Ethernet Contracts in the UK excluding London

Ethernet
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Ethernet skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Ethernet over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 286 333 397
Rank change year-on-year +47 +64 -45
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 99 124 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.48% 0.53% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.96% 3.54% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 51 31
10th Percentile £201 £208 £313
25th Percentile £313 £329 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £463 £410
Median % change year-on-year -27.03% +12.80% +17.14%
75th Percentile £444 £525 £488
90th Percentile £525 £569 £588
UK median daily rate £350 £489 £450
% change year-on-year -28.46% +8.72% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 30 14
10th Percentile £21.10 £30.20 £22.35
25th Percentile £53.40 £42.50 £41.50
Median hourly rate £57.35 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.44% - +95.65%
75th Percentile £61.30 £59.06 £48.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £53.38
UK median hourly rate £57.35 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +27.44% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Ethernet 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,339 3,500 4,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.27% 14.89% 13.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,213 2,635
10th Percentile £200 £213 £185
25th Percentile £343 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £544
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.44% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 323 238
10th Percentile £13.43 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.63
Median hourly rate £46.14 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +149.38% -13.95% -9.71%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £28.25
% change year-on-year +111.92% -33.19% +6.60%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Ethernet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Ethernet in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ethernet in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Ethernet in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ethernet in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Ethernet in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ethernet in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Ethernet in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Ethernet in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Ethernet in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
South East +22 59 £500 +17.65% 50
Midlands +31 13 £200 -60.00% 45
North of England +26 11 £325 -33.13% 21
North West +24 11 £325 -33.13% 11
South West +20 9 £500 -14.89% 13
West Midlands +29 8 £190 -15.56% 29
East of England -11 7 £200 -38.46% 18
East Midlands +23 5 £210 -45.45% 16
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (5.05%) MS Visio
2 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.07%) AWS
1 7 (7.07%) Azure
2 4 (4.04%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 23 (23.23%) WAN
2 18 (18.18%) LAN
3 17 (17.17%) TCP/IP
3 17 (17.17%) Wireless
4 13 (13.13%) OSPF
4 13 (13.13%) VPN
5 10 (10.10%) Wireless Security
6 9 (9.09%) Internet
7 8 (8.08%) DNS
8 7 (7.07%) DHCP
8 7 (7.07%) MPLS
8 7 (7.07%) SDH
9 6 (6.06%) 4G
9 6 (6.06%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (5.05%) 2G
10 5 (5.05%) 3G
10 5 (5.05%) ATM
10 5 (5.05%) Ethereal
10 5 (5.05%) Wireshark
11 4 (4.04%) ADSL
Development Applications
1 16 (16.16%) Rational DOORS
2 11 (11.11%) Eclipse
2 11 (11.11%) Visual Studio
3 4 (4.04%) JIRA
General
1 49 (49.49%) Electronics
2 28 (28.28%) Social Skills
3 13 (13.13%) Telecoms
4 11 (11.11%) Military
4 11 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (4.04%) Automotive
6 3 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.01%) Law
7 1 (1.01%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.01%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 33 (33.33%) Designer
1 33 (33.33%) Digital Designer
1 33 (33.33%) FPGA Designer
1 33 (33.33%) VHDL Designer
2 19 (19.19%) Network Engineer
3 16 (16.16%) Consultant
4 10 (10.10%) C# Software Engineer
4 10 (10.10%) Software Engineer
5 9 (9.09%) C++ Software Engineer
5 9 (9.09%) Support Engineer
6 5 (5.05%) Network Support
6 5 (5.05%) Network Support Engineer
7 4 (4.04%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (4.04%) Active Directory Engineer
7 4 (4.04%) Active Directory Support
7 4 (4.04%) Active Directory Support Engineer
7 4 (4.04%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (4.04%) Windows Engineer
7 4 (4.04%) Windows Support Engineer
8 3 (3.03%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.11%) Node.js
1 11 (11.11%) Web Services
2 3 (3.03%) Blazor
2 3 (3.03%) OpenGL
2 3 (3.03%) WebRTC
3 2 (2.02%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 33 (33.33%) CPLD
1 33 (33.33%) FPGA
1 33 (33.33%) VHDL
2 16 (16.16%) Analogue Electronics
2 16 (16.16%) Robotics
3 6 (6.06%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.03%) Algorithms
4 3 (3.03%) CUDA
5 2 (2.02%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.01%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.01%) IoT
6 1 (1.01%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 23 (23.23%) Windows
2 19 (19.19%) Linux
3 4 (4.04%) Windows 10
3 4 (4.04%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.04%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.01%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (33.33%) Schematic Capture
2 16 (16.16%) Prototyping
2 16 (16.16%) Requirements Management
3 15 (15.15%) Design for Manufacturing
3 15 (15.15%) Systems Engineering
4 14 (14.14%) Agile
5 12 (12.12%) Validation
6 11 (11.11%) CI/CD
6 11 (11.11%) Continuous Delivery
6 11 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
6 11 (11.11%) Customer Service
6 11 (11.11%) Digital Twin
6 11 (11.11%) Software Engineering
6 11 (11.11%) Synthetic Environment
6 11 (11.11%) TDD
6 11 (11.11%) Unit Testing
6 11 (11.11%) Verification and Validation
6 11 (11.11%) Visualisation
7 10 (10.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (7.07%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.14%) C#
1 14 (14.14%) C++
1 14 (14.14%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.03%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 43 (43.43%) Degree
2 19 (19.19%) SC Cleared
2 19 (19.19%) Security Cleared
3 14 (14.14%) CCNA
3 14 (14.14%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (7.07%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (6.06%) BC Cleared
6 1 (1.01%) CCDP
6 1 (1.01%) CCIP
6 1 (1.01%) CCNP
6 1 (1.01%) CISM
6 1 (1.01%) CISSP
6 1 (1.01%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.01%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.06%) SLA
2 5 (5.05%) QA
3 1 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (1.01%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.01%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (7.07%) Hyper-V
1 7 (7.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (5.05%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (5.05%) OpenView
2 4 (4.04%) Autotask
3 1 (1.01%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (1.01%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 33 (33.33%) EMC
2 18 (18.18%) Cisco
3 17 (17.17%) Microsoft
4 7 (7.07%) VMware
5 5 (5.05%) Juniper
6 4 (4.04%) Remedy
7 3 (3.03%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 3 (3.03%) BT
7 3 (3.03%) Nokia
7 3 (3.03%) NVIDIA
7 3 (3.03%) Openreach
8 2 (2.02%) ADVA
8 2 (2.02%) Ciena
8 2 (2.02%) Huawei
9 1 (1.01%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (1.01%) Forcepoint
9 1 (1.01%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.01%) Rockwell
9 1 (1.01%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.01%) Tellabs