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 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 432 402
Rank change year-on-year +145 -30 +253
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 85 15 71
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.55% 0.085% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.31% 0.66% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 25 12 58
10th Percentile £29,016 £42,625 £31,100
25th Percentile £30,165 £43,750 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.11% -20.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,491 £73,438
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,964 £76,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year -9.09% -6.38% +14.08%

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 1,347 2,280 2,797
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.78% 12.96% 14.05%
Number of salaries quoted 931 1,331 2,369
10th Percentile £27,375 £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 £85,000 £85,250
UK median annual salary £37,750 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.44% +7.00% -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 16 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 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.53%) Azure
1 3 (3.53%) GCP
2 1 (1.18%) Figma
2 1 (1.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (18.82%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (15.29%) Broadband
3 12 (14.12%) RS-232
4 5 (5.88%) SD-WAN
5 4 (4.71%) Wireshark
6 3 (3.53%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (3.53%) Firewall
6 3 (3.53%) Internet
6 3 (3.53%) LAN
6 3 (3.53%) Modbus
6 3 (3.53%) Profibus
6 3 (3.53%) TCP/IP
6 3 (3.53%) WAN
7 1 (1.18%) ADSL
7 1 (1.18%) ADSL2+
7 1 (1.18%) G.fast
7 1 (1.18%) PSTN
7 1 (1.18%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Git
1 1 (1.18%) JIRA
General
1 16 (18.82%) Telecoms
2 15 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 13 (15.29%) Electronics
4 8 (9.41%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.71%) Marketing
6 3 (3.53%) Advertising
6 3 (3.53%) Aerospace
6 3 (3.53%) Finance
6 3 (3.53%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (3.53%) Retail
7 2 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.35%) Military
8 1 (1.18%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 15 (17.65%) Senior
2 9 (10.59%) Development Manager
2 9 (10.59%) Electronics Engineer
2 9 (10.59%) FPGA Engineer
2 9 (10.59%) Senior Electronics Engineer
2 9 (10.59%) Senior FPGA Engineer
3 8 (9.41%) Business Development Manager
4 7 (8.24%) Business Manager
5 4 (4.71%) Analyst
5 4 (4.71%) Data Analyst
6 3 (3.53%) Architect
6 3 (3.53%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 3 (3.53%) Field Engineer
6 3 (3.53%) Network Architect
6 3 (3.53%) Senior Business Manager
6 3 (3.53%) Senior Manager
6 3 (3.53%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (3.53%) Software Engineer
6 3 (3.53%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (3.53%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.53%) JSON
1 3 (3.53%) Yocto
2 1 (1.18%) .NET
2 1 (1.18%) Material Design
2 1 (1.18%) WPF
2 1 (1.18%) XML
2 1 (1.18%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 52 (61.18%) FPGA
2 43 (50.59%) Embedded Systems
3 12 (14.12%) Social Media
4 9 (10.59%) VHDL
5 4 (4.71%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (4.71%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (3.53%) Blog
6 3 (3.53%) Data Centre
6 3 (3.53%) Device Driver
6 3 (3.53%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (3.53%) Public Cloud
6 3 (3.53%) SCADA
6 3 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.53%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.18%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 46 (54.12%) Linux
2 3 (3.53%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (14.12%) B2B
1 12 (14.12%) Business Development
1 12 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (12.94%) CRM
3 9 (10.59%) FPGA Design
3 9 (10.59%) Schematic Capture
4 8 (9.41%) Contract Negotiation
5 6 (7.06%) Lead Generation
6 5 (5.88%) Systems Engineering
7 4 (4.71%) Agile
7 4 (4.71%) Business Strategy
7 4 (4.71%) Customer Service
7 4 (4.71%) Fuzz Testing
7 4 (4.71%) Penetration Testing
7 4 (4.71%) Performance Metrics
7 4 (4.71%) Product Management
7 4 (4.71%) Scrum
7 4 (4.71%) Systems Thinking
7 4 (4.71%) Technical Analysis
7 4 (4.71%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.24%) C
1 7 (8.24%) C++
1 7 (8.24%) Python
2 3 (3.53%) Embedded C
3 1 (1.18%) C#
3 1 (1.18%) XAML
Qualifications
1 10 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 10 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 7 (8.24%) Degree
3 4 (4.71%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.53%) HNC
4 3 (3.53%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.53%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (3.53%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (3.53%) Ansible
1 3 (3.53%) FortiGate
1 3 (3.53%) Terraform
2 1 (1.18%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 9 (10.59%) EMC
2 8 (9.41%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.41%) Salesforce
3 3 (3.53%) Blue Coat
3 3 (3.53%) CheckPoint
3 3 (3.53%) Cisco
3 3 (3.53%) F5
3 3 (3.53%) Google
3 3 (3.53%) Siemens
3 3 (3.53%) VMware