Ciena Contract Job Trends in Reading

Ciena
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring knowledge or experience of Ciena products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ciena over the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Ciena Corporation.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 88 -
Rank change year-on-year +13 - -
Contract jobs citing Ciena 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.14% 0.28% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.21% 0.56% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £443 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.24% - -
75th Percentile £448 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £445 £525 -
% change year-on-year -15.24% - -

All Vendors
Reading

Ciena falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 470 537 551
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 66.95% 49.63% 52.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 340 372
10th Percentile £306 £386 £206
25th Percentile £450 £500 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +14.29% -3.76%
75th Percentile £624 £660 £623
90th Percentile £663 £715 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -10.87% +15.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 5 14
10th Percentile £14.53 £27.35 £59.09
25th Percentile £14.75 £29.00 £60.88
Median hourly rate £57.25 £42.50 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +34.71% -32.85% +19.42%
75th Percentile £82.25 £74.87 £65.19
90th Percentile £97.25 £82.45 £67.36
Berkshire median hourly rate £20.79 £56.75 £62.40
% change year-on-year -63.36% -9.06% +47.68%

Ciena
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ciena relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Ciena job vacancy trend in Reading

Ciena
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Ciena.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Ciena

Ciena
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) OSS Architect
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow