Fibre Optics Contracts in London

Fibre Optics
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in contract job vacancies in London. 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 346 389 479
Rank change year-on-year +43 +90 +108
Contract jobs citing Fibre Optics 7 6 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.056% 0.034% 0.067%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.15% 0.10% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 13
10th Percentile £200 £213 £261
25th Percentile £238 £270 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £333 £400
Median % change year-on-year +27.82% -16.88% -8.57%
75th Percentile £525 £556 £500
90th Percentile £663 - £560
England median daily rate £205 £190 £425
% change year-on-year +7.89% -55.29% +0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £37.50 -
England median hourly rate - £15.75 -

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,528 5,902 9,679
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.98% 33.14% 35.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,064 4,176 6,951
10th Percentile £325 £302 £375
25th Percentile £452 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £738 £725 £749
90th Percentile £850 £850 £838
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 160 109
10th Percentile £15.84 £15.50 £19.39
25th Percentile £22.27 £18.93 £21.25
Median hourly rate £34.50 £26.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.69% -25.71% -21.35%
75th Percentile £50.50 £47.81 £64.50
90th Percentile £80.28 £66.78 £83.15
England median hourly rate £33.91 £30.16 £22.49
% change year-on-year +12.43% +34.13% -16.72%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Fibre Optics in London

Fibre Optics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Fibre Optics in London

Fibre Optics
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Fibre Optics in London

Fibre Optics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Fibre Optics in London

Fibre Optics
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 Optics within the London 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
West London +18 4 £438 +90.22% 1
Central London - 1 £750 - 5
Fibre Optics
England

Fibre Optics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (28.57%) AutoCAD
1 2 (28.57%) Revit
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (42.86%) Wireless
3 2 (28.57%) 5G
3 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (28.57%) WLAN
4 1 (14.29%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (14.29%) VoIP
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Aviation
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Design Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Cabling Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Fibre Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Data Centre Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Design Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) CCTV
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
1 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 1 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (14.29%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Network Design
3 2 (28.57%) Bill of Materials
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) CAD
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Fintech
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Low Latency
4 1 (14.29%) Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) BICSI Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco
1 1 (14.29%) Fujitsu
1 1 (14.29%) Nokia