Fibre Optics Contracts in England

Fibre Optics
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 453 509 631
Rank change year-on-year +56 +122 +102
Contract jobs citing Fibre Optics 33 32 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.086% 0.083%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.40% 0.28% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 26 35
10th Percentile £200 £173 £250
25th Percentile £203 £175 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £190 £425
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -55.29% +0.45%
75th Percentile £381 £528 £488
90th Percentile £449 - £500
UK median daily rate £205 £190 £425
% change year-on-year +7.89% -55.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £15.75 -
UK median hourly rate - £15.75 -

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,332 11,451 16,953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.13% 30.82% 33.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,444 7,498 11,765
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 827 587
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.91 £30.16 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +12.43% +34.13% -16.72%
75th Percentile £64.75 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.20 £70.00 £75.20
UK median hourly rate £32.28 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +7.58% +33.42% -18.24%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Fibre Optics in England

Fibre Optics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Fibre Optics in England

Fibre Optics
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fibre Optics in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Fibre Optics in England

Fibre Optics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Fibre Optics in England.

Hourly rate trend for Fibre Optics in England

Fibre Optics
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 Fibre Optics within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
North of England +30 9 £205 +24.24% 19
North West - 9 £205 - 12
South East +41 8 £440 -14.56% 35
London +43 7 £425 +27.82% 35
South West +43 4 £250 +31.58% 9
Midlands - 3 £213 - 8
West Midlands - 2 £213 - 6
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
Fibre Optics
UK

Fibre Optics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 2 (6.06%) AutoCAD
1 2 (6.06%) Revit
Communications & Networking
1 19 (57.58%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (12.12%) Broadband
2 4 (12.12%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (9.09%) Ethernet
3 3 (9.09%) SAN
3 3 (9.09%) Wireless
4 2 (6.06%) 5G
4 2 (6.06%) DHCP
4 2 (6.06%) DNS
4 2 (6.06%) Firewall
4 2 (6.06%) LAN
4 2 (6.06%) SNMP
4 2 (6.06%) WAN
4 2 (6.06%) WLAN
5 1 (3.03%) Internet
5 1 (3.03%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (3.03%) VoIP
General
1 6 (18.18%) Telecoms
2 5 (15.15%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Legal
3 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Military
5 1 (3.03%) Aviation
5 1 (3.03%) Electronics
5 1 (3.03%) Finance
5 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (45.45%) Cabling Engineer
2 12 (36.36%) Data Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Coordinator
3 4 (12.12%) Fibre Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Project Coordinator
4 3 (9.09%) Design Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Data Centre Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Network Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Senior
5 2 (6.06%) Test Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Data Centre Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Network Technician
6 1 (3.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) NETCONF
1 2 (6.06%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 9 (27.27%) Data Centre
2 4 (12.12%) Driving Licence
3 2 (6.06%) CCTV
4 1 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.03%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (27.27%) Data Protection
3 4 (12.12%) Project Management
4 3 (9.09%) Network Design
5 2 (6.06%) Bill of Materials
5 2 (6.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (6.06%) Network Management
5 2 (6.06%) Operational Acceptance Testing
5 2 (6.06%) Test Management
5 2 (6.06%) Test Scripting
6 1 (3.03%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (3.03%) Customer Service
6 1 (3.03%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (3.03%) DevOps
6 1 (3.03%) Fintech
6 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Automation
6 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (3.03%) Low Latency
6 1 (3.03%) Software Testing
6 1 (3.03%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 17 (51.52%) Security Cleared
2 16 (48.48%) SC Cleared
3 10 (30.30%) DV Cleared
4 6 (18.18%) Degree
5 1 (3.03%) BICSI Certification
5 1 (3.03%) CTC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) KVM
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 5 (15.15%) Cisco
2 2 (6.06%) HP
2 2 (6.06%) Juniper
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.03%) Fujitsu
3 1 (3.03%) Nokia
3 1 (3.03%) Openreach