Ethernet Contracts in London

Ethernet
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 339 374 435
Rank change year-on-year +35 +61 +117
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 14 17 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.11% 0.095% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.06% 0.99% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 46
10th Percentile £228 £350 £300
25th Percentile £262 £381 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.35% -22.73% +22.22%
75th Percentile £572 £588 £650
90th Percentile £589 £675 £775
England median daily rate £450 £350 £500
% change year-on-year +28.57% -30.00% +20.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £36.88 £23.55 -
25th Percentile £37.81 £24.00 -
Median hourly rate £41.25 £28.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +44.74% - -
75th Percentile £45.31 £33.75 -
90th Percentile £46.63 - -
England median hourly rate £63.75 £57.35 £45.00
% change year-on-year +11.16% +27.44% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,315 1,719 2,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.48% 9.64% 9.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 838 1,144 1,885
10th Percentile £263 £213 £256
25th Percentile £400 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -10.71% +1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £675
90th Percentile £725 £741 £775
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 59 53
10th Percentile £24.66 £14.48 £20.22
25th Percentile £25.60 £18.36 £22.63
Median hourly rate £43.75 £22.00 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year +98.86% -52.17% +31.43%
75th Percentile £51.50 £41.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £62.65 £60.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

Ethernet
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Ethernet in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Ethernet in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Ethernet in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Ethernet in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the London 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
Central London - 1 £550 - 1
East London - 1 £210 - 1
Ethernet
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (7.14%) FactoryTalk
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) BGP
2 4 (28.57%) EIGRP
2 4 (28.57%) OSPF
2 4 (28.57%) VPN
3 3 (21.43%) MPLS
3 3 (21.43%) SDH
3 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (14.29%) Firewall
4 2 (14.29%) RIP
4 2 (14.29%) VoIP
4 2 (14.29%) Wireless
5 1 (7.14%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (7.14%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (7.14%) Junos
5 1 (7.14%) Multicast
5 1 (7.14%) Network Security
5 1 (7.14%) Spanning Tree
5 1 (7.14%) VPLS
5 1 (7.14%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) MySQL
2 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) GitLab
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
1 1 (7.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Senior
2 5 (35.71%) Senior Network Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Consultant
3 4 (28.57%) FPGA Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Senior FPGA Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Network Support
4 2 (14.29%) OSS Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) EMC Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Fault Management Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Lead
5 1 (7.14%) Lead Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Network Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Operations Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) OSS Expert
5 1 (7.14%) Security Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Support Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
1 4 (28.57%) FPGA
1 4 (28.57%) PCIe
1 4 (28.57%) Verilog
1 4 (28.57%) VHDL
2 2 (14.29%) Clustering
3 1 (7.14%) Digital Signage
3 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 1 (7.14%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Linux
2 2 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
3 1 (7.14%) CatOS
3 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
3 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) FPGA Design
1 4 (28.57%) ITIL
1 4 (28.57%) Machine Learning
1 4 (28.57%) Prototyping
1 4 (28.57%) Risk Analysis
2 3 (21.43%) Network Management
3 2 (14.29%) Agile
3 2 (14.29%) Analytics
3 2 (14.29%) Data Enrichment
3 2 (14.29%) Fault Management
3 2 (14.29%) Problem Management
3 2 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) Server Management
4 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
4 1 (7.14%) Data Security
4 1 (7.14%) ERP
4 1 (7.14%) Migration
4 1 (7.14%) Project Management
4 1 (7.14%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Python
1 4 (28.57%) SystemVerilog
1 4 (28.57%) Tcl
2 2 (14.29%) Perl
3 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) CCNA
1 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) CCSA
2 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Nagios
1 1 (7.14%) OpenView
1 1 (7.14%) OPNET
1 1 (7.14%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Cisco
2 4 (28.57%) Intel
2 4 (28.57%) Xilinx
3 2 (14.29%) EMC
3 2 (14.29%) Juniper
3 2 (14.29%) Oracle
3 2 (14.29%) Splunk
4 1 (7.14%) Apple
4 1 (7.14%) AVEVA
4 1 (7.14%) Blue Coat
4 1 (7.14%) CheckPoint
4 1 (7.14%) HP
4 1 (7.14%) McAfee
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto
4 1 (7.14%) Rockwell
4 1 (7.14%) Siemens