Fibre Optics Contracts

Fibre Optics
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 564 670 787
Rank change year-on-year +106 +117 -126
Contract jobs citing Fibre Optics 34 49 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.079% 0.082% 0.070%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.26% 0.25% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 42 48
10th Percentile £173 £252 £145
25th Percentile £175 £303 £284
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -55.29% - +54.55%
75th Percentile £528 £497 £450
90th Percentile - £536 £544
UK excluding London median daily rate £190 £450 £356
% change year-on-year -57.78% +26.32% +37.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile £14.58 - £25.88
25th Percentile £14.69 - £28.56
Median hourly rate £15.75 - £39.87
75th Percentile £27.69 - £46.42
90th Percentile £34.33 - £47.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.38 - £36.00
% change year-on-year - - -0.59%

All Generic Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,143 19,914 29,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.35% 33.30% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,422 13,704 20,462
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £653
90th Percentile £788 £800 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 903 647 727
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.11
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.88
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% -16.67%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Fibre Optics in the UK

Fibre Optics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Fibre Optics in the UK

Fibre Optics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fibre Optics over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Fibre Optics in the UK

Fibre Optics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Fibre Optics in the UK

Fibre Optics
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Fibre Optics over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Fibre Optics in the UK

Fibre Optics
Top 10 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +118 32 £190 -55.29% 75
UK excluding London +72 27 £190 -57.78% 70
South East +27 13 £515 +14.44% 23
East of England +21 7 £185 +23.33% 5
London +89 6 £333 -16.88% 15
Work from Home +116 5 £538 +26.47% 11
South West - 4 £190 - 12
Yorkshire - 2 £165 - 5
North of England - 2 £165 - 11
Scotland - 1 £210 - 5

Fibre Optics
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 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.94%) Abaqus
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (5.88%) BGP
2 2 (5.88%) Broadband
2 2 (5.88%) DWDM
2 2 (5.88%) Firewall
2 2 (5.88%) Internet
2 2 (5.88%) IPv4
2 2 (5.88%) IPv6
2 2 (5.88%) MPLS
2 2 (5.88%) OSPF
2 2 (5.88%) RSVP
2 2 (5.88%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (5.88%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.88%) VRRP
3 1 (2.94%) ADSL
3 1 (2.94%) DSL
3 1 (2.94%) GSM
3 1 (2.94%) LAN
3 1 (2.94%) LTE
3 1 (2.94%) WAN
General
1 12 (35.29%) Telecoms
2 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (8.82%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.88%) Finance
4 1 (2.94%) Digital Health
4 1 (2.94%) Local Government
4 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (44.12%) Cabling Engineer
2 14 (41.18%) Data Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Network Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Project Manager
5 1 (2.94%) Build Manager
5 1 (2.94%) Design Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Network Manager
5 1 (2.94%) Project Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Real Time Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Telecoms Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Data Centre
1 2 (5.88%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.94%) iPad
2 1 (2.94%) iPhone
2 1 (2.94%) NHS
2 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.94%) SCADA
2 1 (2.94%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Linux
2 1 (2.94%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) Collaborative Working
2 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (14.71%) Project Management
4 2 (5.88%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (2.94%) Capacity Management
5 1 (2.94%) Feasibility Study
5 1 (2.94%) Finite Element Analysis
5 1 (2.94%) Network Design
5 1 (2.94%) Order Management
5 1 (2.94%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (2.94%) Project Delivery
5 1 (2.94%) Stress Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) Perl
1 2 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) CCNP
1 4 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (5.88%) CCIE
2 2 (5.88%) CCNA
2 2 (5.88%) JNCIE
2 2 (5.88%) JNCIP
3 1 (2.94%) BICSI Certification
3 1 (2.94%) BICSI RCDD
3 1 (2.94%) Degree
3 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (8.82%) Openreach
2 2 (5.88%) Cisco
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.94%) ANSYS
3 1 (2.94%) BT