Ethernet
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Ethernet skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Ethernet over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 610 760 705
Rank change year-on-year +150 -55 -150
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 131 325 416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.26% 0.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.62% 2.12% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 110 204 296
10th Percentile £30,725 £30,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,297 £37,500 £38,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £53,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.33% -3.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £73,438 £74,063 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £49,150 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.99% -1.70% +11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Ethernet is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,066 15,350 16,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.15% 12.38% 12.90%
Number of salaries quoted 6,330 10,317 11,453
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,000 £72,500 £69,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.26% +4.44% -

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 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Ethernet in the UK

Ethernet
Top 16 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 4 December 2023. 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 +140 109 £60,000 +14.29% 178
UK excluding London +106 108 £57,500 +16.99% 143
Work from Home +230 71 £60,000 +10.09% 64
South East +68 43 £67,500 +50.00% 49
Midlands +108 21 £45,000 +28.30% 39
West Midlands +123 18 £45,000 +40.63% 35
London +239 17 £62,500 -13.79% 37
Scotland +67 17 £57,500 +55.41% 5
North of England +124 11 £46,250 -27.45% 19
North West +99 10 £52,500 +10.53% 9
East of England +114 7 £65,000 +18.18% 14
South West +60 6 £48,750 +1.04% 19
East Midlands +36 3 £52,000 +0.48% 4
Wales - 2 £40,000 - 1
North East +43 1 £32,500 -6.47% 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £47,500 - 1

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 1 (0.76%) IIS
1 1 (0.76%) OpenStack
1 1 (0.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (7.63%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.82%) Simulink
3 2 (1.53%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.76%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (1.53%) ScheduALL
2 1 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 24 (18.32%) Azure
2 9 (6.87%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (6.11%) GCP
4 4 (3.05%) AWS
4 4 (3.05%) Entra ID
4 4 (3.05%) GitHub
5 3 (2.29%) OneDrive
5 3 (2.29%) SaaS
6 1 (0.76%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (32.06%) Firewall
2 39 (29.77%) MPLS
3 33 (25.19%) WAN
4 31 (23.66%) LAN
5 30 (22.90%) BGP
5 30 (22.90%) TCP/IP
5 30 (22.90%) VPN
6 23 (17.56%) Cisco IOS
6 23 (17.56%) Internet
7 19 (14.50%) SD-WAN
8 16 (12.21%) Wireless
9 14 (10.69%) IPsec
9 14 (10.69%) RS-232
9 14 (10.69%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (9.92%) IPv4
10 13 (9.92%) NGFW
10 13 (9.92%) OSPF
11 8 (6.11%) RS-485
11 8 (6.11%) VLAN
11 8 (6.11%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.29%) MySQL
2 1 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.76%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (0.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Eclipse
1 3 (2.29%) Jenkins
1 3 (2.29%) Rational DOORS
1 3 (2.29%) Subversion
2 2 (1.53%) CANoe
2 2 (1.53%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.76%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.76%) Git
3 1 (0.76%) GitLab
3 1 (0.76%) JIRA
3 1 (0.76%) Postman
3 1 (0.76%) Sourcetree
3 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (22.14%) Telecoms
2 21 (16.03%) Social Skills
3 18 (13.74%) Manufacturing
4 13 (9.92%) Automotive
4 13 (9.92%) Electronics
5 11 (8.40%) Finance
6 5 (3.82%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.82%) Law
7 4 (3.05%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.29%) Marketing
8 3 (2.29%) Retail
9 2 (1.53%) Military
10 1 (0.76%) Aviation
10 1 (0.76%) Games
10 1 (0.76%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 32 (24.43%) Software Engineer
2 25 (19.08%) Network Engineer
2 25 (19.08%) Senior
3 24 (18.32%) Embedded Engineer
4 21 (16.03%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 17 (12.98%) IP Engineer
5 17 (12.98%) Support Engineer
6 16 (12.21%) Senior Software Engineer
7 14 (10.69%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 14 (10.69%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 11 (8.40%) 2nd Line Support
8 11 (8.40%) Architect
9 9 (6.87%) Systems Engineer
10 8 (6.11%) Network Architect
11 7 (5.34%) Analyst
12 6 (4.58%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 6 (4.58%) Desktop Support
12 6 (4.58%) Electronics Engineer
12 6 (4.58%) IP Network Engineer
12 6 (4.58%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.34%) JSON
2 6 (4.58%) Yocto
3 3 (2.29%) REST
4 2 (1.53%) .NET
4 2 (1.53%) EDI
4 2 (1.53%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.53%) Node-RED
5 1 (0.76%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.76%) Kafka
5 1 (0.76%) RESTful
5 1 (0.76%) Swagger
5 1 (0.76%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.92%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.87%) Embedded Systems
3 8 (6.11%) Device Driver
4 7 (5.34%) IoT
4 7 (5.34%) Public Cloud
5 6 (4.58%) PCIe
6 5 (3.82%) CMDB
6 5 (3.82%) Fibre Optics
7 4 (3.05%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (2.29%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (2.29%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.29%) Robotics
9 2 (1.53%) 3D Printing
9 2 (1.53%) Arduino
9 2 (1.53%) iPhone
9 2 (1.53%) Over-the-Top Content
9 2 (1.53%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.53%) Raspberry Pi
9 2 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 29 (22.14%) Linux
2 23 (17.56%) Windows
3 8 (6.11%) Android
4 7 (5.34%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (4.58%) Windows Server
6 5 (3.82%) Windows 10
7 4 (3.05%) Apple iOS
7 4 (3.05%) Windows 7
7 4 (3.05%) Windows NT
7 4 (3.05%) Windows XP
8 3 (2.29%) FreeRTOS
8 3 (2.29%) Mac OS X
9 2 (1.53%) Debian
9 2 (1.53%) Mac OS
9 2 (1.53%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.76%) Unix
10 1 (0.76%) VyOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (25.95%) Software Engineering
2 24 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (11.45%) ITIL
4 14 (10.69%) Network Management
5 13 (9.92%) ITSM
6 12 (9.16%) Customer Service
7 11 (8.40%) Agile
8 8 (6.11%) Embedded Software Development
8 8 (6.11%) Software Testing
9 7 (5.34%) Artificial Intelligence
9 7 (5.34%) Computer Science
9 7 (5.34%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (5.34%) Digital Engineering
9 7 (5.34%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (5.34%) Due Diligence
9 7 (5.34%) Incident Management
9 7 (5.34%) Mentoring
9 7 (5.34%) People Management
9 7 (5.34%) Zero Trust
10 6 (4.58%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (20.61%) C
2 19 (14.50%) Python
3 15 (11.45%) C++
4 10 (7.63%) Ada
5 7 (5.34%) C#
6 6 (4.58%) Embedded C
7 5 (3.82%) MATLAB
7 5 (3.82%) SQL
8 4 (3.05%) Java
8 4 (3.05%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.53%) Bash
9 2 (1.53%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.53%) PHP
9 2 (1.53%) R
9 2 (1.53%) Rust
10 1 (0.76%) VB
10 1 (0.76%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.76%) VB6
10 1 (0.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 21 (16.03%) Degree
2 19 (14.50%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (12.21%) CCNA
4 13 (9.92%) CCNP
5 12 (9.16%) Security Cleared
6 11 (8.40%) SC Cleared
7 5 (3.82%) JNCIA
8 3 (2.29%) CCIE
8 3 (2.29%) JNCIE
9 2 (1.53%) CCSP
9 2 (1.53%) JNCIP
9 2 (1.53%) JNCIS
9 2 (1.53%) MCP
9 2 (1.53%) MCSA
9 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.53%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (1.53%) PMP
10 1 (0.76%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.76%) CCDA
10 1 (0.76%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.05%) QA
2 3 (2.29%) ISO 26262
3 2 (1.53%) AUTOSAR
3 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.76%) JTAG
4 1 (0.76%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (13.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (12.21%) Firmware
3 12 (9.16%) Active Directory
4 11 (8.40%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (5.34%) VMware NSX
6 5 (3.82%) Hyper-V
7 4 (3.05%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (9.92%) FortiGate
2 9 (6.87%) Ansible
3 7 (5.34%) Terraform
4 5 (3.82%) SCCM
5 4 (3.05%) Grafana
6 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.53%) Functional Safety
7 2 (1.53%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.76%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.76%) Nagios
8 1 (0.76%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 44 (33.59%) Cisco
2 27 (20.61%) Fortinet
3 25 (19.08%) Juniper
4 21 (16.03%) Microsoft
5 20 (15.27%) VMware
6 14 (10.69%) Palo Alto
7 13 (9.92%) CheckPoint
8 12 (9.16%) Meraki
9 9 (6.87%) Avaya
10 7 (5.34%) Blue Coat
10 7 (5.34%) CA
10 7 (5.34%) F5
10 7 (5.34%) Google
10 7 (5.34%) SolarWinds
10 7 (5.34%) Zscaler
11 6 (4.58%) Nokia
12 5 (3.82%) HP
12 5 (3.82%) IBM
12 5 (3.82%) SAP
12 5 (3.82%) ServiceNow