Ethernet VPN Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Ethernet VPN (EVPN)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Ethernet VPN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 93 130
Rank change year-on-year -40 +37 +25
Contract jobs citing Ethernet VPN 2 19 15
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.090% 1.14% 0.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.64% 5.69% 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £436
25th Percentile £513 £469 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £488 £490
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -0.51% -17.71%
75th Percentile £538 £506 -
90th Percentile - - £622
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £490
% change year-on-year +2.56% -0.51% -17.71%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

Ethernet VPN 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 314 334 667
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.16% 20.04% 24.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 155 387
10th Percentile £220 £224 £203
25th Percentile £325 £369 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.79% +2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £569
90th Percentile £625 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £478 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -4.50% +8.11% -7.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 45
10th Percentile £17.63 £19.12 £16.43
25th Percentile £23.25 £20.04 £23.63
Median hourly rate £55.50 £21.83 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +154.24% -54.04% +79.25%
75th Percentile £84.50 £23.37 £83.11
90th Percentile £89.88 £24.14 £87.32
South East median hourly rate £56.00 £59.13 £58.50
% change year-on-year -5.29% +1.08% +29.99%

Ethernet VPN
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Ethernet VPN job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Ethernet VPN
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Ethernet VPN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Ethernet VPN

Ethernet VPN
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet VPN within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 February 2026. 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
Buckinghamshire - 2 £525 -
Ethernet VPN
South East

Ethernet VPN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) IaaS
1 2 (100.00%) PaaS
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (100.00%) NX-OS
1 2 (100.00%) VXLAN
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) vCloud
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) VMware