Ethernet Contracts

Ethernet
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Ethernet skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Ethernet over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 457 501 678
Rank change year-on-year +44 +177 -100
Contract jobs citing Ethernet 117 200 179
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.35% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.17% 2.82% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 109 75
10th Percentile £237 £213 £313
25th Percentile £313 £345 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £486 £465
Median % change year-on-year -27.98% +4.52% +9.41%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £575
90th Percentile £539 £675 £631
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £486 £410
% change year-on-year -27.98% +18.40% +17.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 30 20
10th Percentile £21.75 £30.20 £21.00
25th Percentile £53.40 £42.50 £37.57
Median hourly rate £57.35 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.44% - -
75th Percentile £61.30 £59.06 £47.77
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £52.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.35 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +27.44% - +36.36%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,394 7,082 9,559
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.68% 12.40% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,215 4,571 6,235
10th Percentile £205 £235 £232
25th Percentile £350 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% +3.90% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £694 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 464 368
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.33
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -34.70% +6.91%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.85 £50.77
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.14 £18.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +156.31% -16.28% -8.99%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Ethernet.

Daily rate trend for Ethernet in the UK

Ethernet
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ethernet over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Ethernet in the UK

Ethernet
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Ethernet.

Hourly rate trend for Ethernet in the UK

Ethernet
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Ethernet over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Ethernet in the UK

Ethernet
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ethernet within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +46 114 £350 -27.98% 158
UK excluding London +32 103 £350 -27.98% 146
South East +35 59 £500 +42.86% 43
Midlands +37 17 £510 +2.00% 40
Work from Home +29 17 £500 +2.88% 47
West Midlands +27 12 £526 +154.79% 25
London +62 11 £455 -17.27% 19
North West +16 11 £325 -33.13% 13
North of England +15 11 £325 -33.13% 23
South West +20 9 £500 -14.89% 13
East of England -4 7 £200 -38.46% 17
East Midlands +19 5 £210 -45.45% 15

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:

Applications
1 6 (5.13%) MS Visio
2 4 (3.42%) CANalyzer
2 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (7.69%) AWS
1 9 (7.69%) Azure
2 4 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 29 (24.79%) WAN
2 23 (19.66%) LAN
3 21 (17.95%) Wireless
4 19 (16.24%) OSPF
5 18 (15.38%) VPN
6 17 (14.53%) TCP/IP
7 14 (11.97%) Wireless Security
8 11 (9.40%) SDH
9 10 (8.55%) Internet
10 9 (7.69%) MPLS
11 8 (6.84%) DNS
12 7 (5.98%) DHCP
13 6 (5.13%) 4G
13 6 (5.13%) Cisco Nexus
13 6 (5.13%) DWDM
13 6 (5.13%) SD-WAN
14 5 (4.27%) 3G
14 5 (4.27%) ATM
14 5 (4.27%) Ethereal
14 5 (4.27%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 18 (15.38%) Rational DOORS
2 11 (9.40%) Eclipse
2 11 (9.40%) Visual Studio
3 4 (3.42%) CANoe
3 4 (3.42%) JIRA
General
1 55 (47.01%) Electronics
2 30 (25.64%) Social Skills
3 15 (12.82%) Telecoms
4 12 (10.26%) Presentation Skills
5 11 (9.40%) Military
6 9 (7.69%) Automotive
7 5 (4.27%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.71%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.85%) Advertising
10 1 (0.85%) Aviation
10 1 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 33 (28.21%) Designer
1 33 (28.21%) Digital Designer
1 33 (28.21%) FPGA Designer
1 33 (28.21%) VHDL Designer
2 26 (22.22%) Network Engineer
3 18 (15.38%) Consultant
4 10 (8.55%) C# Software Engineer
4 10 (8.55%) Software Engineer
5 9 (7.69%) C++ Software Engineer
5 9 (7.69%) Support Engineer
6 7 (5.98%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 5 (4.27%) Network Support
7 5 (4.27%) Network Support Engineer
8 4 (3.42%) Active Directory Engineer
8 4 (3.42%) Active Directory Support
8 4 (3.42%) Active Directory Support Engineer
8 4 (3.42%) Cisco Engineer
8 4 (3.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (3.42%) Integration Manager
8 4 (3.42%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.26%) Web Services
2 11 (9.40%) Node.js
3 3 (2.56%) Blazor
3 3 (2.56%) OpenGL
3 3 (2.56%) WebRTC
4 2 (1.71%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.85%) JSON
5 1 (0.85%) REST
5 1 (0.85%) SOAP
5 1 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (29.06%) FPGA
2 33 (28.21%) CPLD
2 33 (28.21%) VHDL
3 18 (15.38%) Analogue Electronics
3 18 (15.38%) Robotics
4 7 (5.98%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.42%) Infotainment
6 3 (2.56%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.56%) CUDA
7 2 (1.71%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.85%) IoT
8 1 (0.85%) PCIe
8 1 (0.85%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 23 (19.66%) Windows
2 20 (17.09%) Linux
3 4 (3.42%) Windows 10
3 4 (3.42%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.42%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (28.21%) Schematic Capture
2 22 (18.80%) Prototyping
3 18 (15.38%) Requirements Management
4 16 (13.68%) Agile
5 15 (12.82%) Design for Manufacturing
5 15 (12.82%) Systems Engineering
6 14 (11.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 14 (11.97%) Validation
7 12 (10.26%) Customer Service
8 11 (9.40%) CI/CD
8 11 (9.40%) Continuous Delivery
8 11 (9.40%) Continuous Integration
8 11 (9.40%) Digital Twin
8 11 (9.40%) Software Engineering
8 11 (9.40%) Synthetic Environment
8 11 (9.40%) TDD
8 11 (9.40%) Unit Testing
8 11 (9.40%) Verification and Validation
8 11 (9.40%) Visualisation
9 8 (6.84%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.97%) C#
1 14 (11.97%) C++
1 14 (11.97%) JavaScript
2 4 (3.42%) Python
2 4 (3.42%) VBA
3 3 (2.56%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 44 (37.61%) Degree
2 24 (20.51%) SC Cleared
2 24 (20.51%) Security Cleared
3 16 (13.68%) CCNA
3 16 (13.68%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (5.98%) BC Cleared
6 2 (1.71%) CCDP
6 2 (1.71%) CCIP
6 2 (1.71%) CCNP
7 1 (0.85%) CISM
7 1 (0.85%) CISSP
7 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.85%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.84%) SLA
2 6 (5.13%) QA
3 1 (0.85%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (0.85%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.85%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (6.84%) Hyper-V
1 8 (6.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.42%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (4.27%) OpenView
2 4 (3.42%) Autotask
2 4 (3.42%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.85%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (0.85%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 33 (28.21%) EMC
2 22 (18.80%) Cisco
3 16 (13.68%) Microsoft
4 8 (6.84%) Juniper
4 8 (6.84%) VMware
5 6 (5.13%) Nokia
6 5 (4.27%) Ciena
7 4 (3.42%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 4 (3.42%) Remedy
8 3 (2.56%) BT
8 3 (2.56%) NVIDIA
8 3 (2.56%) Openreach
9 2 (1.71%) ADVA
9 2 (1.71%) Huawei
10 1 (0.85%) Barracuda Networks
10 1 (0.85%) Nokia Networks
10 1 (0.85%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.85%) Rockwell
10 1 (0.85%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.85%) Tellabs