LAN Contracts in Somerset

Local Area Network (LAN)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset requiring LAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LAN over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 25 32
Rank change year-on-year +8 +7 -5
Contract jobs citing LAN 14 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 6.25% 1.69% 1.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 34.15% 8.33% 8.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - £159 -
25th Percentile £285 £161 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £295 £168 -
Median % change year-on-year +76.12% - -
75th Percentile £305 £172 -
90th Percentile - £172 -
South West median daily rate £650 £475 £337
% change year-on-year +36.84% +41.16% -13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 2
10th Percentile £12.50 - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - £52.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £54.00
75th Percentile - - £56.00
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £28.25 £49.22 £54.00
% change year-on-year -42.60% -8.86% +140.86%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Somerset

LAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 41 36 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 18.30% 20.22% 16.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 29 17
10th Percentile £238 £153 £205
25th Percentile £250 £203 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £295 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year -26.25% -5.77% +20.43%
75th Percentile £511 £450 £494
90th Percentile £613 £525 £500
South West median daily rate £538 £525 £450
% change year-on-year +2.38% +16.67% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 7
10th Percentile £12.50 £66.16 £15.56
25th Percentile £26.25 £70.13 £18.26
Median hourly rate £40.00 £78.67 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year -49.15% +79.00% +178.87%
75th Percentile - £85.29 £53.00
90th Percentile - £88.12 £56.00
South West median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.77
% change year-on-year +308.16% -80.70% +19.46%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for LAN in Somerset

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in Somerset.

Daily rate trend for LAN in Somerset

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in Somerset.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in Somerset

LAN
Hourly Rate Histogram in Somerset

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LAN in Somerset over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for LAN in Somerset

LAN
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yeovil - 8 - -
Taunton - 4 - - 1
Street - 2 £295 -
LAN
South West

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 8 (57.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) DHCP
1 10 (71.43%) DNS
2 8 (57.14%) MPLS
2 8 (57.14%) SAN
2 8 (57.14%) WAN
2 8 (57.14%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (35.71%) Wireless
4 2 (14.29%) Broadband
4 2 (14.29%) VoIP
5 1 (7.14%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (57.14%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (78.57%) Social Skills
2 8 (57.14%) Aerospace
2 8 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Retail
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Analyst
1 8 (57.14%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 8 (57.14%) IT Analyst
1 8 (57.14%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Support Assistant
2 3 (21.43%) Technical Assistant
2 3 (21.43%) Technical Support
2 3 (21.43%) Technical Support Assistant
3 1 (7.14%) IT Support
3 1 (7.14%) IT Support Technician
3 1 (7.14%) IT Technician
3 1 (7.14%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) Client/Server
1 8 (57.14%) Clustering
1 8 (57.14%) Data Centre
2 3 (21.43%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Windows
2 8 (57.14%) Unix
3 3 (21.43%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Application Packaging
1 8 (57.14%) Asset Management
1 8 (57.14%) Business Transformation
1 8 (57.14%) Capacity Management
1 8 (57.14%) Capacity Planning
1 8 (57.14%) Data Migration
1 8 (57.14%) Data Protection
1 8 (57.14%) Decision-Making
1 8 (57.14%) Migration
1 8 (57.14%) Network Management
1 8 (57.14%) Server Management
2 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
2 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) CCNA
2 2 (14.29%) CCNP
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (14.29%) JNCIA
System Software
1 9 (64.29%) Active Directory
1 9 (64.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (57.14%) Virtual Servers
2 8 (57.14%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft Clustering
1 8 (57.14%) Nagios
1 8 (57.14%) NetBackup
1 8 (57.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) VMware
2 8 (57.14%) Hitachi
2 8 (57.14%) NetApp
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft