LAN Job Trends in West Sussex

Local Area Network (LAN)
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring LAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 32 63
Rank change year-on-year -16 +31 +41
Permanent jobs citing LAN 5 2 6
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 0.79% 0.79% 0.87%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.94% 6.06% 6.38%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.67%
75th Percentile £48,750 - £50,000
90th Percentile - - £52,250
South East median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% +6.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 63 33 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 9.91% 13.04% 13.58%
Number of salaries quoted 49 20 68
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,500 £23,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,313 £24,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £46,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.66% -7.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £81,000 £78,750 £72,375
South East median annual salary £46,000 £47,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year -3.16% +1.06% +4.44%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

LAN job vacancy trend in West Sussex

LAN
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing LAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing LAN

LAN
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Crawley -6 4 £47,500 -
Bognor Regis - 1 - -
LAN
South East

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) VLAN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
2 4 (80.00%) DHCP
2 4 (80.00%) DNS
2 4 (80.00%) VPN
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (20.00%) Wireless
3 1 (20.00%) WLAN
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Electronics
2 4 (80.00%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Technical Trainer
1 4 (80.00%) Trainer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Server Virtualisation
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) HP
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) VMware