Fibre Channel Contract Job Trends in London

Fibre Channel (FC)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Fibre Channel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 355 394
Rank change year-on-year -38 +39 +115
Contract jobs citing Fibre Channel 4 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.025% 0.022% 0.011%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.29% 0.22% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £488
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.22%
75th Percentile £588 - £494
90th Percentile £618 - -
England median daily rate £525 £473 £435
% change year-on-year +11.11% +8.62% -30.40%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

Fibre Channel 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,360 1,335 1,823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.35% 9.99% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 888 826 1,189
10th Percentile £261 £258 £200
25th Percentile £406 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £625
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 13 72
10th Percentile £20.76 - £14.63
25th Percentile £22.95 £24.66 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% +48.94% -8.60%
75th Percentile £29.00 £43.75 £41.25
90th Percentile £93.88 £60.35 £61.75
England median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -1.43% -12.50% +108.88%

Fibre Channel
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Fibre Channel job vacancy trend in London

Fibre Channel
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Fibre Channel.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Fibre Channel.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fibre Channel within the London region over the 6 months to 6 March 2026. 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
Central London -10 1 £625 -
Fibre Channel
England

Fibre Channel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
2 3 (75.00%) NAS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Storage Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Storage Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Storage Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Storage
1 3 (75.00%) Replication
2 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (25.00%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Change Control
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Cutover Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Runbook
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Avamar
1 2 (50.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 2 (50.00%) NetBackup
2 1 (25.00%) Ansible
2 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (25.00%) Podman
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Brocade
1 3 (75.00%) EMC
1 3 (75.00%) Pure Storage
2 2 (50.00%) NetApp
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Commvault
3 1 (25.00%) IBM