Ethernet Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Ethernet
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Ethernet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 154 175
Rank change year-on-year -16 +21 +65
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 15 13 23
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.37% 0.31% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.07% 2.48% 3.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 20
10th Percentile - £402 £475
25th Percentile £435 £404 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £420 £486
Median % change year-on-year +14.82% -13.58% +235.17%
75th Percentile £496 £458 £525
90th Percentile £506 £518 £627
England median daily rate £450 £500 £486
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.88% +14.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47.50 - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
75th Percentile £52.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £51.42
% change year-on-year - +26.41% +2.84%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North 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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 489 525 714
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.06% 12.72% 13.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 281 514
10th Percentile £160 £200 £259
25th Percentile £325 £360 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £659
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 20
10th Percentile - £12.93 £15.70
25th Percentile £15.50 £14.55 £15.75
Median hourly rate £19.50 £35.00 £19.82
Median % change year-on-year -44.29% +76.59% -4.62%
75th Percentile £44.58 £51.45 £31.21
90th Percentile £67.25 £52.26 £46.97
England median hourly rate £35.00 £57.35 £56.49
% change year-on-year -38.97% +1.52% +38.50%

Ethernet
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Ethernet job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Ethernet.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Ethernet

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ethernet in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ethernet in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Ethernet.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Ethernet

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Contract Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 3 October 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
Yorkshire -18 13 £478 +16.11% 1
North West -15 2 £519 +2.72% 5
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 13 (86.67%) SD-WAN
2 10 (66.67%) WAN
3 8 (53.33%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (26.67%) Firewall
5 3 (20.00%) Wireless
5 3 (20.00%) Wireshark
6 2 (13.33%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (13.33%) Cisco Wireless
7 1 (6.67%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (6.67%) DWDM
7 1 (6.67%) Internet
7 1 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (6.67%) LAN
7 1 (6.67%) MPLS
7 1 (6.67%) Network Security
7 1 (6.67%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (6.67%) VPN
7 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (6.67%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 13 (86.67%) Network Engineer
2 8 (53.33%) Implementation Engineer
2 8 (53.33%) Network Implementation Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Senior
3 4 (26.67%) Senior Network Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) Test Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) Senior Test Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Design Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) PCB Design Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) PCB Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Security Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Cisco Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Analytics
2 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
2 4 (26.67%) Test Strategy
3 3 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (20.00%) Test Planning
4 1 (6.67%) Agile
4 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (6.67%) Defect Management
4 1 (6.67%) Key Management
4 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (6.67%) Network Architecture
4 1 (6.67%) Network Design
4 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.67%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (6.67%) Schematic Capture
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (6.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) Bash
1 4 (26.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (53.33%) SC Cleared
2 8 (53.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) AUTOSAR
1 1 (6.67%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 13 (86.67%) Cisco
2 11 (73.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (26.67%) Juniper
3 4 (26.67%) Nokia
4 3 (20.00%) Meraki
4 3 (20.00%) SolarWinds
5 2 (13.33%) F5
5 2 (13.33%) LogicMonitor
6 1 (6.67%) Aruba
6 1 (6.67%) HP