Ethernet Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Ethernet
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Ethernet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 113 140
Rank change year-on-year +7 +27 +25
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 8 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.51% 0.35% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.79% 2.69% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 2
10th Percentile - £118 £640
25th Percentile £65 £120 £644
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £200 £663
Median % change year-on-year +62.30% -69.77% +45.21%
75th Percentile £438 £291 £681
90th Percentile £498 £296 £685
UK median daily rate £430 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -9.53% +11.76% -8.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year - +73.33% -42.31%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 167 223 327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 10.63% 12.97% 13.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 124 193
10th Percentile £200 £163 £163
25th Percentile £270 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £445 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% -15.29% +22.45%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £650
90th Percentile £557 £619 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 23
10th Percentile £57.00 £16.30 £17.72
25th Percentile £63.75 £17.13 £19.47
Median hourly rate £75.00 £19.00 £56.40
Median % change year-on-year +294.74% -66.31% +244.74%
75th Percentile - £47.25 £60.75
90th Percentile - £63.90 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £33.39 £41.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.57% -25.45% +25.00%

Ethernet
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Ethernet job vacancy trend in Scotland

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Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Ethernet.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Ethernet

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ethernet in Scotland over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ethernet in Scotland

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Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Ethernet.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Ethernet

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Edinburgh - 5 £65 - 1
West Lothian - 1 £525 - 1
South Ayrshire - 1 £325 -
Ethernet
UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Firewall
2 2 (25.00%) Modbus
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) Network Security
3 1 (12.50%) SD-WAN
3 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (12.50%) VLAN
3 1 (12.50%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) Wireless
General
1 5 (62.50%) Electronics
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Firmware Engineer
1 5 (62.50%) Senior
1 5 (62.50%) Senior Firmware Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) FPGA Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Senior FPGA Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) FPGA
1 5 (62.50%) PCIe
1 5 (62.50%) VHDL
2 2 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (25.00%) Verilog
3 1 (12.50%) 3D Printing
3 1 (12.50%) IoT
3 1 (12.50%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) FPGA Design
1 5 (62.50%) UVM
2 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (12.50%) Business Enablement
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) MATLAB
1 5 (62.50%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) CCNA
3 1 (12.50%) CCNP
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) DO-254
2 1 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Firmware
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Altera
1 5 (62.50%) Xilinx
2 4 (50.00%) Microsemi
3 3 (37.50%) Cisco
4 2 (25.00%) Actel
4 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
4 2 (25.00%) Intel
5 1 (12.50%) Avaya
5 1 (12.50%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
5 1 (12.50%) Siemens
5 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds