Fibre Engineer Jobs

Fibre Engineer
UK

The median Fibre Engineer salary in the UK is £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 700 - 967
Rank change year-on-year - - +217
Permanent jobs requiring a Fibre Engineer 6 0 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% - 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% - 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 14
10th Percentile - - £25,500
25th Percentile £31,000 - £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.17%
75th Percentile £36,000 - £66,250
90th Percentile £44,400 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 - £28,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 49,511 93,886 92,389
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 94.63% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 27,626 67,255 58,266
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

Fibre Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Fibre Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Fibre Engineer in the UK

Fibre Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Fibre Engineer in the UK

Fibre Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fibre Engineer over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Fibre Engineer in the UK

Fibre Engineer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fibre Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
UK excluding London - 6 £33,000 - 28
England - 5 £32,500 - 21
South West - 4 £32,500 - 2
Midlands - 1 - - 3
Wales - 1 £36,000 -
West Midlands - 1 - - 1

Fibre Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, Fibre Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Fibre Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
2 3 (50.00%) Driving Licence
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (16.67%) Requirements Management
4 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Business Development
4 1 (16.67%) Electronics
4 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
4 1 (16.67%) Stress Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) System Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Schematic Capture
4 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
4 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (16.67%) Optoelectronics
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (16.67%) Firmware

Fibre Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Structured Cabling
General
1 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
2 1 (16.67%) Electronics
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
2 3 (50.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (16.67%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) Optoelectronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (16.67%) Business Development
1 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
1 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
1 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
1 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (16.67%) Requirements Management
1 1 (16.67%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (16.67%) Stress Analysis
1 1 (16.67%) System Testing
1 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (16.67%) Firmware