Fibre Optics Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Fibre Optics
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Fibre Optics 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.36% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.01% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £191 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £203 - -
75th Percentile £214 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £295 £190 £450
% change year-on-year +55.26% -57.78% -5.26%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

Fibre Optics falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 296 226 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 35.36% 29.70% 25.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 122 157
10th Percentile £308 £251 £203
25th Percentile £358 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £447 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £521 £588
90th Percentile £638 £575 £674
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 8
10th Percentile £18.11 £21.08 £17.40
25th Percentile £18.87 £30.05 £19.81
Median hourly rate £21.30 £50.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.40% +138.10% +19.59%
75th Percentile £21.39 £55.00 £65.44
90th Percentile £25.11 - £93.75
England median hourly rate £29.50 £52.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -43.81% +13.69% +78.61%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Fibre Optics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Fibre Optics job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Fibre Optics
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Fibre Optics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Fibre Optics

Fibre Optics
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Fibre Optics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Fibre Optics

Fibre Optics
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 October 2025. 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
Nottinghamshire - 2 - -
Lincolnshire - 1 £203 - 3
Fibre Optics
England

Fibre Optics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 2 (66.67%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Cabling Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Data Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Project Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement Process
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) NVQ Level 3
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco