Ciena Contract Job Trends in England

Ciena
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 22 October 2025, 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
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 523 513 569
Rank change year-on-year -10 +56 +194
Contract jobs citing Ciena 5 19 13
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.018% 0.060% 0.032%
As % of the Vendors category 0.037% 0.13% 0.072%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 6
10th Percentile - £263 £450
25th Percentile £413 £381 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £408 £700
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -41.71% -
75th Percentile £438 £438 £775
90th Percentile - £525 £800
UK median daily rate £425 £408 £700
% change year-on-year +4.17% -41.71% +42.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £23.92
25th Percentile £19.00 - £26.67
Median hourly rate £20.00 - £32.50
75th Percentile £21.00 - £33.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £20.00 - £32.50
% change year-on-year - - +25.00%

All Vendors
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,578 14,243 17,998
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.80% 44.85% 44.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,649 8,539 11,920
10th Percentile £278 £300 £263
25th Percentile £405 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £644
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 663 478 618
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.00 £16.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £44.20
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -20.81% +76.80%
75th Percentile £41.98 £65.00 £63.22
90th Percentile £69.65 £70.38 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -26.15% -25.86% +82.65%

Ciena
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Ciena job vacancy trend in England

Ciena
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ciena.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ciena

Ciena
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ciena.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ciena

Ciena
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ciena within the England region over the 6 months to 22 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
South West - 3 £425 - 1
South East +8 1 - - 1
Ciena
UK

Ciena
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 4 (80.00%) 5G
2 1 (20.00%) DWDM
2 1 (20.00%) MPLS
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) NGN
2 1 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (20.00%) SDH
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 5 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (60.00%) Billing
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) OSS Project Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Project Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Transmission Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Network Management
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (60.00%) CRM
2 3 (60.00%) Fault Management
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Low Latency
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (20.00%) Spectrum Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (60.00%) PMP
2 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) MCP
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Nokia
2 3 (60.00%) Amdocs
2 3 (60.00%) Ericsson
2 3 (60.00%) NetCracker
3 1 (20.00%) Cramer
3 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (20.00%) Splunk