Fibre Optics Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Fibre Optics
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in contract job vacancies in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Fibre Optics 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.060% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £350 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £351 - -
75th Percentile £351 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £295 £190 £450
% change year-on-year +55.26% -57.78% -5.26%

All Generic Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 661 423 565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 39.56% 28.80% 27.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 262 357
10th Percentile £311 £185 £285
25th Percentile £400 £359 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £550 £587 £600
90th Percentile £625 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 15
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.01 £14.83
25th Percentile £15.41 £14.93 £17.86
Median hourly rate £17.03 £32.50 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year -47.60% +52.51% +12.16%
75th Percentile £19.21 £42.03 £22.00
90th Percentile £29.84 £60.00 £24.97
England median hourly rate £29.50 £52.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -43.81% +13.69% +78.61%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Fibre Optics job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Fibre Optics
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Fibre Optics

Fibre Optics
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Fibre Optics

Fibre Optics
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 12 October 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
West Yorkshire - 1 £351 - 3
Fibre Optics
England

Fibre Optics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
General
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared