Ethernet Jobs

Ethernet
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Ethernet skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Ethernet over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 565 633 724
Rank change year-on-year +68 +91 +133
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 127 268 265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.27% 0.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.82% 1.97% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 96 212 172
10th Percentile £40,000 £30,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £37,500 £33,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £62,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £72,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% +33.33% -25.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,964 13,635 16,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.38% 13.84% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4,270 9,518 8,181
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,063 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,875 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.78% -4.73% -4.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,625 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.31% -3.06% -

Ethernet
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Ethernet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Ethernet in the UK

Ethernet
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ethernet.

Salary trend for Ethernet in the UK

Ethernet
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ethernet over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Ethernet in the UK

Ethernet
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
England +57 105 £57,500 +27.78% 195
UK excluding London +62 81 £57,500 +15.00% 192
Midlands +64 21 £55,000 +22.22% 32
Work from Home +104 20 £65,000 +18.18% 81
North of England +51 20 £42,500 +6.25% 20
South East +90 18 £58,750 +17.50% 59
Yorkshire +84 17 £46,250 -7.50% 8
East Midlands +61 16 £40,000 -23.81% 13
London +91 14 £82,500 +17.86% 46
Scotland +114 8 £65,000 +8.33% 28
East of England +28 8 £57,500 +4.55% 34
South West +87 6 £57,500 +43.75% 13
West Midlands +21 5 £56,250 +25.00% 19
North West -10 3 £42,500 +6.25% 9

Ethernet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (14.96%) WinCC
2 8 (6.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (6.30%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.57%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (11.02%) EPLAN
2 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (2.36%) Simulink
5 2 (1.57%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.79%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.79%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 37 (29.13%) Azure
2 27 (21.26%) GCP
3 9 (7.09%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (6.30%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.72%) GitHub
6 1 (0.79%) AWS
6 1 (0.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.79%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.79%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 37 (29.13%) Cisco ISE
1 37 (29.13%) Firewall
2 33 (25.98%) WAN
3 31 (24.41%) LAN
4 27 (21.26%) SD-WAN
5 26 (20.47%) Profibus
6 21 (16.54%) Modbus
7 18 (14.17%) MPLS
8 16 (12.60%) RS-485
9 10 (7.87%) TCP/IP
10 9 (7.09%) RS-232
11 8 (6.30%) Remote Desktop
12 7 (5.51%) BGP
12 7 (5.51%) Network Security
13 6 (4.72%) VPN
13 6 (4.72%) Wireless
14 5 (3.94%) OSPF
14 5 (3.94%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (3.15%) DWDM
15 4 (3.15%) GPON
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.51%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.72%) MySQL
3 1 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.79%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 4 (3.15%) Postman
2 3 (2.36%) Git
2 3 (2.36%) Subversion
3 2 (1.57%) JIRA
4 1 (0.79%) Carbide.c++
4 1 (0.79%) CMake
4 1 (0.79%) WiX
General
1 21 (16.54%) Social Skills
2 17 (13.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (11.02%) Electronics
3 14 (11.02%) Retail
4 13 (10.24%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.51%) Telecoms
6 6 (4.72%) Advertising
7 5 (3.94%) Marketing
7 5 (3.94%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (3.94%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.15%) Automotive
8 4 (3.15%) Finance
9 3 (2.36%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.57%) Aviation
10 2 (1.57%) Front Office
10 2 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Law
Job Titles
1 36 (28.35%) Architect
2 32 (25.20%) Network Architect
3 24 (18.90%) Systems Engineer
4 14 (11.02%) Process Engineer
5 12 (9.45%) Embedded Engineer
5 12 (9.45%) Senior
6 11 (8.66%) Software Engineer
7 9 (7.09%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 9 (7.09%) Senior Software Engineer
8 7 (5.51%) Control Systems Engineer
8 7 (5.51%) Lead
8 7 (5.51%) Network Engineer
8 7 (5.51%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 7 (5.51%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 6 (4.72%) 1st Line Support
9 6 (4.72%) Design Engineer
9 6 (4.72%) Developer
9 6 (4.72%) Python Developer
9 6 (4.72%) Software Developer
10 5 (3.94%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (22.05%) JSON
2 6 (4.72%) Django
2 6 (4.72%) XML
3 4 (3.15%) Gherkin
4 3 (2.36%) Yocto
5 1 (0.79%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.79%) cloud-init
5 1 (0.79%) HTML
5 1 (0.79%) Qt
5 1 (0.79%) RESTful
5 1 (0.79%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 29 (22.83%) Data Centre
1 29 (22.83%) Public Cloud
2 23 (18.11%) SCADA
3 9 (7.09%) Fibre Optics
4 8 (6.30%) FPGA
5 7 (5.51%) Robotics
5 7 (5.51%) VHDL
6 4 (3.15%) Driving Licence
6 4 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.15%) Verilog
7 3 (2.36%) CCTV
7 3 (2.36%) Device Driver
7 3 (2.36%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (2.36%) Infotainment
7 3 (2.36%) Life Science
8 2 (1.57%) ARM Cortex
8 2 (1.57%) CPLD
8 2 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.57%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.57%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (17.32%) Linux
2 14 (11.02%) Windows
3 12 (9.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (7.87%) Windows Server
5 7 (5.51%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (2.36%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.57%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.57%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.79%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (20.47%) Due Diligence
2 18 (14.17%) CAD
3 14 (11.02%) Network Management
3 14 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (10.24%) Software Engineering
5 12 (9.45%) Software Testing
6 11 (8.66%) Configuration Management
6 11 (8.66%) Performance Monitoring
7 10 (7.87%) Customer Service
8 8 (6.30%) Project Management
9 7 (5.51%) Agile
9 7 (5.51%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (5.51%) Data Protection
9 7 (5.51%) Logistics
9 7 (5.51%) Test Automation
9 7 (5.51%) Unit Testing
10 6 (4.72%) Functional Testing
10 6 (4.72%) Mathematics
11 5 (3.94%) Cybersecurity
11 5 (3.94%) Digital Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 43 (33.86%) Python
2 13 (10.24%) C
3 9 (7.09%) C++
4 8 (6.30%) C#
5 5 (3.94%) Embedded C
6 3 (2.36%) Ladder Logic
7 2 (1.57%) Bash
7 2 (1.57%) MATLAB
7 2 (1.57%) SQL
8 1 (0.79%) Embedded C++
8 1 (0.79%) Java
8 1 (0.79%) PHP
Qualifications
1 41 (32.28%) Security Cleared
2 40 (31.50%) SC Cleared
3 16 (12.60%) Degree
3 16 (12.60%) HNC
4 8 (6.30%) DV Cleared
5 7 (5.51%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (4.72%) CCNA
7 5 (3.94%) Master's Degree
8 4 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.36%) HND
10 2 (1.57%) CCNP
11 1 (0.79%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.79%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.79%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.30%) SLA
2 4 (3.15%) QA
3 2 (1.57%) IEC 61131
3 2 (1.57%) JTAG
4 1 (0.79%) Automotive SPICE
4 1 (0.79%) AUTOSAR
4 1 (0.79%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.79%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.79%) MISRA
4 1 (0.79%) MISRA C
System Software
1 26 (20.47%) VMware NSX
2 15 (11.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (7.87%) Active Directory
3 10 (7.87%) Hyper-V
4 9 (7.09%) Firmware
5 7 (5.51%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (3.94%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.79%) Docker
7 1 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.79%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (23.62%) Ansible
2 28 (22.05%) Terraform
3 27 (21.26%) FortiGate
4 14 (11.02%) Wonderware InTouch
5 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.79%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.79%) SCCM
6 1 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.79%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 45 (35.43%) Cisco
2 42 (33.07%) VMware
3 41 (32.28%) Google
4 27 (21.26%) CheckPoint
4 27 (21.26%) F5
5 26 (20.47%) Blue Coat
6 22 (17.32%) Siemens
7 19 (14.96%) Microsoft
8 17 (13.39%) Allen-Bradley
9 14 (11.02%) Juniper
9 14 (11.02%) Wonderware
10 12 (9.45%) Red Hat
11 11 (8.66%) SevOne
12 7 (5.51%) Meraki
12 7 (5.51%) Rockwell
13 5 (3.94%) AVEVA
14 4 (3.15%) EMC
14 4 (3.15%) Nokia
14 4 (3.15%) Palo Alto
14 4 (3.15%) SAP