LAN Job Trends in Wales

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring LAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 61 78
Rank change year-on-year -16 +17 +8
Permanent jobs citing LAN 43 5 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.83% 0.72% 1.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.86% 2.92% 13.50%
Number of salaries quoted 40 5 20
10th Percentile £34,726 - £26,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £28,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,750 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% +22.84% +1.25%
75th Percentile £74,063 £51,625 £45,780
90th Percentile £76,201 £56,800 -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 173 171 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 7.35% 24.57% 10.21%
Number of salaries quoted 120 135 146
10th Percentile £25,000 £23,504 £25,250
25th Percentile £31,389 £25,087 £28,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £27,500 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +63.64% -32.10% +1.25%
75th Percentile £53,750 £52,063 £49,563
90th Percentile £76,201 £78,750 £59,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% -7.90%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing LAN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

LAN job vacancy trend in Wales

LAN
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing LAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing LAN

LAN
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in Wales over the 6 months to 19 July 2026.

Salary histogram for LAN in Wales

LAN
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Wales region over the 6 months to 19 July 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
West Wales - 21 £50,000 -
South Wales -19 20 £48,500 -2.51% 1
Dyfed - 2 £45,000 - 1
North Wales - 2 £32,993 -
LAN
UK

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (6.98%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.33%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 10 (23.26%) Azure
1 10 (23.26%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (16.28%) Entra ID
3 6 (13.95%) AWS
4 3 (6.98%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 43 (100.00%) WAN
2 22 (51.16%) WLAN
3 19 (44.19%) VPN
4 16 (37.21%) DHCP
4 16 (37.21%) DNS
5 14 (32.56%) Firewall
6 11 (25.58%) TCP/IP
7 8 (18.60%) Network Security
8 6 (13.95%) IPsec
8 6 (13.95%) SSH
8 6 (13.95%) SSL
8 6 (13.95%) Unified Communications
8 6 (13.95%) VoIP
8 6 (13.95%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (11.63%) MPLS
10 4 (9.30%) BGP
10 4 (9.30%) HSRP
10 4 (9.30%) SD-WAN
10 4 (9.30%) VPLS
10 4 (9.30%) VRRP
General
1 19 (44.19%) Social Skills
2 10 (23.26%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (16.28%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (9.30%) Manufacturing
4 4 (9.30%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.65%) Finance
6 1 (2.33%) Local Government
6 1 (2.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (55.81%) Senior
2 22 (51.16%) Network Engineer
3 20 (46.51%) Senior Network Engineer
4 19 (44.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 19 (44.19%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 19 (44.19%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (13.95%) Architect
5 6 (13.95%) IT Engineer
5 6 (13.95%) IT Support
5 6 (13.95%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (13.95%) Lead
5 6 (13.95%) Lead Architect
5 6 (13.95%) Support Engineer
6 5 (11.63%) Analyst
7 4 (9.30%) IT Manager
7 4 (9.30%) Senior IT Manager
7 4 (9.30%) Senior Manager
8 3 (6.98%) 2nd Line Support
8 3 (6.98%) IT Support Analyst
8 3 (6.98%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) ModSecurity
2 2 (4.65%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.93%) Data Centre
2 6 (13.95%) Management Information System
2 6 (13.95%) PKI
3 4 (9.30%) Cloud Native
3 4 (9.30%) CMDB
3 4 (9.30%) SCADA
4 3 (6.98%) Onboarding
5 2 (4.65%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (4.65%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (4.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (4.65%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.33%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (37.21%) Windows
1 16 (37.21%) Windows Server
2 3 (6.98%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (51.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 14 (32.56%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (20.93%) ITIL
4 8 (18.60%) Computer Science
4 8 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (18.60%) Incident Response
4 8 (18.60%) Service Management
5 6 (13.95%) Architectural Patterns
5 6 (13.95%) Business Continuity Planning
5 6 (13.95%) CI/CD
5 6 (13.95%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (13.95%) Customer Service
5 6 (13.95%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 6 (13.95%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (13.95%) Mentoring
5 6 (13.95%) Service Delivery
5 6 (13.95%) SIEM
5 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (13.95%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (23.26%) PowerShell
2 4 (9.30%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (30.23%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (25.58%) Degree
3 10 (23.26%) CCIE
3 10 (23.26%) CCNP
4 8 (18.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (16.28%) Security Cleared
6 6 (13.95%) JNCIP
7 5 (11.63%) SC Cleared
8 4 (9.30%) DV Cleared
9 3 (6.98%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (9.30%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (46.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (37.21%) Active Directory
3 6 (13.95%) Hyper-V
3 6 (13.95%) vSphere
4 4 (9.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (9.30%) Ansible
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.98%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (4.65%) QRadar
Vendors
1 20 (46.51%) VMware
2 15 (34.88%) Microsoft
3 7 (16.28%) Cisco
4 2 (4.65%) ArcSight
4 2 (4.65%) Aruba
4 2 (4.65%) Draytek
4 2 (4.65%) Splunk
4 2 (4.65%) Yealink