Fibre Optics Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Fibre Optics
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in contract job vacancies in Milton Keynes. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Fibre Optics 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.13% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £510 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 - -
75th Percentile £530 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £520 - -

All Generic Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 193 52 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 25.50% 29.05% 26.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 38 73
10th Percentile £363 £247 £178
25th Percentile £441 £361 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +8.11% -8.42%
75th Percentile £598 £590 £575
90th Percentile £643 £650 £600
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £500 £464
% change year-on-year +5.00% +7.82% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - £20.65 £16.43
25th Percentile - £32.13 £17.64
Median hourly rate £17.50 £52.50 £20.43
Median % change year-on-year -66.67% +157.01% -
75th Percentile - £61.88 £23.82
90th Percentile - £66.75 £24.13
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £17.50 £15.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year +14.75% -39.00% -41.18%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Fibre Optics job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Fibre Optics
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Fibre Optics

Fibre Optics
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Fibre Optics

Fibre Optics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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%) CATAPAN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) NGFW
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Becrypt
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) VMware