Fibre Optics Contract Job Trends in West London

Fibre Optics
London > West London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in contract job vacancies in West London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Fibre Optics 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West London 1.09% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.73% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £234 - -
25th Percentile £239 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £256 - -
75th Percentile £277 - -
90th Percentile £283 - -
London median daily rate £265 £750 £438
% change year-on-year -64.67% +71.43% +28.68%

All Generic Skills
West 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 West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 110 64 132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 40.00% 32.16% 33.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 43 88
10th Percentile £263 £168 £214
25th Percentile £366 £230 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £455
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -17.58% -9.00%
75th Percentile £600 £469 £569
90th Percentile £625 £510 £638
London median daily rate £550 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 12
10th Percentile £42.33 £22.27 £16.25
25th Percentile £42.44 £22.93 £16.63
Median hourly rate £43.75 £23.80 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +83.82% -26.77% -47.79%
75th Percentile £45.81 £27.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £46.38 £57.70 £57.58
London median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £29.25
% change year-on-year -24.86% +19.66% -3.31%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Fibre Optics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West London.

Fibre Optics job vacancy trend in West London

Fibre Optics
Daily Rate Trend in West London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Fibre Optics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Fibre Optics

Fibre Optics
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Fibre Optics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Fibre Optics

Fibre Optics
Contract Job Locations in West 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 West London region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Hounslow - 2 £275 -
Hillingdon - 1 £238 -
Fibre Optics
London

Fibre Optics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aviation
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Communications Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Support
2 1 (33.33%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Project Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Project Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) CCTV
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) System Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) City & Guilds
1 1 (33.33%) MCP
1 1 (33.33%) MCSA
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco