Ethernet Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Ethernet
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Ethernet skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 405 406 468
Rank change year-on-year +1 +62 +79
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 104 161 105
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.45% 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.37% 3.27% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 43 93 90
10th Percentile £26,750 £45,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £30,165 £50,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% -4.35% +35.29%
75th Percentile £64,079 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £65,400 £77,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -30.43% - +15.58%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,571 4,931 5,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.85% 13.73% 15.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,822 2,461 4,336
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,694 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £71,250
UK median annual salary £38,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +10.00% -4.76%

Ethernet
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ethernet relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Ethernet job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Ethernet
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Ethernet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Ethernet

Ethernet
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ethernet in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Ethernet in the UK excluding London

Ethernet
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
North of England +10 30 £30,500 -40.52% 20
Midlands +4 19 £27,500 -50.00% 19
West Midlands +20 17 £27,500 -47.62% 12
North West +29 16 £27,500 -40.58% 8
Yorkshire -17 14 £52,500 -6.67% 10
Scotland +8 13 £67,500 +8.00% 9
Northern Ireland - 13 £37,500 - 6
South East -3 11 £56,623 -5.63% 38
South West +13 9 £31,330 -41.71% 15
East of England +4 6 £57,500 +4.55% 14
Wales - 3 - - 5
East Midlands -24 2 - - 7
Ethernet
UK

Ethernet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (5.77%) SharePoint
1 6 (5.77%) WinCC
2 2 (1.92%) CMS
2 2 (1.92%) FactoryTalk
2 2 (1.92%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.96%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.96%) OrCAD
2 1 (0.96%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.77%) AWS
1 6 (5.77%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (4.81%) Azure
3 2 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (0.96%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 19 (18.27%) Broadband
2 18 (17.31%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (14.42%) ADSL
3 15 (14.42%) Wireless
4 14 (13.46%) DNS
5 13 (12.50%) VoIP
6 12 (11.54%) Internet
7 11 (10.58%) DHCP
8 10 (9.62%) RS-232
8 10 (9.62%) VPN
9 9 (8.65%) VDSL
10 7 (6.73%) PSTN
11 6 (5.77%) MPLS
11 6 (5.77%) VLAN
12 5 (4.81%) Firewall
12 5 (4.81%) PBX
13 4 (3.85%) LAN
13 4 (3.85%) TCP/IP
13 4 (3.85%) WAN
13 4 (3.85%) Wireshark
General
1 47 (45.19%) Social Skills
2 20 (19.23%) Telecoms
3 12 (11.54%) Electronics
4 10 (9.62%) Manufacturing
5 9 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (5.77%) Law
8 5 (4.81%) Advertising
9 4 (3.85%) Billing
9 4 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.85%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.96%) Finance
10 1 (0.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (13.46%) Support Engineer
2 12 (11.54%) Senior
3 10 (9.62%) Technical Support
4 9 (8.65%) Technical Engineer
4 9 (8.65%) Technical Support Engineer
5 6 (5.77%) Analyst
5 6 (5.77%) Electronics Engineer
5 6 (5.77%) FPGA Engineer
5 6 (5.77%) NOC Engineer
6 5 (4.81%) Business Development Manager
6 5 (4.81%) Development Manager
6 5 (4.81%) IT Support
6 5 (4.81%) Senior Electronics Engineer
6 5 (4.81%) Senior FPGA Engineer
7 4 (3.85%) Control Systems Engineer
7 4 (3.85%) Data Analyst
7 4 (3.85%) Embedded Engineer
7 4 (3.85%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 4 (3.85%) IT Technician
7 4 (3.85%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.85%) Yocto
2 2 (1.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 43 (41.35%) FPGA
2 38 (36.54%) Embedded Systems
3 9 (8.65%) Onboarding
4 8 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (7.69%) Social Media
5 7 (6.73%) Fibre Optics
6 6 (5.77%) SCADA
7 5 (4.81%) VHDL
8 4 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (3.85%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (3.85%) Device Driver
8 4 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (2.88%) Driving Licence
9 3 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (2.88%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.92%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.96%) Acoustics
11 1 (0.96%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.96%) PCIe
11 1 (0.96%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 48 (46.15%) Linux
2 21 (20.19%) Windows
3 6 (5.77%) Apple iOS
4 4 (3.85%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (1.92%) Android
5 2 (1.92%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.92%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (16.35%) Customer Service
3 13 (12.50%) CRM
4 12 (11.54%) B2B
5 8 (7.69%) Business Development
5 8 (7.69%) Contract Negotiation
5 8 (7.69%) ITIL
6 7 (6.73%) Schematic Capture
7 6 (5.77%) Service Delivery
8 5 (4.81%) Business Strategy
8 5 (4.81%) ERP
8 5 (4.81%) FPGA Design
8 5 (4.81%) Software Engineering
8 5 (4.81%) Software Testing
8 5 (4.81%) Time Management
9 4 (3.85%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (3.85%) Customer Experience
9 4 (3.85%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (3.85%) Systems Engineering
9 4 (3.85%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.65%) C
1 9 (8.65%) C++
2 8 (7.69%) Python
3 4 (3.85%) Embedded C
3 4 (3.85%) SQL
4 3 (2.88%) Bash
5 2 (1.92%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.92%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.96%) C#
6 1 (0.96%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 13 (12.50%) Degree
1 13 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 7 (6.73%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.77%) CCNA
3 6 (5.77%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (4.81%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.88%) RHCE
6 1 (0.96%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.96%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.73%) SLA
2 1 (0.96%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.88%) Lustre
3 3 (2.88%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 2 (1.92%) Firmware
4 2 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (2.88%) Ansible
1 3 (2.88%) FortiGate
2 2 (1.92%) AssetCenter
2 2 (1.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (16.35%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.62%) EMC
3 8 (7.69%) Cisco
3 8 (7.69%) Juniper
4 7 (6.73%) Fortinet
5 6 (5.77%) Remedy
5 6 (5.77%) Rockwell
5 6 (5.77%) Siemens
5 6 (5.77%) SolarWinds
5 6 (5.77%) VMware
6 5 (4.81%) Panasonic
6 5 (4.81%) Samsung
7 4 (3.85%) Apple
7 4 (3.85%) AVEVA
7 4 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (3.85%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.88%) IBM
8 3 (2.88%) NetApp
8 3 (2.88%) Red Hat
8 3 (2.88%) Salesforce