Fibre Optics Job Trends in the City of London

Fibre Optics
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in permanent job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 147 172
Rank change year-on-year +8 +25 +69
Permanent jobs citing Fibre Optics 2 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.069% 0.042% 0.064%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.22% 0.100% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £37,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% -31.82% +41.94%
75th Percentile £35,500 £38,750 £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £34,000 £37,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.33% -31.82% +41.94%

All Generic Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 919 1,003 1,059
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 31.81% 42.16% 33.99%
Number of salaries quoted 673 635 902
10th Percentile £41,750 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £56,875 £53,781 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £123,750 £122,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -3.23%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Fibre Optics job vacancy trend in the City of London

Fibre Optics
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Fibre Optics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Fibre Optics

Fibre Optics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) BT
2 1 (50.00%) Openreach