Ethernet Contracts in the East of England

Ethernet
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 70 106 100
Rank change year-on-year +36 -6 +19
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 12 6 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.28% 0.31% 1.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.45% 2.03% 6.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £115
25th Percentile - - £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £200 £325
Median % change year-on-year - -38.46% -23.53%
75th Percentile - - £403
90th Percentile - - £443
England median daily rate £450 £350 £500
% change year-on-year +28.57% -30.00% +20.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 7
10th Percentile £29.00 - £41.85
25th Percentile £61.00 - £54.38
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £87.75 - -
90th Percentile £88.00 - -
England median hourly rate £63.75 £57.35 £45.00
% change year-on-year +11.16% +27.44% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 220 296 359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 23.45% 15.51% 17.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 147 199
10th Percentile £225 £199 £202
25th Percentile £344 £261 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £415 £475
Median % change year-on-year +14.46% -12.63% +11.76%
75th Percentile £556 £494 £661
90th Percentile £625 £575 £700
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 103 43
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.22 -
25th Percentile £16.30 £16.30 £15.25
Median hourly rate £39.32 £22.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.76% -57.14% +238.71%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.50 - £74.35
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Ethernet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Ethernet in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ethernet in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Ethernet in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ethernet in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Ethernet in the East of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Ethernet in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Ethernet in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the East of England 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
Hertfordshire +30 7 - - 10
Bedfordshire - 5 - - 10
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (25.00%) Simulink
2 2 (16.67%) CANalyzer
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Eclipse
1 4 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 3 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (8.33%) CANoe
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Electronics
2 4 (33.33%) Military
2 4 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Games
4 2 (16.67%) Automotive
4 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 1 (8.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) C# Software Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) FPGA Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Test Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Active Directory Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) C# Developer
4 1 (8.33%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Firmware Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Performance Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Performance Test Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) Node.js
1 4 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) PCIe
2 3 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 3 (25.00%) FPGA
2 3 (25.00%) Verilog
3 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (8.33%) Infotainment
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Agile
1 4 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 4 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
1 4 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (33.33%) Digital Twin
1 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 4 (33.33%) Synthetic Environment
1 4 (33.33%) TDD
1 4 (33.33%) Unit Testing
1 4 (33.33%) Validation
2 3 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (25.00%) Cryptography
2 3 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (25.00%) Physics
2 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (25.00%) SysML
2 3 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (25.00%) UML
2 3 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) C#
1 4 (33.33%) C++
1 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 4 (33.33%) MATLAB
2 3 (25.00%) C
2 3 (25.00%) SystemVerilog
2 3 (25.00%) Tcl
3 1 (8.33%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (41.67%) Degree
3 3 (25.00%) HNC
3 3 (25.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Firmware
2 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Actel
2 3 (25.00%) Altera
2 3 (25.00%) Intel
2 3 (25.00%) Microsemi
2 3 (25.00%) Xilinx