LAN Jobs in Wales

Local Area Network (LAN)
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for LAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited LAN over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 111 118
Rank change year-on-year +26 +7 -50
Permanent jobs citing LAN 35 23 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 1.72% 1.38% 1.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.73% 8.85% 7.94%
Number of salaries quoted 19 12 22
10th Percentile £26,500 £34,335 £31,375
25th Percentile £28,875 £40,000 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +16.88%
75th Percentile £45,407 £51,049 £47,813
90th Percentile £45,780 £69,196 £49,875
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

LAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 255 260 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 12.51% 15.61% 14.25%
Number of salaries quoted 146 81 137
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,125 £27,450
25th Percentile £28,290 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £38,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.58% -15.56% +24.47%
75th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £69,196 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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 13 May 2024.

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 May 2024. 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 +25 32 £40,500 +42.84% 8
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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (20.00%) Azure
3 2 (5.71%) AWS
4 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 35 (100.00%) WAN
2 28 (80.00%) Firewall
3 14 (40.00%) Cisco IOS
4 12 (34.29%) Network Security
4 12 (34.29%) TCP/IP
5 11 (31.43%) Cisco ASA
6 10 (28.57%) VLAN
7 9 (25.71%) VoIP
8 8 (22.86%) VPN
9 7 (20.00%) MPLS
10 6 (17.14%) Wireless
11 5 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (14.29%) WLAN
12 4 (11.43%) Internet
12 4 (11.43%) SAN
13 3 (8.57%) DHCP
13 3 (8.57%) DNS
14 2 (5.71%) BGP
14 2 (5.71%) EIGRP
14 2 (5.71%) IPsec
General
1 12 (34.29%) Telecoms
2 8 (22.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (14.29%) Local Government
4 5 (14.29%) Police
4 5 (14.29%) Welsh Language
5 4 (11.43%) Manufacturing
6 3 (8.57%) Automotive
6 3 (8.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (51.43%) Senior
2 13 (37.14%) Network Engineer
3 11 (31.43%) Consultant
3 11 (31.43%) Project Consultant
3 11 (31.43%) Senior Consultant
3 11 (31.43%) Senior Network Consultant
3 11 (31.43%) Senior Project Consultant
4 7 (20.00%) ICT Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) IT Support
6 3 (8.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Systems Support
7 2 (5.71%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Operations Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) IT Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (54.29%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.57%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.86%) Life Science
4 1 (2.86%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 11 (31.43%) Windows
2 7 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (14.29%) Linux
4 3 (8.57%) CatOS
5 1 (2.86%) Android
5 1 (2.86%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.86%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.86%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (62.86%) Customer Service
2 16 (45.71%) Migration
3 14 (40.00%) Change Management
3 14 (40.00%) ITIL
4 12 (34.29%) Actionable Insight
5 11 (31.43%) Change Control
5 11 (31.43%) Network Design
6 10 (28.57%) Network Management
7 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (14.29%) Business Continuity
8 5 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (14.29%) High Availability
8 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 3 (8.57%) Capacity Planning
9 3 (8.57%) Computer Science
9 3 (8.57%) Inventory Management
9 3 (8.57%) Service Delivery
9 3 (8.57%) Supplier Management
9 3 (8.57%) Virtual Environments
10 2 (5.71%) Line Management
Qualifications
1 27 (77.14%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (62.86%) CCNA
3 15 (42.86%) Degree
4 12 (34.29%) SC Cleared
4 12 (34.29%) Security Cleared
5 4 (11.43%) A+ Certification
6 3 (8.57%) CCIE
6 3 (8.57%) CCNP
6 3 (8.57%) Check Point Certification
6 3 (8.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (8.57%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (17.14%) Hyper-V
2 3 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Cisco Prime
1 2 (5.71%) WhatsUp Gold
2 1 (2.86%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 23 (65.71%) Cisco
2 15 (42.86%) CheckPoint
3 11 (31.43%) Fortinet
3 11 (31.43%) McAfee
3 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
3 11 (31.43%) Oracle
3 11 (31.43%) Palo Alto
4 7 (20.00%) VMware
5 4 (11.43%) Acronis
5 4 (11.43%) Aruba
5 4 (11.43%) Datto
5 4 (11.43%) Mitel
5 4 (11.43%) Sophos
5 4 (11.43%) Veeam
6 2 (5.71%) SonicWALL
7 1 (2.86%) ArcSight
7 1 (2.86%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (2.86%) F5
7 1 (2.86%) Splunk
7 1 (2.86%) TippingPoint