Fibre Optics Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Fibre Optics
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 459 586 647
Rank change year-on-year +127 +61 +174
Permanent jobs citing Fibre Optics 5 8 16
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.027% 0.024% 0.039%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.064% 0.066% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 5 8 3
10th Percentile £47,589 £33,250 £33,050
25th Percentile £49,598 £36,250 £35,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,065 £46,250 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.74% +14.20% +15.71%
75th Percentile £77,500 £57,500 £41,750
90th Percentile £78,250 - -
UK median annual salary £39,500 £36,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +9.72% -10.00% +5.26%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,775 12,067 15,678
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 41.78% 35.71% 38.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3,810 9,254 11,425
10th Percentile £33,000 £32,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £46,750 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,526 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.20% -8.42% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £102,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Fibre Optics
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Fibre Optics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Fibre Optics trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Fibre Optics
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Fibre Optics.

Fibre Optics salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Fibre Optics
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Fibre Optics over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Fibre Optics salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Fibre Optics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (20.00%) Modbus
2 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Mining
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Project Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (20.00%) SCADA
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (40.00%) Network Design
1 2 (40.00%) Non-Blocking Code
1 2 (40.00%) Physics
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (20.00%) Security Patching
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Environments
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Arista
1 2 (40.00%) Extreme Networks
1 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (20.00%) VMware