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 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 198 249
Rank change year-on-year -42 +51 -40
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 41 34 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.26% 0.61% 0.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.77% 4.11% 2.75%
Number of salaries quoted 28 22 19
10th Percentile £40,500 £37,500 £31,600
25th Percentile £47,188 £53,125 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 - £56,375
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,788 £60,000
England median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -8.33%

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 859 827 1,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.48% 14.82% 11.22%
Number of salaries quoted 622 505 491
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,250 £29,000 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -22.22% +4.05%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,625 £71,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% -

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 11 October 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 11 October 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 -44 27 £52,500 -4.55% 42
East Midlands -27 14 £52,500 -19.23% 15
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 1 (2.44%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 5 (12.20%) EPLAN
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.44%) Siemens NX
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.44%) Azure
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (36.59%) Modbus
2 14 (34.15%) Profibus
3 13 (31.71%) VPN
4 12 (29.27%) IPv4
4 12 (29.27%) OSPF
4 12 (29.27%) VLAN
5 11 (26.83%) DMZ
6 8 (19.51%) TCP/IP
7 2 (4.88%) Firewall
8 1 (2.44%) BGP
8 1 (2.44%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (2.44%) HSRP
8 1 (2.44%) MPLS
8 1 (2.44%) Multicast
8 1 (2.44%) Network Security
8 1 (2.44%) Spanning Tree
8 1 (2.44%) VRRP
8 1 (2.44%) VXLAN
8 1 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (2.44%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Git
General
1 25 (60.98%) Manufacturing
2 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
3 9 (21.95%) Aerospace
3 9 (21.95%) Automotive
4 6 (14.63%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (9.76%) Advertising
6 2 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.44%) Finance
7 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (29.27%) Automation Engineer
1 12 (29.27%) Control Systems Engineer
2 11 (26.83%) Principal Engineer
2 11 (26.83%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 11 (26.83%) Software Engineer
3 9 (21.95%) Senior
4 7 (17.07%) Embedded Engineer
4 7 (17.07%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 6 (14.63%) C++ Software Engineer
5 6 (14.63%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 6 (14.63%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 6 (14.63%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 6 (14.63%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 6 (14.63%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 6 (14.63%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Network Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) PLC Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Robotics Engineer
7 1 (2.44%) IT Engineer
7 1 (2.44%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.20%) STL
2 2 (4.88%) .NET
3 1 (2.44%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 22 (53.66%) SCADA
2 13 (31.71%) Robotics
3 10 (24.39%) Driving Licence
4 3 (7.32%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.44%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Linux
1 1 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) Software Engineering
2 13 (31.71%) Validation
3 12 (29.27%) High Availability
3 12 (29.27%) Integration Testing
3 12 (29.27%) OO
3 12 (29.27%) Root Cause Analysis
3 12 (29.27%) Technical Leadership
4 11 (26.83%) Customer Requirements
4 11 (26.83%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (26.83%) Data Acquisition
4 11 (26.83%) Data Modelling
5 9 (21.95%) Motion Control
6 8 (19.51%) Logistics
7 6 (14.63%) Software Testing
8 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (12.20%) Project Delivery
9 4 (9.76%) Systems Engineering
10 3 (7.32%) Mechatronics
10 3 (7.32%) Project Management
10 3 (7.32%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) C++
2 4 (9.76%) C
2 4 (9.76%) C#
2 4 (9.76%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.44%) Java
3 1 (2.44%) Ladder Logic
3 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (12.20%) Degree
2 2 (4.88%) CCNP
2 2 (4.88%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.44%) CCIE
3 1 (2.44%) CCIE Routing and Switching
3 1 (2.44%) CCNA
3 1 (2.44%) HNC
3 1 (2.44%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) IEC 61131
2 1 (2.44%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 1 (2.44%) GAMP
2 1 (2.44%) GMP
2 1 (2.44%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.44%) Firmware
1 1 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (7.32%) Functional Safety
2 1 (2.44%) Ansible
2 1 (2.44%) MOM
Vendors
1 15 (36.59%) Siemens
2 6 (14.63%) Allen-Bradley
2 6 (14.63%) Rockwell
3 4 (9.76%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.88%) Cisco
5 1 (2.44%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.44%) Mellanox
5 1 (2.44%) Meraki
5 1 (2.44%) NVIDIA
5 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.44%) VMware
5 1 (2.44%) Wonderware
5 1 (2.44%) Zscaler