Ethernet Contracts in England

Ethernet
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 414 428 480
Rank change year-on-year +14 +52 +141
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 71 114 174
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.29% 0.31% 0.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.23% 2.27% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 29 101
10th Percentile £266 £204 £263
25th Percentile £431 £313 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £350 £500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -30.00% +20.48%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £586
90th Percentile £678 £549 £750
UK median daily rate £450 £350 £493
% change year-on-year +28.57% -28.93% +9.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 54 32
10th Percentile £28.47 £21.50 £31.63
25th Percentile £36.13 £53.40 £42.50
Median hourly rate £63.75 £57.35 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.16% +27.44% -
75th Percentile £87.50 £61.30 £61.25
90th Percentile £88.00 £65.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £63.75 £57.35 £45.00
% change year-on-year +11.16% +27.44% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Ethernet
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Ethernet in England

Ethernet
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Ethernet in England

Ethernet
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Ethernet in England

Ethernet
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Ethernet in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Ethernet in England

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Contract Job Locations in 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 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
South East +15 29 £450 -10.00% 59
London +35 14 £394 -7.35% 43
East of England +36 12 - - 34
North of England +17 9 £500 +53.85% 20
North West +14 8 £500 +53.85% 7
Midlands +13 4 £418 +108.75% 32
West Midlands +10 4 £418 +119.74% 19
South West +40 1 - - 16
North East - 1 £200 - 6
Ethernet
UK

Ethernet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.41%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (4.23%) Simulink
2 2 (2.82%) CANalyzer
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.41%) AWS
1 1 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 29 (40.85%) MPLS
2 25 (35.21%) WAN
3 23 (32.39%) VPN
4 22 (30.99%) LAN
5 21 (29.58%) SDH
6 19 (26.76%) SAN
7 16 (22.54%) ATM
7 16 (22.54%) Frame Relay
7 16 (22.54%) GPRS
7 16 (22.54%) GSM
7 16 (22.54%) LTE
7 16 (22.54%) UMTS
7 16 (22.54%) Wireshark
8 11 (15.49%) Firewall
9 10 (14.08%) Network Security
9 10 (14.08%) TCP/IP
10 7 (9.86%) BGP
11 6 (8.45%) DWDM
11 6 (8.45%) Internet
12 5 (7.04%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.82%) MySQL
2 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Eclipse
1 5 (7.04%) Visual Studio
2 3 (4.23%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.41%) CANoe
3 1 (1.41%) GitLab
3 1 (1.41%) JIRA
3 1 (1.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (42.25%) Social Skills
2 24 (33.80%) Telecoms
3 11 (15.49%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.45%) Automotive
5 5 (7.04%) Electronics
5 5 (7.04%) Legal
5 5 (7.04%) Military
5 5 (7.04%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.23%) Games
6 3 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.23%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.82%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.41%) Law
8 1 (1.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (26.76%) Network Engineer
2 16 (22.54%) IP Engineer
2 16 (22.54%) Test Engineer
3 9 (12.68%) Senior
4 7 (9.86%) Consultant
4 7 (9.86%) Senior Network Engineer
5 6 (8.45%) FPGA Engineer
5 6 (8.45%) IP Network Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) Software Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) Architect
7 4 (5.63%) C# Software Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) Security Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) Senior FPGA Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Designer
8 3 (4.23%) Embedded Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Network Architect
8 3 (4.23%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.04%) Node.js
1 5 (7.04%) Web Services
2 2 (2.82%) JSON
3 1 (1.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (25.35%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (15.49%) Data Centre
3 10 (14.08%) PCIe
4 7 (9.86%) FPGA
4 7 (9.86%) Verilog
5 6 (8.45%) Algorithms
6 5 (7.04%) SCADA
7 4 (5.63%) VHDL
8 3 (4.23%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (2.82%) Clustering
9 2 (2.82%) IoT
9 2 (2.82%) Operational Technology
10 1 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (1.41%) Digital Signage
10 1 (1.41%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 1 (1.41%) Infotainment
10 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 1 (1.41%) Private Cloud
10 1 (1.41%) Public Cloud
10 1 (1.41%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 24 (33.80%) Linux
2 16 (22.54%) Unix
3 10 (14.08%) Windows
4 3 (4.23%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (4.23%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.41%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.41%) CatOS
6 1 (1.41%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (38.03%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (25.35%) Fault Management
3 17 (23.94%) Project Management
4 16 (22.54%) Regression Testing
4 16 (22.54%) Test Strategy
5 8 (11.27%) Agile
5 8 (11.27%) Risk Analysis
6 7 (9.86%) Artificial Intelligence
6 7 (9.86%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (9.86%) Machine Learning
6 7 (9.86%) Network Architecture
6 7 (9.86%) Network Design
6 7 (9.86%) Network Management
6 7 (9.86%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (8.45%) ITIL
7 6 (8.45%) Validation
8 5 (7.04%) Continuous Delivery
8 5 (7.04%) Network Monitoring
8 5 (7.04%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (7.04%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 16 (22.54%) Java
2 7 (9.86%) SystemVerilog
2 7 (9.86%) Tcl
3 5 (7.04%) C#
3 5 (7.04%) C++
3 5 (7.04%) JavaScript
3 5 (7.04%) Python
4 4 (5.63%) MATLAB
5 3 (4.23%) C
6 2 (2.82%) Perl
7 1 (1.41%) Embedded C
7 1 (1.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (36.62%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (28.17%) CCNP
3 16 (22.54%) ISEB
3 16 (22.54%) ISTQB
3 16 (22.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 14 (19.72%) Security Cleared
5 12 (16.90%) Degree
5 12 (16.90%) SC Cleared
6 9 (12.68%) CCNA
7 3 (4.23%) HNC
7 3 (4.23%) HND
7 3 (4.23%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (2.82%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.41%) BC Cleared
9 1 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.41%) CCDP
9 1 (1.41%) CCIP
9 1 (1.41%) CCSA
9 1 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.63%) GDPR
2 3 (4.23%) AUTOSAR
2 3 (4.23%) DO-254
3 2 (2.82%) NCSC
3 2 (2.82%) QA
4 1 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.41%) NIST
4 1 (1.41%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (5.63%) Firmware
2 3 (4.23%) KVM
3 1 (1.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.41%) Ansible
1 1 (1.41%) Nagios
1 1 (1.41%) OpenView
1 1 (1.41%) OPNET
1 1 (1.41%) Terraform
1 1 (1.41%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 29 (40.85%) Cisco
2 25 (35.21%) Microsoft
3 19 (26.76%) Juniper
4 7 (9.86%) Intel
4 7 (9.86%) Xilinx
5 3 (4.23%) Actel
5 3 (4.23%) Altera
5 3 (4.23%) HP
5 3 (4.23%) Microsemi
5 3 (4.23%) Palo Alto
6 2 (2.82%) Aruba
6 2 (2.82%) EMC
6 2 (2.82%) Oracle
6 2 (2.82%) Splunk
7 1 (1.41%) AVEVA
7 1 (1.41%) Blue Coat
7 1 (1.41%) Ciena
7 1 (1.41%) Google
7 1 (1.41%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.41%) SolarWinds