LAN Jobs in Wales

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 92 110
Rank change year-on-year +15 +18 +11
Permanent jobs citing LAN 3 35 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.25% 1.60% 1.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.51% 13.31% 8.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3 19 11
10th Percentile £34,575 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,563 £28,875 £36,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,750 £40,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.84% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £55,938 £45,407 £57,098
90th Percentile £58,525 £45,780 £69,196
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.26%

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 590 263 258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 49.13% 12.02% 15.28%
Number of salaries quoted 369 151 79
10th Percentile £15,052 £26,250 £25,800
25th Percentile £23,504 £28,290 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £40,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.06% +6.58% -15.56%
75th Percentile - £47,875 £57,500
90th Percentile £54,000 £59,750 £70,350
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Wales

LAN
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for LAN in Wales

LAN
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in Wales over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

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 30 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
South Wales +10 2 £54,125 +33.64% 32
Mid Wales - 1 £32,500 -
LAN
UK

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) VoIP
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (66.67%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) DHCP
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) Internet
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) VLAN
3 1 (33.33%) WLAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Support
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Email Migration
1 1 (33.33%) High Availability
1 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) Network Design
1 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
1 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
1 1 (33.33%) Test Assurance
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) CCSA
2 1 (33.33%) CWAP
2 1 (33.33%) CWDP
2 1 (33.33%) CWNA
2 1 (33.33%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft