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 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 162 220
Rank change year-on-year -1 +58 -5
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 3 9 23
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.056% 0.32% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.68% 3.05% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 20
10th Percentile £56,841 £49,375 £35,000
25th Percentile £57,168 £58,438 £38,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,801 £75,000 £51,020
Median % change year-on-year -21.60% +47.00% +61.97%
75th Percentile £61,524 £87,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £62,504 £91,250 £63,125
South East median annual salary £58,801 £58,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.09% +17.50% +58.73%

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 443 295 900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.24% 10.43% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 244 201 682
10th Percentile £26,075 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £42,920
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +10.67% -4.08%
75th Percentile £64,063 £62,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £70,000
South East median annual salary £47,000 £47,500 £46,750
% change year-on-year -1.05% +1.60% +3.89%

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
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 20 April 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
Oxfordshire -6 3 £58,801 -38.10% 2
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) CMS
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (66.67%) WordPress
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) SSL
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) VLAN
1 2 (66.67%) Wireless
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Electronics
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Head of IT
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (33.33%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Android
1 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Mac OS
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Security
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Network Management
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Server Management
1 2 (66.67%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) PLM
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) T-SQL
2 1 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) VMware