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 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 126 84
Rank change year-on-year -3 -42 +74
Permanent jobs citing LAN 53 56 159
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.04% 1.35% 3.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.95% 11.69% 20.15%
Number of salaries quoted 40 29 142
10th Percentile £24,750 £29,400 £30,500
25th Percentile £30,594 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.80% -29.59% +11.36%
75th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £51,688
90th Percentile £50,850 £79,000 £56,125
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +2.15%

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 592 479 789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 11.61% 11.53% 16.72%
Number of salaries quoted 338 276 605
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £29,350
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 £51,058 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.88% +4.20% +3.16%
75th Percentile £48,750 £71,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £66,125 £84,375 £70,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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
Dorset +10 17 £25,500 -29.17% 3
Gloucestershire +26 10 £45,000 +60.71% 3
Bristol +1 9 £38,500 -43.38%
Wiltshire -3 9 £32,000 -4.48% 3
Cornwall - 6 £31,250 - 1
Devon - 2 £36,250 - 8
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 15 (28.30%) SharePoint
2 9 (16.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (15.09%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 26 (49.06%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (30.19%) Azure
3 15 (28.30%) OneDrive
4 13 (24.53%) Entra ID
5 6 (11.32%) AWS
6 3 (5.66%) OpenShift
7 2 (3.77%) OCI
8 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (75.47%) WAN
2 34 (64.15%) DHCP
2 34 (64.15%) DNS
3 28 (52.83%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (43.40%) VPN
5 21 (39.62%) VLAN
6 16 (30.19%) Firewall
7 9 (16.98%) TCP/IP
8 8 (15.09%) Internet
8 8 (15.09%) Kerberos
9 7 (13.21%) IPsec
10 6 (11.32%) VoIP
11 5 (9.43%) SD-WAN
11 5 (9.43%) Wireless
12 4 (7.55%) Network Security
13 3 (5.66%) BGP
13 3 (5.66%) MPLS
13 3 (5.66%) OSPF
13 3 (5.66%) VSAN
14 2 (3.77%) NGFW
Development Applications
1 3 (5.66%) Git
General
1 27 (50.94%) Social Skills
2 14 (26.42%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (15.09%) Law
4 6 (11.32%) Telecoms
5 5 (9.43%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.89%) Games
6 1 (1.89%) Marketing
6 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (30.19%) 2nd Line Support
2 13 (24.53%) Analyst
2 13 (24.53%) Support Engineer
3 12 (22.64%) Support Analyst
4 10 (18.87%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 9 (16.98%) 1st Line Support
5 9 (16.98%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 9 (16.98%) IT Support
6 6 (11.32%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (11.32%) IT Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Engineering Manager
8 3 (5.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Network Engineering Manager
8 3 (5.66%) Network Manager
8 3 (5.66%) Senior
8 3 (5.66%) Senior IT Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Senior IT Support
8 3 (5.66%) Senior Support Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (15.09%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.87%) Driving Licence
2 8 (15.09%) PKI
3 5 (9.43%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.77%) e-Learning
4 2 (3.77%) Replication
5 1 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.89%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.89%) Social Media
5 1 (1.89%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 41 (77.36%) Windows
2 30 (56.60%) Windows Server
3 13 (24.53%) Windows 10
4 11 (20.75%) Windows Server 2016
4 11 (20.75%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (11.32%) Mac OS
6 4 (7.55%) Linux
7 3 (5.66%) CentOS
7 3 (5.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.89%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (30.19%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (24.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (18.87%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (16.98%) Customer Service
4 9 (16.98%) ITIL
5 8 (15.09%) Data Loss Prevention
6 7 (13.21%) Line Management
6 7 (13.21%) Mentoring
7 6 (11.32%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (11.32%) Ticket Management
8 5 (9.43%) CRM
8 5 (9.43%) Disk Encryption
8 5 (9.43%) ITSM
8 5 (9.43%) Service Delivery
9 3 (5.66%) Cloud Security
9 3 (5.66%) Data Security
9 3 (5.66%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 3 (5.66%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (5.66%) Infrastructure Maintenance
9 3 (5.66%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (24.53%) PowerShell
2 8 (15.09%) VB
3 6 (11.32%) Bash
3 6 (11.32%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (9.43%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.55%) CCNP
2 4 (7.55%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.66%) Degree
3 3 (5.66%) DV Cleared
3 3 (5.66%) Master's Degree
3 3 (5.66%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.89%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.89%) CCNA
4 1 (1.89%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.09%) SLA
2 1 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.89%) GDPR
2 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.89%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 37 (69.81%) Active Directory
2 15 (28.30%) Hyper-V
3 7 (13.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (9.43%) BitLocker
5 2 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.89%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (15.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (15.09%) WSUS
2 5 (9.43%) Autotask
2 5 (9.43%) SCCM
3 3 (5.66%) Ansible
3 3 (5.66%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (5.66%) McAfee ePO
3 3 (5.66%) SCVMM
3 3 (5.66%) Terraform
4 1 (1.89%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 35 (66.04%) Microsoft
2 11 (20.75%) VMware
3 5 (9.43%) Meraki
4 4 (7.55%) Cisco
4 4 (7.55%) Fortinet
5 3 (5.66%) Apple
5 3 (5.66%) McAfee
5 3 (5.66%) Palo Alto
5 3 (5.66%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.89%) Acronis
6 1 (1.89%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.89%) Dell