Fibre Optics Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Fibre Optics
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in contract job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Fibre Optics 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.79% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.28% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £437 - -
25th Percentile £602 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 - -
75th Percentile £621 - -
90th Percentile £624 - -
North West median daily rate £613 - -

All Generic Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 351 365 454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 34.82% 30.83% 27.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 188 339
10th Percentile £308 £294 £225
25th Percentile £400 £372 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £577 £585
90th Percentile £659 £688 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 19 14
10th Percentile £18.50 £16.66 £16.19
25th Percentile £19.53 £21.63 £16.85
Median hourly rate £35.25 £32.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.46% -10.96% +64.04%
75th Percentile £56.25 £60.25 £66.25
90th Percentile £69.38 £94.40 £77.25
North West median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £40.80
% change year-on-year +7.69% -20.33% +87.30%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Fibre Optics job vacancy trend in Manchester

Fibre Optics
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Fibre Optics
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fibre Optics in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Fibre Optics in Manchester

Fibre Optics
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 12 October 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
Bolton - 5 £613 -
Fibre Optics
North West

Fibre Optics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 (12.50%) Structured Cabling
General
1 6 (75.00%) Manufacturing
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (12.50%) Cabling Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Consultant
1 1 (12.50%) Design Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Fibre Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Network Design Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Support Consultant
1 1 (12.50%) Training Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Instructional Design
1 7 (87.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 6 (75.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft