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 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 65 68
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 +38
Permanent jobs citing LAN 2 11 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.19% 1.26% 2.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.09% 7.69% 17.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 8
10th Percentile £32,375 £39,913 £42,125
25th Percentile £34,063 £45,031 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £48,875 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.72% -2.25% +11.11%
75th Percentile £44,063 £52,156 £61,250
90th Percentile £46,125 £53,113 £65,713
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -

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 183 143 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 17.63% 16.42% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 123 84 93
10th Percentile - £23,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £21,620 £30,875 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £44,819 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -44.03% +10.66% -10.00%
75th Percentile £35,000 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £50,750 £65,000 £69,800
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.68% +9.50% -4.76%

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 13 January 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 13 January 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
Mid Wales - 2 £38,750 -
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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VoIP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Technical Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Technical Support
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Email Migration
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft