Fibre Optics Contracts in Edinburgh

Fibre Optics
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Fibre Optics 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.48% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate - £210 -

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 239 273 467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 38.24% 33.50% 35.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 147 327
10th Percentile £208 £334 £242
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £510 £479
Median % change year-on-year -4.12% +6.47% -4.20%
75th Percentile £554 £600 £538
90th Percentile £638 £675 £625
Scotland median daily rate £467 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -1.68% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 3
10th Percentile - £14.88 £21.34
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £21.47
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.57 £21.67
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% -5.08% -54.38%
75th Percentile £24.38 £60.19 £37.71
90th Percentile £42.00 £60.75 £47.33
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £18.14 £12.30
% change year-on-year +21.31% +47.44% -71.40%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Fibre Optics in Edinburgh

Fibre Optics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Fibre Optics in Edinburgh

Fibre Optics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) SDH
3 1 (33.33%) 4G
3 1 (33.33%) ADSL
3 1 (33.33%) MPLS
3 1 (33.33%) PSTN
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Field Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Field Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Field Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (100.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (66.67%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Process Management
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Bill of Materials
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Inventory Management
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) HNC
3 1 (33.33%) BC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Nokia