Fibre Optics Job Trends in Birmingham

Fibre Optics
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in permanent job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Fibre Optics 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.052% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.23% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median annual salary - - £30,000
% change year-on-year - - +78.57%

All Generic Skills
Birmingham

Fibre Optics falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 441 604 722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 22.77% 34.95% 36.63%
Number of salaries quoted 292 237 592
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,687 £42,500 £39,983
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,624 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.60% +3.64% -3.22%
75th Percentile £71,563 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £84,964
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £54,125 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.62% +8.25% -9.09%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Fibre Optics job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Fibre Optics
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Fibre Optics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Fibre Optics

Fibre Optics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) DSLAM
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cabling Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) OCR
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BT