Fibre Optics Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Fibre Optics
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in permanent job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 58 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Fibre Optics 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.14% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.74% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary - - -

All Generic Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 135 132 238
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 18.99% 26.51% 31.99%
Number of salaries quoted 103 59 213
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,750 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,446 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.27% +15.79% -15.18%
75th Percentile £70,500 £72,500 £67,968
90th Percentile £81,050 £100,000 £83,759
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £52,130 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.26% - -9.09%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Fibre Optics job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Fibre Optics
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Fibre Optics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Fibre Optics

Fibre Optics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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