Ethernet
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Ethernet skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Ethernet over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 628 734 888
Rank change year-on-year +106 +154 -281
Permanent jobs citing Ethernet 271 246 364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.25% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.01% 1.57% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 212 159 272
10th Percentile £32,525 £30,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £62,500 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £97,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £37,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -25.00% -9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Ethernet is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,478 15,631 21,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.49% 15.76% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,397 7,898 11,750
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,580 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -5.26% +5.56%

Ethernet
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Ethernet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Ethernet in the UK

Ethernet
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ethernet.

Salary trend for Ethernet in the UK

Ethernet
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ethernet over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Ethernet in the UK

Ethernet
Top 15 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 18 May 2024. 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
England +130 235 £49,500 +4.21% 172
UK excluding London +39 227 £50,000 +33.33% 157
Work from Home +95 111 £56,250 -29.69% 57
North of England +77 52 £40,000 +6.67% 25
North West +40 43 £40,000 -15.79% 13
London +107 40 £70,000 -3.45% 27
South East -18 39 £50,000 +58.73% 49
East of England +34 37 £55,000 +39.24% 21
Midlands -8 36 £40,000 -42.86% 35
West Midlands +10 32 £40,000 -47.54% 22
South West -17 28 £40,000 -22.33% 17
Scotland -40 24 £60,000 +14.29% 8
Wales - 11 £50,000 - 4
Yorkshire +83 9 £50,000 - 8
East Midlands -5 4 £36,500 -47.86% 13

Ethernet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (5.90%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.21%) WinCC
3 2 (0.74%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.37%) Confluence
4 1 (0.37%) IIS
4 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (5.54%) OrCAD
2 12 (4.43%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.95%) Simulink
4 6 (2.21%) CANalyzer
4 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (1.85%) SOLIDWORKS
6 4 (1.48%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.48%) Windchill
7 3 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.74%) Abaqus
8 2 (0.74%) GNU Octave
8 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.85%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (9.59%) Azure
2 21 (7.75%) AWS
2 21 (7.75%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (5.90%) Entra ID
4 6 (2.21%) GCP
4 6 (2.21%) OneDrive
5 5 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (1.85%) Google Workspace
6 2 (0.74%) Azure Machine Learning
6 2 (0.74%) GitHub
6 2 (0.74%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.37%) IaaS
7 1 (0.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 86 (31.73%) TCP/IP
2 76 (28.04%) Wi-Fi
3 67 (24.72%) Wireless
4 66 (24.35%) WAN
5 64 (23.62%) LAN
6 52 (19.19%) MPLS
7 50 (18.45%) BGP
7 50 (18.45%) OSPF
8 48 (17.71%) RS-232
9 42 (15.50%) DHCP
10 41 (15.13%) Firewall
11 34 (12.55%) Internet
12 30 (11.07%) VLAN
13 24 (8.86%) DSL
14 22 (8.12%) VPN
15 17 (6.27%) DNS
15 17 (6.27%) SD-WAN
16 12 (4.43%) Profibus
17 11 (4.06%) Unified Communications
18 10 (3.69%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.48%) MySQL
1 4 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (1.48%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.11%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.74%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.37%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 24 (8.86%) Git
2 10 (3.69%) LabVIEW
3 8 (2.95%) CANoe
3 8 (2.95%) Subversion
4 6 (2.21%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.85%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.85%) JIRA
6 4 (1.48%) Eclipse
7 3 (1.11%) Rational Rhapsody
7 3 (1.11%) Rational Team Concert
8 2 (0.74%) PetaLinux
9 1 (0.37%) GitLab
9 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 63 (23.25%) Social Skills
2 62 (22.88%) Electronics
3 60 (22.14%) Manufacturing
4 34 (12.55%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (11.81%) Finance
6 20 (7.38%) Automotive
7 15 (5.54%) Aerospace
8 12 (4.43%) Telecoms
9 11 (4.06%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (3.69%) Law
10 10 (3.69%) Military
11 9 (3.32%) Pharmaceutical
11 9 (3.32%) Retail
12 8 (2.95%) Marketing
13 7 (2.58%) Aviation
13 7 (2.58%) Public Sector
14 5 (1.85%) Banking
14 5 (1.85%) Multimedia
15 4 (1.48%) Legal
16 2 (0.74%) Billing
Job Titles
1 64 (23.62%) Software Engineer
2 60 (22.14%) Network Engineer
3 58 (21.40%) Senior
4 41 (15.13%) Embedded Engineer
5 36 (13.28%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 26 (9.59%) Senior Software Engineer
7 25 (9.23%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 24 (8.86%) Support Engineer
9 23 (8.49%) Hardware Engineer
10 21 (7.75%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 18 (6.64%) IP Engineer
11 18 (6.64%) IP Network Engineer
12 16 (5.90%) Cisco Engineer
12 16 (5.90%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 16 (5.90%) Juniper Engineer
12 16 (5.90%) Technical Engineer
13 15 (5.54%) Technical Support
13 15 (5.54%) Technical Support Engineer
14 14 (5.17%) Network Support
14 14 (5.17%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.27%) Yocto
2 14 (5.17%) .NET
3 6 (2.21%) 802.1X
4 5 (1.85%) Qt
5 4 (1.48%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (1.48%) Flash
5 4 (1.48%) WCF
5 4 (1.48%) Web Services
5 4 (1.48%) WinForms
6 3 (1.11%) POSIX
7 2 (0.74%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.74%) CSS
7 2 (0.74%) DPDK
7 2 (0.74%) eBPF
7 2 (0.74%) HTML
7 2 (0.74%) HTML5
7 2 (0.74%) NETCONF
7 2 (0.74%) OpenMP
7 2 (0.74%) RESTCONF
8 1 (0.37%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.70%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (9.96%) PCIe
3 26 (9.59%) FPGA
4 18 (6.64%) Embedded Systems
5 17 (6.27%) Data Centre
6 15 (5.54%) Analytical Mindset
6 15 (5.54%) Driving Licence
7 14 (5.17%) Algorithms
8 13 (4.80%) Device Driver
9 12 (4.43%) Analogue Electronics
10 10 (3.69%) IoT
10 10 (3.69%) SCADA
11 9 (3.32%) CCTV
11 9 (3.32%) Video Conferencing
12 8 (2.95%) VHDL
13 7 (2.58%) Infotainment
13 7 (2.58%) Robotics
14 5 (1.85%) ARM Cortex
14 5 (1.85%) Management Information System
14 5 (1.85%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 60 (22.14%) Linux
2 31 (11.44%) Windows
3 18 (6.64%) Embedded Linux
3 18 (6.64%) VyOS
4 12 (4.43%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.21%) FreeRTOS
5 6 (2.21%) VxWorks
5 6 (2.21%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.21%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.48%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.48%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.11%) Android
7 3 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.74%) Solaris
8 2 (0.74%) SUSE
8 2 (0.74%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.37%) Debian
9 1 (0.37%) Fedora
9 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (33.95%) Software Engineering
2 60 (22.14%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (13.65%) Customer Service
4 33 (12.18%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (10.70%) Computer Science
6 23 (8.49%) Validation
7 17 (6.27%) Embedded Software Development
7 17 (6.27%) Software Testing
8 16 (5.90%) Customer Requirements
8 16 (5.90%) Mentoring
8 16 (5.90%) Schematic Capture
9 15 (5.54%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (5.17%) Agile
10 14 (5.17%) Design for Manufacturing
10 14 (5.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 14 (5.17%) Network Management
11 13 (4.80%) OOD
11 13 (4.80%) Project Management
11 13 (4.80%) Software Architecture
11 13 (4.80%) UML
Programming Languages
1 70 (25.83%) C
2 32 (11.81%) Python
3 27 (9.96%) Embedded C
4 24 (8.86%) C++
5 23 (8.49%) C#
6 13 (4.80%) PowerShell
7 11 (4.06%) SQL
8 8 (2.95%) Bash
8 8 (2.95%) MATLAB
9 7 (2.58%) Shell Script
10 6 (2.21%) Embedded C++
10 6 (2.21%) Java
11 3 (1.11%) Ada
11 3 (1.11%) Assembly Language
12 2 (0.74%) Go
12 2 (0.74%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.74%) Ladder Logic
12 2 (0.74%) Perl
12 2 (0.74%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.74%) VB
Qualifications
1 93 (34.32%) Degree
2 35 (12.92%) Cisco Certification
3 29 (10.70%) Security Cleared
4 27 (9.96%) CCNA
5 26 (9.59%) JNCIA
6 13 (4.80%) HNC
7 12 (4.43%) SC Cleared
8 11 (4.06%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.95%) CCNP
9 8 (2.95%) Master's Degree
10 7 (2.58%) HND
10 7 (2.58%) JNCIP
11 6 (2.21%) CCDP
12 4 (1.48%) BICSI RCDD
12 4 (1.48%) Chartered Engineer
13 3 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.11%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.37%) JNCIE
14 1 (0.37%) JNCIS
14 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.69%) GDPR
1 10 (3.69%) ISO 26262
2 8 (2.95%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 8 (2.95%) ISO 13485
2 8 (2.95%) JTAG
3 4 (1.48%) AUTOSAR
3 4 (1.48%) MISRA
3 4 (1.48%) PMO
4 3 (1.11%) Def Stans
4 3 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.11%) SLA
5 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.37%) QA
System Software
1 47 (17.34%) Firmware
2 14 (5.17%) Embedded Firmware
3 11 (4.06%) Active Directory
4 7 (2.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (2.21%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.74%) Lustre
6 2 (0.74%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.74%) VirtualBox
6 2 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.37%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.37%) Docker
7 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 15 (5.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.48%) Functional Safety
3 3 (1.11%) Autotask
3 3 (1.11%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (1.11%) FortiGate
3 3 (1.11%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (1.11%) SCCM
3 3 (1.11%) Wonderware InTouch
4 2 (0.74%) Nagios
4 2 (0.74%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 62 (22.88%) Cisco
2 42 (15.50%) Juniper
3 34 (12.55%) Microsoft
4 30 (11.07%) Nokia
5 27 (9.96%) Fortinet
6 26 (9.59%) Ruckus Wireless
7 18 (6.64%) Vyatta
8 14 (5.17%) EMC
9 11 (4.06%) Meraki
9 11 (4.06%) Siemens
10 10 (3.69%) SolarWinds
11 9 (3.32%) VMware
12 7 (2.58%) Draytek
12 7 (2.58%) HP
12 7 (2.58%) QNX
12 7 (2.58%) Rockwell
12 7 (2.58%) SAP
13 6 (2.21%) Aruba
13 6 (2.21%) Logitech
13 6 (2.21%) Yealink