Ethernet Contracts

Ethernet
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Ethernet skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Ethernet over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 483 509 665
Rank change year-on-year +26 +156 -100
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 115 211 186
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.35% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.05% 2.86% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 116 84
10th Percentile £205 £213 £313
25th Percentile £313 £344 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £493 £450
Median % change year-on-year -28.93% +9.44% -2.17%
75th Percentile £481 £578 £521
90th Percentile £530 £744 £624
UK excluding London median daily rate £338 £463 £405
% change year-on-year -27.03% +14.20% -7.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 35 19
10th Percentile £21.00 £32.00 £21.00
25th Percentile £47.86 £42.50 £26.50
Median hourly rate £57.35 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.44% - -
75th Percentile £61.30 £61.25 £48.04
90th Percentile £64.63 £65.00 £49.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.35 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +27.44% - +36.36%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Ethernet is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,616 7,369 9,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.97% 12.32% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,363 4,796 6,383
10th Percentile £205 £231 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £438
% change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 481 362
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.50 £50.77
90th Percentile £67.75 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -14.00%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Ethernet in the UK

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Top 12 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 27 April 2024. 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 +67 112 £350 -30.00% 167
UK excluding London +35 95 £338 -27.03% 168
South East +33 60 £500 +17.65% 47
Work from Home +34 20 £500 - 45
London +62 17 £425 -22.73% 17
Midlands +21 13 £200 -60.00% 41
North of England +38 11 £325 -35.00% 23
North West +24 11 £325 -35.00% 13
West Midlands +31 8 £190 -34.48% 23
South West +18 6 £500 -14.89% 13
East Midlands +22 5 £210 -45.45% 18
East of England -1 5 £200 -38.46% 27

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 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (5.22%) MS Visio
2 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (7.83%) AWS
1 9 (7.83%) Azure
2 4 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 31 (26.96%) WAN
2 25 (21.74%) OSPF
2 25 (21.74%) VPN
3 24 (20.87%) LAN
4 22 (19.13%) Wireless
5 15 (13.04%) MPLS
6 14 (12.17%) TCP/IP
6 14 (12.17%) Wireless Security
7 12 (10.43%) Internet
7 12 (10.43%) SDH
8 11 (9.57%) DNS
9 10 (8.70%) BGP
9 10 (8.70%) Firewall
10 9 (7.83%) DHCP
10 9 (7.83%) IPsec
11 8 (6.96%) Wireshark
12 7 (6.09%) Cisco Nexus
12 7 (6.09%) SD-WAN
13 6 (5.22%) 4G
13 6 (5.22%) DWDM
Development Applications
1 18 (15.65%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (5.22%) Eclipse
2 6 (5.22%) Visual Studio
3 4 (3.48%) JIRA
General
1 51 (44.35%) Electronics
2 25 (21.74%) Social Skills
3 17 (14.78%) Telecoms
4 7 (6.09%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (5.22%) Military
6 4 (3.48%) Automotive
7 3 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.74%) Banking
8 2 (1.74%) Finance
9 1 (0.87%) Advertising
9 1 (0.87%) Aviation
9 1 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.87%) Law
9 1 (0.87%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.87%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 33 (28.70%) Designer
1 33 (28.70%) Digital Designer
1 33 (28.70%) FPGA Designer
1 33 (28.70%) VHDL Designer
2 32 (27.83%) Network Engineer
3 18 (15.65%) Consultant
4 9 (7.83%) Cisco Engineer
4 9 (7.83%) Support Engineer
5 7 (6.09%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 7 (6.09%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (4.35%) C# Software Engineer
6 5 (4.35%) Network Support
6 5 (4.35%) Network Support Engineer
6 5 (4.35%) Software Engineer
7 4 (3.48%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (3.48%) Active Directory Engineer
7 4 (3.48%) Active Directory Support
7 4 (3.48%) Active Directory Support Engineer
7 4 (3.48%) C++ Software Engineer
7 4 (3.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.09%) Web Services
2 6 (5.22%) Node.js
3 3 (2.61%) Blazor
3 3 (2.61%) OpenGL
3 3 (2.61%) WebRTC
4 2 (1.74%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.87%) JSON
5 1 (0.87%) REST
5 1 (0.87%) SOAP
5 1 (0.87%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (29.57%) FPGA
2 33 (28.70%) CPLD
2 33 (28.70%) VHDL
3 18 (15.65%) Analogue Electronics
3 18 (15.65%) Robotics
4 12 (10.43%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.61%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.61%) CUDA
5 3 (2.61%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.74%) PKI
7 1 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.87%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.87%) IoT
7 1 (0.87%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 19 (16.52%) Windows
2 16 (13.91%) Linux
3 4 (3.48%) Windows 10
3 4 (3.48%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.48%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (1.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (28.70%) Schematic Capture
2 18 (15.65%) Prototyping
2 18 (15.65%) Requirements Management
3 15 (13.04%) Design for Manufacturing
3 15 (13.04%) Systems Engineering
4 14 (12.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 12 (10.43%) Customer Service
6 10 (8.70%) Agile
6 10 (8.70%) Validation
7 8 (6.96%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (6.96%) Service Delivery
8 7 (6.09%) Computer Science
8 7 (6.09%) Migration
9 6 (5.22%) Continuous Delivery
9 6 (5.22%) Continuous Integration
9 6 (5.22%) Digital Twin
9 6 (5.22%) Software Engineering
9 6 (5.22%) TDD
9 6 (5.22%) Unit Testing
9 6 (5.22%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.83%) C#
1 9 (7.83%) C++
1 9 (7.83%) JavaScript
2 3 (2.61%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 44 (38.26%) Degree
2 25 (21.74%) SC Cleared
2 25 (21.74%) Security Cleared
3 18 (15.65%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (14.78%) CCNA
5 9 (7.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (6.96%) BC Cleared
7 3 (2.61%) CCDP
7 3 (2.61%) CCIP
7 3 (2.61%) CCNP
8 1 (0.87%) CISM
8 1 (0.87%) CISSP
8 1 (0.87%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.87%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.96%) SLA
2 7 (6.09%) QA
3 1 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (0.87%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.87%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (6.96%) Hyper-V
1 8 (6.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (4.35%) OpenView
2 4 (3.48%) Autotask
3 2 (1.74%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (1.74%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 33 (28.70%) EMC
2 28 (24.35%) Cisco
3 12 (10.43%) Microsoft
4 10 (8.70%) Juniper
5 8 (6.96%) VMware
6 7 (6.09%) Nokia
7 5 (4.35%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 5 (4.35%) Ciena
8 4 (3.48%) Arista
8 4 (3.48%) Fortinet
8 4 (3.48%) Remedy
9 3 (2.61%) BT
9 3 (2.61%) NVIDIA
9 3 (2.61%) Openreach
10 2 (1.74%) Barracuda Networks
10 2 (1.74%) F5
10 2 (1.74%) Forcepoint
10 2 (1.74%) Huawei
10 2 (1.74%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.74%) SolarWinds