SONET Contracts in England

Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SONET skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SONET over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 545 658 779
Rank change year-on-year +113 +121 -159
Contract jobs citing SONET 3 10 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.020% 0.001%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.059% 0.16% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £419 -
UK median daily rate - £419 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £16.70 - -
25th Percentile £20.75 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
75th Percentile £32.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

SONET is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,062 6,202 7,929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.60% 12.23% 11.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,060 4,079 5,231
10th Percentile £205 £231 £220
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +15.56%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 399 449 306
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.59
25th Percentile £17.69 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +111.30% -20.83% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.44
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +110.53% -30.91% +4.05%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SONET in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for SONET in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for SONET in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SONET in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SONET 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 SONET within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 East - 2 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DWDM
1 3 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 3 (100.00%) SDH
2 2 (66.67%) SD-WAN
3 1 (33.33%) Internet
3 1 (33.33%) MPLS
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) NOC Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Inventory Management
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Network Management
2 1 (33.33%) Network Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Network Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Order Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) BC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Alcatel-Lucent
1 2 (66.67%) Ciena
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Huawei
1 2 (66.67%) Juniper
1 2 (66.67%) Nokia
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft