Ethernet Contracts in the South East

Ethernet
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 131 179
Rank change year-on-year -19 +48 +53
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 15 53 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.42% 1.10% 0.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.49% 5.57% 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 10
10th Percentile £281 £366 £184
25th Percentile - £415 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £210
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +138.10% -48.15%
75th Percentile - £536 £340
90th Percentile - £576 £350
England median daily rate £450 £413 £500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -17.50% +20.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 36 8
10th Percentile - - £17.15
25th Percentile - £53.40 £18.50
Median hourly rate - £57.35 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year - +83.52% -30.56%
75th Percentile - £61.30 £55.42
90th Percentile - - £79.19
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.35 £37.50
% change year-on-year +13.34% +52.93% -23.92%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 602 951 1,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.90% 19.65% 18.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 518 607
10th Percentile £213 £254 £210
25th Percentile £357 £400 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £460
Median % change year-on-year - +8.70% +1.10%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £580
90th Percentile £638 £663 £680
England median daily rate £492 £503 £500
% change year-on-year -2.24% +0.65% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 100 58
10th Percentile £14.20 £25.90 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.94 £51.06 £21.41
Median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £58.20
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% -1.46% +30.06%
75th Percentile £67.31 £70.00 £73.19
90th Percentile £89.63 £75.02 £75.67
England median hourly rate £42.50 £54.88 £55.00
% change year-on-year -22.55% -0.23% +57.14%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Ethernet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Ethernet in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ethernet in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Ethernet in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ethernet in the South East over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ethernet in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ethernet in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Ethernet in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
Berkshire +19 14 £450 -16.28% 8
Thames Valley +14 14 £450 -10.89% 21
Kent -6 1 £210 +33.69% 3
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (86.67%) MPLS
1 13 (86.67%) WAN
2 12 (80.00%) SDH
3 11 (73.33%) ATM
3 11 (73.33%) Frame Relay
3 11 (73.33%) GPRS
3 11 (73.33%) GSM
3 11 (73.33%) LAN
3 11 (73.33%) LTE
3 11 (73.33%) SAN
3 11 (73.33%) UMTS
3 11 (73.33%) VPN
3 11 (73.33%) Wireshark
4 2 (13.33%) Firewall
5 1 (6.67%) SD-WAN
5 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 14 (93.33%) Social Skills
2 11 (73.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) IP Engineer
2 9 (60.00%) Test Engineer
3 7 (46.67%) Network Engineer
4 5 (33.33%) IP Network Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Architect
5 2 (13.33%) Consultant
5 2 (13.33%) IP Consultant
5 2 (13.33%) IP Network Consultant
5 2 (13.33%) Network Architect
5 2 (13.33%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 11 (73.33%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (13.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (6.67%) Private Cloud
3 1 (6.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (73.33%) Linux
1 11 (73.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (73.33%) Fault Management
2 11 (73.33%) Project Management
2 11 (73.33%) Regression Testing
2 11 (73.33%) Test Strategy
3 2 (13.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (13.33%) Product Requirements
3 2 (13.33%) Service Design
4 1 (6.67%) Data Security
4 1 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (6.67%) ITIL
4 1 (6.67%) Network Architecture
4 1 (6.67%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (6.67%) Performance Testing
4 1 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (73.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (93.33%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (86.67%) CCNP
3 11 (73.33%) ISEB
3 11 (73.33%) ISTQB
3 11 (73.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (13.33%) CCNA
5 1 (6.67%) Degree
5 1 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 13 (86.67%) Cisco
2 12 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 11 (73.33%) Juniper
4 1 (6.67%) Google