Fibre Optics Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Fibre Optics
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 340 457
Rank change year-on-year +43 +117 +149
Contract jobs citing Fibre Optics 7 5 20
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.071% 0.033% 0.077%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.21% 0.11% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 19
10th Percentile £420 £357 £265
25th Percentile £431 £418 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £425
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% +26.47% -2.86%
75th Percentile £634 £556 £500
90th Percentile £719 - £560
UK median daily rate £205 £190 £425
% change year-on-year +7.89% -55.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.75 -
UK median hourly rate - £15.75 -

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,272 4,408 8,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.03% 28.73% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,222 2,974 5,725
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £431 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +2.33%
75th Percentile £680 £675 £688
90th Percentile £825 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 199 151
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.48 £19.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.50 £31.38
Median hourly rate £41.75 £51.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% -11.30% +29.21%
75th Percentile £64.57 £65.02 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.13 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Fibre Optics
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Fibre Optics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Fibre Optics trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Fibre Optics
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Fibre Optics.

Fibre Optics daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Fibre Optics
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Fibre Optics over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Fibre Optics daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Fibre Optics
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Fibre Optics.

Fibre Optics hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Fibre Optics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) AutoCAD
1 1 (14.29%) Revit
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) DHCP
1 3 (42.86%) DNS
1 3 (42.86%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (28.57%) LAN
2 2 (28.57%) SNMP
2 2 (28.57%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (28.57%) WAN
3 1 (14.29%) 5G
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (14.29%) Firewall
3 1 (14.29%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) Wireless
3 1 (14.29%) WLAN
General
1 2 (28.57%) Military
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Network Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Cabling Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Network Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Programme Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) NETCONF
2 1 (14.29%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) CCTV
2 1 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Network Management
3 1 (14.29%) CAD
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Fintech
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Low Latency
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Network Design
3 1 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Test Management
3 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) CCNA
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (14.29%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) Juniper
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Fujitsu
3 1 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) Nokia
3 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds