Ethernet Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Ethernet
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Ethernet skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 3.98% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £117 - -
25th Percentile £201 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £355 - -
75th Percentile £521 - -
90th Percentile £614 - -
East of England median daily rate £575 - £354
% change year-on-year - - +8.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £68.45 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £80.00 - -
75th Percentile £88.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bedfordshire

Ethernet 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 Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 30 36 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 13.27% 18.56% 17.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 17 15
10th Percentile £58 £166 £159
25th Percentile £156 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £525 £470
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +11.70% +25.33%
75th Percentile £522 £573 £563
90th Percentile £540 £578 £590
East of England median daily rate £550 £413 £450
% change year-on-year +33.33% -8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 0
10th Percentile £54.96 £32.00 -
25th Percentile £75.19 £35.00 -
Median hourly rate £84.00 £40.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +110.00% - -
75th Percentile £91.00 £45.00 -
90th Percentile £101.65 £48.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £54.50 £51.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +6.34% -21.15% +30.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings citing Ethernet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Ethernet in Bedfordshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Ethernet.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Ethernet

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ethernet in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 26 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ethernet in Bedfordshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Ethernet.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Ethernet

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Ethernet in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 26 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Ethernet in Bedfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 26 September 2025. 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
Luton - 9 £355 - 4
Ethernet
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Applications
1 8 (88.89%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Modbus
General
1 8 (88.89%) Electronics
2 7 (77.78%) Games
3 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Firmware Engineer
1 5 (55.56%) Principal Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) FPGA Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Principal Hardware Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (88.89%) FPGA
1 8 (88.89%) PCIe
2 7 (77.78%) Algorithms
2 7 (77.78%) Verilog
3 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
3 1 (11.11%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Physics
2 7 (77.78%) Artificial Intelligence
2 7 (77.78%) Computer Science
2 7 (77.78%) Cryptography
2 7 (77.78%) Machine Learning
2 7 (77.78%) UVM
3 5 (55.56%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (11.11%) Digital Signal Processing
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) MATLAB
2 7 (77.78%) SystemVerilog
2 7 (77.78%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Degree
1 8 (88.89%) HNC
1 8 (88.89%) HND
2 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) DO-254
2 1 (11.11%) NIST
2 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Actel
1 7 (77.78%) Altera
1 7 (77.78%) Intel
1 7 (77.78%) Microsemi
1 7 (77.78%) Xilinx