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 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 640 715
Rank change year-on-year +121 +75 +190
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 213 277 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.26% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.84% 2.07% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 115 201 140
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £48,869 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,625
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.23% +4.77%
75th Percentile £76,250 £65,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £75,000 £88,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +2.94%

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 11,584 13,394 13,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.39% 12.61% 15.71%
Number of salaries quoted 5,466 9,061 7,739
10th Percentile £24,000 £26,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -6.86% -2.86%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £44,089 £45,000
% change year-on-year -30.82% -2.03% -5.26%

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 7 July 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 7 July 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 +109 186 £55,000 +10.00% 204
UK excluding London +84 155 £52,000 +4.00% 181
North of England +81 75 £50,055 +14.41% 30
Work from Home +88 67 £65,000 +13.04% 73
North West +9 39 £50,055 +25.14% 14
Yorkshire +66 37 £47,500 -40.57% 16
Midlands +87 35 £55,000 +57.14% 23
London +96 22 £72,500 +3.57% 32
East Midlands +67 21 £34,375 -5.82% 13
South East +44 19 £50,000 - 57
West Midlands +50 14 £55,000 +57.14% 10
Scotland +74 11 £67,500 +12.50% 13
East of England +4 9 £57,500 +15.00% 29
South West +81 7 £62,500 +56.25% 26

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 8 (3.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (3.76%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.29%) WinCC
3 1 (0.47%) SAS
Applications
1 41 (19.25%) Simulink
2 38 (17.84%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.94%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.94%) EPLAN
4 2 (0.94%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.47%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 40 (18.78%) Azure
2 29 (13.62%) GCP
3 13 (6.10%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (3.76%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.88%) AWS
5 4 (1.88%) IaaS
5 4 (1.88%) PaaS
6 2 (0.94%) AWS IoT
7 1 (0.47%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.47%) Figma
7 1 (0.47%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.47%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.47%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (22.07%) LAN
2 40 (18.78%) Broadband
3 39 (18.31%) RS-422
3 39 (18.31%) Wi-Fi
4 38 (17.84%) Firewall
5 37 (17.37%) WAN
6 35 (16.43%) Modbus
7 29 (13.62%) Cisco ISE
8 28 (13.15%) SD-WAN
9 26 (12.21%) Profibus
10 13 (6.10%) MQTT
11 10 (4.69%) RS-232
12 8 (3.76%) Network Security
12 8 (3.76%) Remote Desktop
13 7 (3.29%) ADSL
13 7 (3.29%) MPLS
13 7 (3.29%) TCP/IP
14 6 (2.82%) VPN
14 6 (2.82%) Wireless
15 5 (2.35%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.47%) Power BI
1 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.47%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 4 (1.88%) Git
2 3 (1.41%) JIRA
3 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.47%) CANoe
3 1 (0.47%) Carbide.c++
3 1 (0.47%) CMake
3 1 (0.47%) Subversion
3 1 (0.47%) WiX
General
1 55 (25.82%) Social Skills
2 46 (21.60%) Telecoms
3 36 (16.90%) Manufacturing
4 35 (16.43%) Presentation Skills
5 28 (13.15%) Electronics
6 18 (8.45%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (3.29%) Finance
8 7 (3.29%) Marketing
9 6 (2.82%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.35%) Advertising
10 5 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.88%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.88%) Automotive
11 4 (1.88%) Retail
12 3 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.94%) Agriculture
13 2 (0.94%) Aviation
14 1 (0.47%) Banking
14 1 (0.47%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 68 (31.92%) Systems Engineer
2 59 (27.70%) Senior
3 44 (20.66%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 33 (15.49%) Business Development Manager
4 33 (15.49%) Business Manager
4 33 (15.49%) Development Manager
5 32 (15.02%) Architect
6 28 (13.15%) Network Architect
7 19 (8.92%) Control Systems Engineer
8 11 (5.16%) Automation Engineer
9 10 (4.69%) Embedded Engineer
10 9 (4.23%) FPGA Engineer
10 9 (4.23%) Software Engineer
11 8 (3.76%) Electronics Engineer
11 8 (3.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 8 (3.76%) Lead
12 7 (3.29%) Senior Electronics Engineer
13 6 (2.82%) 1st Line Support
13 6 (2.82%) Network Engineer
13 6 (2.82%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (12.68%) JSON
2 7 (3.29%) .NET
3 6 (2.82%) CSS
4 3 (1.41%) Yocto
5 1 (0.47%) Flash
5 1 (0.47%) HTML
5 1 (0.47%) Material Design
5 1 (0.47%) Middleware
5 1 (0.47%) Qt
5 1 (0.47%) STL
5 1 (0.47%) WPF
5 1 (0.47%) XML
5 1 (0.47%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 44 (20.66%) Data Centre
2 36 (16.90%) SCADA
3 33 (15.49%) Public Cloud
3 33 (15.49%) Social Media
4 16 (7.51%) Operational Technology
5 15 (7.04%) IoT
6 11 (5.16%) Biopharmaceutical
6 11 (5.16%) Industry 4.0
6 11 (5.16%) Renewable Energy
7 10 (4.69%) FPGA
8 9 (4.23%) Fibre Optics
8 9 (4.23%) VHDL
9 6 (2.82%) Embedded Systems
9 6 (2.82%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.41%) ARM Cortex
10 3 (1.41%) CCTV
10 3 (1.41%) Device Driver
11 2 (0.94%) FMCG
11 2 (0.94%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 39 (18.31%) VMS
2 19 (8.92%) Windows
3 13 (6.10%) Linux
4 12 (5.63%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.88%) AIX
5 4 (1.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.41%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (1.41%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.94%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.94%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.47%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (33.80%) Contract Negotiation
2 43 (20.19%) Systems Engineering
3 40 (18.78%) Supplier Management
4 39 (18.31%) Business Development
4 39 (18.31%) Business Strategy
4 39 (18.31%) Requirements Management
5 33 (15.49%) B2B
5 33 (15.49%) B2B Sales
5 33 (15.49%) CRM
5 33 (15.49%) Lead Generation
5 33 (15.49%) Performance Metrics
6 26 (12.21%) Due Diligence
7 25 (11.74%) Risk Assessment
8 24 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (8.92%) Customer Service
10 17 (7.98%) Validation
11 14 (6.57%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (6.57%) Prototyping
12 13 (6.10%) Project Delivery
13 12 (5.63%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 39 (18.31%) Python
2 13 (6.10%) Ladder Logic
3 11 (5.16%) C
4 9 (4.23%) C#
5 7 (3.29%) C++
6 6 (2.82%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.88%) Embedded C
8 3 (1.41%) Bash
9 2 (0.94%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.94%) SQL
10 1 (0.47%) Java
10 1 (0.47%) PHP
10 1 (0.47%) XAML
Qualifications
1 40 (18.78%) Degree
2 39 (18.31%) BPSS Clearance
3 37 (17.37%) SC Cleared
3 37 (17.37%) Security Cleared
4 18 (8.45%) HNC
5 17 (7.98%) HND
6 16 (7.51%) Master's Degree
7 11 (5.16%) Chartered Engineer
8 5 (2.35%) CCNA
8 5 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.41%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.94%) CCNP
11 1 (0.47%) CCIE
11 1 (0.47%) CWDP
11 1 (0.47%) CWNA
11 1 (0.47%) CWNE
11 1 (0.47%) CWSP
11 1 (0.47%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.47%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.76%) SLA
2 4 (1.88%) JTAG
3 2 (0.94%) IEC 61131
4 1 (0.47%) AUTOSAR
4 1 (0.47%) IEC 61508
4 1 (0.47%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 26 (12.21%) VMware NSX
2 18 (8.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.63%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (4.69%) Active Directory
4 10 (4.69%) Hyper-V
5 7 (3.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (2.82%) Firmware
7 4 (1.88%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.47%) Docker
8 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.47%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (13.15%) Ansible
1 28 (13.15%) Terraform
2 27 (12.68%) FortiGate
3 12 (5.63%) Functional Safety
4 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.94%) Wonderware InTouch
5 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.47%) SCCM
5 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (30.52%) Microsoft
2 44 (20.66%) VMware
3 36 (16.90%) Cisco
4 35 (16.43%) Siemens
5 33 (15.49%) Salesforce
6 31 (14.55%) Google
7 28 (13.15%) Rockwell
8 27 (12.68%) CheckPoint
8 27 (12.68%) F5
9 26 (12.21%) Blue Coat
10 18 (8.45%) Allen-Bradley
11 16 (7.51%) AVEVA
12 10 (4.69%) EMC
13 8 (3.76%) Meraki
14 6 (2.82%) SAP
15 4 (1.88%) Juniper
15 4 (1.88%) Red Hat
16 3 (1.41%) NVIDIA
16 3 (1.41%) SevOne
17 2 (0.94%) Palo Alto