SONET Contracts with Work from Home Options

Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for SONET skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SONET over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 346 461 621
Rank change year-on-year +115 +160 -134
Contract jobs citing SONET 1 5 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.007% 0.020% 0.002%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.064% 0.17% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - £413 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

SONET is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,562 2,874 4,284
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.38% 11.47% 9.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,018 1,901 2,891
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £412 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £701 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.44% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 94 103
10th Percentile £12.75 £23.10 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.20 £42.50 £25.88
Median hourly rate £24.13 £60.00 £48.58
Median % change year-on-year -59.79% +23.51% +14.31%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.19 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.25
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.51% +4.63%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SONET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SONET trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SONET.

SONET hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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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 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DWDM
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) SDH
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Network Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Order Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft