Fibre Optics Contracts in England

Fibre Optics
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 508 616 728
Rank change year-on-year +108 +112 -119
Contract jobs citing Fibre Optics 29 35 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.080% 0.073% 0.068%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.26% 0.22% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 30 38
10th Percentile £173 £241 £150
25th Percentile £174 £303 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £406 £425
Median % change year-on-year -53.23% -4.41% +32.81%
75th Percentile £528 £475 £450
90th Percentile - £500 £540
UK median daily rate £190 £419 £425
% change year-on-year -54.63% -1.47% +54.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £14.54 - £29.50
25th Percentile £14.59 - £35.50
Median hourly rate £15.38 - £43.74
75th Percentile £16.34 - £46.50
90th Percentile £16.51 - £47.75
UK median hourly rate £15.38 - £43.74
% change year-on-year - - -7.78%

All Generic Skills
England

Fibre Optics is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,131 16,221 23,822
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.59% 33.66% 33.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,299 11,282 16,987
10th Percentile £268 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £571 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +3.77% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 810 575 635
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.14 £10.63 £17.42
Median hourly rate £34.21 £22.49 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +52.15% -16.72% +2.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £49.67
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.77
UK median hourly rate £31.38 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +39.54% -18.24% +4.05%

Fibre Optics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Fibre Optics in England

Fibre Optics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Fibre Optics in England.

Daily rate trend for Fibre Optics in England

Fibre Optics
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fibre Optics in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Fibre Optics in England

Fibre Optics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Fibre Optics in England.

Hourly rate trend for Fibre Optics in England

Fibre Optics
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Fibre Optics within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +15 12 £515 +22.11% 22
East of England +14 7 £185 +23.33% 3
London +94 4 £409 +10.47% 14
South West - 4 £190 - 18
Yorkshire - 2 £165 - 3
North of England - 2 £165 - 9
Fibre Optics
UK

Fibre Optics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.45%) Abaqus
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) Broadband
1 2 (6.90%) Firewall
1 2 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (3.45%) ADSL
2 1 (3.45%) DSL
2 1 (3.45%) GSM
2 1 (3.45%) LAN
2 1 (3.45%) LTE
2 1 (3.45%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (3.45%) WAN
General
1 11 (37.93%) Telecoms
2 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Finance
4 1 (3.45%) Digital Health
4 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.45%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (48.28%) Cabling Engineer
2 13 (44.83%) Data Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) Network Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) Project Manager
4 1 (3.45%) Design Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Project Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Real Time Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.45%) NHS
2 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.45%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (10.34%) Project Management
4 2 (6.90%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (3.45%) Finite Element Analysis
5 1 (3.45%) Order Management
5 1 (3.45%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (3.45%) Project Delivery
5 1 (3.45%) Stress Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) CCNA
1 2 (6.90%) CCNP
1 2 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.45%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Openreach
2 2 (6.90%) Cisco
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.45%) ANSYS
3 1 (3.45%) BT