Ciena Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Ciena
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring knowledge or experience of Ciena products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ciena over the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Ciena Corporation.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Ciena 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.044% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £425 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £400 - -

All Vendors
City of London

Ciena falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 986 865 913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 43.40% 49.04% 44.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 693 569 604
10th Percentile £338 £315 £350
25th Percentile £448 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £656 £675 £665
90th Percentile £750 £750 £751
Central London median daily rate £538 £538 £550
% change year-on-year - -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 11
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.23 £16.00
25th Percentile £18.88 £23.75 £19.50
Median hourly rate £22.83 £34.65 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.11% +28.33% -25.52%
75th Percentile £29.78 £63.75 £115.00
90th Percentile £42.48 £65.21 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £24.00 £29.07 £27.00
% change year-on-year -17.44% +7.67% -25.52%

Ciena
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ciena relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Ciena job vacancy trend in the City of London

Ciena
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Ciena.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Ciena

Ciena
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) DWDM
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Provisioning Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring