Hybrid/Remote Ethernet Job Trends

Ethernet
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Ethernet skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 434 405
Rank change year-on-year +139 -29 +265
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 83 25 71
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.54% 0.13% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.18% 1.04% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 26 17 58
10th Percentile £30,165 £43,250 £31,100
25th Percentile £54,063 £43,750 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +10.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £84,964 £73,438
90th Percentile £80,000 - £76,250
UK median annual salary £50,055 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.99% -4.35% +7.98%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,344 2,399 2,898
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.76% 12.65% 14.10%
Number of salaries quoted 926 1,383 2,466
10th Percentile £27,040 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,964 £86,250
UK median annual salary £37,500 £53,050 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.31% +6.10% -4.76%

Ethernet
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ethernet and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Ethernet job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Ethernet
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Ethernet.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Ethernet

Ethernet
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Ethernet over the 6 months to 6 December 2025.

Ethernet salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Ethernet
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.02%) Azure
2 3 (3.61%) GCP
3 1 (1.20%) AWS
3 1 (1.20%) Figma
3 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (15.66%) Wi-Fi
2 12 (14.46%) RS-232
3 11 (13.25%) Broadband
4 6 (7.23%) SD-WAN
5 4 (4.82%) Firewall
5 4 (4.82%) LAN
5 4 (4.82%) Modbus
5 4 (4.82%) TCP/IP
5 4 (4.82%) WAN
5 4 (4.82%) Wireshark
6 3 (3.61%) ADSL
6 3 (3.61%) ADSL2+
6 3 (3.61%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (3.61%) G.fast
6 3 (3.61%) Internet
6 3 (3.61%) Profibus
6 3 (3.61%) PSTN
6 3 (3.61%) VoIP
7 1 (1.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.20%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.20%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Git
1 1 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 14 (16.87%) Telecoms
2 13 (15.66%) Electronics
3 11 (13.25%) Social Skills
4 4 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.82%) Marketing
4 4 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (3.61%) Aerospace
5 3 (3.61%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.41%) Advertising
6 2 (2.41%) Finance
6 2 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.41%) Military
6 2 (2.41%) Retail
7 1 (1.20%) Automotive
7 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (18.07%) Senior
2 9 (10.84%) Electronics Engineer
2 9 (10.84%) FPGA Engineer
2 9 (10.84%) Senior Electronics Engineer
2 9 (10.84%) Senior FPGA Engineer
3 7 (8.43%) Business Development Manager
3 7 (8.43%) Development Manager
4 6 (7.23%) Business Manager
5 4 (4.82%) Analyst
5 4 (4.82%) Data Analyst
6 3 (3.61%) Architect
6 3 (3.61%) Control Systems Engineer
6 3 (3.61%) Embedded Engineer
6 3 (3.61%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 3 (3.61%) Field Engineer
6 3 (3.61%) Network Architect
6 3 (3.61%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 3 (3.61%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (3.61%) Software Engineer
6 3 (3.61%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.61%) JSON
1 3 (3.61%) Yocto
2 1 (1.20%) .NET
2 1 (1.20%) Material Design
2 1 (1.20%) WPF
2 1 (1.20%) XML
2 1 (1.20%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 51 (61.45%) FPGA
2 42 (50.60%) Embedded Systems
3 9 (10.84%) VHDL
4 8 (9.64%) Social Media
5 5 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (4.82%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (4.82%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (4.82%) SCADA
7 3 (3.61%) Data Centre
7 3 (3.61%) Device Driver
7 3 (3.61%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (3.61%) Public Cloud
7 3 (3.61%) Virtual Team
8 2 (2.41%) Blog
9 1 (1.20%) FMCG
9 1 (1.20%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 1 (1.20%) IoT
9 1 (1.20%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.20%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 45 (54.22%) Linux
2 3 (3.61%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (10.84%) FPGA Design
2 9 (10.84%) Schematic Capture
3 8 (9.64%) B2B
3 8 (9.64%) Business Development
4 6 (7.23%) CRM
4 6 (7.23%) Lead Generation
5 5 (6.02%) Customer Service
5 5 (6.02%) Systems Engineering
6 4 (4.82%) Agile
6 4 (4.82%) Contract Negotiation
6 4 (4.82%) Data Analysis
6 4 (4.82%) Fuzz Testing
6 4 (4.82%) High Availability
6 4 (4.82%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (4.82%) Product Management
6 4 (4.82%) Scrum
6 4 (4.82%) Systems Thinking
6 4 (4.82%) Technical Analysis
6 4 (4.82%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.64%) Python
2 7 (8.43%) C
2 7 (8.43%) C++
3 3 (3.61%) Embedded C
4 2 (2.41%) C#
5 1 (1.20%) SQL
5 1 (1.20%) XAML
Qualifications
1 10 (12.05%) SC Cleared
1 10 (12.05%) Security Cleared
2 7 (8.43%) Degree
3 4 (4.82%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.61%) HNC
4 3 (3.61%) HND
5 1 (1.20%) CCNA
5 1 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.41%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (3.61%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (3.61%) Ansible
1 3 (3.61%) FortiGate
1 3 (3.61%) Terraform
2 1 (1.20%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 9 (10.84%) EMC
2 8 (9.64%) Salesforce
3 7 (8.43%) Microsoft
4 4 (4.82%) Cisco
4 4 (4.82%) Siemens
5 3 (3.61%) Blue Coat
5 3 (3.61%) CheckPoint
5 3 (3.61%) F5
5 3 (3.61%) Google
5 3 (3.61%) VMware
6 1 (1.20%) Allen-Bradley
6 1 (1.20%) Meraki