LAN Jobs in Suffolk

Local Area Network (LAN)
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Suffolk 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 31 27
Rank change year-on-year -33 -4 +6
Permanent jobs citing LAN 6 18 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Suffolk 1.11% 3.40% 3.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.04% 15.38% 16.98%
Number of salaries quoted 6 15 5
10th Percentile £36,875 £28,650 -
25th Percentile £41,188 £41,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +150.00% -42.20%
75th Percentile - £77,500 -
90th Percentile £58,750 - -
East of England median annual salary £39,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -12.22% +12.50% -11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 46 117 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Suffolk 8.52% 22.12% 20.62%
Number of salaries quoted 20 75 21
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,438 £26,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% - -30.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £58,500 £76,500 £95,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% - -15.00%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Suffolk.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Suffolk

LAN
Salary Trend in Suffolk

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LAN in Suffolk.

Salary trend for LAN in Suffolk

LAN
Salary Histogram in Suffolk

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in Suffolk over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for LAN in Suffolk

LAN
Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 28 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
Ipswich -3 5 £50,000 -28.57% 13
LAN
East of England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Suffolk 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) AutoCAD
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
1 5 (83.33%) TCP/IP
1 5 (83.33%) WAN
2 4 (66.67%) BGP
2 4 (66.67%) VPN
3 2 (33.33%) DNS
4 1 (16.67%) 802.11
4 1 (16.67%) DMVPN
4 1 (16.67%) HSRP
4 1 (16.67%) Internet
4 1 (16.67%) IPsec
4 1 (16.67%) LTE
4 1 (16.67%) MPLS
4 1 (16.67%) Multicast
4 1 (16.67%) OSPF
4 1 (16.67%) SAN
4 1 (16.67%) Spanning Tree
4 1 (16.67%) VLAN
4 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (16.67%) Wireless
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) IT Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Voice Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) 802.1X
1 1 (16.67%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
1 1 (16.67%) PKI
1 1 (16.67%) Public Cloud
1 1 (16.67%) SCADA
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (16.67%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (50.00%) Network Management
1 3 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
3 1 (16.67%) Network Design
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (16.67%) Presales
3 1 (16.67%) Proactive Maintenance
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (16.67%) Security Management
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) Scala
1 1 (16.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) MCITP
2 1 (16.67%) MCSA
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) Firmware
2 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco
1 3 (50.00%) Citrix
1 3 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Avaya
3 1 (16.67%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (16.67%) F5
3 1 (16.67%) Mitel