Ethernet Contract Job Trends

Ethernet
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Ethernet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 589 459 418
Rank change year-on-year -130 -41 +107
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 77 91 152
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.28% 0.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.52% 2.33% 3.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 38 63
10th Percentile £195 £204 £313
25th Percentile £238 £409 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £408
Median % change year-on-year - +10.43% -17.26%
75th Percentile £506 £498 £518
90th Percentile £622 £631 £540
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -12.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 29 62
10th Percentile £38.33 £34.28 -
25th Percentile - £61.25 £53.40
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year - +13.34% +61.69%
75th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £65.00
90th Percentile - £88.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year - +13.34% +52.93%

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 5,063 3,911 4,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.43% 11.82% 12.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,994 2,376 2,888
10th Percentile £250 £242 £220
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.95% -5.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 367 203 321
10th Percentile £15.22 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.33 £25.15 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.14 £46.25 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year -43.48% -4.76% -11.71%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.95 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.14 £45.00 £54.88
% change year-on-year -41.91% -18.00% -3.58%

Ethernet
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Ethernet job vacancy trend in the UK

Ethernet
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Ethernet.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Ethernet

Ethernet
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ethernet over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Ethernet in the UK

Ethernet
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Ethernet.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Ethernet

Ethernet
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Ethernet over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Ethernet in the UK

Ethernet
Top 14 Contract Job 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 16 August 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
England -137 70 £450 - 91
UK excluding London -110 60 £400 -11.11% 93
East of England -27 25 £72 -77.32% 16
Work from Home -64 23 £550 +20.88% 28
London -69 15 £475 +20.63% 9
South West -41 13 £450 - 7
South East -79 9 £544 +20.83% 31
Midlands -49 6 £215 -52.22% 15
Scotland -8 5 £305 -6.15% 8
West Midlands -55 4 £225 -50.00% 14
North of England -89 3 £400 -17.06% 20
North West -42 2 £400 -28.89% 6
East Midlands -17 1 £205 +24.24% 1
Yorkshire -55 1 - - 5

Ethernet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.30%) Confluence
1 1 (1.30%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 9 (11.69%) Simulink
2 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.30%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.30%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.90%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.60%) AWS
2 2 (2.60%) Azure
3 1 (1.30%) GitHub
3 1 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 29 (37.66%) TCP/IP
2 11 (14.29%) Wireless
3 10 (12.99%) BGP
3 10 (12.99%) Firewall
4 9 (11.69%) Cisco IOS
4 9 (11.69%) Software-Defined Radio
5 8 (10.39%) NX-OS
6 6 (7.79%) MPLS
7 5 (6.49%) InfiniBand
7 5 (6.49%) WAN
8 4 (5.19%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (3.90%) Broadband
9 3 (3.90%) Ethernet VPN
9 3 (3.90%) Internet
9 3 (3.90%) Network Security
10 2 (2.60%) 5G
10 2 (2.60%) 5G NR
10 2 (2.60%) Microwave Backhaul
10 2 (2.60%) SD-WAN
10 2 (2.60%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.90%) Power BI
2 2 (2.60%) Tableau
3 1 (1.30%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 14 (18.18%) Visual Studio
2 13 (16.88%) Eclipse
3 10 (12.99%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (2.60%) GitLab
4 2 (2.60%) JIRA
5 1 (1.30%) CANoe
5 1 (1.30%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (31.17%) Social Skills
2 13 (16.88%) Aerospace
2 13 (16.88%) Military
2 13 (16.88%) Presentation Skills
2 13 (16.88%) Telecoms
3 5 (6.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (6.49%) Law
4 3 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.90%) Banking
4 3 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (3.90%) Electronics
4 3 (3.90%) Manufacturing
4 3 (3.90%) Marketing
4 3 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.60%) Automotive
5 2 (2.60%) Finance
6 1 (1.30%) Front Office
6 1 (1.30%) Games
6 1 (1.30%) Legal
6 1 (1.30%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (24.68%) Software Engineer
2 11 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 10 (12.99%) C# Software Engineer
4 9 (11.69%) C++ Software Engineer
5 8 (10.39%) DSP Engineer
5 8 (10.39%) DSP Software Engineer
5 8 (10.39%) Senior
6 7 (9.09%) FPGA Engineer
7 6 (7.79%) Systems Engineer
8 5 (6.49%) Technical Engineer
9 4 (5.19%) Designer
9 4 (5.19%) Embedded Engineer
9 4 (5.19%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 4 (5.19%) Radio Engineer
9 4 (5.19%) Senior FPGA Engineer
10 3 (3.90%) Business Manager
10 3 (3.90%) Field Engineer
10 3 (3.90%) Senior Business Development Manager
10 3 (3.90%) Senior Business Manager
10 3 (3.90%) Senior Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.88%) Node.js
1 13 (16.88%) Web Services
2 1 (1.30%) Java Concurrency
2 1 (1.30%) NETCONF
2 1 (1.30%) RESTCONF
2 1 (1.30%) Spine.js
Miscellaneous
1 19 (24.68%) PCIe
2 18 (23.38%) FPGA
3 11 (14.29%) Data Centre
4 6 (7.79%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (7.79%) VHDL
5 5 (6.49%) Industry 4.0
5 5 (6.49%) Robotics
5 5 (6.49%) Verilog
6 4 (5.19%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (3.90%) Driving Licence
7 3 (3.90%) Onboarding
7 3 (3.90%) Operational Technology
7 3 (3.90%) Photography
7 3 (3.90%) Social Media
7 3 (3.90%) Virtual Team
8 2 (2.60%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.60%) SCADA
9 1 (1.30%) Digital Signage
9 1 (1.30%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 1 (1.30%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 17 (22.08%) Linux
2 14 (18.18%) Windows
3 9 (11.69%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (1.30%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.30%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.30%) Unix
4 1 (1.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.97%) Software Engineering
2 19 (24.68%) Validation
3 18 (23.38%) Agile
4 14 (18.18%) CI/CD
4 14 (18.18%) TDD
5 13 (16.88%) Continuous Delivery
5 13 (16.88%) Continuous Integration
5 13 (16.88%) Digital Twin
5 13 (16.88%) Synthetic Environment
5 13 (16.88%) Unit Testing
5 13 (16.88%) Verification and Validation
6 12 (15.58%) Visualisation
7 10 (12.99%) Customer Requirements
7 10 (12.99%) UML
8 9 (11.69%) Digital Signal Processing
8 9 (11.69%) Migration
8 9 (11.69%) Signal Processing
8 9 (11.69%) SysML
8 9 (11.69%) UVM
9 7 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 14 (18.18%) C++
2 13 (16.88%) C#
2 13 (16.88%) JavaScript
3 11 (14.29%) C
3 11 (14.29%) Python
4 9 (11.69%) MATLAB
5 7 (9.09%) SystemVerilog
6 4 (5.19%) Embedded C
7 2 (2.60%) Java
7 2 (2.60%) SQL
8 1 (1.30%) Ada
8 1 (1.30%) Ada 95
8 1 (1.30%) Bash
8 1 (1.30%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 25 (32.47%) Security Cleared
2 23 (29.87%) SC Cleared
3 9 (11.69%) Degree
4 7 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (3.90%) CCNP
5 3 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.60%) BC Cleared
6 2 (2.60%) CCIE
6 2 (2.60%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.30%) CCNA
7 1 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.30%) HNC
7 1 (1.30%) HND
7 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.30%) MCSA
7 1 (1.30%) MCSE
7 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.30%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.39%) DO-254
2 3 (3.90%) QA
3 2 (2.60%) SLA
4 1 (1.30%) Def Stans
4 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.30%) MIL-STD-1553
4 1 (1.30%) NIST
4 1 (1.30%) NIST 800
System Software
1 8 (10.39%) Firmware
2 1 (1.30%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.30%) NFS
2 1 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.90%) Ansible
2 1 (1.30%) Grafana
2 1 (1.30%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.30%) PTC Integrity
2 1 (1.30%) Terraform
2 1 (1.30%) TrustSec
2 1 (1.30%) VxRail
Vendors
1 21 (27.27%) Cisco
2 18 (23.38%) Microsoft
3 10 (12.99%) Juniper
4 9 (11.69%) Siemens
4 9 (11.69%) Xilinx
5 8 (10.39%) Altera
5 8 (10.39%) Fortinet
6 7 (9.09%) Microsemi
7 5 (6.49%) BT
7 5 (6.49%) Openreach
8 4 (5.19%) Arista
8 4 (5.19%) Aruba
8 4 (5.19%) EMC
8 4 (5.19%) NVIDIA
9 3 (3.90%) Salesforce
10 2 (2.60%) Dell
10 2 (2.60%) Intel
10 2 (2.60%) Rockwell
10 2 (2.60%) ServiceNow
10 2 (2.60%) Synopsys