Ethernet Contracts in Reading

Ethernet
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 55 87 82
Rank change year-on-year +32 -5 +6
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 5 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.84% 0.34% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.81% 1.63% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £230
25th Percentile £431 - £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - £416
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.05%
75th Percentile £494 - £530
90th Percentile - - £594
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £475 £350
% change year-on-year -5.26% +35.71% -12.51%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 86 246 184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 14.41% 20.64% 17.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 113 97
10th Percentile £221 £205 £337
25th Percentile £307 £335 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £499 £608 £650
90th Percentile £623 - £718
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -8.16% +0.51% +4.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 3
10th Percentile - £77.22 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £87.46 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year - +32.52% +153.85%
75th Percentile - £87.53 £73.69
90th Percentile - - £78.30
Berkshire median hourly rate £24.66 £83.77 £66.00
% change year-on-year -70.56% +26.92% +288.24%

Ethernet
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Ethernet in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Ethernet in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Ethernet in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) 2G
1 4 (80.00%) 3G
1 4 (80.00%) 4G
1 4 (80.00%) 5G
1 4 (80.00%) MPLS
1 4 (80.00%) Network Security
1 4 (80.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (20.00%) DWDM
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) VLAN
General
1 5 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Designer
1 3 (60.00%) IP Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planner
2 1 (20.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IP Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IP Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IP Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Capacity Planner
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Planner
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Principal IP Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Network Architecture
1 4 (80.00%) Network Design
2 3 (60.00%) Network Management
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Network Planning
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Ciena
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Nokia