LAN Contracts in the South West

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for LAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited LAN over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 96 100
Rank change year-on-year +23 +4 -14
Contract jobs citing LAN 86 69 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.73% 1.99% 2.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.83% 11.50% 15.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 55 47
10th Percentile £288 £300 £170
25th Percentile £500 £350 £221
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £500 £350
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +42.86% -6.67%
75th Percentile £675 £628 £486
90th Percentile £725 £745 £538
England median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 2 4
10th Percentile £12.50 £25.96 £43.91
25th Percentile £15.75 £33.51 £47.15
Median hourly rate £28.25 £49.22 £52.10
Median % change year-on-year -42.60% -5.54% +132.38%
75th Percentile £40.00 £68.05 £56.00
90th Percentile - £77.47 -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £65.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -65.38% +188.89% -4.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 511 600 475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.21% 17.29% 13.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 386 287
10th Percentile £294 £208 £217
25th Percentile £463 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £518 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% +15.00% +12.50%
75th Percentile £643 £638 £556
90th Percentile £700 £719 £622
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 118 31
10th Percentile £12.55 - £41.43
25th Percentile £15.75 - £46.48
Median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year +308.16% -80.70% +8.02%
75th Percentile £68.46 £59.67 £64.62
90th Percentile £83.60 £76.44 £69.05
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% -0.38%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing LAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for LAN in the South West

LAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN in the South West.

Daily rate trend for LAN in the South West

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in the South West over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in the South West

LAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for LAN in the South West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LAN in the South West over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for LAN in the South West

LAN
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the South West region over the 6 months to 16 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wiltshire +25 42 £650 +4.00% 7
Gloucestershire +4 14 £550 +37.50% 2
Somerset +13 13 £295 +76.12% 3
Bristol +18 12 £500 +17.65% 7
Dorset -2 4 £763 +45.24% 1
LAN
England

LAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 11 (12.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.49%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.16%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 27 (31.40%) Cloud Computing
1 27 (31.40%) IaaS
1 27 (31.40%) PaaS
1 27 (31.40%) SaaS
2 14 (16.28%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (12.79%) Azure
4 2 (2.33%) AWS
5 1 (1.16%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.16%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 68 (79.07%) WAN
2 23 (26.74%) Wi-Fi
3 12 (13.95%) DHCP
3 12 (13.95%) DNS
3 12 (13.95%) Firewall
3 12 (13.95%) SAN
4 10 (11.63%) MPLS
4 10 (11.63%) Wireless
5 8 (9.30%) WLAN
6 6 (6.98%) SD-WAN
7 5 (5.81%) Unified Communications
8 4 (4.65%) FTP
9 3 (3.49%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (3.49%) PBX
9 3 (3.49%) Skype
9 3 (3.49%) VoIP
10 2 (2.33%) Internet
10 2 (2.33%) SMTP
10 2 (2.33%) TCP/IP
10 2 (2.33%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.30%) SQL Server
General
1 36 (41.86%) Public Sector
2 19 (22.09%) Social Skills
3 11 (12.79%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (9.30%) Aerospace
5 5 (5.81%) Finance
5 5 (5.81%) Telecoms
6 4 (4.65%) Legal
7 3 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.49%) Retail
8 2 (2.33%) Military
9 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Electronics
9 1 (1.16%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.16%) Marketing
9 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (46.51%) Architect
2 35 (40.70%) Network Architect
3 13 (15.12%) Network Engineer
4 9 (10.47%) Analyst
5 8 (9.30%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 8 (9.30%) IT Analyst
5 8 (9.30%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
6 7 (8.14%) Lead
7 5 (5.81%) 1st Line Support
7 5 (5.81%) Technical Architect
8 4 (4.65%) Lead Architect
9 3 (3.49%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
9 3 (3.49%) 2nd Line Support
9 3 (3.49%) Field Engineer
9 3 (3.49%) Network Field Engineer
9 3 (3.49%) Support Assistant
9 3 (3.49%) Technical Assistant
9 3 (3.49%) Technical Leader
9 3 (3.49%) Technical Support
9 3 (3.49%) Technical Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.65%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 46 (53.49%) Data Centre
2 8 (9.30%) Client/Server
2 8 (9.30%) Clustering
3 6 (6.98%) CMDB
4 4 (4.65%) Operational Technology
4 4 (4.65%) Public Cloud
4 4 (4.65%) Replication
5 3 (3.49%) Blog
5 3 (3.49%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.49%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (3.49%) Solar Power
6 2 (2.33%) PKI
7 1 (1.16%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.16%) NHS
7 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (30.23%) Windows
2 8 (9.30%) Linux
2 8 (9.30%) Unix
3 6 (6.98%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.65%) Windows 10
5 3 (3.49%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (45.35%) Network Management
2 31 (36.05%) Business Strategy
2 31 (36.05%) Zero Trust
3 27 (31.40%) Open Source
4 14 (16.28%) Migration
5 12 (13.95%) Data Protection
6 11 (12.79%) ITIL
7 10 (11.63%) Asset Management
8 9 (10.47%) Decision-Making
9 8 (9.30%) Application Packaging
9 8 (9.30%) Business Transformation
9 8 (9.30%) Capacity Management
9 8 (9.30%) Capacity Planning
9 8 (9.30%) Data Migration
9 8 (9.30%) IT Strategy
9 8 (9.30%) Server Management
10 7 (8.14%) Agile
10 7 (8.14%) Change Management
11 6 (6.98%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (4.65%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.63%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (63.95%) Security Cleared
2 36 (41.86%) DV Cleared
3 15 (17.44%) Degree
4 14 (16.28%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.65%) HND
6 3 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.33%) CCNA
7 2 (2.33%) CCNP
7 2 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.33%) JNCIA
8 1 (1.16%) APMP
8 1 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.16%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.98%) QA
2 3 (3.49%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (12.79%) Active Directory
1 11 (12.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (11.63%) Virtual Servers
3 8 (9.30%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (4.65%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (4.65%) VMware NSX
5 2 (2.33%) Firmware
5 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (12.79%) SCCM
2 8 (9.30%) Microsoft Clustering
2 8 (9.30%) Nagios
2 8 (9.30%) NetBackup
3 4 (4.65%) vCenter Server
4 2 (2.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (2.33%) OPNET
4 2 (2.33%) SCOM
5 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (17.44%) VMware
2 14 (16.28%) Microsoft
3 11 (12.79%) Cisco
4 8 (9.30%) Hitachi
4 8 (9.30%) NetApp
5 6 (6.98%) Palo Alto
6 4 (4.65%) CheckPoint
6 4 (4.65%) SolarWinds
6 4 (4.65%) Veeam
7 2 (2.33%) Remedy
8 1 (1.16%) BT
8 1 (1.16%) Citrix
8 1 (1.16%) Fujitsu
8 1 (1.16%) SAP
8 1 (1.16%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.16%) Splunk