Fibre Optics Jobs

Fibre Optics
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 667 831 130
Rank change year-on-year +164 -701 +981
Permanent jobs citing Fibre Optics 42 81 2,652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.076% 0.078% 2.73%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.20% 0.23% 6.27%
Number of salaries quoted 22 65 62
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,750 £23,000
25th Percentile £32,625 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £36,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -15.29% +11.84%
75th Percentile £56,149 £43,375 £66,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £85,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,750 £36,000 £40,271
% change year-on-year +15.97% -10.60% +28.87%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,604 35,638 42,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.19% 34.51% 43.55%
Number of salaries quoted 9,493 23,121 22,633
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,084 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Fibre Optics in the UK

Fibre Optics
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Fibre Optics in the UK

Fibre Optics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fibre Optics over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Fibre Optics in the UK

Fibre Optics
Top 13 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 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 +140 21 £41,750 +15.97% 424
England +98 21 £41,000 +13.89% 444
Work from Home +118 7 £53,065 +14.74% 126
London +115 7 £40,000 -2.44% 63
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 5
South East +65 5 £51,533 +58.56% 139
South West +93 4 £31,500 -12.50% 49
Midlands +84 4 £47,500 +40.85% 78
East Midlands +43 3 £47,500 +40.85% 36
Yorkshire +59 1 £50,000 +49.25% 37
North of England +35 1 £50,000 +39.86% 89
Wales - 1 £36,000 - 10
West Midlands - 1 - - 36

Fibre Optics
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (11.90%) WinCC
Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (26.19%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.76%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 16 (38.10%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (26.19%) VLAN
3 9 (21.43%) Ethernet
4 5 (11.90%) Profibus
5 4 (9.52%) Firewall
6 3 (7.14%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (4.76%) 4G
7 2 (4.76%) DHCP
7 2 (4.76%) DNS
7 2 (4.76%) SAN
8 1 (2.38%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (2.38%) Modbus
8 1 (2.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 11 (26.19%) JIRA
General
1 20 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (11.90%) Advertising
3 5 (11.90%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (7.14%) Electronics
4 3 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 3 (7.14%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.38%) Finance
6 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (26.19%) Delivery Manager
1 11 (26.19%) Network Delivery Manager
1 11 (26.19%) Network Manager
1 11 (26.19%) Network Operations Manager
1 11 (26.19%) Network Services Manager
1 11 (26.19%) Service Delivery Manager
1 11 (26.19%) Service Manager
2 7 (16.67%) Data Engineer
3 5 (11.90%) Cabling Engineer
3 5 (11.90%) Control Systems Engineer
3 5 (11.90%) Network Engineer
3 5 (11.90%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (9.52%) Fibre Engineer
4 4 (9.52%) Field Engineer
4 4 (9.52%) Senior
4 4 (9.52%) Support Engineer
5 3 (7.14%) Electronics Engineer
5 3 (7.14%) Field Service Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) Data Centre Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) Senior Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.19%) Management Information System
2 8 (19.05%) CCTV
2 8 (19.05%) Data Centre
3 6 (14.29%) SCADA
4 4 (9.52%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.38%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.38%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.29%) Windows
2 3 (7.14%) Linux
3 2 (4.76%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (33.33%) Project Management
2 13 (30.95%) Computer Science
3 12 (28.57%) Asset Management
3 12 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (28.57%) IT Asset Management
3 12 (28.57%) Service Management
4 11 (26.19%) Innovative Thinking
4 11 (26.19%) ITIL
4 11 (26.19%) ITSM
4 11 (26.19%) Service Delivery
4 11 (26.19%) Strategic Planning
5 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (11.90%) CAD
6 5 (11.90%) Software Testing
7 4 (9.52%) Mathematics
8 3 (7.14%) Data Analysis
8 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 2 (4.76%) Customer Service
9 2 (4.76%) Mentoring
9 2 (4.76%) Non-Blocking Code
Qualifications
1 18 (42.86%) Degree
2 11 (26.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (7.14%) HND
5 2 (4.76%) CCNA
5 2 (4.76%) CCNP
5 2 (4.76%) HNC
5 2 (4.76%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.38%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.38%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.38%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 11 (26.19%) BMC
1 11 (26.19%) Remedy
2 6 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 5 (11.90%) AVEVA
3 5 (11.90%) Cisco
3 5 (11.90%) Rockwell
3 5 (11.90%) Siemens
4 2 (4.76%) Arista
4 2 (4.76%) Dell
4 2 (4.76%) Extreme Networks
4 2 (4.76%) IBM
4 2 (4.76%) Meraki
4 2 (4.76%) Palo Alto
4 2 (4.76%) Snow
4 2 (4.76%) Sun
4 2 (4.76%) TOWER Software
4 2 (4.76%) Veeam
5 1 (2.38%) Openreach
5 1 (2.38%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.38%) VMware