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 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 161 209
Rank change year-on-year -3 +48 +2
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 6 13 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.14% 0.39% 0.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.63% 2.84% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 11
10th Percentile £41,837 £57,125 £41,813
25th Percentile £51,342 £57,500 £45,340
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,801 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.92% +4.17% +90.48%
75th Percentile £65,806 £87,500 £69,125
90th Percentile £70,572 £89,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £58,801 £60,000 £51,760
% change year-on-year -2.00% +15.92% +64.32%

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 368 457 666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.61% 13.69% 12.61%
Number of salaries quoted 193 204 562
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,650 £28,290
25th Percentile £30,500 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +6.38% +4.44%
75th Percentile £53,750 £63,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £92,000 £72,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% +3.83%

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 4 February 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 4 February 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 +16 5 £60,980 +1.63% 5
Berkshire -7 1 £36,000 -41.22% 1
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 (33.33%) CMS
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 2 (33.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (33.33%) DHCP
2 2 (33.33%) DNS
2 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) Internet
2 2 (33.33%) SSL
2 2 (33.33%) VLAN
2 2 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (16.67%) LAN
3 1 (16.67%) RS-232
3 1 (16.67%) RS-485
3 1 (16.67%) VoIP
3 1 (16.67%) WAN
3 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Field Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Head of IT
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Principal Hardware Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (33.33%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (33.33%) Virtual Team
3 1 (16.67%) Acoustics
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (16.67%) FMCG
3 1 (16.67%) Robotics
3 1 (16.67%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Android
2 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Mac OS
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Security
1 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 2 (33.33%) Network Management
1 2 (33.33%) Project Management
1 2 (33.33%) Server Management
1 2 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Battery Management
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Mechatronics
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
1 2 (33.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) EMC
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft