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 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 425 448
Rank change year-on-year +57 +23 +280
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 40 41 62
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.25% 0.20% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.34% 1.70% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 23 32 48
10th Percentile £30,165 £43,750 £34,975
25th Percentile £55,625 £52,500 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £66,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +10.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £73,125 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,964 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

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 1,712 2,407 3,192
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 11.87% 13.72%
Number of salaries quoted 984 1,430 2,658
10th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,594 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £38,000 £52,500 £50,250
% change year-on-year -27.62% +4.48% -4.29%

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 19 October 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 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.00%) Azure
2 4 (10.00%) GCP
3 1 (2.50%) AWS
3 1 (2.50%) Figma
3 1 (2.50%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (32.50%) Broadband
2 12 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (22.50%) RS-232
4 6 (15.00%) SD-WAN
5 5 (12.50%) ADSL
5 5 (12.50%) ADSL2+
5 5 (12.50%) Firewall
5 5 (12.50%) G.fast
5 5 (12.50%) LAN
5 5 (12.50%) PSTN
5 5 (12.50%) VoIP
5 5 (12.50%) WAN
6 4 (10.00%) Modbus
6 4 (10.00%) TCP/IP
6 4 (10.00%) Wireshark
7 3 (7.50%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (7.50%) Internet
7 3 (7.50%) Profibus
8 2 (5.00%) RS-485
8 2 (5.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Git
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 17 (42.50%) Telecoms
2 15 (37.50%) Electronics
3 8 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 6 (15.00%) Marketing
5 4 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (7.50%) Aerospace
6 3 (7.50%) Manufacturing
6 3 (7.50%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (7.50%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (5.00%) Finance
7 2 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (5.00%) Military
7 2 (5.00%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.50%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 12 (30.00%) Senior
2 10 (25.00%) FPGA Engineer
3 9 (22.50%) Electronics Engineer
3 9 (22.50%) Senior Electronics Engineer
3 9 (22.50%) Senior FPGA Engineer
4 7 (17.50%) Business Development Manager
4 7 (17.50%) Development Manager
5 6 (15.00%) Business Manager
6 4 (10.00%) Analyst
6 4 (10.00%) Data Analyst
7 3 (7.50%) Architect
7 3 (7.50%) Control Systems Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Field Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Network Architect
7 3 (7.50%) Systems Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) Network Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) Senior Business Development Manager
8 2 (5.00%) Senior Business Manager
8 2 (5.00%) Senior Development Manager
8 2 (5.00%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) JSON
2 1 (2.50%) .NET
2 1 (2.50%) Material Design
2 1 (2.50%) WPF
2 1 (2.50%) XML
2 1 (2.50%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.00%) FPGA
1 10 (25.00%) VHDL
2 7 (17.50%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (17.50%) Social Media
3 4 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (10.00%) Cyber Defence
3 4 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 4 (10.00%) Public Cloud
3 4 (10.00%) SCADA
4 3 (7.50%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (7.50%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.50%) FMCG
5 1 (2.50%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (2.50%) IoT
5 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.50%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (22.50%) FPGA Design
2 9 (22.50%) Schematic Capture
3 7 (17.50%) B2B
3 7 (17.50%) Business Development
4 5 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 5 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 5 (12.50%) Lead Generation
4 5 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
5 4 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 4 (10.00%) Fuzz Testing
5 4 (10.00%) High Availability
5 4 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (10.00%) Product Management
5 4 (10.00%) Systems Thinking
5 4 (10.00%) Technical Analysis
5 4 (10.00%) Value Proposition
6 3 (7.50%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (7.50%) CRM
6 3 (7.50%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 9 (22.50%) Python
2 4 (10.00%) C
2 4 (10.00%) C++
3 2 (5.00%) C#
4 1 (2.50%) SQL
4 1 (2.50%) XAML
Qualifications
1 11 (27.50%) SC Cleared
1 11 (27.50%) Security Cleared
2 9 (22.50%) Degree
3 4 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (7.50%) HNC
4 3 (7.50%) HND
5 2 (5.00%) CCNA
5 2 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (5.00%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.50%) DBS Check
System Software
1 3 (7.50%) VMware NSX
2 1 (2.50%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (2.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (10.00%) Ansible
1 4 (10.00%) FortiGate
1 4 (10.00%) Terraform
2 1 (2.50%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 11 (27.50%) EMC
2 7 (17.50%) Salesforce
3 5 (12.50%) Cisco
4 4 (10.00%) CheckPoint
4 4 (10.00%) F5
4 4 (10.00%) Google
4 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (10.00%) Siemens
5 3 (7.50%) Blue Coat
5 3 (7.50%) VMware
6 2 (5.00%) Freescale
6 2 (5.00%) SAP
7 1 (2.50%) Allen-Bradley
7 1 (2.50%) Altera
7 1 (2.50%) Juniper
7 1 (2.50%) Meraki
7 1 (2.50%) Palo Alto