Ethernet Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Ethernet
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Ethernet skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 192 187
Rank change year-on-year +9 -5 -15
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 20 9 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.27% 0.23% 0.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.98% 1.58% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 16 5 10
10th Percentile £30,000 £47,500 £42,675
25th Percentile £39,500 £58,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £67,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +28.57% -31.82%
75th Percentile £56,875 £73,750 £62,188
90th Percentile £74,313 £74,500 £62,625
South East median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year -10.00% -11.11% -22.41%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 503 568 661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.70% 14.78% 14.16%
Number of salaries quoted 371 258 297
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.76% -2.86%
75th Percentile £61,625 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £71,325 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -19.05% +5.00%

Ethernet
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Ethernet job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Ethernet
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Ethernet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Ethernet

Ethernet
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ethernet in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 8 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Ethernet in the Thames Valley

Ethernet
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 8 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
Berkshire +18 8 £43,750 -25.53% 11
Oxfordshire -27 8 £72,875 +4.11% 23
Buckinghamshire - 5 £45,000 - 6
Ethernet
South East

Ethernet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (20.00%) Lightworks
1 4 (20.00%) Simulink
2 1 (5.00%) AutoCAD
2 1 (5.00%) S-PLUS
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) Wireless
2 5 (25.00%) WAN
3 4 (20.00%) Internet
3 4 (20.00%) MQTT
3 4 (20.00%) SD-WAN
3 4 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (10.00%) DMZ
4 2 (10.00%) Firewall
4 2 (10.00%) Modbus
4 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (5.00%) LAN
5 1 (5.00%) NGN
5 1 (5.00%) Profibus
5 1 (5.00%) SNMP
5 1 (5.00%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Git
2 4 (20.00%) PetaLinux
3 1 (5.00%) Bitbucket
3 1 (5.00%) JIRA
3 1 (5.00%) Subversion
General
1 7 (35.00%) Telecoms
2 5 (25.00%) Electronics
2 5 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (15.00%) Automotive
5 2 (10.00%) Aerospace
6 1 (5.00%) Finance
6 1 (5.00%) Japanese Language
6 1 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 5 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 5 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Field Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Installations Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Network Field Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Design Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Electronics Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Lead
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Leader
4 1 (5.00%) Audio Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Electrical Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) FPGA Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Senior
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) Yocto
2 1 (5.00%) QML
2 1 (5.00%) Qt
2 1 (5.00%) Qt Quick
Miscellaneous
1 8 (40.00%) IoT
2 7 (35.00%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (25.00%) FPGA
3 5 (25.00%) Verilog
3 5 (25.00%) VHDL
4 2 (10.00%) Operational Technology
4 2 (10.00%) SCADA
5 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
5 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
5 1 (5.00%) Life Science
5 1 (5.00%) PCIe
5 1 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (5.00%) Robotics
5 1 (5.00%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 6 (30.00%) Linux
2 4 (20.00%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (5.00%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 5 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 4 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
3 4 (20.00%) Data Development
3 4 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
3 4 (20.00%) Image Processing
3 4 (20.00%) Integration Testing
3 4 (20.00%) Line Management
3 4 (20.00%) Presales
3 4 (20.00%) Requirements Engineering
3 4 (20.00%) SysML
3 4 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 4 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 4 (20.00%) UML
4 3 (15.00%) AI
4 3 (15.00%) Design for Manufacturing
5 2 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (10.00%) Design for Test
5 2 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) C
1 5 (25.00%) C++
1 5 (25.00%) Python
2 4 (20.00%) MATLAB
2 4 (20.00%) Rust
3 1 (5.00%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (5.00%) HNC
2 1 (5.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) ECSS
2 2 (10.00%) NIST
2 2 (10.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Firmware
2 3 (15.00%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) BT
1 4 (20.00%) Xilinx
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Rockwell
2 3 (15.00%) Siemens
2 3 (15.00%) Starlink
3 2 (10.00%) Tenable
4 1 (5.00%) EMC