Ethernet Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Ethernet
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Ethernet skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - 47
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 5 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 1.61% - 0.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.11% - 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £47,500
75th Percentile £38,750 - £48,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 45 53 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 14.47% 10.54% 18.18%
Number of salaries quoted 23 15 53
10th Percentile £30,975 £27,500 £31,700
25th Percentile £36,250 £28,125 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,154 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.38% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £59,125 £48,125 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,407 £63,000 £69,740
UK median annual salary £40,000 £51,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -21.57% -0.97% -1.90%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Ethernet job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

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Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Ethernet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Ethernet

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Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 1 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
County Antrim - 5 £37,500 - 2
Ethernet
UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) ADSL
General
1 5 (100.00%) Law
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) NOC Engineer
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CCNA
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Juniper
1 5 (100.00%) Remedy
1 5 (100.00%) SolarWinds