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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 122 181
Rank change year-on-year -16 +59 -18
Permanent jobs citing LAN 46 197 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.29% 2.13% 1.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.75% 15.96% 7.28%
Number of salaries quoted 38 173 88
10th Percentile £30,363 £26,750 £30,508
25th Percentile £32,125 £35,625 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £45,000 £42,375
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +6.19% +5.94%
75th Percentile £53,750 £51,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £60,484 £59,125
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £44,400
% change year-on-year -5.56% +1.35% -1.33%

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 526 1,234 1,292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.80% 13.34% 19.06%
Number of salaries quoted 324 920 553
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,057 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

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 14 May 2025.

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 14 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
Bristol +55 13 £60,000 +60.00% 8
Dorset +30 9 £50,000 +33.33% 3
Wiltshire +17 7 £33,500 -32.32% 5
Cornwall +13 6 £31,750 +5.83% 1
Gloucestershire +19 4 £45,000 -7.22% 8
Somerset +6 4 £42,500 +142.86% 7
Devon -23 3 £32,500 -33.67% 14
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 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (13.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (63.04%) Azure
2 24 (52.17%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (36.96%) Entra ID
4 9 (19.57%) AWS
5 5 (10.87%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (10.87%) OneDrive
6 3 (6.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (6.52%) IaaS
6 3 (6.52%) SaaS
7 2 (4.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 44 (95.65%) WAN
2 27 (58.70%) Firewall
2 27 (58.70%) VPN
3 17 (36.96%) VLAN
3 17 (36.96%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (21.74%) DHCP
4 10 (21.74%) DNS
4 10 (21.74%) SD-WAN
5 7 (15.22%) IPsec
5 7 (15.22%) MPLS
5 7 (15.22%) Wireless
6 6 (13.04%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (10.87%) BGP
7 5 (10.87%) Network Security
7 5 (10.87%) OSPF
8 3 (6.52%) DMZ
8 3 (6.52%) EIGRP
8 3 (6.52%) SSL
8 3 (6.52%) TCP/IP
8 3 (6.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (30.43%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.52%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 20 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.52%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.17%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.17%) Finance
5 1 (2.17%) Legal
5 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (28.26%) Network Engineer
2 11 (23.91%) IT Engineer
3 10 (21.74%) 2nd Line Support
4 8 (17.39%) IT Support
4 8 (17.39%) Support Engineer
5 7 (15.22%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 6 (13.04%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 5 (10.87%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (6.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 3 (6.52%) 3rd Line Support
8 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (6.52%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (6.52%) Network Manager
9 2 (4.35%) 3rd Line Technical Support
9 2 (4.35%) Analyst
9 2 (4.35%) Consultant
9 2 (4.35%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 2 (4.35%) Senior
9 2 (4.35%) Senior Consultant
9 2 (4.35%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 14 (30.43%) Driving Licence
2 6 (13.04%) Data Centre
3 5 (10.87%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (6.52%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (4.35%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.17%) CCTV
6 1 (2.17%) Handset
6 1 (2.17%) Podcast
6 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.17%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 24 (52.17%) Windows
2 18 (39.13%) Windows Server
3 13 (28.26%) Linux
4 6 (13.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (8.70%) Windows 10
5 4 (8.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (6.52%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (4.35%) Apple iOS
7 2 (4.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (32.61%) ITIL
2 13 (28.26%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (21.74%) Customer Service
4 9 (19.57%) Migration
5 6 (13.04%) Network Architecture
6 5 (10.87%) Business Continuity
6 5 (10.87%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (10.87%) Service Management
7 4 (8.70%) Agile
7 4 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (8.70%) Infrastructure Management
7 4 (8.70%) Network Management
7 4 (8.70%) Network Monitoring
7 4 (8.70%) Server Management
8 3 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (6.52%) ITSM
8 3 (6.52%) Mentoring
8 3 (6.52%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (6.52%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.70%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.52%) Python
2 3 (6.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (34.78%) Security Cleared
2 9 (19.57%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (15.22%) Degree
3 7 (15.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (10.87%) CCNA
4 5 (10.87%) CCNP
5 4 (8.70%) CCIE
5 4 (8.70%) MCSA
6 3 (6.52%) A+ Certification
6 3 (6.52%) AWS Certification
6 3 (6.52%) Azure Certification
6 3 (6.52%) DV Cleared
6 3 (6.52%) MCP
6 3 (6.52%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.52%) PCI DSS
2 2 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.17%) GDPR
3 1 (2.17%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.17%) ISO 14001
3 1 (2.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 18 (39.13%) Active Directory
2 17 (36.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (17.39%) Hyper-V
4 3 (6.52%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (6.52%) vSphere
5 1 (2.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (21.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (8.70%) Terraform
3 3 (6.52%) Ansible
3 3 (6.52%) Iperf
4 2 (4.35%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 25 (54.35%) Cisco
2 24 (52.17%) VMware
3 16 (34.78%) Microsoft
4 9 (19.57%) Fortinet
4 9 (19.57%) Veeam
5 7 (15.22%) CheckPoint
6 6 (13.04%) Palo Alto
6 6 (13.04%) SolarWinds
7 4 (8.70%) Citrix
8 3 (6.52%) Aruba
8 3 (6.52%) Extreme Networks
8 3 (6.52%) F5
8 3 (6.52%) Juniper
8 3 (6.52%) Ruckus Wireless
8 3 (6.52%) SonicWALL
8 3 (6.52%) Zscaler
9 2 (4.35%) Google
9 2 (4.35%) Meraki
9 2 (4.35%) Okta
10 1 (2.17%) Apple