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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 196 260
Rank change year-on-year -20 +64 +33
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 17 25 34
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.18% 0.47% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.08% 2.94% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 9 18 25
10th Percentile - £26,688 £21,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £50,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +22.22% +38.46%
75th Percentile £43,750 £60,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £49,250 - £110,000
England median annual salary £39,000 £57,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -32.17% +35.29% -10.53%

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 1,576 850 1,477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 16.35% 16.15% 15.23%
Number of salaries quoted 412 437 1,263
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £35,000 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +19.05% -6.67%
75th Percentile £53,750 £61,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,399 £66,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £53,300 £48,500
% change year-on-year -20.26% +9.90% -5.55%

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 9 March 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 9 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
West Midlands +17 14 £33,750 -44.90% 10
East Midlands -43 3 £47,500 -13.64% 4
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 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (11.76%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (58.82%) Broadband
1 10 (58.82%) DNS
1 10 (58.82%) VoIP
2 8 (47.06%) DHCP
2 8 (47.06%) VPN
3 6 (35.29%) ADSL
3 6 (35.29%) Internet
3 6 (35.29%) VDSL
3 6 (35.29%) Wireless
4 4 (23.53%) PBX
4 4 (23.53%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (11.76%) Firewall
5 2 (11.76%) LAN
5 2 (11.76%) PSTN
5 2 (11.76%) Unified Communications
5 2 (11.76%) WAN
6 1 (5.88%) Modbus
6 1 (5.88%) MPLS
6 1 (5.88%) Profibus
General
1 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 8 (47.06%) Manufacturing
3 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
4 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Support Engineer
2 6 (35.29%) Technical Engineer
2 6 (35.29%) Technical Support
2 6 (35.29%) Technical Support Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Senior
4 2 (11.76%) Business Development Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Business Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Development Manager
4 2 (11.76%) IT Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) IT Support
4 2 (11.76%) IT Support Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Business Development Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Business Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Development Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Senior IT Support
4 2 (11.76%) Senior IT Support Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Support Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Onboarding
2 4 (23.53%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (23.53%) FPGA
3 3 (17.65%) Driving Licence
4 2 (11.76%) Social Media
5 1 (5.88%) SCADA
5 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Linux
2 3 (17.65%) Windows
3 2 (11.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (23.53%) Customer Experience
3 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
3 3 (17.65%) Project Delivery
4 2 (11.76%) B2B
4 2 (11.76%) Business Development
4 2 (11.76%) Business Strategy
4 2 (11.76%) Contract Negotiation
4 2 (11.76%) CRM
4 2 (11.76%) Problem Management
4 2 (11.76%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 1 (5.88%) CAD
5 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
5 1 (5.88%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.88%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
1 2 (11.76%) BitLocker
2 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) FortiGate
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Fortinet
1 2 (11.76%) Kaseya
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
1 2 (11.76%) Panasonic
1 2 (11.76%) Samsung
2 1 (5.88%) Juniper
2 1 (5.88%) VMware