Ethernet Job Trends in the Midlands

Ethernet
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Ethernet skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 195 270
Rank change year-on-year -37 +75 +22
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 20 19 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.16% 0.39% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.24% 2.70% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 13 17 27
10th Percentile £26,750 - £21,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £26,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +22.22% +38.46%
75th Percentile £68,750 £60,000 £75,625
90th Percentile £90,000 £62,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +27.78% -5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,611 705 1,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.27% 14.50% 13.75%
Number of salaries quoted 427 454 1,291
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,387
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,574 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.72% +7.23% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,000 £58,750 £54,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

Ethernet
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Ethernet job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Ethernet
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Ethernet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Ethernet

Ethernet
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ethernet in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Ethernet in the Midlands

Ethernet
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
West Midlands -11 16 £57,500 -6.12% 11
East Midlands -68 3 £47,500 -13.64% 7
Ethernet
England

Ethernet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (10.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Azure
1 2 (10.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (10.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) Broadband
2 5 (25.00%) DHCP
2 5 (25.00%) DNS
2 5 (25.00%) VoIP
2 5 (25.00%) VPN
3 3 (15.00%) ADSL
3 3 (15.00%) Internet
3 3 (15.00%) Modbus
3 3 (15.00%) VDSL
3 3 (15.00%) Wireless
4 2 (10.00%) PBX
4 2 (10.00%) Unified Communications
4 2 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (5.00%) IPsec
5 1 (5.00%) Profibus
5 1 (5.00%) X.509
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Git
General
1 7 (35.00%) Manufacturing
2 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Automotive
3 3 (15.00%) Electronics
4 2 (10.00%) Advertising
4 2 (10.00%) Aerospace
4 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Software Engineer
2 6 (30.00%) Senior
3 5 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Support Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Technical Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Technical Support
4 3 (15.00%) Technical Support Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Business Development Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Business Manager
5 2 (10.00%) IT Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) IT Support
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Business Development Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Business Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Development Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Senior IT Support
5 2 (10.00%) Senior IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
1 4 (20.00%) FPGA
2 3 (15.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (10.00%) ARM Cortex
3 2 (10.00%) Robotics
3 2 (10.00%) Social Media
4 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
4 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
4 1 (5.00%) PKI
4 1 (5.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Linux
2 2 (10.00%) FreeRTOS
2 2 (10.00%) Windows
2 2 (10.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (25.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 5 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (15.00%) Customer Experience
3 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (15.00%) Secure Coding
3 3 (15.00%) Validation
4 2 (10.00%) B2B
4 2 (10.00%) Business Development
4 2 (10.00%) Code Quality
4 2 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (10.00%) Contract Negotiation
4 2 (10.00%) CRM
4 2 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (10.00%) Motion Control
4 2 (10.00%) Problem Management
4 2 (10.00%) Software Architecture
4 2 (10.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (10.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) C
2 3 (15.00%) C++
3 2 (10.00%) C#
3 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (10.00%) MATLAB
3 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (10.00%) Python
4 1 (5.00%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) IEC 61131
1 2 (10.00%) IEC 61508
1 2 (10.00%) MISRA
1 2 (10.00%) MISRA C
2 1 (5.00%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) Firmware
2 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.00%) BitLocker
2 2 (10.00%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Functional Safety
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Allen-Bradley
1 2 (10.00%) Kaseya
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (10.00%) Siemens