Fibre Optics Contract Job Trends in the North West

Fibre Optics
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in contract job vacancies in the North West. 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 125 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Fibre Optics 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.36% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.07% - -
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 - -
England median daily rate £295 £190 £450
% change year-on-year +55.26% -57.78% -5.26%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 747 689 830
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 34.02% 28.39% 29.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 360 558
10th Percentile £271 £294 £257
25th Percentile £373 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% +2.04%
75th Percentile £575 £565 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £660
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 27 40
10th Percentile £15.65 £16.48 £16.23
25th Percentile £19.08 £21.15 £20.38
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £40.80
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -20.33% +87.30%
75th Percentile £57.15 £52.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £71.19 £89.70 £73.88
England median hourly rate £29.50 £52.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -43.81% +13.69% +78.61%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Fibre Optics job vacancy trend in the North West

Fibre Optics
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Fibre Optics
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Fibre Optics in the North West

Fibre Optics
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Fibre Optics
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester - 8 £613 - 1
Fibre Optics
England

Fibre Optics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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