Ciena Contract Job Trends in the South East

Ciena
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 11 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
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 187 171 208
Rank change year-on-year -16 +37 -
Contract jobs citing Ciena 2 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.047% 0.10% 0.057%
As % of the Vendors category 0.091% 0.20% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £488 -
25th Percentile £443 £502 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £525 £200
Median % change year-on-year -15.24% +162.50% -
75th Percentile £448 £531 -
90th Percentile - £534 -
England median daily rate £413 £408 £700
% change year-on-year +1.10% -41.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £27.88
25th Percentile £19.00 - £28.44
Median hourly rate £20.00 - £31.25
75th Percentile £21.00 - £33.44
90th Percentile - - £33.63
England median hourly rate £20.00 - £32.50

All Vendors
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,204 1,994 2,743
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 51.96% 50.34% 52.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,529 1,300 1,742
10th Percentile £219 £250 £205
25th Percentile £400 £408 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £517
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.55% +3.40%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £609
90th Percentile £675 £688 £678
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 63 125
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.55 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.69 £23.84 £23.63
Median hourly rate £20.79 £42.50 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.08% -22.02% +121.77%
75th Percentile £55.00 £64.38 £66.44
90th Percentile £89.63 £70.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £23.83 £31.63 £44.50
% change year-on-year -24.68% -28.92% +71.15%

Ciena
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Ciena job vacancy trend in the South East

Ciena
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Ciena.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Ciena

Ciena
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Ciena.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Ciena

Ciena
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ciena within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 December 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
Berkshire -2 2 £445 -15.24% 2
Thames Valley -5 2 £445 -15.24% 2
Ciena
England

Ciena
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 1 (50.00%) 5G
1 1 (50.00%) DWDM
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) NGN
1 1 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (50.00%) SDH
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) OSS Architect
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Transmission Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Network Management
1 1 (50.00%) Network Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Process Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Spectrum Management
1 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) MCP
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cramer
1 1 (50.00%) Nokia
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow