Ethernet Job Trends in England

Ethernet
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Ethernet skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 502 550
Rank change year-on-year -10 +48 +168
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 100 180 110
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.19% 0.36% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.12% 2.70% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 40 110 89
10th Percentile £26,700 £43,175 £30,400
25th Percentile £28,500 £49,152 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% -8.33% +23.71%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £41,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -25.45% -4.35% +15.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,909 6,660 6,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.13% 13.38% 14.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,517 3,534 5,350
10th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £28,286
25th Percentile £28,697 £40,000 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%

Ethernet
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Ethernet job vacancy trend in England

Ethernet
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ethernet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ethernet

Ethernet
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ethernet in England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Ethernet in England

Ethernet
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the England region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +20 33 £34,250 -33.21% 4
Midlands +9 19 £27,500 -50.00% 4
North West +38 18 £27,500 -40.58% 3
London +55 17 £35,000 -61.11% 13
West Midlands +29 17 £27,500 -47.62% 4
Yorkshire -6 15 £52,500 -6.67% 1
South East -12 12 £53,312 -11.15% 23
South West +15 9 £31,330 -38.87% 8
East of England +2 5 £57,500 +4.55% 15
East Midlands -24 2 - -
Ethernet
UK

Ethernet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 6 (6.00%) SharePoint
1 6 (6.00%) WinCC
2 2 (2.00%) CMS
2 2 (2.00%) FactoryTalk
2 2 (2.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (6.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.00%) Simulink
3 1 (1.00%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.00%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (1.00%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (5.00%) Azure
3 4 (4.00%) GCP
4 2 (2.00%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (2.00%) AWS
5 1 (1.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 28 (28.00%) Wi-Fi
2 24 (24.00%) Broadband
3 15 (15.00%) Internet
3 15 (15.00%) Wireless
4 14 (14.00%) DNS
5 13 (13.00%) VoIP
6 11 (11.00%) DHCP
6 11 (11.00%) LAN
7 10 (10.00%) VPN
8 9 (9.00%) ADSL
8 9 (9.00%) Firewall
8 9 (9.00%) VDSL
8 9 (9.00%) WAN
9 7 (7.00%) SD-WAN
10 6 (6.00%) Profibus
10 6 (6.00%) TCP/IP
10 6 (6.00%) VLAN
11 5 (5.00%) PBX
11 5 (5.00%) Wireshark
12 4 (4.00%) Cisco ISE
General
1 47 (47.00%) Social Skills
2 26 (26.00%) Telecoms
3 13 (13.00%) Presentation Skills
4 12 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (10.00%) Manufacturing
6 6 (6.00%) Electronics
6 6 (6.00%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (5.00%) Advertising
8 4 (4.00%) Marketing
9 2 (2.00%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.00%) Military
10 1 (1.00%) Billing
10 1 (1.00%) Finance
10 1 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (15.00%) Support Engineer
2 12 (12.00%) Development Manager
3 11 (11.00%) Business Development Manager
3 11 (11.00%) Technical Support
4 10 (10.00%) Business Manager
4 10 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
4 10 (10.00%) Technical Support Engineer
5 8 (8.00%) IT Support
5 8 (8.00%) Systems Engineer
6 7 (7.00%) IT Support Technician
6 7 (7.00%) IT Technician
6 7 (7.00%) Support Technician
7 6 (6.00%) Analyst
7 6 (6.00%) Control Systems Engineer
7 6 (6.00%) Senior
8 5 (5.00%) Senior Business Development Manager
8 5 (5.00%) Senior Business Manager
8 5 (5.00%) Senior Development Manager
8 5 (5.00%) Senior Manager
9 4 (4.00%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.00%) JSON
2 2 (2.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (28.00%) Embedded Systems
2 27 (27.00%) FPGA
3 17 (17.00%) Social Media
4 11 (11.00%) Onboarding
5 8 (8.00%) SCADA
6 7 (7.00%) Fibre Optics
7 6 (6.00%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (4.00%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (4.00%) Data Centre
8 4 (4.00%) Public Cloud
9 3 (3.00%) Driving Licence
9 3 (3.00%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (3.00%) Operational Technology
9 3 (3.00%) Virtual Team
10 1 (1.00%) Acoustics
10 1 (1.00%) Blog
10 1 (1.00%) FMCG
10 1 (1.00%) Robotics
10 1 (1.00%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 34 (34.00%) Linux
2 18 (18.00%) Windows
3 6 (6.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.00%) Android
4 2 (2.00%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.00%) VMS
4 2 (2.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (17.00%) B2B
2 17 (17.00%) Business Development
3 15 (15.00%) Contract Negotiation
4 14 (14.00%) CRM
5 12 (12.00%) Customer Service
6 11 (11.00%) Business Strategy
7 6 (6.00%) Lead Generation
7 6 (6.00%) Systems Engineering
8 4 (4.00%) Customer Experience
8 4 (4.00%) Data Analysis
8 4 (4.00%) Due Diligence
8 4 (4.00%) Fuzz Testing
8 4 (4.00%) Penetration Testing
8 4 (4.00%) Performance Metrics
8 4 (4.00%) Product Management
8 4 (4.00%) Software Testing
8 4 (4.00%) Systems Thinking
8 4 (4.00%) Technical Analysis
8 4 (4.00%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 12 (12.00%) Python
2 4 (4.00%) Bash
2 4 (4.00%) C
2 4 (4.00%) C++
2 4 (4.00%) SQL
3 2 (2.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (13.00%) SC Cleared
1 13 (13.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (10.00%) Degree
3 5 (5.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.00%) RHCE
5 2 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.00%) HNC
5 2 (2.00%) HND
6 1 (1.00%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.00%) GDPR
1 1 (1.00%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (13.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.00%) VMware NSX
3 3 (3.00%) Lustre
3 3 (3.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 2 (2.00%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (7.00%) Ansible
1 7 (7.00%) FortiGate
2 4 (4.00%) Terraform
3 2 (2.00%) AssetCenter
3 2 (2.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.00%) VMware
3 8 (8.00%) Salesforce
3 8 (8.00%) Siemens
4 7 (7.00%) Cisco
5 6 (6.00%) Rockwell
6 5 (5.00%) EMC
6 5 (5.00%) Panasonic
6 5 (5.00%) Samsung
7 4 (4.00%) Apple
7 4 (4.00%) AVEVA
7 4 (4.00%) Blue Coat
7 4 (4.00%) CheckPoint
7 4 (4.00%) F5
7 4 (4.00%) Google
8 3 (3.00%) Fortinet
8 3 (3.00%) Mellanox
8 3 (3.00%) NetApp
8 3 (3.00%) Red Hat
8 3 (3.00%) ServiceNow