Fibre Optics Contracts in the Midlands

Fibre Optics
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 - 148
Rank change year-on-year - - +59
Contract jobs citing Fibre Optics 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.20% - 0.099%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.58% - 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.88%
England median daily rate £295 £185 £450
% change year-on-year +59.46% -58.89% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £44.35 - -
25th Percentile £44.88 - -
Median hourly rate £47.00 - -
75th Percentile £50.38 - -
90th Percentile £51.65 - -
England median hourly rate £12.72 £15.75 £24.18
% change year-on-year -19.27% -34.85% +7.44%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 869 790 954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 34.57% 29.73% 31.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 549 507 630
10th Percentile £249 £271 £263
25th Percentile £363 £368 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - -
75th Percentile £575 £626 £600
90th Percentile £650 £738 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 24 33
10th Percentile £13.81 £15.11 £19.20
25th Percentile £18.87 £16.35 £20.50
Median hourly rate £25.08 £25.94 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -5.68% +48.65%
75th Percentile £40.46 £51.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £58.00 £88.00
England median hourly rate £30.75 £48.75 £42.00
% change year-on-year -36.92% +16.07% +61.54%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Fibre Optics in the Midlands

Fibre Optics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Fibre Optics in the Midlands

Fibre Optics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Fibre Optics in the Midlands

Fibre Optics
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
East Midlands - 3 - - 2
West Midlands - 2 - - 10
Fibre Optics
England

Fibre Optics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (40.00%) AutoCAD
1 2 (40.00%) Revit
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (40.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) VPN
3 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Cabling Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Communications Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Data Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Communications Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Digital Engineering
1 2 (40.00%) Information Management
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement Process
2 1 (20.00%) Cost Control
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (40.00%) RIBA
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) NVQ Level 3
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco