Fibre Optics Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Fibre Optics
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in contract job vacancies in Glasgow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months leading up to 26 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 - 72
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Fibre Optics 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.13% - 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.35% - 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £210
75th Percentile - - £215
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate - - £210

All Generic Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 283 293 246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 35.96% 38.76% 30.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 143 154
10th Percentile £306 £313 £270
25th Percentile £379 £404 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £435
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +3.45% -10.77%
75th Percentile £571 £550 £500
90th Percentile £673 £589 £613
Scotland median daily rate £475 £463 £453
% change year-on-year +2.65% +2.15% -7.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 8
10th Percentile £16.15 £16.24 £15.40
25th Percentile £16.17 £19.75 £16.38
Median hourly rate £16.25 £19.97 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.63% +10.94% +69.33%
75th Percentile £19.33 - £54.69
90th Percentile £38.00 £57.91 £57.50
Scotland median hourly rate £18.28 £22.00 £18.13
% change year-on-year -16.91% +21.35% +42.42%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Fibre Optics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Fibre Optics job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Fibre Optics
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Fibre Optics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Fibre Optics

Fibre Optics
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Fibre Optics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Fibre Optics

Fibre Optics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 1 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MIMO
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) SDH
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) X.21
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Commissioning Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Installations Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) EMC