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 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 184 234 216
Rank change year-on-year +50 -18 +112
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 35 31 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.64% 0.35% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.98% 2.92% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 23 21 12
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £40,625 £46,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +20.00% -32.69%
75th Percentile - £60,000 £53,813
90th Percentile £74,075 - £73,125
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 703 1,062 984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.79% 11.96% 18.95%
Number of salaries quoted 489 445 818
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,385 £26,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,475 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year -23.03% +5.14% -8.95%
75th Percentile £53,500 £58,750 £57,688
90th Percentile £72,250 £73,750 £67,875
England median annual salary £40,000 £53,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -24.53% +0.95% -

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 29 October 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 29 October 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 +51 23 £55,000 +4.76% 6
East Midlands +15 12 £65,000 +18.18% 13
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 (2.86%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (2.86%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.43%) IaaS
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (11.43%) PaaS
2 1 (2.86%) AWS
2 1 (2.86%) Azure
2 1 (2.86%) Figma
2 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (51.43%) Modbus
2 14 (40.00%) Profibus
3 10 (28.57%) DNS
3 10 (28.57%) VoIP
4 9 (25.71%) VPN
5 8 (22.86%) LAN
5 8 (22.86%) WAN
5 8 (22.86%) Wireless
6 7 (20.00%) ADSL
6 7 (20.00%) DHCP
6 7 (20.00%) Internet
6 7 (20.00%) VDSL
7 6 (17.14%) Firewall
7 6 (17.14%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (14.29%) Broadband
8 5 (14.29%) MQTT
8 5 (14.29%) PBX
9 4 (11.43%) Network Security
9 4 (11.43%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (8.57%) PSTN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Git
1 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 23 (65.71%) Manufacturing
2 11 (31.43%) Electronics
2 11 (31.43%) Social Skills
3 6 (17.14%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.71%) Retail
6 1 (2.86%) Advertising
6 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 14 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
2 12 (34.29%) Control Systems Engineer
3 10 (28.57%) Support Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
4 7 (20.00%) Technical Support
4 7 (20.00%) Technical Support Engineer
5 5 (14.29%) Automation Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) Architect
6 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Architect
7 3 (8.57%) Lead
8 2 (5.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 2 (5.71%) 2nd Line Support
8 2 (5.71%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 2 (5.71%) Network Engineer
8 2 (5.71%) Senior
8 2 (5.71%) Senior Automation Engineer
8 2 (5.71%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 1 (2.86%) Embedded Engineer
9 1 (2.86%) Engineering Manager
9 1 (2.86%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.43%) .NET
2 3 (8.57%) CSS
3 1 (2.86%) Material Design
3 1 (2.86%) WPF
3 1 (2.86%) XML
3 1 (2.86%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 18 (51.43%) SCADA
2 9 (25.71%) Data Centre
3 7 (20.00%) Onboarding
4 5 (14.29%) Biopharmaceutical
4 5 (14.29%) Industry 4.0
4 5 (14.29%) IoT
4 5 (14.29%) Operational Technology
4 5 (14.29%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (11.43%) Public Cloud
6 3 (8.57%) Driving Licence
7 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (2.86%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.14%) Linux
1 6 (17.14%) Windows
2 4 (11.43%) AIX
3 2 (5.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (45.71%) Risk Assessment
2 11 (31.43%) Mechatronics
2 11 (31.43%) Validation
3 8 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (20.00%) Customer Service
5 5 (14.29%) Asset Management
5 5 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 5 (14.29%) Network Design
5 5 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 5 (14.29%) Prototyping
5 5 (14.29%) System Testing
6 3 (8.57%) Agile
6 3 (8.57%) Business Development
7 2 (5.71%) Customer Experience
7 2 (5.71%) Network Monitoring
7 2 (5.71%) Product Management
7 2 (5.71%) Roadmaps
7 2 (5.71%) Technology Roadmap
7 2 (5.71%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 12 (34.29%) Ladder Logic
2 4 (11.43%) C#
3 3 (8.57%) JavaScript
3 3 (8.57%) Python
4 1 (2.86%) C
4 1 (2.86%) C++
4 1 (2.86%) XAML
Qualifications
1 16 (45.71%) Degree
2 11 (31.43%) Master's Degree
3 5 (14.29%) Chartered Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) HNC
3 5 (14.29%) HND
4 1 (2.86%) CCNA
4 1 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 7 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (14.29%) Functional Safety
2 3 (8.57%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 18 (51.43%) Siemens
2 17 (48.57%) Rockwell
3 12 (34.29%) Allen-Bradley
4 7 (20.00%) VMware
5 6 (17.14%) AVEVA
6 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 5 (14.29%) Panasonic
6 5 (14.29%) Samsung
7 3 (8.57%) Fortinet
8 2 (5.71%) Juniper
9 1 (2.86%) Cisco
9 1 (2.86%) Meraki