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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 199 256 216
Rank change year-on-year +57 -40 +101
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 34 28 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.61% 0.28% 0.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.03% 2.53% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 23 16 11
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £48,125 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +13.89% -35.71%
75th Percentile - £53,750 £54,625
90th Percentile £74,075 £56,375 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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 844 1,108 1,111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 15.07% 11.04% 19.47%
Number of salaries quoted 505 594 766
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £42,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.12% -2.30% -11.22%
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,188 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £41,000 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -18.00% -3.85% -0.95%

Ethernet
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Ethernet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Ethernet 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 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
West Midlands +45 19 £55,000 +7.32% 21
East Midlands +41 15 £47,500 - 16
Ethernet
England

Ethernet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (8.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.94%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (11.76%) Azure
2 4 (11.76%) IaaS
2 4 (11.76%) PaaS
3 3 (8.82%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.94%) AWS
4 1 (2.94%) Figma
4 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (55.88%) Modbus
2 15 (44.12%) Profibus
3 6 (17.65%) LAN
3 6 (17.65%) VPN
3 6 (17.65%) WAN
4 5 (14.71%) DNS
4 5 (14.71%) MQTT
4 5 (14.71%) VoIP
4 5 (14.71%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (14.71%) Wireless
5 4 (11.76%) ADSL
5 4 (11.76%) DHCP
5 4 (11.76%) Firewall
5 4 (11.76%) Internet
5 4 (11.76%) Network Security
5 4 (11.76%) PBX
5 4 (11.76%) Software-Defined Networking
5 4 (11.76%) VDSL
6 3 (8.82%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (2.94%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Git
1 1 (2.94%) JIRA
General
1 21 (61.76%) Manufacturing
2 12 (35.29%) Electronics
3 9 (26.47%) Social Skills
4 6 (17.65%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (11.76%) Telecoms
6 2 (5.88%) Retail
7 1 (2.94%) Advertising
7 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 15 (44.12%) Systems Engineer
2 13 (38.24%) Control Systems Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Automation Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Support Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Architect
4 4 (11.76%) Infrastructure Architect
4 4 (11.76%) Technical Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Technical Support
4 4 (11.76%) Technical Support Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) 1st Line Support
5 3 (8.82%) First Line Help Desk Support
5 3 (8.82%) Help Desk Support
5 3 (8.82%) Lead
6 2 (5.88%) Senior
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Automation Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (2.94%) Engineering Manager
7 1 (2.94%) Network Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.76%) .NET
2 3 (8.82%) CSS
3 1 (2.94%) Material Design
3 1 (2.94%) WPF
3 1 (2.94%) XML
3 1 (2.94%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 19 (55.88%) SCADA
2 9 (26.47%) Data Centre
3 5 (14.71%) Biopharmaceutical
3 5 (14.71%) Industry 4.0
3 5 (14.71%) IoT
3 5 (14.71%) Operational Technology
3 5 (14.71%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (11.76%) Onboarding
4 4 (11.76%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.94%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.94%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (23.53%) Windows
2 5 (14.71%) Linux
2 5 (14.71%) Windows Server
3 4 (11.76%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 12 (35.29%) Mechatronics
2 12 (35.29%) Validation
3 8 (23.53%) Customer Service
4 5 (14.71%) Asset Management
4 5 (14.71%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (14.71%) Mentoring
4 5 (14.71%) Network Design
4 5 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (14.71%) Project Delivery
4 5 (14.71%) Prototyping
4 5 (14.71%) System Testing
5 3 (8.82%) Agile
5 3 (8.82%) Business Development
5 3 (8.82%) Data Protection
6 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (5.88%) IT Strategy
6 2 (5.88%) Product Management
6 2 (5.88%) Technology Roadmap
6 2 (5.88%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 13 (38.24%) Ladder Logic
2 4 (11.76%) C#
3 3 (8.82%) JavaScript
3 3 (8.82%) Python
4 1 (2.94%) C
4 1 (2.94%) C++
4 1 (2.94%) XAML
Qualifications
1 17 (50.00%) Degree
2 12 (35.29%) Master's Degree
3 5 (14.71%) Chartered Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) HNC
3 5 (14.71%) HND
4 1 (2.94%) CCNA
4 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) SLA
2 1 (2.94%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 6 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (14.71%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (8.82%) Active Directory
3 3 (8.82%) Hyper-V
3 3 (8.82%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (14.71%) Functional Safety
2 1 (2.94%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 19 (55.88%) Siemens
2 18 (52.94%) Rockwell
3 13 (38.24%) Allen-Bradley
4 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
5 6 (17.65%) AVEVA
5 6 (17.65%) VMware
6 4 (11.76%) Meraki
6 4 (11.76%) Panasonic
6 4 (11.76%) Samsung
7 1 (2.94%) Cisco
7 1 (2.94%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.94%) Juniper