Ethernet Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Ethernet
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Ethernet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 60 75
Rank change year-on-year -6 +15 +2
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 7 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.77% 0.80% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.21% 7.25% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £424
25th Percentile £463 - £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £478
75th Percentile £488 - £507
90th Percentile - - £521
South West median daily rate £475 - £475
% change year-on-year - - -19.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £63.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £67.02 -
% change year-on-year -10.47% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 53 69 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 5.84% 11.04% 15.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 37 99
10th Percentile £312 £188 £271
25th Percentile £450 £335 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -25.00% +29.90%
75th Percentile £569 £553 £675
90th Percentile £610 £575 £700
South West median daily rate £533 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +1.43% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 13
10th Percentile £15.62 £37.05 £58.75
25th Percentile £34.84 - £68.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £75.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - +665.31%
75th Percentile - - £77.00
90th Percentile £61.50 - £89.40
South West median hourly rate £50.00 £67.02 £56.49
% change year-on-year -25.40% +18.64% +476.43%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ethernet relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Ethernet job vacancy trend in Bristol

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Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Ethernet

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Ethernet

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Eclipse
1 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (14.29%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Validation Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Software Validation Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) SOC Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) C# Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Node.js
1 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) FPGA
1 6 (85.71%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Twin
2 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Synthetic Environment
2 1 (14.29%) TDD
2 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
2 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) C
2 2 (28.57%) Embedded C
2 2 (28.57%) Python
3 1 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) C++
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft