LAN Jobs in the South West

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 179 168
Rank change year-on-year +58 -11 -15
Permanent jobs citing LAN 202 93 163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.18% 1.37% 2.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.15% 7.14% 13.02%
Number of salaries quoted 178 87 85
10th Percentile £27,077 £30,725 £22,225
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £51,500 £50,000 £50,625
90th Percentile £59,400 £59,250 £55,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,251 1,303 1,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.49% 19.13% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 926 551 701
10th Percentile £26,375 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,625 £63,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +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 9 May 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 9 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
Devon +17 53 £49,000 +30.67% 3
Gloucestershire +22 52 £49,000 +30.67% 4
Wiltshire +17 34 £49,000 +15.29% 6
Bristol +12 24 £37,500 -31.82% 8
Dorset -15 23 £37,500 -11.24% 2
Somerset +10 8 £17,500 -30.00% 3
Cornwall -13 7 £30,000 -6.25%
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 42 (20.79%) SharePoint
2 32 (15.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (5.94%) SharePoint 2010
3 12 (5.94%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.50%) Confluence
4 1 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 16 (7.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 94 (46.53%) Microsoft 365
2 77 (38.12%) Azure
3 36 (17.82%) Entra ID
4 27 (13.37%) AWS
5 16 (7.92%) GCP
5 16 (7.92%) OneDrive
6 7 (3.47%) PaaS
7 6 (2.97%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.48%) IaaS
9 4 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.98%) Mimecast
10 3 (1.49%) SaaS
11 2 (0.99%) AWS Fargate
11 2 (0.99%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.99%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.99%) Serverless
11 2 (0.99%) WhatsApp
12 1 (0.50%) Dropbox
12 1 (0.50%) Google Drive
12 1 (0.50%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 169 (83.66%) WAN
2 83 (41.09%) Firewall
3 50 (24.75%) VPN
4 44 (21.78%) Wi-Fi
5 41 (20.30%) DNS
6 33 (16.34%) Wireless
7 30 (14.85%) DHCP
8 26 (12.87%) SD-WAN
9 24 (11.88%) Network Security
10 22 (10.89%) TCP/IP
10 22 (10.89%) WLAN
11 21 (10.40%) VLAN
12 18 (8.91%) SAN
13 11 (5.45%) IPsec
14 10 (4.95%) MPLS
15 8 (3.96%) BGP
15 8 (3.96%) VSAN
16 7 (3.47%) OSPF
17 5 (2.48%) GSM
17 5 (2.48%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.43%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.99%) DynamoDB
3 2 (0.99%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.99%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.50%) Power BI
4 1 (0.50%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 2 (0.99%) Git
General
1 41 (20.30%) Social Skills
2 25 (12.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (10.40%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.43%) Manufacturing
5 11 (5.45%) Aerospace
6 7 (3.47%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.97%) Law
7 6 (2.97%) Marketing
8 4 (1.98%) Finance
8 4 (1.98%) Military
9 3 (1.49%) Legal
9 3 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.49%) Police
9 3 (1.49%) Retail
10 2 (0.99%) Publishing
11 1 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 46 (22.77%) Senior
2 37 (18.32%) Network Engineer
3 32 (15.84%) Analyst
3 32 (15.84%) Senior Network Engineer
4 31 (15.35%) Support Engineer
5 29 (14.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 24 (11.88%) IT Engineer
7 22 (10.89%) IT Support
7 22 (10.89%) Network Manager
8 16 (7.92%) IT Support Engineer
9 14 (6.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 13 (6.44%) 2nd Line Support
10 13 (6.44%) Service Analyst
10 13 (6.44%) Service Desk Analyst
11 11 (5.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 10 (4.95%) Administrator
12 10 (4.95%) IT Analyst
12 10 (4.95%) Network Security Manager
12 10 (4.95%) Security Manager
12 10 (4.95%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.48%) LDAP
2 2 (0.99%) .NET
2 2 (0.99%) Node.js
2 2 (0.99%) React
2 2 (0.99%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.90%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.44%) Driving Licence
3 11 (5.45%) Fat Client
3 11 (5.45%) Thin Client
4 10 (4.95%) CCTV
5 7 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.48%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.99%) Clustering
7 2 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.99%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.99%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.99%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 96 (47.52%) Windows
2 57 (28.22%) Windows Server
3 26 (12.87%) Windows Server 2016
4 22 (10.89%) Windows 10
5 16 (7.92%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (6.44%) Linux
7 6 (2.97%) Windows 7
8 4 (1.98%) Mac OS X
8 4 (1.98%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.99%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (28.71%) ITIL
2 39 (19.31%) Customer Service
3 34 (16.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 33 (16.34%) Service Delivery
5 23 (11.39%) Project Delivery
6 21 (10.40%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (10.40%) Time Management
7 20 (9.90%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (9.90%) Mentoring
8 18 (8.91%) Service Management
9 17 (8.42%) Mobile Device Management
10 14 (6.93%) Coaching
10 14 (6.93%) Office Automation
10 14 (6.93%) Security Patching
11 13 (6.44%) Incident Management
12 12 (5.94%) Change Management
12 12 (5.94%) Data Security
12 12 (5.94%) Migration
13 11 (5.45%) Server Virtualisation
14 9 (4.46%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 23 (11.39%) PowerShell
2 21 (10.40%) SQL
3 3 (1.49%) T-SQL
4 2 (0.99%) C#
4 2 (0.99%) Python
5 1 (0.50%) Bash
5 1 (0.50%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 50 (24.75%) Security Cleared
2 34 (16.83%) DV Cleared
3 19 (9.41%) Degree
4 18 (8.91%) SC Cleared
5 13 (6.44%) A+ Certification
6 9 (4.46%) MCSE
6 9 (4.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.96%) CCNP
7 8 (3.96%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (3.47%) MCITP
9 6 (2.97%) CCIE
10 5 (2.48%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (2.48%) PMI Certification
10 5 (2.48%) PMP
10 5 (2.48%) RHCE
10 5 (2.48%) RHCSA
11 4 (1.98%) CCDP
11 4 (1.98%) CCNA
11 4 (1.98%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.42%) SLA
2 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.50%) QA
System Software
1 86 (42.57%) Active Directory
2 47 (23.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (17.82%) Hyper-V
4 16 (7.92%) vSphere
5 12 (5.94%) XenApp
6 11 (5.45%) XenDesktop
7 4 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.98%) VMware Workstation
8 3 (1.49%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.99%) Terminal Server
9 2 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (13.37%) SCCM
2 26 (12.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (9.41%) WSUS
4 8 (3.96%) McAfee ePO
4 8 (3.96%) SCVMM
5 5 (2.48%) Nagios
5 5 (2.48%) OfficeScan
5 5 (2.48%) Rancher
6 2 (0.99%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.99%) Terraform
6 2 (0.99%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 80 (39.60%) Microsoft
2 66 (32.67%) Cisco
3 61 (30.20%) VMware
4 26 (12.87%) Citrix
5 14 (6.93%) Google
5 14 (6.93%) HP
6 12 (5.94%) Veeam
7 11 (5.45%) Dell
7 11 (5.45%) Symantec
8 10 (4.95%) ServiceNow
9 8 (3.96%) McAfee
10 6 (2.97%) Aderant
10 6 (2.97%) CheckPoint
10 6 (2.97%) Fortinet
10 6 (2.97%) iManage
11 5 (2.48%) Alcatel-Lucent
11 5 (2.48%) Centreon
12 3 (1.49%) Aruba
12 3 (1.49%) Ekahau
13 2 (0.99%) Supermicro