Fibre Optics Contracts in the UK excluding London

Fibre Optics
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 361 433
Rank change year-on-year +53 +72 +46
Contract jobs citing Fibre Optics 28 27 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.13% 0.071%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.66% 0.45% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 22 16
10th Percentile £200 £173 £154
25th Percentile £203 £173 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £190 £422
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -54.95% +34.96%
75th Percentile £250 £506 £456
90th Percentile £440 £528 £475
UK median daily rate £205 £190 £413
% change year-on-year +7.89% -53.94% -2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £15.38 -
UK median hourly rate - £15.38 -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,243 6,026 7,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.17% 29.31% 32.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,603 3,620 5,238
10th Percentile £208 £208 £220
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £615
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 311 721 436
10th Percentile £16.75 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £19.97 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.08 £28.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% +28.41% +9.64%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.20 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £30.16 £22.49
% change year-on-year +7.76% +34.13% -18.24%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Fibre Optics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Fibre Optics in the UK excluding London

Fibre Optics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Fibre Optics in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Fibre Optics in the UK excluding London

Fibre Optics
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fibre Optics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Fibre Optics in the UK excluding London

Fibre Optics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Fibre Optics in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Fibre Optics in the UK excluding London

Fibre Optics
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
North of England +24 9 £205 +24.24% 23
North West - 9 £205 - 12
South East +31 8 £440 -14.56% 32
South West +36 4 £250 +31.58% 9
Scotland +11 3 - - 7
Midlands - 3 £213 - 12
West Midlands - 2 £213 - 5
East Midlands - 1 - - 7
Wales - 1 £425 -
Fibre Optics
UK

Fibre Optics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 15 (53.57%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (14.29%) Broadband
3 3 (10.71%) Ethernet
3 3 (10.71%) LAN
3 3 (10.71%) SAN
3 3 (10.71%) WAN
4 2 (7.14%) Firewall
4 2 (7.14%) SDH
5 1 (3.57%) 4G
5 1 (3.57%) ADSL
5 1 (3.57%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (3.57%) DHCP
5 1 (3.57%) DNS
5 1 (3.57%) Internet
5 1 (3.57%) MPLS
5 1 (3.57%) PSTN
5 1 (3.57%) VPN
5 1 (3.57%) Wireless
General
1 7 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (10.71%) Electronics
2 3 (10.71%) Legal
2 3 (10.71%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Cabling Engineer
2 12 (42.86%) Data Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) Coordinator
3 4 (14.29%) Project Coordinator
4 3 (10.71%) Network Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Data Centre Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Fibre Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Network Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Telecoms Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Test Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Data Network Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Field Telecoms Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Network Field Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Network Technician
6 1 (3.57%) Project Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Server Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) RFC 2544
2 1 (3.57%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 5 (17.86%) Driving Licence
3 2 (7.14%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (32.14%) Data Protection
3 3 (10.71%) Process Management
4 2 (7.14%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (7.14%) Customer Service
4 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (7.14%) Operational Acceptance Testing
4 2 (7.14%) Project Delivery
4 2 (7.14%) Project Management
4 2 (7.14%) Test Management
4 2 (7.14%) Test Scripting
5 1 (3.57%) Bill of Materials
5 1 (3.57%) Budgeting
5 1 (3.57%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 1 (3.57%) Cost Reduction
5 1 (3.57%) Inventory Management
5 1 (3.57%) Project Planning
5 1 (3.57%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (3.57%) Software Testing
5 1 (3.57%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 17 (60.71%) SC Cleared
1 17 (60.71%) Security Cleared
2 9 (32.14%) DV Cleared
3 4 (14.29%) Degree
4 3 (10.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (7.14%) HNC
6 1 (3.57%) BC Cleared
6 1 (3.57%) CCNA
6 1 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.57%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) QA
1 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (10.71%) KVM
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) HP ALM
2 1 (3.57%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Cisco
2 3 (10.71%) Nokia
3 2 (7.14%) HP
4 1 (3.57%) Openreach
4 1 (3.57%) SolarWinds