Fibre Optics Jobs in England

Fibre Optics
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 658 768 123
Rank change year-on-year +110 -645 +962
Permanent jobs citing Fibre Optics 21 82 2,426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.043% 0.091% 2.85%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.27% 6.46%
Number of salaries quoted 17 65 51
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £36,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% -28.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £56,533 £43,375 £82,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £86,250
UK median annual salary £40,500 £36,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -15.29% +11.84%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,639 30,336 37,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 37.80% 33.77% 44.12%
Number of salaries quoted 8,618 20,935 20,403
10th Percentile £30,940 £28,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,000 £46,686
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Fibre Optics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Fibre Optics in England

Fibre Optics
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Fibre Optics in England.

Salary trend for Fibre Optics in England

Fibre Optics
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fibre Optics in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Fibre Optics in England

Fibre Optics
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fibre Optics within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +106 7 £40,000 -2.44% 65
South East +54 5 £51,533 +58.56% 48
South West +100 4 £31,500 -12.50% 6
Midlands +63 4 £47,500 +40.85% 15
East Midlands +40 3 £47,500 +40.85% 11
Yorkshire +55 1 £50,000 +49.25% 11
North of England +21 1 £50,000 +39.86% 33
West Midlands - 1 - - 4
Fibre Optics
UK

Fibre Optics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) WinCC
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) Ethernet
1 4 (19.05%) Firewall
2 3 (14.29%) Profibus
2 3 (14.29%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (9.52%) 4G
3 2 (9.52%) DHCP
3 2 (9.52%) DNS
3 2 (9.52%) SAN
3 2 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (4.76%) Modbus
4 1 (4.76%) Wireless
General
1 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Advertising
2 3 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 3 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Data Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Cabling Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Network Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Support Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Control Systems Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Fibre Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Data Centre Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) IMAC Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) IMAC Support
5 2 (9.52%) Senior
5 2 (9.52%) Senior Support Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Senior Technical Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Senior Technical Support
5 2 (9.52%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Technical Support
5 2 (9.52%) Technical Support Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Data Network Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Data Centre
2 5 (23.81%) CCTV
3 4 (19.05%) SCADA
4 3 (14.29%) Driving Licence
5 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
5 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Linux
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
2 2 (9.52%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (14.29%) Software Testing
2 2 (9.52%) Agile
2 2 (9.52%) CAD
2 2 (9.52%) Computer Science
2 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
2 2 (9.52%) Network Design
2 2 (9.52%) Non-Blocking Code
2 2 (9.52%) Physics
2 2 (9.52%) Project Management
3 1 (4.76%) Case Management
3 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (4.76%) Defect Management
3 1 (4.76%) High Availability
3 1 (4.76%) IT Asset Management
3 1 (4.76%) Patch Management
3 1 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (4.76%) Security Patching
3 1 (4.76%) Virtual Environments
3 1 (4.76%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
3 2 (9.52%) CCNA
3 2 (9.52%) CCNP
3 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) DBS Check
4 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.76%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) Cisco
2 3 (14.29%) AVEVA
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) Rockwell
2 3 (14.29%) Siemens
3 2 (9.52%) Arista
3 2 (9.52%) Dell
3 2 (9.52%) Extreme Networks
3 2 (9.52%) IBM
3 2 (9.52%) Meraki
3 2 (9.52%) Palo Alto
3 2 (9.52%) Snow
3 2 (9.52%) Sun
3 2 (9.52%) TOWER Software
3 2 (9.52%) Veeam
4 1 (4.76%) Openreach
4 1 (4.76%) Red Hat
4 1 (4.76%) VMware