Ethernet Job Trends in the South West

Ethernet
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Ethernet skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 165 234
Rank change year-on-year -52 +69 -8
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 21 4 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.21% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.13% 0.70% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 18 3 6
10th Percentile £31,688 £53,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,875 £56,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £62,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +45.35% -33.85%
75th Percentile £57,500 £72,500 £54,250
90th Percentile £62,750 £77,750 £57,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -8.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 672 571 788
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.74% 16.33% 10.40%
Number of salaries quoted 375 356 500
10th Percentile £28,200 £26,625 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -30.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £53,750 £66,887
90th Percentile £75,000 £64,375 £81,250
England median annual salary £48,445 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.16% -18.00% -3.85%

Ethernet
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Ethernet job vacancy trend in the South West

Ethernet
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Ethernet

Ethernet
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ethernet in the South West over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Ethernet in the South West

Ethernet
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the South West region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
Somerset -29 7 £33,750 -46.00% 3
Bristol -33 7 £55,000 -15.38% 6
Gloucestershire - 4 £51,250 - 4
Wiltshire - 2 £45,000 - 6
Devon - 1 £40,000 - 4
Ethernet
England

Ethernet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (19.05%) RS-232
2 2 (9.52%) Internet
2 2 (9.52%) SD-WAN
2 2 (9.52%) VoIP
2 2 (9.52%) WAN
3 1 (4.76%) Modbus
3 1 (4.76%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Rational DOORS
General
1 10 (47.62%) Aerospace
2 7 (33.33%) Automotive
2 7 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (19.05%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
5 3 (14.29%) Aviation
5 3 (14.29%) Avionics
5 3 (14.29%) Finance
5 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (14.29%) Military
6 2 (9.52%) Games
7 1 (4.76%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Software Engineer
2 8 (38.10%) Embedded Engineer
2 8 (38.10%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 7 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (33.33%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 7 (33.33%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Product Specialist
4 4 (19.05%) Products Support Specialist
4 4 (19.05%) Support Specialist
5 2 (9.52%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Robotics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (47.62%) Embedded Systems
2 7 (33.33%) Device Driver
3 5 (23.81%) Robotics
4 3 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (9.52%) CCTV
5 2 (9.52%) Driving Licence
5 2 (9.52%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (47.62%) Linux
2 4 (19.05%) Windows
3 3 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Software Engineering
1 11 (52.38%) Validation
2 7 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 7 (33.33%) Software Architecture
3 4 (19.05%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (19.05%) Customer Experience
3 4 (19.05%) Migration
4 3 (14.29%) AI
4 3 (14.29%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 3 (14.29%) Machine Learning
4 3 (14.29%) Memory Management
4 3 (14.29%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 3 (14.29%) Requirements Management
4 3 (14.29%) SDLC
4 3 (14.29%) SysML
4 3 (14.29%) Systems Engineering
4 3 (14.29%) Test Harness
4 3 (14.29%) UML
4 3 (14.29%) Unit Testing
5 2 (9.52%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 10 (47.62%) C++
2 7 (33.33%) Embedded C++
3 4 (19.05%) C
3 4 (19.05%) C#
4 3 (14.29%) Ada
4 3 (14.29%) Ada 95
4 3 (14.29%) Java
4 3 (14.29%) Rust
5 1 (4.76%) Embedded C
5 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) Accessibility
1 3 (14.29%) MIL-STD-1553
2 2 (9.52%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Allen-Bradley
1 2 (9.52%) BT
1 2 (9.52%) Cisco
1 2 (9.52%) Juniper
1 2 (9.52%) Siemens