Fibre Optics Jobs in the UK excluding London

Fibre Optics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 558 686 75
Rank change year-on-year +128 -611 +724
Permanent jobs citing Fibre Optics 21 76 2,539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.053% 0.10% 4.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 0.31% 10.42%
Number of salaries quoted 12 59 21
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,650 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,375 £30,375 £23,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,750 £36,000 £40,271
Median % change year-on-year +15.97% -10.60% +28.87%
75th Percentile £56,533 £42,938 £43,750
90th Percentile £57,403 £49,250 £61,250
UK median annual salary £40,500 £36,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -15.29% +11.84%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,541 24,499 24,363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.12% 32.71% 42.50%
Number of salaries quoted 5,957 15,292 10,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Fibre Optics in the UK excluding London

Fibre Optics
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Fibre Optics in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Fibre Optics in the UK excluding London

Fibre Optics
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Fibre Optics in the UK excluding London

Fibre Optics
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fibre Optics within the UK excluding London 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
Northern Ireland - 6 - -
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
Wales - 1 £36,000 - 1
West Midlands - 1 - - 4
Fibre Optics
UK

Fibre Optics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
Business Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (38.10%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (28.57%) VLAN
3 3 (14.29%) Ethernet
3 3 (14.29%) Firewall
3 3 (14.29%) Profibus
4 2 (9.52%) Structured Cabling
Development Applications
1 6 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Advertising
2 3 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 3 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Data Engineer
1 6 (28.57%) Delivery Manager
1 6 (28.57%) Network Delivery Manager
1 6 (28.57%) Network Manager
1 6 (28.57%) Network Operations Manager
1 6 (28.57%) Network Services Manager
1 6 (28.57%) Service Delivery Manager
1 6 (28.57%) Service Manager
2 5 (23.81%) Network Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Cabling Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Fibre Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Control Systems Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Data Network Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Field Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) IT Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Junior
5 1 (4.76%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 5 (23.81%) Data Centre
3 3 (14.29%) Driving Licence
3 3 (14.29%) SCADA
4 2 (9.52%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Computer Science
1 8 (38.10%) Project Management
2 7 (33.33%) Service Management
3 6 (28.57%) Asset Management
3 6 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (28.57%) Innovative Thinking
3 6 (28.57%) IT Asset Management
3 6 (28.57%) ITIL
3 6 (28.57%) ITSM
3 6 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 6 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
4 3 (14.29%) Software Testing
5 2 (9.52%) CAD
5 2 (9.52%) Customer Service
5 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
5 2 (9.52%) Network Design
5 2 (9.52%) Non-Blocking Code
5 2 (9.52%) Physics
5 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (4.76%) Collaborative Culture
Qualifications
1 9 (42.86%) Degree
2 6 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (9.52%) CCNA
3 2 (9.52%) CCNP
3 2 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) BMC
1 6 (28.57%) Remedy
2 3 (14.29%) AVEVA
2 3 (14.29%) Cisco
2 3 (14.29%) Rockwell
2 3 (14.29%) Siemens
3 2 (9.52%) Arista
3 2 (9.52%) Extreme Networks
3 2 (9.52%) Palo Alto