Fibre Optics Contract Job Trends in the North East

Fibre Optics
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in contract job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - +37
Contract jobs citing Fibre Optics 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.59% - 0.87%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.17% - 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £105
England median daily rate £295 £255 £379
% change year-on-year +15.69% -32.67% -24.25%

All Generic Skills
North East

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 North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 92 93 69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 27.30% 33.10% 29.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 34 46
10th Percentile £151 £311 £140
25th Percentile £170 £391 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £425 £414
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% +2.60% -21.10%
75th Percentile £550 £571 £519
90th Percentile £600 £685 £608
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 5
10th Percentile £12.56 £26.45 £20.30
25th Percentile £13.08 £39.14 £31.25
Median hourly rate £16.73 £46.18 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.77% +42.09% -50.76%
75th Percentile £33.54 - £46.18
90th Percentile £57.97 - -
England median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% +5.56% +66.79%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Fibre Optics job vacancy trend in the North East

Fibre Optics
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Fibre Optics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Fibre Optics

Fibre Optics
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Fibre Optics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Fibre Optics

Fibre Optics
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Durham - 2 £750 -
Fibre Optics
England

Fibre Optics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 2 (100.00%) LTE
1 2 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (100.00%) TETRA
1 2 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Commissioning Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (100.00%) SCADA
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) DBS Check