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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 188 210
Rank change year-on-year +39 +22 +43
Contract jobs citing Fibre Optics 12 11 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.35% 0.20% 0.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.11% 0.68% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 6
10th Percentile £199 - £336
25th Percentile £200 £173 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £263 £434
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -39.55% +15.99%
75th Percentile £290 £350 £484
90th Percentile £300 - £569
England median daily rate £250 £185 £419
% change year-on-year +35.14% -55.82% -1.47%

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 1,085 1,610 1,958
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 32.09% 28.85% 33.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 660 951 1,349
10th Percentile £204 £213 £219
25th Percentile £353 £381 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £591 £625 £628
90th Percentile £660 £698 £721
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 158 99
10th Percentile £15.13 £11.79 £16.77
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.35 £20.75
Median hourly rate £33.89 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.92% +14.70% +132.56%
75th Percentile £61.12 £61.30 £65.61
90th Percentile £85.50 £75.16 £74.40
England median hourly rate £33.00 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.50% +14.29% +32.08%

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
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 16 July 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 +24 8 £270 -22.86% 2
Thames Valley +16 8 £270 +2.86% 8
Kent - 2 £203 -
East Sussex - 1 - - 1
Hampshire - 1 £280 - 2
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 9 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) LAN
2 2 (16.67%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (16.67%) WAN
3 1 (8.33%) Internet
General
1 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (8.33%) Retail
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Test Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) Network Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Network Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Test Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Cabling Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Cisco Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Data Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Fibre Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Quality Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (75.00%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 9 (75.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Test Scripting
2 7 (58.33%) Case Management
2 7 (58.33%) Defect Management
2 7 (58.33%) Service Management
3 4 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (16.67%) Network Design
4 2 (16.67%) Operational Acceptance Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
4 2 (16.67%) Test Management
5 1 (8.33%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) CCNA
2 2 (16.67%) CCNP
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (16.67%) HP
3 1 (8.33%) Openreach