Fibre Optics Jobs in the Midlands

Fibre Optics
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 246 309 71
Rank change year-on-year +63 -238 +284
Permanent jobs citing Fibre Optics 3 6 425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.043% 0.051% 4.62%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.13% 0.15% 10.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 £31,863 £16,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £33,725 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.85% -10.07% -21.05%
75th Percentile £48,750 £44,522 £43,750
90th Percentile - £47,500 £47,250
England median annual salary £39,000 £36,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -15.29% +3.66%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,253 3,911 4,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.15% 32.93% 44.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,049 2,644 1,471
10th Percentile £26,893 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -6.10% +12.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £80,000
England 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 the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Fibre Optics in the Midlands

Fibre Optics
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Fibre Optics in the Midlands

Fibre Optics
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fibre Optics within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 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
East Midlands +34 2 £47,500 +40.85% 18
West Midlands - 1 - - 19
Fibre Optics
England

Fibre Optics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (33.33%) WinCC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Profibus
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (33.33%) Advertising
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Fibre Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) Requirements Management
1 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) AVEVA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Rockwell
1 1 (33.33%) Siemens