Ethernet Job Trends in the South East

Ethernet
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Ethernet skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 276 320
Rank change year-on-year -12 +44 -20
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 18 18 56
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.11% 0.21% 0.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.35% 1.38% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14 10 38
10th Percentile £34,500 - £35,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £46,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.92% -7.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £47,188 £70,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £50,000 £77,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £54,417 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.06% +10.00% -9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,336 1,301 2,641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.50% 15.14% 15.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,046 805 1,774
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,313 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% +3.54%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,900 £70,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%

Ethernet
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Ethernet job vacancy trend in the South East

Ethernet
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Ethernet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Ethernet

Ethernet
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ethernet in the South East over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Ethernet in the South East

Ethernet
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 July 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 Sussex - 7 £37,500 - 1
Thames Valley +14 4 - - 9
Oxfordshire -9 4 - - 3
Surrey - 3 £50,000 - 6
Kent - 3 £35,000 - 1
Hampshire -54 1 £80,000 +100.00% 6
Ethernet
England

Ethernet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Lightworks
1 3 (16.67%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 10 (55.56%) TCP/IP
2 6 (33.33%) Wireless
3 3 (16.67%) 3G
3 3 (16.67%) 4G
3 3 (16.67%) 5G
3 3 (16.67%) Broadband
3 3 (16.67%) DHCP
3 3 (16.67%) DNS
3 3 (16.67%) Firewall
3 3 (16.67%) MQTT
3 3 (16.67%) VLAN
3 3 (16.67%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Git
1 3 (16.67%) PetaLinux
General
1 8 (44.44%) Electronics
2 7 (38.89%) Telecoms
3 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Technical Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Electronics Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Support Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Technical Support
2 4 (22.22%) Technical Support Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Network Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Software Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Java Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Real Time Developer
4 1 (5.56%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) Yocto
2 1 (5.56%) JavaFX
2 1 (5.56%) Swing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Social Media
2 4 (22.22%) FPGA
3 3 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (16.67%) IoT
3 3 (16.67%) Verilog
3 3 (16.67%) VHDL
4 1 (5.56%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (5.56%) Lidar
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Linux
2 3 (16.67%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Image Processing
1 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (22.22%) Software Engineering
2 3 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 3 (16.67%) Data Development
2 3 (16.67%) Embedded Software Development
2 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
2 3 (16.67%) Integration Testing
2 3 (16.67%) Line Management
2 3 (16.67%) Requirements Engineering
2 3 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 3 (16.67%) SysML
2 3 (16.67%) Tech Ops
2 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
2 3 (16.67%) Test Scripting
2 3 (16.67%) UML
3 1 (5.56%) Digital Signal Processing
3 1 (5.56%) Mathematics
3 1 (5.56%) PLM
3 1 (5.56%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) C
2 3 (16.67%) C++
2 3 (16.67%) MATLAB
2 3 (16.67%) Python
2 3 (16.67%) Rust
3 1 (5.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) HNC
1 7 (38.89%) HND
2 3 (16.67%) CCNA
2 3 (16.67%) CCNP
2 3 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) ECSS
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Cisco
1 3 (16.67%) Juniper
1 3 (16.67%) MikroTik
1 3 (16.67%) Ubiquiti
1 3 (16.67%) Xilinx