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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 427 423
Rank change year-on-year +130 -4 +201
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 84 13 111
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.53% 0.080% 0.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.56% 0.60% 3.20%
Number of salaries quoted 23 10 86
10th Percentile £28,500 £42,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £30,165 £42,813 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £47,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -17.39% -4.17%
75th Percentile £71,250 £51,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,500 £82,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.43% +15.00% -2.91%

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 1,512 2,166 3,473
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.59% 13.27% 13.53%
Number of salaries quoted 898 1,219 2,982
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% - -
75th Percentile £71,438 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -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 29 January 2026.

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 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (4.76%) Magento
2 1 (1.19%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.76%) Azure
2 3 (3.57%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 19 (22.62%) Wi-Fi
2 15 (17.86%) Broadband
3 10 (11.90%) RS-232
4 5 (5.95%) SD-WAN
5 4 (4.76%) Firewall
5 4 (4.76%) Wireshark
6 3 (3.57%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (3.57%) Internet
6 3 (3.57%) LAN
6 3 (3.57%) WAN
7 2 (2.38%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.19%) DHCP
8 1 (1.19%) DNS
8 1 (1.19%) Modbus
8 1 (1.19%) Profibus
8 1 (1.19%) VLAN
8 1 (1.19%) VPN
8 1 (1.19%) Wireless
General
1 18 (21.43%) Social Skills
1 18 (21.43%) Telecoms
2 11 (13.10%) Presentation Skills
3 9 (10.71%) Electronics
4 4 (4.76%) Advertising
4 4 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.76%) Finance
4 4 (4.76%) Marketing
5 3 (3.57%) Retail
6 2 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.19%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.19%) Military
7 1 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 15 (17.86%) Senior
2 10 (11.90%) Development Manager
3 9 (10.71%) Business Development Manager
4 8 (9.52%) Business Manager
5 5 (5.95%) Electronics Engineer
5 5 (5.95%) Embedded Engineer
5 5 (5.95%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 5 (5.95%) FPGA Engineer
5 5 (5.95%) Senior Business Development Manager
5 5 (5.95%) Senior Business Manager
5 5 (5.95%) Senior Development Manager
5 5 (5.95%) Senior Electronics Engineer
5 5 (5.95%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 5 (5.95%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 5 (5.95%) Senior FPGA Engineer
5 5 (5.95%) Senior Manager
5 5 (5.95%) Senior Software Engineer
5 5 (5.95%) Software Engineer
6 4 (4.76%) Analyst
6 4 (4.76%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.95%) Yocto
2 3 (3.57%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 48 (57.14%) FPGA
2 43 (51.19%) Embedded Systems
3 15 (17.86%) Social Media
4 5 (5.95%) Device Driver
4 5 (5.95%) VHDL
5 4 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (4.76%) Blog
5 4 (4.76%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (3.57%) Data Centre
6 3 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (3.57%) Public Cloud
6 3 (3.57%) Virtual Team
7 2 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.19%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 48 (57.14%) Linux
2 5 (5.95%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (17.86%) B2B
1 15 (17.86%) Business Development
1 15 (17.86%) CRM
2 11 (13.10%) Contract Negotiation
3 9 (10.71%) Business Strategy
4 7 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (5.95%) Agile
5 5 (5.95%) FPGA Design
5 5 (5.95%) Schematic Capture
5 5 (5.95%) Scrum
5 5 (5.95%) Software Engineering
6 4 (4.76%) Data Analysis
6 4 (4.76%) ERP
6 4 (4.76%) Fuzz Testing
6 4 (4.76%) Lead Generation
6 4 (4.76%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (4.76%) Product Management
6 4 (4.76%) Systems Thinking
6 4 (4.76%) Technical Analysis
6 4 (4.76%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.71%) C
1 9 (10.71%) C++
2 7 (8.33%) Python
3 5 (5.95%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 8 (9.52%) SC Cleared
1 8 (9.52%) Security Cleared
2 5 (5.95%) Degree
3 4 (4.76%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.19%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.19%) HNC
4 1 (1.19%) HND
4 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.57%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (3.57%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.19%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.57%) Ansible
1 3 (3.57%) FortiGate
1 3 (3.57%) Terraform
2 1 (1.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.14%) Salesforce
3 5 (5.95%) EMC
4 3 (3.57%) Blue Coat
4 3 (3.57%) CheckPoint
4 3 (3.57%) Cisco
4 3 (3.57%) F5
4 3 (3.57%) Google
4 3 (3.57%) VMware
5 1 (1.19%) Siemens