LAN Jobs in the South West

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 140 196
Rank change year-on-year +9 +56 -40
Permanent jobs citing LAN 145 124 138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.65% 1.99% 1.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.93% 11.11% 10.14%
Number of salaries quoted 119 92 105
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,725 £22,309
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,375 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £40,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -3.61% -2.35%
75th Percentile £50,250 £43,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £60,984 £57,500 £66,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -2.17% +2.22%

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 1,041 1,116 1,361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 11.84% 17.93% 14.87%
Number of salaries quoted 751 565 807
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £24,770
25th Percentile £31,750 £33,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,839 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.53% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,500 £64,330
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the South West

LAN
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for LAN in the South West

LAN
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in the South West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 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
Devon +11 33 £57,250 +73.48% 3
Bristol +14 26 £34,000 -22.73% 2
Gloucestershire +1 24 £48,500 +29.33% 1
Wiltshire -2 24 £38,000 -10.59% 6
Dorset -15 22 £37,500 -8.54% 3
Somerset +7 12 £30,250 -27.98% 1
Cornwall -24 3 £28,500 -10.24% 1
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 35 (24.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (22.07%) SharePoint
3 12 (8.28%) SharePoint 2010
3 12 (8.28%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 17 (11.72%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 77 (53.10%) Microsoft 365
2 55 (37.93%) Azure
3 24 (16.55%) AWS
4 16 (11.03%) Entra ID
4 16 (11.03%) GCP
5 6 (4.14%) OneDrive
6 4 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (2.76%) Mimecast
6 4 (2.76%) SaaS
6 4 (2.76%) WhatsApp
7 3 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (2.07%) PaaS
8 2 (1.38%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.38%) IaaS
9 1 (0.69%) AWS Fargate
9 1 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.69%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.69%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 116 (80.00%) WAN
2 55 (37.93%) Firewall
3 42 (28.97%) VPN
4 27 (18.62%) Wireless
5 25 (17.24%) SD-WAN
6 24 (16.55%) Wi-Fi
7 21 (14.48%) TCP/IP
8 20 (13.79%) WLAN
9 19 (13.10%) DNS
9 19 (13.10%) Network Security
10 14 (9.66%) DHCP
10 14 (9.66%) VLAN
11 13 (8.97%) SAN
12 10 (6.90%) MPLS
13 6 (4.14%) VSAN
14 5 (3.45%) BGP
14 5 (3.45%) OSPF
15 4 (2.76%) Internet
15 4 (2.76%) Remote Desktop
16 3 (2.07%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.21%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.69%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.69%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.69%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.69%) Power BI
3 1 (0.69%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 4 (2.76%) JIRA
2 1 (0.69%) Git
General
1 32 (22.07%) Social Skills
2 21 (14.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (7.59%) Manufacturing
3 11 (7.59%) Telecoms
4 10 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.83%) Aerospace
6 6 (4.14%) Finance
6 6 (4.14%) Marketing
7 4 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.38%) Military
9 1 (0.69%) Police
9 1 (0.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (21.38%) Analyst
2 26 (17.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 23 (15.86%) IT Support
3 23 (15.86%) Support Engineer
4 19 (13.10%) 2nd Line Support
5 17 (11.72%) IT Engineer
6 15 (10.34%) Network Manager
7 13 (8.97%) IT Analyst
7 13 (8.97%) Senior
8 12 (8.28%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 11 (7.59%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 11 (7.59%) IT Support Engineer
10 10 (6.90%) Service Analyst
10 10 (6.90%) Service Desk Analyst
11 9 (6.21%) Cloud Engineer
11 9 (6.21%) Network Analyst
11 9 (6.21%) Network Operations Analyst
11 9 (6.21%) Operations Analyst
12 8 (5.52%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 8 (5.52%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.45%) LDAP
2 3 (2.07%) XMPP
3 1 (0.69%) .NET
3 1 (0.69%) Node.js
3 1 (0.69%) React
3 1 (0.69%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.41%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.83%) Fat Client
2 7 (4.83%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (4.83%) Thin Client
3 5 (3.45%) Client/Server
3 5 (3.45%) Driving Licence
3 5 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.38%) CCTV
4 2 (1.38%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.38%) PKI
5 1 (0.69%) Clustering
5 1 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.69%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.69%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.69%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 80 (55.17%) Windows
2 46 (31.72%) Windows Server
3 20 (13.79%) Windows Server 2016
4 17 (11.72%) Linux
5 15 (10.34%) Windows 10
6 12 (8.28%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.76%) Apple iOS
7 4 (2.76%) Mac OS X
7 4 (2.76%) Windows 7
7 4 (2.76%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (2.07%) VMS
9 2 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.69%) CentOS
10 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (29.66%) ITIL
2 34 (23.45%) Customer Service
3 30 (20.69%) Service Delivery
4 25 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 22 (15.17%) Project Delivery
6 19 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (10.34%) Security Patching
8 13 (8.97%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (8.97%) Mobile Device Management
8 13 (8.97%) Office Automation
8 13 (8.97%) Server Virtualisation
9 11 (7.59%) Mentoring
9 11 (7.59%) Migration
10 10 (6.90%) Time Management
11 9 (6.21%) Service Management
12 8 (5.52%) Antivirus Management
12 8 (5.52%) Computer Science
13 7 (4.83%) CRM
13 7 (4.83%) Project Management
14 6 (4.14%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.97%) PowerShell
2 12 (8.28%) SQL
3 2 (1.38%) Bicep
3 2 (1.38%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.69%) C#
4 1 (0.69%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.69%) Python
4 1 (0.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (17.24%) Security Cleared
2 19 (13.10%) Degree
3 16 (11.03%) SC Cleared
4 13 (8.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (7.59%) DV Cleared
5 11 (7.59%) MCSE
6 9 (6.21%) MCITP
7 8 (5.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (4.14%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (3.45%) CCNA
9 5 (3.45%) CCNP
9 5 (3.45%) PMI Certification
9 5 (3.45%) PMP
9 5 (3.45%) RHCE
9 5 (3.45%) RHCSA
10 4 (2.76%) CCDP
10 4 (2.76%) CCIE
10 4 (2.76%) DBS Check
11 2 (1.38%) A+ Certification
11 2 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.97%) SLA
2 4 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.69%) Accessibility
System Software
1 69 (47.59%) Active Directory
2 42 (28.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (20.00%) Hyper-V
4 14 (9.66%) XenApp
5 13 (8.97%) vSphere
5 13 (8.97%) XenDesktop
6 5 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (2.76%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (2.76%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (1.38%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.69%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (19.31%) SCCM
3 16 (11.03%) WSUS
4 5 (3.45%) Rancher
5 4 (2.76%) Nagios
5 4 (2.76%) SCVMM
6 3 (2.07%) Cisco CUCM
6 3 (2.07%) McAfee ePO
6 3 (2.07%) OfficeScan
6 3 (2.07%) ServiceCenter
6 3 (2.07%) Terraform
7 2 (1.38%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (1.38%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.69%) Icinga
8 1 (0.69%) SCOM
Vendors
1 85 (58.62%) Microsoft
2 52 (35.86%) VMware
3 40 (27.59%) Cisco
4 20 (13.79%) Citrix
4 20 (13.79%) HP
5 15 (10.34%) Symantec
6 13 (8.97%) Dell
6 13 (8.97%) Google
7 8 (5.52%) ServiceNow
7 8 (5.52%) Veeam
8 6 (4.14%) Palo Alto
9 5 (3.45%) Fortinet
10 4 (2.76%) Apple
10 4 (2.76%) CheckPoint
11 3 (2.07%) Alcatel-Lucent
11 3 (2.07%) CA
11 3 (2.07%) Centreon
11 3 (2.07%) McAfee
11 3 (2.07%) Sophos
12 2 (1.38%) Mitel