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 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 567 500 579
Rank change year-on-year -67 +79 +164
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 83 123 218
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.13% 0.31% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.88% 2.31% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 34 82 169
10th Percentile £26,400 £41,288 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,563 £49,063 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.17% +27.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £58,438 £85,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,625 £92,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +20.00% -9.09%

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 9,389 5,323 10,121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.27% 13.53% 13.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,643 3,346 8,313
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,125 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,250 £36,864 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £53,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.75% +9.28% -5.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £40,866 £53,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -22.89% +9.28% -7.62%

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 15 March 2026.

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 15 March 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
North of England -39 27 £30,500 -28.24% 11
Midlands -21 18 £40,000 -27.27% 18
North West +5 15 £27,500 -35.29% 6
West Midlands +16 14 £33,750 -44.90% 13
Yorkshire -47 12 £31,000 -32.97% 4
South West -20 10 £31,330 -40.32% 13
East of England -1 9 £57,500 - 11
South East -28 8 £58,801 -2.00% 23
London +1 7 £115,000 +27.78% 8
East Midlands -55 3 £47,500 -13.64% 5
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 8 (9.64%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.41%) CMS
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.41%) WordPress
3 1 (1.20%) Kinematics
Applications
1 6 (7.23%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.82%) Simulink
3 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.41%) AutoCAD
5 1 (1.20%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Magento
2 2 (2.41%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 9 (10.84%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (9.64%) Azure
3 4 (4.82%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.61%) GCP
5 2 (2.41%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 21 (25.30%) Broadband
2 20 (24.10%) Wi-Fi
3 13 (15.66%) DNS
3 13 (15.66%) Wireless
4 11 (13.25%) DHCP
4 11 (13.25%) VoIP
4 11 (13.25%) VPN
5 8 (9.64%) Firewall
6 7 (8.43%) VLAN
6 7 (8.43%) WAN
7 6 (7.23%) ADSL
7 6 (7.23%) Internet
7 6 (7.23%) LAN
7 6 (7.23%) TCP/IP
7 6 (7.23%) VDSL
8 5 (6.02%) SD-WAN
8 5 (6.02%) Wireshark
9 4 (4.82%) PBX
10 3 (3.61%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (3.61%) InfiniBand
General
1 35 (42.17%) Social Skills
2 16 (19.28%) Telecoms
3 11 (13.25%) Electronics
3 11 (13.25%) Presentation Skills
4 9 (10.84%) Manufacturing
5 8 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.82%) Advertising
7 3 (3.61%) Finance
8 2 (2.41%) Marketing
9 1 (1.20%) Automotive
9 1 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.20%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (13.25%) Support Engineer
2 8 (9.64%) Development Manager
2 8 (9.64%) IT Support
2 8 (9.64%) Senior
3 7 (8.43%) Business Development Manager
3 7 (8.43%) Technical Support
4 6 (7.23%) Analyst
4 6 (7.23%) Business Manager
4 6 (7.23%) Technical Engineer
4 6 (7.23%) Technical Support Engineer
5 4 (4.82%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 4 (4.82%) Data Analyst
5 4 (4.82%) FPGA Engineer
5 4 (4.82%) IT Support Technician
5 4 (4.82%) IT Technician
5 4 (4.82%) Senior Business Development Manager
5 4 (4.82%) Senior Business Manager
5 4 (4.82%) Senior Development Manager
5 4 (4.82%) Senior Manager
5 4 (4.82%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.61%) JSON
2 2 (2.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 32 (38.55%) FPGA
2 29 (34.94%) Embedded Systems
3 13 (15.66%) Social Media
4 6 (7.23%) Algorithms
4 6 (7.23%) Onboarding
5 4 (4.82%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (4.82%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (4.82%) PCIe
6 3 (3.61%) Blog
6 3 (3.61%) Data Centre
6 3 (3.61%) Driving Licence
6 3 (3.61%) Fibre Optics
6 3 (3.61%) Public Cloud
6 3 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.41%) Robotics
8 1 (1.20%) Analogue Electronics
8 1 (1.20%) ARM Cortex
8 1 (1.20%) FMCG
8 1 (1.20%) PKI
8 1 (1.20%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 33 (39.76%) Linux
2 15 (18.07%) Windows
3 6 (7.23%) Apple iOS
4 5 (6.02%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.41%) Android
5 2 (2.41%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.41%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.20%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (1.20%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (18.07%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (16.87%) CRM
3 13 (15.66%) B2B
3 13 (15.66%) Business Development
4 11 (13.25%) Contract Negotiation
5 9 (10.84%) Business Strategy
5 9 (10.84%) Customer Service
6 6 (7.23%) Kalman Filter
7 5 (6.02%) Signal Processing
8 4 (4.82%) Customer Experience
8 4 (4.82%) Data Analysis
8 4 (4.82%) Embedded Software Development
8 4 (4.82%) Fuzz Testing
8 4 (4.82%) Penetration Testing
8 4 (4.82%) Schematic Capture
8 4 (4.82%) Software Testing
8 4 (4.82%) Systems Engineering
8 4 (4.82%) Systems Thinking
8 4 (4.82%) Technical Analysis
9 3 (3.61%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 15 (18.07%) Python
2 11 (13.25%) C
3 10 (12.05%) C++
4 4 (4.82%) Bash
4 4 (4.82%) C#
4 4 (4.82%) MATLAB
4 4 (4.82%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.41%) SQL
5 2 (2.41%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.20%) Ladder Logic
6 1 (1.20%) Rust
Qualifications
1 15 (18.07%) Degree
2 10 (12.05%) SC Cleared
2 10 (12.05%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.02%) DV Cleared
3 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (4.82%) PhD
5 3 (3.61%) RHCE
6 1 (1.20%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.41%) SLA
2 1 (1.20%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (1.20%) GDPR
System Software
1 15 (18.07%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.23%) Firmware
3 3 (3.61%) Lustre
3 3 (3.61%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 3 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.61%) VMware NSX
4 2 (2.41%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 6 (7.23%) Ansible
2 5 (6.02%) FortiGate
3 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.61%) Terraform
4 1 (1.20%) SCCM
4 1 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (21.69%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.23%) VMware
3 4 (4.82%) Altera
3 4 (4.82%) Apple
3 4 (4.82%) Cisco
3 4 (4.82%) EMC
3 4 (4.82%) Salesforce
4 3 (3.61%) Blue Coat
4 3 (3.61%) CheckPoint
4 3 (3.61%) F5
4 3 (3.61%) Google
4 3 (3.61%) IBM
4 3 (3.61%) Mellanox
4 3 (3.61%) NetApp
4 3 (3.61%) Red Hat
5 2 (2.41%) Fortinet
5 2 (2.41%) Kaseya
5 2 (2.41%) Panasonic
5 2 (2.41%) Samsung
5 2 (2.41%) ServiceNow