Ethernet Job Trends

Ethernet
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs 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 521 507 589
Rank change year-on-year -14 +82 +125
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 133 196 132
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.37% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.39% 2.74% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 55 118 107
10th Percentile £26,750 £43,750 £32,600
25th Percentile £29,333 £50,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% - +15.58%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,750 £87,500 £76,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% -4.35% +35.29%

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 9,596 7,151 7,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.00% 13.36% 14.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,882 3,712 6,352
10th Percentile £25,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £39,625 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -

Ethernet
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Ethernet job vacancy trend in the UK

Ethernet
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Ethernet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Ethernet

Ethernet
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ethernet over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 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
UK excluding London +1 104 £40,000 -27.27% 126
England -20 94 £39,000 -29.09% 113
Work from Home +136 82 £65,000 +36.84% 28
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
London +45 14 £29,000 -67.78% 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% 17
Wales - 3 - - 5
East Midlands -24 2 - - 7

Ethernet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (4.51%) SharePoint
1 6 (4.51%) WinCC
2 2 (1.50%) CMS
2 2 (1.50%) FactoryTalk
2 2 (1.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.75%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.75%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.75%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.77%) Azure
1 9 (6.77%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (4.51%) AWS
3 4 (3.01%) GCP
4 2 (1.50%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.75%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 27 (20.30%) Broadband
2 26 (19.55%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (11.28%) ADSL
3 15 (11.28%) Internet
3 15 (11.28%) Wireless
4 14 (10.53%) DNS
5 13 (9.77%) VoIP
6 11 (8.27%) DHCP
7 10 (7.52%) LAN
7 10 (7.52%) RS-232
7 10 (7.52%) VPN
8 9 (6.77%) Firewall
8 9 (6.77%) VDSL
8 9 (6.77%) WAN
9 7 (5.26%) Profibus
9 7 (5.26%) PSTN
9 7 (5.26%) SD-WAN
10 6 (4.51%) MPLS
10 6 (4.51%) VLAN
11 5 (3.76%) PBX
General
1 58 (43.61%) Social Skills
2 29 (21.80%) Telecoms
3 12 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (9.02%) Electronics
3 12 (9.02%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (7.52%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.26%) Advertising
6 6 (4.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (4.51%) Law
7 5 (3.76%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (3.01%) Billing
8 4 (3.01%) Marketing
9 3 (2.26%) Finance
9 3 (2.26%) Retail
10 1 (0.75%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.75%) Military
Job Titles
1 15 (11.28%) Senior
2 14 (10.53%) Support Engineer
3 12 (9.02%) Technical Support
4 11 (8.27%) Development Manager
5 10 (7.52%) Business Development Manager
6 9 (6.77%) Business Manager
6 9 (6.77%) Technical Engineer
6 9 (6.77%) Technical Support Engineer
7 8 (6.02%) IT Support
8 7 (5.26%) IT Support Technician
8 7 (5.26%) IT Technician
8 7 (5.26%) Support Technician
9 6 (4.51%) Analyst
9 6 (4.51%) Electronics Engineer
9 6 (4.51%) FPGA Engineer
9 6 (4.51%) NOC Engineer
10 5 (3.76%) Control Systems Engineer
10 5 (3.76%) Senior Development Manager
10 5 (3.76%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 5 (3.76%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.01%) JSON
1 4 (3.01%) Yocto
2 2 (1.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 49 (36.84%) FPGA
2 44 (33.08%) Embedded Systems
3 16 (12.03%) Social Media
4 10 (7.52%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (6.77%) Onboarding
6 7 (5.26%) Fibre Optics
6 7 (5.26%) SCADA
7 5 (3.76%) VHDL
8 4 (3.01%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (3.01%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (3.01%) Data Centre
8 4 (3.01%) Device Driver
8 4 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (3.01%) Public Cloud
9 3 (2.26%) Blog
9 3 (2.26%) Driving Licence
9 3 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (2.26%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.50%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.75%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 54 (40.60%) Linux
2 24 (18.05%) Windows
3 6 (4.51%) Apple iOS
4 4 (3.01%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (1.50%) Android
5 2 (1.50%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.50%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (20.30%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (15.04%) B2B
3 19 (14.29%) CRM
3 19 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 16 (12.03%) Business Development
5 12 (9.02%) Contract Negotiation
6 9 (6.77%) Business Strategy
7 8 (6.02%) ITIL
8 7 (5.26%) ERP
8 7 (5.26%) Schematic Capture
9 6 (4.51%) Service Delivery
10 5 (3.76%) FPGA Design
10 5 (3.76%) Lead Generation
10 5 (3.76%) Logistics
10 5 (3.76%) Software Engineering
10 5 (3.76%) Software Testing
10 5 (3.76%) Time Management
11 4 (3.01%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (3.01%) Product Management
11 4 (3.01%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.77%) Python
2 9 (6.77%) C
2 9 (6.77%) C++
3 4 (3.01%) Bash
3 4 (3.01%) Embedded C
3 4 (3.01%) SQL
4 2 (1.50%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.50%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.75%) C#
5 1 (0.75%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 18 (13.53%) Security Cleared
2 14 (10.53%) Degree
3 12 (9.02%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.51%) CCNA
4 6 (4.51%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (3.76%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.26%) RHCE
7 1 (0.75%) HNC
7 1 (0.75%) HND
7 1 (0.75%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.75%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.26%) SLA
2 3 (2.26%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (9.77%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.01%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.01%) VMware NSX
3 3 (2.26%) Lustre
3 3 (2.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 2 (1.50%) Firmware
4 2 (1.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (5.26%) Ansible
1 7 (5.26%) FortiGate
2 4 (3.01%) Terraform
3 2 (1.50%) AssetCenter
3 2 (1.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (18.05%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.77%) Cisco
3 10 (7.52%) EMC
3 10 (7.52%) VMware
4 9 (6.77%) Siemens
5 8 (6.02%) Juniper
6 7 (5.26%) Fortinet
6 7 (5.26%) Salesforce
7 6 (4.51%) Remedy
7 6 (4.51%) Rockwell
7 6 (4.51%) SolarWinds
8 5 (3.76%) Panasonic
8 5 (3.76%) Samsung
9 4 (3.01%) Apple
9 4 (3.01%) AVEVA
9 4 (3.01%) Blue Coat
9 4 (3.01%) CheckPoint
9 4 (3.01%) F5
9 4 (3.01%) Google
9 4 (3.01%) Palo Alto