Ethernet Contracts

Ethernet
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 459 455 529
Rank change year-on-year -4 +74 +145
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 92 140 151
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.32% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.35% 2.58% 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 47 85
10th Percentile £274 £241 £231
25th Percentile £440 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £410 £493
Median % change year-on-year +19.70% -16.75% +9.44%
75th Percentile £544 £525 £569
90th Percentile £688 £544 £665
UK excluding London median daily rate £466 £425 £486
% change year-on-year +9.53% -12.55% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 60 21
10th Percentile £32.08 £23.17 £14.00
25th Percentile £54.56 £53.40 £24.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.35 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.34% +27.44% -
75th Percentile £85.63 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £88.00 - £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £57.35 £45.00
% change year-on-year +13.34% +27.44% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,916 5,433 7,188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.39% 12.51% 12.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,363 3,200 4,636
10th Percentile £230 £213 £240
25th Percentile £363 £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £503
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -0.50% +0.50%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £493 £475
% change year-on-year -4.57% +3.68% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 427 421
10th Percentile £14.54 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.81 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £42.00 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +100.00% -22.57%
75th Percentile £60.41 £63.75 £63.00
90th Percentile £76.50 £73.45 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.32 £47.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -36.17% +90.00% +11.11%

Ethernet
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Ethernet in the UK

Ethernet
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Ethernet in the UK

Ethernet
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ethernet over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ethernet in the UK

Ethernet
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Ethernet in the UK

Ethernet
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Ethernet over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Ethernet in the UK

Ethernet
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 4 July 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
England +14 87 £491 +15.47% 469
UK excluding London -16 75 £466 +9.53% 343
East of England +33 24 £575 +187.50% 44
Work from Home +47 21 £500 - 158
South East -1 19 £450 -10.00% 101
North of England +14 17 £496 +52.62% 67
London +38 14 £500 +25.00% 150
North West +2 8 £500 +53.85% 35
Yorkshire - 8 £492 - 29
Midlands -8 7 £185 -64.76% 55
West Midlands -1 6 £418 -20.55% 26
South West +22 4 - - 32
Scotland - 3 £325 - 28
East Midlands +1 1 £165 -21.43% 29
North East - 1 £200 - 3
Wales - 1 - - 9

Ethernet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.09%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 8 (8.70%) Simulink
2 2 (2.17%) CANalyzer
3 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.09%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.17%) AWS
2 1 (1.09%) AWS Direct Connect
2 1 (1.09%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 32 (34.78%) WAN
2 21 (22.83%) LAN
3 20 (21.74%) MPLS
4 19 (20.65%) Firewall
5 18 (19.57%) VPN
6 17 (18.48%) TCP/IP
7 16 (17.39%) SAN
7 16 (17.39%) SDH
8 14 (15.22%) ATM
8 14 (15.22%) Frame Relay
8 14 (15.22%) GPRS
8 14 (15.22%) GSM
8 14 (15.22%) LTE
8 14 (15.22%) UMTS
8 14 (15.22%) Wireshark
9 12 (13.04%) Cisco Nexus
10 11 (11.96%) SD-WAN
11 8 (8.70%) Wireless
12 6 (6.52%) Network Security
12 6 (6.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (1.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (13.04%) Eclipse
1 12 (13.04%) Visual Studio
2 3 (3.26%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (2.17%) CANoe
4 1 (1.09%) Git
4 1 (1.09%) GitLab
4 1 (1.09%) JIRA
4 1 (1.09%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 38 (41.30%) Social Skills
2 19 (20.65%) Telecoms
3 12 (13.04%) Military
3 12 (13.04%) Presentation Skills
4 11 (11.96%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (10.87%) Electronics
6 6 (6.52%) Automotive
6 6 (6.52%) Games
7 4 (4.35%) Legal
8 2 (2.17%) Law
8 2 (2.17%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.17%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.09%) Advertising
9 1 (1.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (28.26%) Network Engineer
2 13 (14.13%) IP Engineer
2 13 (14.13%) Software Engineer
2 13 (14.13%) Test Engineer
3 11 (11.96%) C# Software Engineer
4 10 (10.87%) Senior
5 8 (8.70%) Implementation Engineer
5 8 (8.70%) Network Implementation Engineer
6 7 (7.61%) C++ Software Engineer
6 7 (7.61%) Consultant
6 7 (7.61%) FPGA Engineer
6 7 (7.61%) Senior Network Engineer
7 5 (5.43%) Architect
7 5 (5.43%) Embedded Engineer
7 5 (5.43%) IP Network Engineer
8 4 (4.35%) Cisco Engineer
8 4 (4.35%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 4 (4.35%) Firmware Engineer
8 4 (4.35%) Network Architect
8 4 (4.35%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.04%) Node.js
1 12 (13.04%) Web Services
2 2 (2.17%) JSON
3 1 (1.09%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.09%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (1.09%) gRPC
3 1 (1.09%) Next.js
3 1 (1.09%) PySpark
3 1 (1.09%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 20 (21.74%) Data Centre
2 15 (16.30%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (14.13%) PCIe
4 10 (10.87%) FPGA
5 9 (9.78%) Algorithms
5 9 (9.78%) Verilog
6 6 (6.52%) SCADA
7 4 (4.35%) Driving Licence
7 4 (4.35%) Operational Technology
8 3 (3.26%) VHDL
9 2 (2.17%) Cyberattack
9 2 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (2.17%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (2.17%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 2 (2.17%) IoT
10 1 (1.09%) Digital Signage
10 1 (1.09%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (1.09%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 30 (32.61%) Linux
2 15 (16.30%) Windows
3 14 (15.22%) Unix
4 3 (3.26%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (3.26%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.09%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.09%) CatOS
5 1 (1.09%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (1.09%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (29.35%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (18.48%) Agile
3 16 (17.39%) Project Management
4 14 (15.22%) Fault Management
4 14 (15.22%) Regression Testing
4 14 (15.22%) Software Engineering
4 14 (15.22%) Test Strategy
5 13 (14.13%) TDD
5 13 (14.13%) Validation
6 12 (13.04%) CI/CD
6 12 (13.04%) Continuous Delivery
6 12 (13.04%) Continuous Integration
6 12 (13.04%) Digital Twin
6 12 (13.04%) Synthetic Environment
6 12 (13.04%) Unit Testing
7 11 (11.96%) Verification and Validation
7 11 (11.96%) Visualisation
8 10 (10.87%) Artificial Intelligence
9 9 (9.78%) Analytics
9 9 (9.78%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 15 (16.30%) Java
2 12 (13.04%) C#
2 12 (13.04%) C++
2 12 (13.04%) JavaScript
3 9 (9.78%) MATLAB
3 9 (9.78%) SystemVerilog
3 9 (9.78%) Tcl
4 6 (6.52%) Python
5 3 (3.26%) C
6 1 (1.09%) Embedded C
6 1 (1.09%) Scala
6 1 (1.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (33.70%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (26.09%) Security Cleared
3 22 (23.91%) SC Cleared
4 16 (17.39%) CCNP
5 14 (15.22%) ISEB
5 14 (15.22%) ISTQB
5 14 (15.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 12 (13.04%) Degree
7 7 (7.61%) CCNA
7 7 (7.61%) HNC
7 7 (7.61%) HND
8 4 (4.35%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (2.17%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.09%) CCIE
10 1 (1.09%) CCSA
10 1 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.09%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.52%) DO-254
2 4 (4.35%) GDPR
3 3 (3.26%) AUTOSAR
3 3 (3.26%) NCSC
4 2 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.09%) NIST
5 1 (1.09%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.09%) PMO
5 1 (1.09%) QA
System Software
1 9 (9.78%) Firmware
2 2 (2.17%) KVM
3 1 (1.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.26%) Ansible
2 2 (2.17%) Terraform
3 1 (1.09%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.09%) Nagios
3 1 (1.09%) OpenView
3 1 (1.09%) OPNET
3 1 (1.09%) Puppet
3 1 (1.09%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 38 (41.30%) Cisco
2 37 (40.22%) Microsoft
3 17 (18.48%) Juniper
4 9 (9.78%) Intel
4 9 (9.78%) Xilinx
5 6 (6.52%) Actel
5 6 (6.52%) Altera
5 6 (6.52%) Microsemi
6 5 (5.43%) Palo Alto
7 4 (4.35%) SolarWinds
8 3 (3.26%) HP
9 2 (2.17%) Aruba
9 2 (2.17%) F5
9 2 (2.17%) Fortinet
9 2 (2.17%) LogicMonitor
9 2 (2.17%) Nokia
10 1 (1.09%) AVEVA
10 1 (1.09%) Mellanox
10 1 (1.09%) Rockwell
10 1 (1.09%) ServiceNow