Fibre Optics Contracts in the South East

Fibre Optics
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 178 210
Rank change year-on-year +31 +32 +31
Contract jobs citing Fibre Optics 8 13 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.27% 0.23% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.80% 0.83% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 9
10th Percentile £196 - £290
25th Percentile £200 £173 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £515 £394
Median % change year-on-year -14.56% +30.88% +45.74%
75th Percentile - £528 £475
90th Percentile - - £510
England median daily rate £205 £190 £400
% change year-on-year +7.89% -52.50% -5.88%

All Generic Skills
South 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 997 1,575 1,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 33.21% 28.41% 33.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 626 941 1,321
10th Percentile £206 £205 £213
25th Percentile £351 £363 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £662 £688 £725
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 153 91
10th Percentile £16.95 £11.73 £18.08
25th Percentile £23.50 £18.35 £19.00
Median hourly rate £47.90 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.85% -5.00% +132.56%
75th Percentile £63.94 £61.30 £66.48
90th Percentile £85.50 £65.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £33.46 £31.50 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.21% +40.09% -16.66%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Fibre Optics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Fibre Optics in the South East

Fibre Optics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Fibre Optics in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Fibre Optics in the South East

Fibre Optics
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fibre Optics in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Fibre Optics in the South East

Fibre Optics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Fibre Optics in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Fibre Optics in the South East

Fibre Optics
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 Fibre Optics within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Hampshire - 3 £440 - 2
Thames Valley +30 2 - - 12
Berkshire +28 2 - - 6
Kent - 2 £203 - 1
East Sussex - 1 - - 6
Fibre Optics
England

Fibre Optics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (37.50%) Ethernet
2 3 (37.50%) SAN
3 2 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (12.50%) Internet
General
1 3 (37.50%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Cabling Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Data Centre Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Network Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Data Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Data Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Fibre Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Network Technician
2 1 (12.50%) Server Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 2 (25.00%) Test Management
1 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) KVM
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
1 2 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (12.50%) Openreach