GPON Contracts in England

Gigabit-Capable Passive Optical Network (G-PON)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring GPON skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GPON 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 474 - 651
Rank change year-on-year - - +127
Contract jobs citing GPON 11 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.045% - 0.004%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.35% - 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 2
10th Percentile £463 - -
25th Percentile £481 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.76%
75th Percentile £534 - £388
90th Percentile £538 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £300 £375
% change year-on-year +66.67% -20.00% -16.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

GPON falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GPON in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for GPON in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GPON in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GPON in England

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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 GPON within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London - 8 £500 -
North West - 2 £525 -
South West - 2 £525 -
North of England - 2 £525 -
South East - 1 £725 - 1
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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Confluence
1 1 (9.09%) Smallworld
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (90.91%) IPv6
2 8 (72.73%) Broadband
3 7 (63.64%) BGP
3 7 (63.64%) MPLS
4 5 (45.45%) Firewall
4 5 (45.45%) Multicast
4 5 (45.45%) OSPF
4 5 (45.45%) VPN
5 3 (27.27%) 802.11
5 3 (27.27%) DHCP
5 3 (27.27%) DOCSIS
5 3 (27.27%) DSL
5 3 (27.27%) IPv4
5 3 (27.27%) PPP
5 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
5 3 (27.27%) VoIP
5 3 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (9.09%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Gerrit
1 1 (9.09%) Git
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Network Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Implementation Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Network Implementation Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Principal Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Principal Network Engineer
3 4 (36.36%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (36.36%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 3 (27.27%) Core Network Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (9.09%) GIS Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) 802.1X
1 3 (27.27%) Yocto
2 1 (9.09%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (9.09%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Algorithms
1 3 (27.27%) Digital TV
1 3 (27.27%) STB
2 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (9.09%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Embedded Linux
1 3 (27.27%) Linux
2 2 (18.18%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) ITIL
1 5 (45.45%) Migration
1 5 (45.45%) Network Monitoring
1 5 (45.45%) Project Delivery
2 1 (9.09%) Agile
2 1 (9.09%) BPMN
2 1 (9.09%) Business Strategy
2 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (9.09%) Data Modelling
2 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (9.09%) Kanban
2 1 (9.09%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (9.09%) Release Management
2 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
2 1 (9.09%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (9.09%) Scrum
2 1 (9.09%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (9.09%) TOGAF
2 1 (9.09%) UML
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) C
2 2 (18.18%) Java
2 2 (18.18%) Python
3 1 (9.09%) C++
3 1 (9.09%) Go
3 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
3 1 (9.09%) Magik
3 1 (9.09%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) CCIE
1 5 (45.45%) CCIE Service Provider
1 5 (45.45%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) QA
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Cisco
2 5 (45.45%) Nokia
2 5 (45.45%) SolarWinds
3 1 (9.09%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.09%) Sparx
3 1 (9.09%) Splunk