Fibre Optics Contracts in the UK excluding London

Fibre Optics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Fibre Optics in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Fibre Optics over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 358 428 474
Rank change year-on-year +70 +46 -39
Contract jobs citing Fibre Optics 27 18 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.078% 0.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.46% 0.24% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 17 28
10th Percentile £173 £155 £145
25th Percentile £174 £300 £243
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £450 £356
Median % change year-on-year -57.78% +26.32% +21.79%
75th Percentile £506 £475 £468
90th Percentile £528 £480 £636
UK median daily rate £190 £413 £425
% change year-on-year -53.94% -2.94% +47.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £14.54 - -
25th Percentile £14.59 - £35.50
Median hourly rate £15.38 - £36.00
75th Percentile £16.34 - £36.50
90th Percentile £16.51 - -
UK median hourly rate £15.38 - £43.74
% change year-on-year - - -7.78%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,875 7,451 9,714
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.91% 32.43% 31.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,530 5,010 6,751
10th Percentile £210 £220 £205
25th Percentile £378 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
75th Percentile £595 £613 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £670
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 719 422 451
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.38
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.62
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% +4.76% -11.81%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £46.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.90 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £31.38 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +39.54% -18.24% +5.33%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Fibre Optics in the UK excluding London

Fibre Optics
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Fibre Optics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Fibre Optics in the UK excluding London

Fibre Optics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Fibre Optics in the UK excluding London

Fibre Optics
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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 +18 12 £515 +22.11% 24
East of England +14 7 £185 +23.33% 3
South West - 4 £190 - 14
North of England - 2 £165 - 7
Yorkshire - 2 £165 - 2
Scotland - 1 £210 - 2
Channel Islands - 1 £311 -
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:

Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.70%) Abaqus
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (7.41%) Firewall
3 1 (3.70%) ADSL
3 1 (3.70%) DSL
3 1 (3.70%) GSM
3 1 (3.70%) LAN
3 1 (3.70%) LTE
3 1 (3.70%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (3.70%) WAN
3 1 (3.70%) Wireless
General
1 9 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Digital Health
2 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.70%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) Cabling Engineer
1 13 (48.15%) Data Engineer
2 2 (7.41%) Network Engineer
3 1 (3.70%) Design Engineer
3 1 (3.70%) Fibre Engineer
3 1 (3.70%) Real Time Engineer
3 1 (3.70%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.70%) iPad
2 1 (3.70%) iPhone
2 1 (3.70%) NHS
2 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.70%) SCADA
2 1 (3.70%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (7.41%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (3.70%) Finite Element Analysis
3 1 (3.70%) Project Delivery
3 1 (3.70%) Stress Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) CCNA
1 2 (7.41%) CCNP
1 2 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) Openreach
2 2 (7.41%) Cisco
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.70%) ANSYS
3 1 (3.70%) BT