17.39%) Public Sector
1 12 (17.39%) Retail
1 12 (17.39%) Telecoms
2 10 (14.49%) Banking
2 10 (14.49%) Marketing
2 10 (14.49%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.80%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.35%) Finance
6 2 (2.90%) Aviation
6 2 (2.90%) Avionics
6 2 (2.90%) Electronics
6 2 (2.90%) Military
7 1 (1.45%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.45%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 22 (31.88%) Support Engineer
2 19 (27.54%) IT Support
3 18 (26.09%) IT Engineer
4 17 (24.64%) IT Support Engineer
5 16 (23.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (13.04%) Network Engineer
6 9 (13.04%) Network Manager
7 8 (11.59%) Infrastructure Support
8 7 (10.14%) Collaboration Engineer
8 7 (10.14%) Desktop Engineer
9 6 (8.70%) Analyst
9 6 (8.70%) Support Analyst
10 5 (7.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 5 (7.25%) 3rd Line Support
10 5 (7.25%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 5 (7.25%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (5.80%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 4 (5.80%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 4 (5.80%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
11 4 (5.80%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (15.94%) XMPP
2 1 (1.45%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.29%) Onboarding
2 13 (18.84%) Replication
3 12 (17.39%) Driving Licence
3 12 (17.39%) Hybrid Cloud
4 11 (15.94%) FlexPod
4 11 (15.94%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (8.70%) Data Centre
6 4 (5.80%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (2.90%) Analogue Electronics
7 2 (2.90%) CMDB
7 2 (2.90%) Learning Management System
8 1 (1.45%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.45%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 31 (44.93%) Windows
2 19 (27.54%) Windows Server
3 15 (21.74%) Linux
4 8 (11.59%) Windows 10
5 7 (10.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (10.14%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (5.80%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (4.35%) CentOS
8 2 (2.90%) CoreOS
8 2 (2.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.45%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (30.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 15 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (18.84%) Mentoring
4 12 (17.39%) Data Management
4 12 (17.39%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (15.94%) Infrastructure as Code
5 11 (15.94%) ITIL
6 10 (14.49%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (14.49%) Performance Management
7 9 (13.04%) Customer Service
8 8 (11.59%) Service Delivery
9 7 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (10.14%) Disk Encryption
9 7 (10.14%) Infrastructure Automation
9 7 (10.14%) Project Delivery
10 6 (8.70%) Business Continuity
10 6 (8.70%) Change Management
11 5 (7.25%) Line Management
12 4 (5.80%) High Availability
12 4 (5.80%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (26.09%) Python
2 4 (5.80%) Bash
3 3 (4.35%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.35%) SQL
4 1 (1.45%) C
4 1 (1.45%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (18.84%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (17.39%) Degree
3 10 (14.49%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (14.49%) Security Cleared
4 7 (10.14%) CCNA
5 6 (8.70%) Azure Certification
5 6 (8.70%) SC Cleared
6 4 (5.80%) AWS Certification
6 4 (5.80%) CCNP
6 4 (5.80%) MCSA
6 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 3 (4.35%) DBS Check
8 2 (2.90%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.90%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.90%) HPE ATP
8 2 (2.90%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.45%) JNCIS
9 1 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (5.80%) GDPR
3 4 (5.80%) SLA
4 3 (4.35%) PCI DSS
5 2 (2.90%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 30 (43.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (30.43%) Hyper-V
3 20 (28.99%) Active Directory
4 9 (13.04%) vSphere
5 7 (10.14%) BitLocker
5 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 7 (10.14%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (2.90%) Firmware
7 2 (2.90%) KVM
7 2 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (1.45%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (1.45%) Docker
8 1 (1.45%) QEMU
8 1 (1.45%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (1.45%) VMware NSX
8 1 (1.45%) Xen
Systems Management
1 19 (27.54%) Ansible
2 13 (18.84%) Terraform
3 11 (15.94%) Cisco CUCM
3 11 (15.94%) Grafana
4 8 (11.59%) SCCM
5 4 (5.80%) Iperf
5 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (2.90%) FortiGate
6 2 (2.90%) Kubernetes
6 2 (2.90%) McAfee ePO
6 2 (2.90%) SCVMM
7 1 (1.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (1.45%) Autotask
7 1 (1.45%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (1.45%) Proxmox
7 1 (1.45%) Puppet
7 1 (1.45%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 44 (63.77%) Microsoft
2 31 (44.93%) VMware
3 28 (40.58%) Cisco
4 26 (37.68%) Fortinet
5 15 (21.74%) Palo Alto
6 11 (15.94%) Splunk
7 9 (13.04%) NetApp
8 4 (5.80%) Juniper
8 4 (5.80%) Meraki
8 4 (5.80%) Red Hat
8 4 (5.80%) Ruckus Wireless
8 4 (5.80%) SonicWALL
9 3 (4.35%) Aruba
9 3 (4.35%) SolarWinds
9 3 (4.35%) Veeam
10 2 (2.90%) Avaya
10 2 (2.90%) F5
10 2 (2.90%) Infoblox
10 2 (2.90%) McAfee
10 2 (2.90%) Oracle