Ethernet Contracts in Berkshire

Ethernet
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Ethernet skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ethernet over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 101 98
Rank change year-on-year +33 -3 +26
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 25 23 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.13% 1.16% 0.94%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.96% 4.67% 4.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 8
10th Percentile £395 £373 £251
25th Percentile £431 £406 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £350
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +35.71% -12.51%
75th Percentile - £556 £386
90th Percentile £464 £598 £537
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £19.08 £19.93
25th Percentile £18.50 £19.94 £22.06
Median hourly rate £19.00 £21.75 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -12.64% -17.14% +0.96%
75th Percentile £19.50 £23.44 £30.56
90th Percentile - £24.23 £32.78
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £57.35 £45.00
% change year-on-year -66.87% +27.44% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 209 492 342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.82% 24.80% 18.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 217 184
10th Percentile £270 £205 £313
25th Percentile £363 £310 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £488
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +0.51% +4.48%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £588
90th Percentile £590 £619 £675
South East median daily rate £480 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 25 14
10th Percentile £19.73 £40.70 £19.65
25th Percentile £21.58 £76.99 £25.13
Median hourly rate £24.66 £83.77 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.56% +26.92% +288.24%
75th Percentile £58.58 £87.46 £80.25
90th Percentile £78.93 £87.53 £81.26
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%

Ethernet
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Ethernet in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ethernet in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Ethernet in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ethernet in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ethernet in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ethernet in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Ethernet in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Slough - 16 £450 - 3
Reading +32 5 £463 - 6
Wokingham - 2 £438 -
Ethernet
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.00%) AWS
1 1 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 24 (96.00%) MPLS
2 18 (72.00%) SDH
2 18 (72.00%) WAN
3 17 (68.00%) LAN
3 17 (68.00%) VPN
4 16 (64.00%) ATM
4 16 (64.00%) Frame Relay
4 16 (64.00%) GPRS
4 16 (64.00%) GSM
4 16 (64.00%) LTE
4 16 (64.00%) SAN
4 16 (64.00%) UMTS
4 16 (64.00%) Wireshark
5 5 (20.00%) Network Security
6 4 (16.00%) 2G
6 4 (16.00%) 3G
6 4 (16.00%) 4G
6 4 (16.00%) 5G
6 4 (16.00%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (8.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 22 (88.00%) Telecoms
2 17 (68.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (64.00%) IP Engineer
2 14 (56.00%) Test Engineer
3 7 (28.00%) Network Engineer
4 6 (24.00%) IP Network Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Designer
5 3 (12.00%) IP Designer
6 2 (8.00%) Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Consultant
6 2 (8.00%) IP Consultant
6 2 (8.00%) IP Network Consultant
6 2 (8.00%) Network Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Network Consultant
7 1 (4.00%) Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Capacity Planner
7 1 (4.00%) Design Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 1 (4.00%) Network Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Network Planner
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (64.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (8.00%) SCADA
3 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.00%) IoT
3 1 (4.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (64.00%) Linux
1 16 (64.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (68.00%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (64.00%) Fault Management
2 16 (64.00%) Project Management
2 16 (64.00%) Regression Testing
2 16 (64.00%) Test Strategy
3 5 (20.00%) Network Architecture
4 4 (16.00%) Network Design
4 4 (16.00%) Network Management
5 2 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (8.00%) ITIL
5 2 (8.00%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (8.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (4.00%) Budget Management
6 1 (4.00%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (4.00%) Communications Security
6 1 (4.00%) Data Protection
6 1 (4.00%) Migration
6 1 (4.00%) Operations Management
6 1 (4.00%) Product Requirements
Programming Languages
1 16 (64.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 20 (80.00%) CCNP
1 20 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (64.00%) ISEB
2 16 (64.00%) ISTQB
2 16 (64.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 5 (20.00%) Degree
4 3 (12.00%) CCNA
4 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.00%) BC Cleared
5 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (4.00%) CCDP
5 1 (4.00%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) QA
Vendors
1 19 (76.00%) Cisco
2 17 (68.00%) Juniper
2 17 (68.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.00%) ADVA
3 1 (4.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
3 1 (4.00%) Ciena
3 1 (4.00%) Google
3 1 (4.00%) Nokia