Ethernet Job Trends in the East of England

Ethernet
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Ethernet skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 171 146
Rank change year-on-year -3 -25 +5
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 30 5 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.38% 0.15% 0.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.97% 0.72% 4.17%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 12
10th Percentile - - £43,300
25th Percentile £45,000 - £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 - -
90th Percentile £78,500 - £64,450
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -8.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

Ethernet falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 604 693 623
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.63% 20.23% 14.08%
Number of salaries quoted 424 272 390
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,000 £29,225
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,709
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -15.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,188 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -3.85%

Ethernet
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ethernet relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Ethernet job vacancy trend in the East of England

Ethernet
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Ethernet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Ethernet

Ethernet
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ethernet in the East of England over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Ethernet in the East of England

Ethernet
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the East of England region over the 6 months to 10 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -11 18 £72,500 - 13
Essex - 7 £50,000 - 2
Bedfordshire - 3 - - 7
Cambridgeshire - 2 - - 9
Ethernet
England

Ethernet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 10 (33.33%) FactoryTalk
2 3 (10.00%) WinCC
Applications
1 6 (20.00%) Maple
2 4 (13.33%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 17 (56.67%) Profibus
2 9 (30.00%) Modbus
3 2 (6.67%) Firewall
3 2 (6.67%) Network Security
4 1 (3.33%) 5G
4 1 (3.33%) InfiniBand
4 1 (3.33%) LTE
4 1 (3.33%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (3.33%) Wireless
General
1 16 (53.33%) Finance
1 16 (53.33%) Manufacturing
2 13 (43.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 6 (20.00%) Aerospace
4 6 (20.00%) Electronics
5 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Law
6 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Control Systems Engineer
1 10 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (13.33%) Electrical Engineer
2 4 (13.33%) Technical Specialist
3 3 (10.00%) Commissioning Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) Design Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) FPGA Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) IT Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Network Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Architect
5 1 (3.33%) Senior
5 1 (3.33%) Senior Design Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Senior FPGA Design Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (66.67%) SCADA
2 10 (33.33%) Replication
3 7 (23.33%) Driving Licence
3 7 (23.33%) FPGA
4 2 (6.67%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (6.67%) Operational Technology
4 2 (6.67%) PCIe
5 1 (3.33%) Algorithms
5 1 (3.33%) Verilog
5 1 (3.33%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) CentOS
1 1 (3.33%) Linux
1 1 (3.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (20.00%) Physics
3 5 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 4 (13.33%) Electronic Design Automation
4 4 (13.33%) Schematic Capture
5 3 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (10.00%) FPGA Design
5 3 (10.00%) Signal Processing
5 3 (10.00%) Validation
6 2 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (6.67%) Decision-Making
6 2 (6.67%) High Availability
6 2 (6.67%) Low Latency
6 2 (6.67%) Network Monitoring
6 2 (6.67%) Network Segmentation
6 2 (6.67%) Preventative Maintenance
6 2 (6.67%) Programme Delivery
6 2 (6.67%) Technical Leadership
7 1 (3.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) MATLAB
2 1 (3.33%) C
2 1 (3.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 22 (73.33%) HNC
2 20 (66.67%) Degree
3 15 (50.00%) HND
4 7 (23.33%) DV Cleared
4 7 (23.33%) Security Cleared
5 6 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (20.00%) SC Cleared
6 4 (13.33%) Master's Degree
6 4 (13.33%) PhD
7 2 (6.67%) CCNA
7 2 (6.67%) CCNP
7 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (53.33%) Accessibility
2 10 (33.33%) HAZOP
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Firmware
1 1 (3.33%) GPFS
1 1 (3.33%) Lustre
1 1 (3.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 10 (33.33%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 13 (43.33%) Allen-Bradley
2 10 (33.33%) Rockwell
2 10 (33.33%) Wonderware
3 7 (23.33%) Siemens
4 2 (6.67%) Cisco
5 1 (3.33%) Red Hat