Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)
UK > Work from Home
The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring SONET skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SONET over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Sep 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 421 | 601 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +180 | - |
| Contract jobs citing SONET | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | - | 0.005% | 0.017% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | 0.040% | 0.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £613 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £625 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | - | - | £625 |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £14.00 | - |
| UK median hourly rate | - | £14.00 | - |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home
SONET falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 1,369 | 2,493 | 4,449 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | 10.81% | 12.27% | 10.74% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 864 | 1,661 | 3,076 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £413 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £520 | £520 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.77% | - | +6.12% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £625 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £700 | £700 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 37 | 87 | 127 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.66 | £18.02 | £25.15 |
| 25th Percentile | £37.50 | £21.99 | £42.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £45.00 | £50.00 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | -16.67% | +35.59% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £70.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.98 | £75.00 | £75.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £50.25 | £56.49 | £41.27 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.05% | +36.90% | +83.40% |
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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SONET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SONET.