LAN Job Trends in West Wales

Local Area Network (LAN)
Wales > West Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Wales requiring LAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing LAN 16 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West Wales 4.88% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 61.54% - -
Number of salaries quoted 16 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile £76,201 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £50,000 £45,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year +9.89% +12.35% +1.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West 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 West Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 26 16 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Wales 7.93% 25.81% 4.76%
Number of salaries quoted 25 11 10
10th Percentile £25,087 - £26,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £21,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £23,504 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +112.73% -27.68% -27.78%
75th Percentile £76,201 £24,419 £51,563
90th Percentile - £34,500 £57,500
Wales median annual salary £43,000 £36,250 £40,500
% change year-on-year +18.62% -10.49% +6.58%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in West Wales

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

LAN job vacancy trend in West Wales

LAN
Salary Trend in West Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Wales citing LAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Wales citing LAN

LAN
Salary Histogram in West Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing LAN in West Wales over the 6 months to 5 June 2026.

Salary histogram for LAN in West Wales

LAN
Job Locations in West Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the West Wales region over the 6 months to 5 June 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
Pembrokeshire - 10 £47,500 - 6
Swansea - 6 £69,973 -
LAN
Wales

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
1 4 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (100.00%) WAN
1 16 (100.00%) WLAN
2 10 (62.50%) VPN
3 6 (37.50%) Unified Communications
4 5 (31.25%) DHCP
4 5 (31.25%) DNS
4 5 (31.25%) Firewall
4 5 (31.25%) IPsec
4 5 (31.25%) Network Security
4 5 (31.25%) SSH
4 5 (31.25%) SSL
4 5 (31.25%) TCP/IP
5 1 (6.25%) WebEx
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 10 (62.50%) Network Engineer
1 10 (62.50%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
1 10 (62.50%) Senior
1 10 (62.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
1 10 (62.50%) Senior Network Engineer
2 6 (37.50%) Architect
2 6 (37.50%) Lead
2 6 (37.50%) Lead Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Leader
4 1 (6.25%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) PKI
2 4 (25.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
1 5 (31.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (37.50%) Agile
2 6 (37.50%) Architectural Patterns
2 6 (37.50%) CI/CD
2 6 (37.50%) Collaborative Working
2 6 (37.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 6 (37.50%) Mentoring
2 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (37.50%) Technical Architecture
3 5 (31.25%) BCP
3 5 (31.25%) Business Continuity
3 5 (31.25%) Business Continuity Planning
3 5 (31.25%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (31.25%) Incident Response
4 4 (25.00%) Data Security
5 2 (12.50%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) CCIE
1 5 (31.25%) CCNP
1 5 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (31.25%) JNCIP
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 5 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (31.25%) vSphere
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
1 5 (31.25%) VMware
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco