Hybrid/Remote Fibre Channel Contract Job Trends

Fibre Channel (FC)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Fibre Channel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 - 324
Rank change year-on-year - - +94
Contract jobs citing Fibre Channel 6 0 11
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.045% - 0.085%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.46% - 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 7
10th Percentile - - £398
25th Percentile - - £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.04%
75th Percentile £397 - £574
90th Percentile £481 - £588
UK median daily rate £525 £625 £480
% change year-on-year -16.00% +30.34% -16.61%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Fibre Channel falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,312 1,039 1,370
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.74% 10.46% 10.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 733 661 882
10th Percentile £325 £308 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £625
90th Percentile £656 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +3.52% -3.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 41 39
10th Percentile £16.33 £14.20 £13.15
25th Percentile £31.25 £44.00 £28.88
Median hourly rate £55.00 £63.50 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year -13.39% +30.77% -2.88%
75th Percentile £67.47 £65.00 £66.01
90th Percentile £79.75 £70.16 £87.46
UK median hourly rate £26.14 £46.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year -43.48% -7.50% -10.56%

Fibre Channel
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Fibre Channel and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Fibre Channel job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Fibre Channel
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Fibre Channel.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Fibre Channel over the 6 months to 24 August 2026.

Fibre Channel daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Fibre Channel
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Fibre Channel.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) SAN
2 2 (33.33%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Storage Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Storage Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Storage Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Storage Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 6 (100.00%) Replication
2 3 (50.00%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (16.67%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (50.00%) VMS
2 3 (50.00%) Windows
3 1 (16.67%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 3 (50.00%) Migration
2 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Change Control
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 2 (33.33%) Validation
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Cutover Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
4 1 (16.67%) High Availability
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (16.67%) SRDF
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Avamar
1 2 (33.33%) EMC NetWorker
1 2 (33.33%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (66.67%) Dell
3 3 (50.00%) Brocade
3 3 (50.00%) EMC
3 3 (50.00%) Veeam
4 2 (33.33%) NetApp
4 2 (33.33%) Pure Storage
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco
5 1 (16.67%) IBM
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle