Ethernet Contracts in the UK excluding London

Ethernet
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 276 302 338
Rank change year-on-year +26 +36 +64
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 60 97 125
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.47% 0.47% 0.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.05% 2.81% 3.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 22 52
10th Percentile £253 £201 £208
25th Percentile £422 £313 £337
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £338 £469
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -28.00% +15.74%
75th Percentile £498 £444 £525
90th Percentile £628 £525 £569
UK median daily rate £450 £350 £493
% change year-on-year +28.57% -28.93% +9.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 50 33
10th Percentile £28.47 £20.53 £31.75
25th Percentile £48.31 £53.40 £42.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.35 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.34% +27.44% -
75th Percentile £87.50 £61.30 £60.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £65.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £63.75 £57.35 £45.00
% change year-on-year +11.16% +27.44% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,965 3,454 3,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.39% 16.63% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,982 2,287
10th Percentile £200 £204 £207
25th Percentile £301 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +1.32% +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £586
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 358 328
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.48 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%
75th Percentile £62.38 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.20 £70.66 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Ethernet
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Ethernet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Ethernet in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ethernet in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Ethernet in the UK excluding London

Ethernet
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ethernet in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ethernet in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ethernet in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Ethernet in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Ethernet in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Ethernet in the UK excluding London

Ethernet
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South East +15 29 £450 -10.00% 61
East of England +36 12 - - 34
North of England +17 9 £500 +53.85% 20
North West +14 8 £500 +53.85% 7
Midlands +13 4 £418 +108.75% 32
West Midlands +10 4 £418 +119.74% 19
Scotland - 4 £325 - 33
South West +40 1 - - 16
Wales - 1 - - 6
North East - 1 £200 - 6
Ethernet
UK

Ethernet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (6.67%) Simulink
2 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.33%) CANalyzer
4 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.67%) AWS
1 1 (1.67%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 26 (43.33%) MPLS
2 23 (38.33%) WAN
3 20 (33.33%) LAN
4 19 (31.67%) SAN
4 19 (31.67%) VPN
5 18 (30.00%) SDH
6 16 (26.67%) ATM
6 16 (26.67%) Frame Relay
6 16 (26.67%) GPRS
6 16 (26.67%) GSM
6 16 (26.67%) LTE
6 16 (26.67%) UMTS
6 16 (26.67%) Wireshark
7 9 (15.00%) Firewall
7 9 (15.00%) Network Security
8 8 (13.33%) TCP/IP
9 6 (10.00%) Internet
10 5 (8.33%) DWDM
10 5 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (6.67%) 2G
Development Applications
1 5 (8.33%) Eclipse
1 5 (8.33%) Visual Studio
2 3 (5.00%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.67%) CANoe
General
1 28 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 25 (41.67%) Telecoms
3 6 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.00%) Automotive
3 6 (10.00%) Electronics
4 5 (8.33%) Legal
4 5 (8.33%) Military
4 5 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (5.00%) Games
5 3 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.33%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 16 (26.67%) IP Engineer
1 16 (26.67%) Test Engineer
2 13 (21.67%) Network Engineer
3 6 (10.00%) IP Network Engineer
4 5 (8.33%) Software Engineer
5 4 (6.67%) C# Software Engineer
5 4 (6.67%) Cisco Engineer
5 4 (6.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 4 (6.67%) Embedded Engineer
5 4 (6.67%) Senior
6 3 (5.00%) Consultant
6 3 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) Designer
6 3 (5.00%) IP Designer
6 3 (5.00%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) Security Engineer
7 2 (3.33%) C++ Software Engineer
7 2 (3.33%) Design Engineer
7 2 (3.33%) Network Analyst
7 2 (3.33%) NOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.33%) Node.js
1 5 (8.33%) Web Services
2 1 (1.67%) XML
2 1 (1.67%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 18 (30.00%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (11.67%) Data Centre
2 7 (11.67%) PCIe
3 6 (10.00%) Algorithms
4 4 (6.67%) FPGA
4 4 (6.67%) SCADA
4 4 (6.67%) Verilog
5 3 (5.00%) Driving Licence
5 3 (5.00%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (3.33%) IoT
6 2 (3.33%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.67%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.67%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.67%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (1.67%) Infotainment
7 1 (1.67%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.67%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.67%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 23 (38.33%) Linux
2 16 (26.67%) Unix
3 7 (11.67%) Windows
4 3 (5.00%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (3.33%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.67%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (26.67%) Fault Management
2 16 (26.67%) Project Management
2 16 (26.67%) Regression Testing
2 16 (26.67%) Test Strategy
3 7 (11.67%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (11.67%) Network Architecture
4 6 (10.00%) Network Design
4 6 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (8.33%) Agile
5 5 (8.33%) CI/CD
5 5 (8.33%) Continuous Delivery
5 5 (8.33%) Continuous Integration
5 5 (8.33%) Digital Twin
5 5 (8.33%) Software Engineering
5 5 (8.33%) Synthetic Environment
5 5 (8.33%) TDD
5 5 (8.33%) Unit Testing
5 5 (8.33%) Validation
6 4 (6.67%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 16 (26.67%) Java
2 5 (8.33%) C#
2 5 (8.33%) C++
2 5 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 5 (8.33%) MATLAB
3 4 (6.67%) SystemVerilog
4 3 (5.00%) C
4 3 (5.00%) Tcl
5 1 (1.67%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 25 (41.67%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (33.33%) CCNP
3 16 (26.67%) ISEB
3 16 (26.67%) ISTQB
3 16 (26.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 12 (20.00%) Degree
5 11 (18.33%) SC Cleared
5 11 (18.33%) Security Cleared
6 8 (13.33%) CCNA
7 3 (5.00%) HNC
7 3 (5.00%) HND
7 3 (5.00%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.67%) BC Cleared
8 1 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.67%) CCDP
8 1 (1.67%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.67%) DO-254
1 4 (6.67%) GDPR
2 3 (5.00%) AUTOSAR
3 2 (3.33%) NCSC
4 1 (1.67%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.67%) NIST
4 1 (1.67%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.67%) QA
System Software
1 5 (8.33%) Firmware
2 3 (5.00%) KVM
3 1 (1.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 25 (41.67%) Cisco
2 24 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 17 (28.33%) Juniper
4 4 (6.67%) Altera
4 4 (6.67%) Microsemi
4 4 (6.67%) Xilinx
5 3 (5.00%) Actel
5 3 (5.00%) Intel
5 3 (5.00%) Nokia
6 2 (3.33%) Aruba
6 2 (3.33%) HP
6 2 (3.33%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.67%) ADVA
7 1 (1.67%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 1 (1.67%) Ciena
7 1 (1.67%) Google