Fibre Optics Contracts in the South East

Fibre Optics
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in contract job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 188 209 244
Rank change year-on-year +21 +35 -34
Contract jobs citing Fibre Optics 13 12 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.24% 0.21% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.83% 0.61% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 12
10th Percentile - £307 £133
25th Percentile £173 £372 £146
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £450 £216
Median % change year-on-year +14.44% +108.09% -32.42%
75th Percentile £528 £491 £438
90th Percentile - £500 £451
England median daily rate £190 £425 £423
% change year-on-year -55.29% +0.45% +32.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £35.50
Median hourly rate - - £36.00
75th Percentile - - £36.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £15.75 - £39.87
% change year-on-year - - -18.16%

All Generic Skills
South East

Fibre Optics is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,567 1,967 2,646
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 28.39% 33.86% 34.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 919 1,328 1,704
10th Percentile £205 £213 £213
25th Percentile £359 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £675
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 90 120
10th Percentile £11.72 £18.23 £15.41
25th Percentile £18.35 £20.48 £17.48
Median hourly rate £47.19 £51.25 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.93% +138.37% -33.85%
75th Percentile £61.30 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £63.40
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +2.08%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Fibre Optics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Fibre Optics in the South East

Fibre Optics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Fibre Optics in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Fibre Optics in the South East

Fibre Optics
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fibre Optics in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Fibre Optics in the South East

Fibre Optics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Fibre Optics in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Fibre Optics in the South East

Fibre Optics
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fibre Optics within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Thames Valley +1 6 £175 -59.70% 5
Oxfordshire - 4 £175 - 1
Berkshire -8 2 £190 -51.72% 1
Surrey - 1 - - 5
Fibre Optics
England

Fibre Optics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (7.69%) Abaqus
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) ADSL
1 1 (7.69%) DSL
1 1 (7.69%) GSM
1 1 (7.69%) LAN
1 1 (7.69%) LTE
1 1 (7.69%) WAN
General
1 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Cabling Engineer
1 4 (30.77%) Data Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Design Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Real Time Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
1 1 (7.69%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (7.69%) Finite Element Analysis
2 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
2 1 (7.69%) Stress Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) BICSI Certification
1 1 (7.69%) BICSI RCDD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Openreach
2 1 (7.69%) ANSYS